Fayetteville, NC Sidewalk & Pedestrian Rules: Encroachment Permits (2026)

Code of Ordinances § 24-5 requires right-of-way users to execute a right-of-way encroachment agreement with the City covering use of facilities that furnish telecommunications service or that place wires, mains or pipes in the right-of-way, with fees recovering the City's ongoing management costs like inventory tracking, GIS, tree trimming and location marking. 00 aggregate commercial general liability coverage. Separately, § 24-52 bars excavating a right-of-way or placing facilities in it without an excavation permit from the city engineer, applied for under § 24-53 with a scaled drawing of the work and payment of the fee schedule set under § 24-54, which is sized to recover the City's actual costs.

Work must finish within the dates on the permit and the site restored under city specifications (§§ 24-55, 24-56), with a warranty against defective work lasting until the road is resurfaced. The city may refuse, suspend or revoke a permit for reasons including an unregistered applicant, misrepresentation, or interference with a scheduled City project (§ 24-61); an aggrieved applicant may file a written appeal with the city engineer at 433 Hay Street within ten days, for a hearing before the city manager who may affirm, reverse or modify the decision. Excavating without first obtaining a permit, outside a true emergency, doubles the normal permit fee and all other required fees under § 24-62.