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Show fee based on the scope of each craft. This has all been eliminated because it was thought that the fee was excessive and resulted in refusal to register by contractors. The consequence of this was the city didn't know who was doing what in town. To correct this situation, the new ordinance has reduced the contractor registration to $10 annually, eliminated entirely the craft fees. These are included in the basic building permit but do not require any and all types of contractors to be licensed by the state and carry insurances for liability, property damage and injury to employees. The purpose here again is simply to insure firms contracting with the public are experienced and reliable. This ordinance will be published, pub-lished, while the excavation one will be posted three places around town. ' I ' . ' r ; ' , j . . LYMAN LEWIS Inspector Outlines New Building Laws By Lyman Lewis, City Building Inspector A new excavation ordinance was passed by the City Council Thursday. It consolidates parts of three old ordinances, keeping intact the good ideas of these and adding a few new ones. We all want good streets we all hate to see the backhoe come and start ripping up the street in front of our house, but cuts in streets are necessary upon occasion. When water, sewer, gas, or telephone lines have to be repaired, or new lines installed, streets have to be cut into, and when they are it is to the mutual benefit of the city and the public that the work is done by experienced and reliable concerns who know how to "get in and get out" with the minimum of inconvenience in-convenience to traffic as possible. And what's more, the council has decided that possibly we've been billing the buildings too much ($100) and have decided that here's one point that we won't charge for, it's free hurrah! hur-rah! no excavation charge, if, and admittedly it's a big one, IF the street excavated shows evidence of experience, reliability AND if the excavator backfills trenches and restores the surface to as good a condition as it was before. Details of the ordinance are lengthy and somewhat involved in-volved and it is highly recommended recom-mended that you as a prospective builder or contractor read the law. Plumbers or excavation contractors contrac-tors doing work for private concerns or the utility companies arc also urged to become intimately familiar with the details. By the way, there's nothing really earth-shaking (no pun intended) in the provisions, as Salt Lake and most of the municipalities munic-ipalities in the county have the same requirements. The requirements re-quirements of excavating in the city streets are just like the requirements for driving a car. The state only permits people to drive who are experienced as shown by passing a drivers test, and reliable as shown by evidence of insurance and owning safe equipment as the yearly automobile auto-mobile inspections require. EXCAVATION ORDINANCE Highlights 1. Requires permit for cutting streets or any right of way, public or private, sidewalks, easement, etc. involves a deposit only, if backfill compacted properly and surface restored no charge. 2. Insures proper handling of dirt and other materials and equipment, proper traffic control, warning signs, lighting at night. Notification of other utilities and police. No excavations Nov. 1-Apr. -15. 3. Firms :doing excavation are required to: A. Be registered with city. B. Be State licensed C. Have current public liability and property damage insurance. D. Have current Workmen's Work-men's Compensation Insurance. Insur-ance. 4. Utility Firms can make emergency excavations but are required to obtain permits and fulfill all additional requirements of ordinance. No deposits required requir-ed if letter on hand insuring such. Utility firms also required to keep current maps of underground lines. 5. Building official . has authority to stop work if . contractor not complying with ordinance and complete work at contractor's expense. The contractor registration ordinance is another important ordinance adopted by the city Thursday. Heretofore, the existing exist-ing ordinance required a $100 registration fee and a graded job |