A. Maintaining Traffic; Closing: During construction, traffic shall be maintained at all times so as to cause as little inconvenience as possible to the occupants of abutting property and to the general public; provided, that the city engineer may permit the closing of public properties to all traffic for a designated period of time, if, in his/her opinion it is necessary. Before any public property may be closed or restricted to traffic the permittee must obtain the approval of the city engineer and notify the chief of the fire department and the chief of the police department. The permittee shall route and control all traffic, including its own vehicles, as directed by the chief of the police department. Upon completion of construction work, the chief of the police department and the chief of the fire department shall again be notified before traffic is returned to its normal route.
B. Through Traffic; Detour: Through traffic shall be maintained without detours if possible. When it is necessary to construct a detour, the permittee shall construct same at its expense in accordance with industry standards for operations, subject to the city engineer's approval. The permittee will be responsible for any unnecessary damage caused to any public properties by the operation of its equipment.
C. Barriers; Crossings: The permittee shall erect and maintain suitable barriers to confine earth from trenches or other excavations in order to minimize encroachment upon highways. It shall construct and maintain adequate and safe crossing over excavation and across highways during construction to accommodate vehicular and pedestrian traffic at all intersections, subject to the city engineer's approval. Pedestrian crossings shall consist of approved method. (1959 Code § 4-7-22)