(a) The City will not insure the work under construction, nor against claims for injury to person or property arising during the prosecution of such work.
(b) The contractor will be held responsible for all damage to the work under construction, whether from fire, water, high winds or other causes until final completion and acceptance, even though partial payments have been made under the contract. He or she will be held answerable for all damages that may occur to persons, property, animals or vehicles from want of proper shoring, bracing, lighting, watching, boarding or enclosing and for any accident arising from defective scaffolding or apparatus, or from any negligence on the part of himself or herself or his or her employees.
(Ord. No. 1236-60. Passed 6-20-60, eff. 6-22-60)