(A) Each adjacent property owner is entitled to the lateral and subjacent support which his or her land receives from the adjoining land. Any person making an excavation shall use ordinary care and skill in making the excavation and shall take all necessary steps to protect the adjacent property from possible damage resulting from the excavation.
(B) Any property owner or lessee intending to permit or to make an excavation greater than ten feet in depth within 15 feet of his or her property line(s) shall give reasonable notice to the property owner(s) of land abutting the property line(s) affected by such excavation, stating the depth for which such excavation is intended to be made and when the excavation will begin.
(Ord. 3378 § 5 (part), 2023; Ord. 2568 § 1, 2002.)