Every person, firm or corporation making or causing to be made any construction ditch or any other excavation, road maintenance, utility maintenance or utility construction in a street right-of-way and/or easement shall do so in a careful, prudent and professional manner so as to properly safeguard and protect the work site and to prevent injury to persons or property in at least the following manner:
(A) Complying with the state’s Department of Transportation (INDOT) work zone traffic control guidelines and the Indiana Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices, as well as those safeguards listed in divisions (B), (C), (D) and (E) below;
(B) By placing of substantial and adequate barricades in, around and along the sides of the work area;
(C) By providing and maintaining adequate light to disclose to the public the existence of any construction in the street, whether night or day;
(D) During the nighttime, to place at least one blinking light at the end of work area and the placing of other blinking lights spaced at intervals recommended for traffic speed within and adjacent to the construction; and
(E) When necessary (as deemed by the City Director of Streets) adequately trained traffic control personnel to direct traffic in a safe, prudent and professional manner.
(Ord. 2020-OR-11, passed 7-6-2020)