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Ordinance 053a ORDINANCE NO. 53 VILLAGE OF CHANHASSEN CARVER & HENNEPIN COUNTIES, MINNESOTA AN ORDINANCE TO REQUIRE A LICENSE FOR UTILITY INSTALLERS TO MAKE SANITARY SEWER, WATER AND STORM SEWER CONNECTIONS; PROVIDING A FEE; BONDING; INSURANCE; AND PENALTY FOR VIOLA- TION; AND REPEALING SECTION 3.01 OF ORDINANCE NO. 5-D AND SECTIONS 1. 07 , 1. 08 , AND 1.09 OF ORDINANCE NO. 6. The Village Council of Chanhassen ordains: Section 1. Utility Installer License. No person, firm or corporation shall make a sanitary sewer, water, or storm sewer connection in the Village unless first having procured a license as a utility installer pursuant to this ordinance, and having obtained a permit for each such connection. Section 2. Definitions. For the purposes of this ordinance certain terms and words are defined as follows: 4W2.01 Sanitary Sewer Connection - "Sanitary Sewer Connection" means the installation of a hookup or connection from the municipal sanitary sewer line in a street or easement to the structure to be served thereby. 2.02 Water Connection - "Water Connection" means the installation of a hookup or connection from the municipal water line in a street or easement to the structure to be served thereby, including the placing of a water meter. 2.03 Storm Sewer Connection "Storm Sewer Connection" means the installation of a hookup or connection from the municipal storm sewer line in a street or easement to the structure to be served thereby or to any inlet or catch basin on the property drained by the storm sewer. Section 3. Connection Permit Required. No person, firm or corporation shall connect with the Village sanitary sewer, water, or storm sewer systems without first obtaining a permit therefor from the Village. Application for a permit to connect to the Village systems shall be made on forms furnished by the Village, and shall state the legal description and official street number, if any, of the premises to be supplied, the nature of the improvement on the premises and, in the case of water service, the purpose for which water is to be used, size of service line, time of connection to curb stop or water main. The name and . address of the utility installer employed to perform the work shall also be shown. Such application shall be signed by the owner or his duly authorized agent. By such application, each applicant agrees to be bound by all provisions of this ordinance and other applicable ordinances. Permits shall be valid for a period of 6 months from date of issue. • Section 4. Application for License. 0 4.01 Any person, firm or corporation who intends to make sanitary sewer, water, and storm sewer connections in the Village shall make annual application therefor to the Village on a form prepared by the Village. 4. 02 Each application shall be accompanied by the payment of a fee in the amount of $ 25.00 4.03 Any person not licensed as a plumber by the State of Minnesota shall be required to take an examination to determine his skill and knowledge in the matter of the making of said connections. Said examination shall be given by the Village. 4.04 All licenses issued hereunder shall be renewable on or before August— of each year, and may be revoked or refused by the Village Council for cause. Any installation, construction, alteration or repair by a licensee in violation of the provisions of this or any other applicable ordinance, or refusal on the part of a licensee to correct defective work performed by such licensee shall be cause for revocation of or refusal to renew a license. 4.05 Hearing. Before any license issued hereunder may be revoked or • its renewal refused, the licensee shall be given a hearing to show cause why such license should not be revoked or refused. Notice of the time, place and purpose of such hearing shall be in writing. Section 5. Bond. Each licensee shall file with the Village a corporate surety bond in an amount not less than $5,000.00 to insure proper performance of work in connection with sanitary sewer, water, or storm sewer connections, to save and hold the Village harmless in the performance of his work, to insure completion of sanitary sewer, water, and storm sewer connections in the event of failure or defect caused by the licensee, and to insure compliance with all pertinent ordinances of the Village. Section 6. Insurance. Each licensee shall secure and maintain, during the term of his license, Public Liability Insurance of at least $200,000 for bodily injury to, or death of, any one (1) person and $500,000 for bodily injury, or death of, two (2) or more persons in any one (1) accident; and at least $100,000.00 for property damage. The Village of Chanhassen shall be an additional named insured under said policy of insurance. Section 7. Repeal. Section 3.01 of Ordinance No. 5-D, adopted December 26, 1972, and Sections 1. 07 , 1. 08 , and 1.09 of Ordinance No. 6, adopted August 21, 1967, are hereby repealed. 0 0 MSection 8. Penalty. Any person, firm or corporation violating any provisions of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than $300.00 or by imprisonment for not more than 90 days. 0 Section 9. Effective Date. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and publication. Adopted this 18th> day of June, 1973. Mayor Attest: i Clerk Published in Carver County Sun on June 1 1973.