Right of Way Permit ($10,000) Bond - Town of Nolensville, TN in Tennessee

Brief Summary

Nolensville will not issue a Road Cut/ROW work permit until the bond and insurance certificates are in. Having the $10,000 bond ready when you apply keeps the public works director's review moving and helps you avoid the double permit fee the code charges anyone who starts work without an approved permit.

The Town of Nolensville requires a bond before the public works director or a designee issues a permit to excavate in, on or across any street, road, alley, sidewalk or other public way in town. Under Municipal Code section 16-213 the bond ensures faithful performance of all work and payment of fees. The listed amount for this bond is $10,000, with the Town of Nolensville as obligee.

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How to Apply for a Right of Way Permit ($10,000) Bond:

• Submit a Road Cut/ROW work permit application to the Town of Nolensville describing the location, size and purpose of the excavation and who is doing the work.
• Obtain the $10,000 bond naming the Town of Nolensville as obligee.
• Provide certificates of liability insurance with the thirty day cancellation notice to the Mayor required by section 16-213.
• Pay the permit fee in effect under the Board of Commissioners' fee ordinance.
• Wait for the approved permit before digging, unless the work is a genuine emergency.

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Utilities are not off the hook

Section 16-201 of the Nolensville Municipal Code requires a permit from any person, firm, association, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, public or private utility, or others before digging any ditch, drain, trench or other excavation. Section 16-213 then bars the public works director or a designee from issuing that permit until a bond is posted to ensure faithful performance of all work and payment of fees, and certificates of liability insurance are furnished. The only carve out in the chapter is section 16-214, for public improvement work performed by the Town itself.

Starting early costs double

Under section 16-203, as amended by Ordinance No. 24-05 in 2024, anyone who starts work without an approved Road Cut/ROW work permit pays double the required permit fee. Genuine emergency work can begin first, but section 16-201 requires the permit application on the first regular business day the town office is open, and the permit is then retroactive to the start of the work.

Fees

Permit fees are set by ordinance of the Board of Commissioners. In 2026 the Board considered Ordinance 26-07, which proposed a new Road Cut/ROW permit fee structure. Ask the town for the fee in effect when you apply.

Insurance notice clause

Section 16-213 requires that the liability policy not be canceled, terminated or changed unless thirty days prior written notice is sent by registered mail addressed to the Mayor of the Town of Nolensville. Make sure your certificate carries that language.

What the bond protects

The bond backs the permit holder's duties under Chapter 2, including barricades and warning lights, replacing curbs, gutters, sidewalks and pavement to the public works director's specifications under section 16-212, and refilling any trench that settles within three months of completion without waiting for notice under section 16-211. If those duties or the fees go unpaid, the town can claim against the bond.

Eligibility and Requirements for a Tennessee Right of Way Permit ($10,000) Bond:

• Obligee: Town of Nolensville, Tennessee.
• Bond amount of $10,000 as listed.
• Bond conditioned on faithful performance of all work and payment of fees under section 16-213.
• Applies to contractors, developers and public or private utilities excavating in town right of way.
• Restoration of curbs, gutters, sidewalks and pavement to public works director specifications.

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