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<baltimore-city-law heading="Part 3 – Performance Schedules and Standards">
  <section prefix="§" num="15-21" heading="Scope.">
    <text>The requirements of this Part 3 are in addition to any requirements or standards imposed by the Department in its rules and regulations or as a condition of a street-cut permit.</text>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 06-245</annotation>
  </section>
  <section prefix="§" num="15-22" heading="Display of permit.">
    <text>Any person doing excavation work must:</text>
    <para num="(1)">maintain the appropriate street-cut permit on site at all times; and</para>
    <para num="(2)">exhibit the permit when requested by the Department.</para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 06-245</annotation>
  </section>
  <section prefix="§" num="15-23" heading="Work schedule.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Start.">No person may begin work under a street-cut permit until:<para num="(1)">in the case of an emergency excavation performed in accordance with &lt;cite data-path="|26|§15-13"&gt;§ 15-13 {“Emergency excavation”} of this subtitle&lt;/cite&gt;, the person notifies the Department and obtains permission to begin work; and</para>
      <para num="(2)">in all other cases, the start date specified in the permit.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Diligent pursuit.">The permittee must diligently pursue the work until its completion.</para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Completion.">All work to be done under a street-cut permit must be completed, inspected, and approved before the end date specified in the permit.</para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 06-245</annotation>
  </section>
  <section prefix="§" num="15-24" heading="Securing public way.">
    <text>At the end of each workday, the permittee must secure the public way:</text>
    <para num="(1)">with temporary fill or paving;</para>
    <para num="(2)">by trench plating; or</para>
    <para num="(3)">by other protective measures approved by the Department.</para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 06-245</annotation>
  </section>
  <section prefix="§" num="15-25" heading="Decorative or landscaped areas.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Alternative considerations.">Before disturbing decorative surfaces, streetscapes, and landscaped areas, the applicant for a street-cut permit must provide proof that alternatives, such as rerouting, boring, jacking, or scooping, cannot be used.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Restoration.">Restoration of these areas must:<para num="(1)">comply with all conditions and other requirements of the permit;</para>
      <para num="(2)">conform with all current rules, regulations, and standards; and</para>
      <para num="(3)">when completed, match preexisting conditions.</para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 06-245</annotation>
  </section>
  <section prefix="§" num="15-26" heading="Locating or relocating poles.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">Before erecting or relocating any pole, the applicant for a street-cut permit must agree, for itself and its successors in interest, to the conditions specified in this section.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Locating pole.">The pole may be placed only in the position that the Director specifies.</para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Required removal or relation.">
      <para num="(1)">If, at any time, the Director orders the pole to be removed or relocated, the pole will be removed or relocated within 3 days of the order or, if longer, within the time specified in the order.</para>
      <para num="(2)">All costs of removing or relocating the pole, including the cost of all needed repairs to the public way, will be borne by the applicant or its successors in interest.</para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 06-245</annotation>
  </section>
  <section prefix="§§" num="15-27 to 15-28" reserved="true" />
</baltimore-city-law>
