A. Before granting a permit under any provision of this chapter, the road commissioner may require the applicant to file with him a satisfactory bond, payable to the county of Monterey, in such amount as the road commissioner deems sufficient, conditioned on the proper completion of the permit work in compliance with the provisions of this chapter. In lieu of a bond, the road commissioner may accept a cash deposit, conditioned as in the case of a bond. When this chapter, or the terms of any permit issued under it, requires that the permittee guarantee and maintain the permit work for a period of time after the completion of such work, such bond shall be deemed to be and remain in effect for such period of time. When a cash deposit has been accepted by the road commissioner, in lieu of a bond, it, or such part of it as the road commissioner may deem sufficient, shall be held as security for the performance of such guarantee and maintenance for such period of time.

B. Except as otherwise provided in this section, such a bond shall not be required of any public agency which is authorized by law to establish or maintain any works or facilities in, under or over any public highway, nor shall the application of any such public agency for a permit be denied. Every such applicant is entitled as a matter of right to a permit, but is otherwise subject to the provisions of this chapter and to all reasonable conditions and provisions made by the road commissioner in any such permit.

C. The road commissioner may require of any such public agency applicant a bond in a sum not to exceed twenty thousand dollars, if such applicant has in fact prior to such application failed to comply with the provisions of this chapter or with all of the provisions of a previous permit. (Ord. 76-5 § 1, 1976)