§ 14-11-167. SCHEDULING AND COORDINATION IN THE DOWNTOWN AUSTIN PROJECT COORDINATION ZONE.

(A)

A person who seeks to excavate or install a facility in the Downtown Austin Project Coordination Zone must submit a project description to the director:

(1)

no later than January 1 for an excavation or installation to begin after January 30 and before July 1; or

(2)

no later than July 1 for an excavation or installation to begin after July 30 and before January 1.

(B)

The director may issue a permit based on a project description received after a deadline described in Subsection (A), but a person may excavate or install a facility only during the time period listed in the permit.

(C)

The director shall review all project descriptions and identify opportunities for joint trenching or joint installation on shared facilities or other coordinated excavation activity between permit applicants.

(D)

The director may order two or more permit applicants to jointly excavate a specific site as a condition for receiving an excavation permit if, for the same excavation sequence:

(1)

two or more project descriptions are received for excavation along a common route; and

(2)

traffic control and worksite restoration between two or more permit holders may be coordinated.

(E)

This section does not apply to a person who can install a facility by jointly trenching with a permit holder whose project is approved and listed in the sequence, if the additional work can be performed according to the excavation sequence.

(F)

The director may grant an exception to this section for routine work, or for good cause.

(G)

This section does not apply to emergency operations.

Source: Ord. No. 20170817-045 , Pt. 2, 8-17-17.