§ 15-48. Deductions from deposits; payment of balance to permittee

(a) The city shall deduct from any deposit made or maintained by the permittee:

(1) The permit issuance fee if it has not otherwise been paid.

(2) The cost to the city of refilling any excavation or removing any obstruction.

(3) The cost to the city of resurfacing or repairing the street calculated pursuant to the provisions of section 15-32 or section 15-34

(4) The cost to the city of any additional repairs as provided in section 15-43

(5) The cost of any inspection by the city engineer made necessary by the failure of the permittee to comply with any provisions of this chapter or the terms or conditions of the permit.

(6) The cost of engineering and inspection as prescribed in section 15-32(c).

(b) After making the deductions specified above, the city shall, unless the deductions are made from a general deposit, refund any balance to the applicant in the same manner as provided by law for the repayment of trust moneys. The balance remaining in the general deposit shall be retained by the city engineer and applied to issuance fees and costs in connection with any future excavations, fills or obstructions pursuant to a permit issued under this chapter, unless a written demand for the balance is made by the depositor, in which event, any balance therein shall be refunded in the same manner as provided by law for the repayment of trust moneys.

(Code 1960, § 7223; Ord. No. 80-2, § 2, 2-4-80)