(A) No person shall make any excavation or opening or dig any ditch, trench, tunnel or hole in, along, across or under any street, sidewalk or other public place for the purpose of laying or placing therein any pipe, wires or poles or for any other purposes unless a written permit has been issued under § 93.05. However, a permit shall not be required where the work is performed under a contract with the city.
(B) All persons desiring a permit to make an opening in any street or sidewalk, as set forth in division (A) of this section, shall obtain a permit under § 93.05.
(C) When any part of any street, sidewalk, alley or other public place of the city shall be torn or dug up for any purpose, the person making the excavation or opening shall, have the duty of refilling the excavation or opening, and the refilling shall be done in accordance with the standards and specifications of the city.
(D) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation who obtains a permit under the divisions of this section to do any excavation of any kind which may create or cause a dangerous condition in or near any street, alley, sidewalk or public place without placing and maintaining proper guard rails three feet from the ground and signal lights or other warning at, in or around the same, sufficient to warn the public of the excavation or work, and to protect all persons using reasonable care, from injuries on account of the excavation or work.
(E) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to drag, run or cause to be dragged or run any harrow or other implement, engine, machine or tool upon any asphalt or other type of permanently paved street of the city which shall be likely in any way to injure or cut the surface of the street.
(F) No person shall injure, tamper with, remove, paint upon or deface any bridge, culvert, ditch and drain, sign, signpost, street light, traffic signal, bulletin board or other municipal property upon the streets and sidewalks or elsewhere, except employees of the city in the performance of their duties.
(G) No person shall begin to construct, reconstruct, repair, alter or grade any driveway on the public streets unless a written permit therefor has been issued by some officer of the city vested with that authority.
(H) It shall be unlawful for any individual to operate a motor vehicle, as the same is defined by the general statutes, upon any sidewalk in the city except across a lawfully constructed driveway.
(I) Violation of this section may constitute an infraction in accordance with § 10.99 of this Code and G.S. § 14-4.
(`84 Code, §§ 4-1011 - 4-1020) (Ord. passed 9-5-39; Am. Ord. passed 4-3-40; Am. Ord. 2018-O-02, passed 2-20-18; Am. Ord. 2022-O-01, passed 3-1-22) Penalty, see §
10.99
Statutory reference:
Establishment and control over streets, see G.S. § 160A-296