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<baltimore-city-law heading="Regulation .04 Applications for a Street-cuts Permit.">
  <section prefix="Regulation" num=".04" heading="Applications for a Street-cuts Permit.">
    <para num="A.">An application for a Street-cuts Permit<para num="(1)">shall include the following information:<para num="(a)">applicant name and contact information;</para>
        <para num="(b)">contractor name and contact information;</para>
        <para num="(c)">work location and address;</para>
        <para num="(d)">description of proposed work;</para>
        <para num="(e)">information for the Street-cut including:<para num="(i)">requested start date and time;</para>
          <para num="(ii)">requested end date and time;</para>
          <para num="(iii)">street lane, bicycle facility or sidewalk closures;</para>
          <para num="(iv)">use of steel plates;</para>
          <para num="(v)">length, depth and width of any trench;</para>
          <para num="(vi)">work which will occur on weekends;</para>
          <para num="(vii)">work which will occur at night;</para>
          <para num="(viii)">a Traffic Control Plan (“TCP”), if required;</para>
          <para num="(ix)">estimated number of Street-cuts; and</para>
          <para num="(x)">drawing showing the location, type, size, and TCP.</para>
        </para>
      </para>
      <para num="(2)">shall provide evidence of Performance Security in an amount specified on the DOT website at transportation.baltimorecity.gov/<para num="(a)">A single Performance Security may be used for multiple permits by the same contractor as allowed by the Department.</para>
        <para num="(b)">Contractors who fail to maintain a minimum Performance Security, as determined by the Director, shall be prohibited from working in the Public Way, unless specifically authorized by the Director.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(3)">shall provide a point of contact in case of emergency that includes:<para num="(a)">a name, email address, and phone number;</para>
        <para num="(b)">someone who is available on a 24-hour basis.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <para num="B.">An applicant shall be required to submit the following for a permit:<para num="(1)">Drawings or acceptable sketches which shall include or identify:<para num="(a)">the size and location of each Street-Cut;</para>
        <para num="(b)">pavement restoration details;</para>
        <para num="(c)">pavement type; and</para>
        <para num="(d)">work that impacts any traffic on one of the following roadway classes, as defined by Roadway Functional Classification map located at https://transportation.baltimorecity.gov:<para num="(i)">Collector,</para>
          <para num="(ii)">Minor Arterial,</para>
          <para num="(iii)">Other Principal Arterial,</para>
          <para num="(iv)">Freeway and Expressway, or</para>
          <para num="(v)">Interstate Principal Arterial.</para>
        </para>
        <para num="(e)">a final pavement marking plan consistent with the applicable requirements for pavement marking as set forth in the Book of Standards issued by the Department of Transportation and the Department of Public Works (“DPW”) (the “Green Book”), including:<para num="(i)">bicycle facilities;</para>
          <para num="(ii)">parking facilities;</para>
          <para num="(iii)">crosswalks; and</para>
          <para num="(iv)">other pedestrian pavement marking.</para>
        </para>
      </para>
      <para num="(2)">Within 5 days of application submission, an applicant shall submit a color photograph including:<para num="(a)">the current pavement condition of the right-of-way;</para>
        <para num="(b)">the date; and</para>
        <para num="(c)">a time stamp.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <para num="C.">An applicant is required to submit a Traffic Control Plan (“TCP”).<para num="(1)">Traffic Control Plans are required when any of the following conditions exist:<para num="(a)">sidewalk closure or detour;</para>
        <para num="(b)">bicycle facility closure or detour; or</para>
        <para num="(c)">roadway closure or detour on a roadway.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(2)">All lanes in the roadway shall be treated as travel lanes, unless clearly marked as a parking lane by a solid white line.</para>
      <para num="(3)">A TCP shall include:<para num="(a)">a site plan covering 2 to 3 blocks in each direction from the construction site;</para>
        <para num="(b)">the installation and location of advanced warning signs which include:<para num="(i)">for any roadway lane closure, a minimum of the following three advanced warning signs installed at least 300 feet apart, unless a request to change the spacing is submitted for prior approval:<para num="(A)">Road Work Ahead,</para>
            <para num="(B)">Right/Left/Center Lane Closed Ahead, and</para>
            <para num="(C)">a transition sign for the lane being closed.</para>
          </para>
          <para num="(ii)">for a parking lane closure, no arrow board is required; however, the following three advanced warning signs shall be installed at least 300 feet apart:<para num="(A)">Road Work Ahead,</para>
            <para num="(B)">Curb Lane Closed Ahead, and</para>
            <para num="(C)">a transition sign for the lane being closed.</para>
          </para>
