Burbank right-of-way bonds.
From $100. Enter your amount.
Burbank, a Chicago-area city in Cook County, requires anyone who will obstruct, excavate in, or otherwise work within a public street or right-of-way — utility trenching, driveway aprons, dumpsters, scaffolding, and similar street work — to post a permit bond with the Department of Public Works before the permit is issued. Premiums cost 1% of the bond amount, $100 minimum; the application collects no credit information, and most applications approve instantly.
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No long underwriting queue for the standard right-of-way permit bond — enter your amount, pay, and file with the City. Here is the whole thing:
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Your company details, the bond amount your permit requires, and the effective date — that is the entire application.
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The application collects no credit information, and most applications approve instantly. Larger obstruction bonds may get a brief underwriter review.
File with Public Works
Submit the executed bond to Burbank's Department of Public Works to complete your right-of-way or street obstruction permit. Wet-ink originals mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the right-of-way bond actually guarantees
Burbank's Code of Ordinances devotes a chapter to streets and sidewalks, and the City's public-way permitting practice — like most Cook County municipalities — conditions work that touches a public street on a permit and a bond that backs the applicant's obligation to restore the right-of-way to its prior condition once the work is done.
It is a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Burbank (the obligee), with the public and the City as the protected parties. If a permitted obstruction damages the street, blocks safe passage past its permitted term, or is left unrestored, the City can recover against the bond up to the amount your permit set.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. There is no single citywide dollar figure: Public Works sizes the bond to the scope of the specific obstruction, excavation, or utility work your permit covers, so enter the amount stated on your permit paperwork.
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One application, then a fast decision.
Submit the application with the bond amount your Burbank permit requires. The application collects no credit information, and most applications approve instantly.
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From $100, soft pull only. Enter your permit amount and file with Public Works the same day. Free until issued.