Prepare the excavation application

The current City-selected packet calls for location drawings, work dimensions, existing facilities and traffic control addressing vehicles, bicycles and pedestrians. Contractors and subcontractors need active North Kansas City business licenses.

The packet specifies a minimum $1,000 performance surety bond if excavating, with insurance and licensing on file before processing. The City's certificate-holder requirement does not by itself establish additional-insured status. Obtain the actual bond form, principal, required sum and dates rather than assuming every ROW occupation uses the excavation minimum.

File the issued bond, then obtain the permit

Purchase Now opens Propeller; the listed option supplies no fixed amount or term. After issuance, the City packet permits copies of the surety bond and insurance certificate to be emailed with the application to Publicworks@Nkc.org. Confirm that the submitted instrument meets the City's request and whether anything further is needed.

Obtain the approved permit before work and keep its copy or scan on site. The packet calls for 24-hour advance inspection notice and completion within 10 business days of groundbreaking. That work deadline is not a bond expiration date.

Follow the City's trench-plate, restoration and applicable winter-work conditions. City restoration at the applicant's expense after noncompliance is not a substitute for completing the applicant's own obligations.