Before you pour a sidewalk, cut a drive approach, or otherwise work in the public right-of-way, the City of Canal Winchester requires a permit bond guaranteeing you restore the right-of-way and follow the City's permit conditions. We issue it at a flat 3% of the bond amount, $275 minimum.
















Your Canal Winchester permit is waiting on this bond. Here is the whole process:
Your business details, the bond amount on the permit, and the effective date — that is the entire application.
Most right-of-way bonds at this amount issue right after purchase. Larger amounts may get a quick review.
Take the executed bond to Canal Winchester's Engineering / Building Department with your right-of-way permit application. Wet-ink original mailed to you to sign and file.
Bond amount × 3% = your premium, one-time per term, $275 minimum. Enter the figure on your Canal Winchester permit and the premium updates.
The City of Canal Winchester owns the streets, sidewalks, and drive approaches in town. When a contractor or property owner works in that public right-of-way — pouring a sidewalk, cutting a curb, or opening a drive approach — the City conditions the permit on a surety bond so the public space is put back the way it was found.
It is a three-party guarantee: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Canal Winchester (the obligee). If you damage the right-of-way and fail to restore it, or your sidewalk / approach work fails the City's standard, the City can recover its cost against the bond.
This is not insurance for you. If the City makes a valid claim and the surety pays, you repay the surety. Contractors who build to spec and pass the City's final inspection treat the bond as a permit formality.
These are the actual issuing fields. Submit with the bond amount on your Canal Winchester permit and most bonds at this level issue right away.
Start the application →If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
Five-minute application, flat 3%, $275 minimum. Enter the amount the City named and file the same day.