§ 20-120. Defective backfill or surface restoration.  


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  • Any evidence of settlement of backfill or deterioration or failure of the permittee's patch applied to the surface, within two years after the completion and acceptance of work, shall be deemed conclusive evidence of defective backfill or surface restoration by the permittee, and in such event, after three days' notice to the permittee and his bondsman, the city engineer or his designated agent may elect to reexcavate and backfill properly or to repair defective surface restorations, or both, in accordance with the provisions of this article, and the costs thereof shall be assessed against the bond provided for by this article, and the bond filed pursuant to this article must so recite the right of the city to do so.

(Ord. No. 1009, § 11, 9-11-90)