Blue Ash downtown right-of-way bonds.
$275. Five minutes.
The City of Blue Ash requires a street-opening / right-of-way bond before you work in its downtown-area public right of way. That amount is $5,000. At a flat 3% the math is $150, but our minimum premium is $275, so $275 is the price, the same for everyone.
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Three steps. One sitting.
Right-of-way bonds are simple. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no credit check section.
Pay & e-sign
Small fixed-amount bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with Public Works
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with your Blue Ash downtown right-of-way permit. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
The whole pricing page.
$5,000 bond × 3% = $150, but our minimum premium is $275 — so $275 per term. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Before anyone opens or works in the public right of way in Blue Ash's downtown area — to lay utilities, bore, excavate, or make a street opening — the city's Public Works Department requires a permit and a street-opening bond under the city's right-of-way ordinance (Codified Ordinances Chapter 949).
Blue Ash sets the bond amount by where the work is. The downtown-area amount is $5,000 — distinct from the city's blanket ($10,000) option and its main-arterial ($5,000) amount. It's a three-party arrangement among you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Blue Ash (the obligee).
The bond guarantees you restore the right of way — pavement, curb, and surface — to the city's standards and repair any damage. It is not insurance for you: if the surety pays a claim for unrepaired damage, you repay the surety. Residents doing their own work are exempt; this is for contractors and utilities.
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Five minutes. The whole thing.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit check section, because this bond doesn't have one.
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Get your downtown permit moving today.
$275 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.