ARTICLE III: EXCAVATIONS
Section
   16.301   Permission required; bond required
   16.302   Danger signals required; lights required
   16.303   Removal of danger signals
   16.304   Cuts/excavations to be restored
   16.305   Failure
Editor’s note:
   This article derives from generally accepted municipal practices.
§ 16.301  PERMISSION REQUIRED; BOND REQUIRED.
   a.   It shall be unlawful to cut or excavate a street or sidewalk in the corporate limits without having first obtained permission therefor from the town and SCDOT, except in a bona fide emergency situation.
   b.   Before permission shall be granted for the opening or cutting of any street or sidewalk in the town, the person making application may be required to deposit with the town, a cash bond in a sum as may be estimated by the Clerk/Treasurer to ensure the maintenance of lights and barricades during the period of construction work, the refilling of the opening and the replacing thereof.
(S.C. Code § 5-7-30)  (Prior Code, § 16.301)
§ 16.302  DANGER SIGNALS REQUIRED; LIGHTS REQUIRED.
   It shall be unlawful for any person to allow any trench, ditch or excavation in any street, sidewalk or public place to remain open without a sufficient number of lights or other safety devices properly displayed around same as danger signals to prevent accidents to persons or property. Adequate lights shall be displayed at night.
(Prior Code, § 16.302)
§ 16.303  REMOVAL OF DANGER SIGNALS.
   It shall be unlawful for any person to remove or extinguish any warning device or light which may be placed as a signal during daylight hours, or at night, to warn persons of danger from trenches, building materials, scaffolds, excavations, impediments or obstacles of any description whatsoever.
(Prior Code, § 16.303)
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