          <para num="(iii)">for the closure of multiple roadway lanes<para num="(A)">an arrow board is required for each lane being closed, and</para>
            <para num="(B)">the placement of advanced warning signs as required by the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (“MUTCD”).</para>
          </para>
        </para>
        <para num="(c)">a flagging operation and multiple lane closure for utility cuts and work areas that extend more than 10 feet from the curb lane;</para>
        <para num="(d)">when a flagging operation is provided for by the applicant or required by the Department:<para num="(i)">all directions of travel must be controlled by a flagger;</para>
          <para num="(ii)">it must be noted on your application when working at a signalized intersection; and</para>
          <para num="(iii)">advanced warning signage must include Flagman Ahead signs;</para>
        </para>
        <para num="(e)">road closure detours shall<para num="(i)">be clearly signed to direct traffic around the road closure and reestablish travel back to the road after the closure;</para>
          <para num="(ii)">include the following advanced warning signs:<para num="(A)">Road Closed Ahead,</para>
            <para num="(B)">Detour ahead, and</para>
            <para num="(C)">Road Closed;</para>
          </para>
          <para num="(iii)">include a physical barrier at the actual road closure for all directions of travel;</para>
        </para>
        <para num="(f)">roadway classification;</para>
        <para num="(g)">a note to contact TMC each work morning prior to start of work and each afternoon at end of work;</para>
        <para num="(h)">all affected bicycle and pedestrian facilities and the traffic control for each;</para>
        <para num="(i)">traffic control channelization devices to be used;</para>
        <para num="(j)">location of all steel plates in the area affected;</para>
        <para num="(k)">information as to any pedestrian detours which shall:<para num="(i)">maintain a minimum 4 foot ADA accessible path for pedestrians when work is conducted on a sidewalk:<para num="(A)">the ADA accessible pathway may be located in a parking lane, and</para>
            <para num="(B)">shall have an appropriate physical barrier between vehicles and pedestrians;</para>
          </para>
          <para num="(ii)">if a sidewalk is to be closed, the closure must be at the nearest intersection crosswalk with signs directing pedestrians across the street, and<para num="(A)">the sidewalk on the opposite side of the street must be ADA accessible, and</para>
            <para num="(B)">must include a ramp and 4-foot pedestrian pathway;</para>
          </para>
        </para>
        <para num="(l)">information as to any bicycle facility detours which shall provide for or adhere to the following:<para num="(i)">lane and road closures include lane transitions for bicyclists, and</para>
          <para num="(ii)">if the bicycle lane cannot be maintained, an explanation of why it cannot be maintained and an alternate route for the bicyclist; and</para>
          <para num="(iii)">if a bicyclist must use the sidewalk as an alternate route, warning signage must include:<para num="(A)">Bike Lane Closure, and</para>
            <para num="(B)">Dismount and Walk Bicycle on Sidewalk;</para>
          </para>
        </para>
        <para num="(m)">any other TCP control needed for unique locations or work;</para>
        <para num="(n)">for Emergency work performed under a blanket permit, a trained and certified emergency traffic manager shall be on-site at all times until the contractor has provided the Department with a TCP which is approved.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(4)">The following conditions, if not immediately corrected, constitute a violation of the Street-cuts permit and may result in a fine or issuance of a Stop work order:<para num="(a)">failure to obtain an approved TCP when required to do so,</para>
        <para num="(b)">failure to maintain at the work site a copy of the approved TCP for inspection, or</para>
        <para num="(c)">failure to adhere to the conditions of the TCP.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(5)">No equipment, materials, or other construction matter is permitted to be staged or stored, in bicycle facilities, on sidewalks, or within other non-motorized travel facilities unless the contractor obtains<para num="(a)">prior written approval, and</para>
        <para num="(b)">any additional required permits.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <para num="D.">Applications for a Street-cuts permit are<para num="(1)">processed through the DOT Right-of-Way Permits Section which is located at 401 East Fayette Street, Lower Level, Baltimore, Maryland 21202;</para>
      <para num="(2)">on the DOT website under Quick Forms; and</para>
      <para num="(3)">submitted by email with all required information to &lt;u&gt;row.permit.documents@baltimorecity.gov&lt;/u&gt;.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="E.">The applicant listed on a Temporary Use Right-of-Way Permit<para num="(1)">is responsible for all work performed under the permit, including but not limited to any subcontractor; and</para>
      <para num="(2)">will receive any notice from the Department concerning the work.</para>
    </para>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
