A permit is required when excavating in the Public Right-of-Way and Public Utility easements in the City of Brentwood.
A permit is also required for any street inside of the City limits of Brentwood. Even if you have a permit through TDOT for a state road.
Excavation and Directional Boring within the right-of-way is the most common and are the departments preferred method, however, when you are not able to perform your work within the right-of-way or complete a directional bore, you may have to cut into the road. If that is the case, authorization is required from the either the Public Works Director or the Superintendent before a cut is made.
*Failure to obtain appropriate permits will result in a citation leading to fines and court costs for each violation of the Excavation Permit Ordinance(PDF, 137KB). *
This permit, once approved, gives applicant permission to excavate within the Public Right-of-Way and Public Utility Easements. However, you are required to contact Tennessee One-Call (811 or 1.800.351.1111) to arrange the location and marking of all utilities.
This includes, but is not limited to;
The submission of your application for a excavation permit will serve as your acknowledgement that you agree to the Terms-Conditions(PDF, 248KB) set forth by the City of Brentwood, Public Works Department.
IF this permit is on a State route, you must also include your TDOT permit.
State Routes inside of the City of Brentwood limits:
- Church St (from Franklin Rd to Wilson Pk)
- Concord Rd
- Franklin Rd
- Moores Ln
- Wilson Pk
Fees
Our bond process works in the following manner:
The Primary Contractor is responsible for obtaining the bond. A Sub-Contractor working under the Primary Contractor may "piggy back" off a current bond already in place as long as there is enough to cover all active projects.
No excavation permit shall be issued unless the applicant for the permit has provided the public works department with performance bond, electronic deposit or letter of credit in the amount or more, to ensure the proper restoration of the ground and laying of the pavement, if any. A letter of credit will be accepted only if issued by a financial institution with an office or branch located within the city that is authorized to accept a demand for payment.
If the excavation is to occur outside of any public street, the deposit shall be in the sum of $25.00 per linear foot of the proposed excavation. If disturbance of a street section or boring under a street section is proposed, the deposit shall be in the sum of $4,500.00, plus $150.00 per linear foot in excess of 30 linear feet. Where the amount of the deposit is clearly inadequate to cover the cost of restoration, the public works director may increase the amount of the deposit to an amount considered by him to be adequate to cover the cost.
From this deposit shall be deducted any expense incurred by the city for proper restoration of the pavement or other surfaces and repair of any other damages. The balance shall be returned to the applicant without interest after the excavation is completely refilled, the surface or pavement is restored to the satisfaction of the public works director or his designee, and any other damage is completely repaired.
Bore / ROW (Right of Way) Bore / Pot Hole (to access an established line)
Permit Fee: First 100 feet = $100, each additional foot = $0.50
Bond: $25 per foot
COI must be on file and current
Road Cut- Includes in the Right of Way, in the roadway, or trenching
Permit Fee: First 30 feet = $50, each additional foot =$5 with a maximum fee of $200
Bond: Minimum of 30 feet or less =$4500, over 30 foot is the minimum plus $150 per additional foot
COI must be on file and current