Section 12.08.010 Liability insurance and license bond required.
Minimum liability insurance requirements for contractors doing business in or
for the city shall
be as follows:
A. Minimum limits of liability required shall be as follows:
1. a. One hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00)
bodily injury to one person;
b. Three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000.00) bodily
injury to more than one person or
more than one accident;
c. One hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00) property
damage liability; or
d. Three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000.00) single
limit bodily injury and property
damage.
2. All vehicle liability must be included, including
auto nonownership and hired automobiles.
3. The insurance policy shall include the following coverages:
a. Manufacturers and contractors liability;
b. Owners protective liability;
c. Contractual liability to cover old harmless agreements,
both written and verbal;
d. Products and completed operations;
e. Explosion, collapse of buildings or structures or
damage to underground installations of
any type;
f. Broad form property damage liability.
B. Before a permit is issued, a certificate of insurance
shall be provided the city which shall
show complete compliance with all provisions shown above.
C. The city shall be given ten days notice by registered
mail of any cancellation or alteration
of the above insurance requirements.
D. Evidence of compliance with Montana Division of Workers'
Compensation regulations
concerning accident or occupational disease incurred by the contractor's employees during the
course of their employment.
E. For purpose of this section "contractor"
means any person or firm engaged in any of the
following businesses: curbs and sidewalks, excavating, sewer and drain laying, excavating,
excavators and gas fitters.
F. License Bond Required.
1. An applicant for a permit must also file a license
permit bond in the principal amount of
five thousand dollars ($5,000.00). The bond shall also be conditioned upon the proper backfill of
the excavation, proper installation of any utility service or mail line and restoration of surface in
accordance with the provision of this article. Such bond shall be required of all applicants for
permits without exception.
2. Any evidence of settlement of backfill or deterioration
or failure of permittee's patch
applied to the surface within two years after completion and acceptance of the work shall be
deemed conclusive evidence of defective backfill or surface restoration by the permittee and his/her
bondsman, the public works director or designated agent may elect to re-excavate and backfill
properly or to repair defective surface restorations or be assessed against the bond provided for by
this section. Any bond filed hereunder must so recite the right of the city to do so. (Ord. 155 (part),
1999: prior code § 12.03.010)
