Hoover, AL Sidewalk & Pedestrian Rules: Encroachment Permits (2026)

A fee of five hundred dollars ($500.00) shall be charged for each street-cutting permit and/or right of way ("ROW") disturbance. This purpose of this fee is to cover the administrative costs associated with review of permit applications. In addition to the administrative fee, each person filing an application for a permit to cut a street in the city shall, before such permit is issued, furnish to the city clerk a surety deposit applicable to the proposed work in the city. Said surety deposit shall be a minimum of five hundred dollars ($500.00), but not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000). The engineering department will determine the deposit amount for each cut based on the size of the proposed cut and the age and condition of the roadway. Said deposit shall be returned to the person purchasing the permit after the engineering department inspector has ascertained that the street cut has been satisfactorily repaired. If the purchaser fails to satisfactorily repair the cut street within one week from the completion of the work for which the said street was cut, the city shall apply any or all of said deposit forward the cost of having the street satisfactorily repaired, and the balance, if any, shall be refunded to the purchaser of the permit.

(Ord. No. 325, § 1, 7-20-81; Ord. No. 23-2626, § 1, 10-16-23)