Required: It shall be unlawful for any person to break, excavate, tunnel, undermine or in any manner affect the surface or base of any street or to place, deposit or leave upon any street any earth or any other excavated material obstructing or tending to interfere with the free use of the street, unless such person shall first have obtained an excavation permit therefor from the city office. (1978 Code § 11-395; amd. 2004 Code)

Streets And Sidewalks:

No person shall make any excavation in any street, lane or alley or remove any pavement or other material from any street or improvement thereon without first obtaining a permit from the city office.

Duchesne City will impose a $5,000 penalty to anyone who cuts into the City’s roads without a permit to do so. (Res. 15-6, 12-8-2015)

No person shall excavate any sidewalk without first obtaining a permit from the city office. (1978 Code § 11-381; amd. 2004 Code)

Franchise; Public Utility:

Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to waive the franchise required for any person by city ordinances or laws of Utah. (1978 Code § 11-381)

Any public utility regulated by the state or holding a franchise from the city which, in the pursuit of its calling, has frequent occasion to open or make excavations in streets, may, upon application, receive a general permit from the city to cover all excavations such utilities may make within the streets of the city. (1978 Code § 11-395)