All excavations required for the installation of water and sewer facilities shall be open trench work or ditch, unless otherwise approved by the City Council. City personnel shall be allowed to inspect the work at any stage of construction, and the contractor or property owner shall notify the Maintenance Supervisor when the work is ready for final inspection and before any underground portions are covered. The Maintenance Supervisor shall have the power to approve the work or require changes. All installations of water and sewer lines shall be in compliance with federal, state, and local laws and regulations. No water and sewer line shall lie in the same trench unless the sewer line is well below the water line and meets all federal and state engineering specifications. No other utility (e.g., gas, electrical, and the like) shall be contained in the same trench, unless permitted by federal and state engineering specifications.
(Prior Code, § 8.0106) Penalty, see § 10.99