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(d) A cash bond in the amount to be determined by the Service Director and Village Engineer on a case by case basis relative to the size and scope of the proposed excavations shall be posted for each connection, opening and excavation as security for performance of the terms of the permit, which amount shall be refunded when the job has been completed, the pavement repaired, and any excavations backfilled to the satisfaction of the Service Director. Upon failure of the contractor to adhere to the requisites hereof, the Municipality may apply the amount of the deposit toward payment for having the work done and shall return to the permit holder the unexpended balance, if any. The Municipality may also deduct from the amount of the deposit the amount charged to the permit holder for the erection of barricades and the setting out of lights as provided in subsection (b) hereof. If the cost of repairing the pavement and making the backfill and the amount charged for barricades and lights exceeds the amount of the cash deposit, the permit holder shall be liable to the Municipality for the excess. 905.02 EXCEPTIONS; INSPECTION FEE. (a) The provisions of this chapter do not apply to excavations made by a governmental agency and employees thereof, except as hereinafter provided. The foregoing provisions of this chapter do not apply to the East Ohio Gas Company, The Cleveland Illuminating Company, the Water Department of the City of Cleveland, Ohio, and the Ohio Bell Telephone Company, for the installation, repair or replacement of service lines from existing mains or trunks to individual users. However, in the event that any such opening is made in public property and is not satisfactorily repaired within five days after notice given by the Municipality to such utility to make such repair, the Municipality may cause such repairs to be made and charge the cost thereof to the utility, which utility shall pay to the Finance Director the inspection fee hereinafter required. (b) The East Ohio Gas Company, The Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company, the Water Department of the City of Cleveland and the Ohio Bell Telephone Company shall not make any excavations or openings in any public property for the installation, removal of or replacement of any main line without first submitting plans therefor to the Municipal Engineer and securing his approval unless such submission and approval are waived by Council, and paying to the Finance Director an inspection fee computed at the hourly rate as described in the current pay ordinance of the Village Engineer.. (Ord. 676. Passed 10-19-59.) 905.03 DAMAGES RECOVERABLE. The Law Director is hereby authorized to take action to enjoin the violation of any provision of this chapter and to recover damages suffered by the Municipality because of any violation of any provision of this chapter and to take action to enforce the conditions of the bond provided for in Section 905.01. (Ord. 605. Passed 12-16-57.)