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Utility Construction and Use of the Right-of-Way Policies and Procedures Manual Page 26 <br />State of Oregon Plumbing Specialty Code and be inspected by the Building Wastewater Inspector. The <br />Building Wastewater Inspector shall note on the City's wastewater or stormwater connection records the <br />damage and the permittee responsible for the damage. <br />If a permittee’s failure to comply with OAR 952-001-0010 through 952-001-0090, failure to protect <br />facilities identified on approved permits or project plans, or failure to use reasonable care to protect City <br />facilities reasonably known to exist causes damage to a City facility, the permittee shall be responsible for <br />all costs of repair or restoration of the facility. <br />3.13.1 Damage to City-owned Facilities <br />When the damaged facility is a publicly owned wastewater line, stormwater components, traffic signal or <br />street light facilities, public trees, or public dry well facilities the permittee shall immediately notify the <br />Utility Inspector. The Utility Inspector shall submit a damage report and a subsequent repair inspection <br />report to the Right of Way Technical Supervisor. To aid in the updating of the infrastructure condition <br />records, the damage repair report shall include a measured location and description of the damage and <br />repair. <br /> <br />The Permittee shall call the City of Eugene Public Works Maintenance and Parks and Open Spaces <br />Division main office at (541) 682-4800 during regular working hours from 8:00 – 5:00. If a City <br />telecommunication line is damaged, the permittee shall immediately notify the Utility Inspector and the <br />Information Services Division (ISD) at (541) 682-5078. When the facility is damaged during non-business <br />hours the permittee shall call the Eugene Police non-emergency number at (541) 682-5111 and request <br />they be transferred to the After Hours Supervisor. <br /> <br />All repairs shall be the permittee’s responsibility and shall be performed at the permittee’s expense. The <br />City shall have the option of providing repairs consultation to the permittee responsible for the damage, <br />directing the repair performed by the person(s) responsible for the damage, or having the repair performed <br />by City crews at the expense of the permittee responsible for the damage. <br /> <br />If a permittee contests responsibility for the damage to a City facility discovered within the permittee’s <br />work zone, the permittee shall still be held responsible for effecting immediate repairs to the damaged <br />facility. The permittee should then be directed to submit billing to the City of Eugene, Risk Services <br />showing the exact time and materials expended to effect the repairs. Also, the permittee should include, <br />in narrative form, an explanation as to the cause of the damage, the reasons the permittee should not be <br />held responsible, and justification for the billing.