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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 15-31 Performance security.">
  <section prefix="§" num="15-31" heading="Performance security.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="“Performance security” defined.">In this section, “performance security” means any one or a combination of:<para num="(1)">a performance bond;</para>
      <para num="(2)">an irrevocable letter of credit; or</para>
      <para num="(3)">a cash deposit.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Required.">No street-cut permit may be issued to any person unless that person submits performance security as required by this section.</para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Form and tenor.">
      <para num="(1)">The performance security must be approved:<para num="(i)">as to form and legal sufficiency by the City Solicitor; and</para>
        <para num="(ii)">as to amount by the Director.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(2)">The performance security must serve to save the City harmless from:<para num="(i)">any cost, liability, expense, claim, or suit for damages in any manner arising out of or resulting from the work done under the permit; and</para>
        <para num="(ii)">any loss or cost by reason of the restoring or failure to restore the public way to required conditions and standards.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <para num="(d)" heading="Multi-permit security.">
      <para num="(1)">The performance security may be made to cover all street-cut permits issued from time to time to any one person.</para>
      <para num="(2)">In that case, the Director may require from time to time that the amount of the security be increased to an amount sufficient in the Director’s judgment to protect the City, based on the volume of work undertaken by the person or the number of permits issued to the person.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(e)" heading="Release of security.">The Department shall release the performance security, in whole or in part, after completion of the warranty period and the correction of any defects or violations identified during that period.</para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 06-245</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
