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Section 238-14. Mandatory Pre-Excavation Procedures. (a) A single construction permit shall be issued for each job; however, no more than ten (10) twenty (20) calendar days will be allowed to complete the work, including restoration from commencement of work. The City Manager or designee may will approve an extension of time upon written request from the contractor permittee if the request shows showing good cause. (b) No contractor shall engage in any excavation or demolition in a public easement or right-of way without first marking the location of such proposed excavation with white paint, white flags, or white buoys, as appropriate; such markings shall conform to the recommended guidelines for uniform temporary markings of underground facilities as established by the American Public Works Association or the State of Florida, and shall occur before the person or entity provides the State One- Call Notification System, with any information as required by Chapter 556, Florida Statutes. (c) Any markings made by a contractor or member operator pursuant to either this section or Chapter 556, Florida Statutes, shall be made using chalk-based paint, except as permitted below. Any contractor or member operator who fails to comply with the requirements enumerated herein will be required to remove all markings and fully restore any damage, by methods approved by the City's Public Works Department or Building Department. Markings shall be made with chalk-based paint on the sidewalk, brick pavers, asphalt, and any other surface other than earth or vegetation surfaces. Where markings are made on earth or vegetation surfaces, acrylic paint or water-based paint can be used. In areas where chalk-based paint is required, off set marks can be made with acrylic paint or water-based paint provided that such marks are made on earth or vegetation surfaces. Section 238-15. Excavation Procedures and Installation of Facilities. (a) Contractors are prohibited from removing or destroying any markings used by a member operator to mark the horizontal route of an underground facility. If markings are no longer visible, the contractor shall stop activities in that vicinity and notify the State One-Call Notification System to have the route marked. (b) No new underground facility shall be installed in such a way that creates a conflict with an existing underground facility unless the contractor submits a permit drawing showing the existence of the conflict. All conflicts of which the contractor is aware of when applying for a permit shall be disclosed on the permit drawing. Section 3. Repealer. All ordinances or part of ordinances in conflict herewith be and the same are hereby repealed. Section 4. Severability. The provisions of this Ordinance are declared to be severable and if any section, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance shall for any reason be held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining sections, sentences, clause, and phrases of this Ordinance but they shall remain in effect, it being the legislative intent that this Ordinance shall stand notwithstanding the invalidity of any part. Section 5. Inclusion in the Code. It is the intention of the Commission, and it is hereby ordained, that the provisions of this Ordinance shall become and be made a part of the code of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida; and that the sections of this Ordinance may be renumbered or relettered to Page 2 01'3