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...~~... Ordinance No. 94 -~ 57 Page 5 901.06 INSUFFICIENT DEPOSIT. If the deposit is insufficient to reimburse the City, the Engineering Division shall collect from the applicant a sufficient amount to reimburse the City for the expense incurred. If the applicant fails to deposit sufficient funds to reimburse the City for the cost of inspection and general supervision or anticipated repairs within three days of notice to do so, then the City Engineer may issue an order to stop work for all or part of the work associated with the street opening. Failure to heed such stop work order shall be cause to revoke the permit to open the street. 901.07 TREE LAWN OPENINGS: PERMIT AND FEE. If an application is made for a permit to open a street in the area of the public sidewalk or tree lawn, then the applicant shall make the payment of Thirty Dollars ($30.00) for a permit and shall deposit with the Finance Department Thirty Dollars ($30.00) per square yard based on the size of the opening, as a guarantee that he will restore the sidewalk or the tree lawn to its original condition or pay the City for restoring the same. Such deposit, less the cost of inspection, shall be returned to the person, firm or corporation making the same upon the issuance of a certificate by the. City Engineer that the tree lawn or sidewalk has been restored to the same condition as before the opening was made. 901.08 BARRIERS AND WARNING DEVICES. (a) Any time a permit is issued pursuant to Sections 901.01 and 901.07, the contractor making application during the excavation period and prior to the final completion of work as specified in Section 901.04, shall provide suitable barriers, warning devices and/or lights, all of which shall be in accordance with the direction of the City Engineer . (b) If the City Engineer should determine that the items specified in subsection (a) hereof are insufficient and a flagman will be required, then the contractor shall present to the City Engineer evidence that a flagman will be on duty to direct traffic at times when the City Engineer deems necessary or appropriate. (c) In the event a permit is not issued, as in the case of a government project, i.e., Federal State, County or City, the same requirements shall apply as are outline in subsections (a) and (b) hereof. 901.99 PENALTY. Any person, firm or corporation who shall make any opening or remove the pavement in any street, boulevard, avenue or public ground of the City without having first obtained a permit form the Engineering Division and having deposited with the City the estimated cost of repairing such work or filing the bond hereinbefore set forth, is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. Any such. violation shall constitute a separate offense on each successive day continued."