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17.24.016 Permit Revocation.

Label: City code section

Permits for structures in City streets, for public improvements, work in, or use of the street area may be revoked by the City Administrator at any time and for any reason the City Administrator deems to be in the interest of the City, and no grant of any permit, expenditure, or money in reliance thereon or lapse of time will give the permittee any right to the continued existence of a structure or to any damages or claims against the City arising out of revocation.

Upon revocation the permittee, or any successor permittee, must, at the permittee’s own cost, remove such structure or equipment associated with work or use of street area within 90 days after written notice to the permittee by the City of such revocation, unless the City Administrator specifies a shorter period, and must return the street area to the condition of the street area immediately surrounding it, to the satisfaction of the City Administrator. If the permittee does not remove the structure or equipment and/or return the street area to a condition satisfactory to the City Administrator, the City Administrator may do so and the permittee will be personally liable to the City for any and all costs of dismantling the structure or equipment and reconstructing the street area. The costs of removal and reconstruction will be assessed to the permittee and/or will become a lien upon the abutting property until paid by the permittee. The City may sell or otherwise dispose of structures, equipment or parts thereof removed from the public right-of-way under authority of this Section, and the owner of same will not be entitled to any compensation for said items from the City.

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