Middletown, OH Sidewalk & Pedestrian Rules: Encroachment Permits (2026)

Applications go to the City Engineer's office with drawings, plans and specifications showing how facilities will be built to code, the line and grade of anything buried under public ways, tracer wire so the work can be located later, the position of existing underground utilities, and the location of trees along the route. 03. Once plans and fees are in, the City Engineer issues the permit subject to conditions on timing and method, and can withhold a new permit from anyone with outstanding work under an expired one.

Routine work requires 48 hours notice before starting; unexpected repairs or emergencies can begin immediately if the City is notified as promptly as possible, or within 24 hours if advance notice was not practical, with a permit application due within five days. 05 and cover administrative, inspection and review costs; concrete work in the right-of-way is billed separately under Chapter 1022. 22 to resurface the full travel lane within six months, with the cutter responsible for that lane for two years afterward and a maintenance bond held during that period.