§ 6295 Grantee Repair Cost Reimbursement

• •If a company damages public property (like roads or sidewalks) while doing their work, they have to pay for the repairs.
• •The city can ask the company to pay for these repairs anytime they want.
• •This rule is for companies that have special permission (a franchise) to work in the city.

A phone company digs up the sidewalk to lay new cables and accidentally breaks a water pipe.

The phone company has to pay for fixing the water pipe because they caused the damage while doing their work.