Blanket Right of Way Bond - Town of Frisco, CO in Colorado

Brief Summary

If your crews cut into Frisco streets several times a season, a blanket right of way bond stays on file with the Town of Frisco and stands behind your permits as they come up, so you are not buying and tracking a new bond for every job. Cash is no longer accepted, so a surety bond is how most utility contractors and excavators meet the requirement.

The Frisco blanket right of way bond is a single performance bond, payable to the Town of Frisco, kept on file with Public Works to cover a contractor's excavation and right of way permits over time instead of one bond per job. Frisco Town Code Chapter 87 requires a performance bond before any of these permits is issued, sets a $1,000 minimum for any bond, and holds bonds through a two year warranty. Confirm the blanket amount and form with Frisco Public Works before the bond is issued.

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How to Apply for a Blanket Right of Way Bond:

• Hold a current Town of Frisco business license.
• Ask the Frisco Public Works Office Manager for the blanket bond amount and form for your planned work.
• Buy the blanket performance bond naming the Town of Frisco as obligee.
• Upload the bond with your first permit application in CommunityCore or send it to Excavations@townoffrisco.com.
• Keep a certificate of insurance for at least $1,000,000 on file naming the Town of Frisco as additional insured.
• Pay the $300 permit fee for each permit and keep the bond in force through the warranty on every covered job.

Detailed Information About the Colorado Blanket Right of Way Bond:

Blanket versus single job

Frisco requires a permit from Public Works for any excavation or right of way work by anyone other than a Town employee, under Section 87-1 of the Town Code, and Section 87-4 says a permit cannot be issued until the required performance bond is in. Section 87-17 also limits each permit to one excavation site. For a contractor with one job, that means one single job bond sized to the cut. For a utility contractor or excavator pulling permits all season, a blanket bond is one bond kept on file with the Town that stands behind the contractor's permits as they are issued. This page covers the blanket bond only.

Who uses it

Utility contractors, excavators, paving and concrete contractors and anyone else who regularly works in Frisco streets, alleys, sidewalks and public easements. Section 87-15 limits permits to holders of a Town business license, so the licensed contractor is the principal on the bond. Utility installations wholly contained within private property do not need to be bonded under Section 87-3.

The amount

For a single permit, Section 87-5 sizes the bond at $100 per square yard for dirt or gravel, $250 for asphalt and $350 for concrete, and sets a $1,000 minimum for any performance bond under the chapter. The Public Works permit page also lists a $1,000 minimum and a two year bond term. The blanket amount is the figure Public Works sets for your expected volume of work, so get that number from the Public Works Office Manager before you order the bond.

What the bond guarantees

On every permit it covers, the contractor must bring the cut to an acceptable temporary condition within 24 hours of starting, finish permanent repair within ten days, and leave no asphalt or concrete cut unrepaired after October 31. Street patches carry a two year warranty from acceptance, and remedial work ordered by the Public Works Director must be finished within 15 days of written notice. If any of that is missed, the Town can collect on the bond. Because each permit carries its own two year warranty, a blanket bond generally needs to stay in force until the warranty on the last covered job runs out.

Other permit requirements

The Town lists a $300 fee for each permit. Section 87-5 requires a certificate of insurance for at least $1,000,000 of personal injury and property damage coverage, and Public Works asks that the Town of Frisco be named as additional insured. Excavations deeper than three feet are permitted only from April 15 to October 15, and applications are not accepted after October 14. Cash bonds are no longer accepted.

Eligibility and Requirements for a Colorado Blanket Right of Way Bond:

• One performance bond on file covering multiple Frisco excavation and right of way permits.
• Town of Frisco as obligee, with the bond posted with the Public Works Office Manager.
• No less than the $1,000 minimum set in Frisco Town Code Section 87-5. Cash bonds are not accepted.
• Temporary repair within 24 hours and permanent repair within ten days on each covered excavation.
• Two year warranty on street patches before release.

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