(a) The pipeline operator is responsible for maintaining markers in accordance with this section and state and federal laws.
(b) The location of all new or replacement pipe and regulated pipeline must be marked by the pipeline operator or the person installing or operating the regulated pipelines as follows:
(1) Marker signs must be placed at all locations where pipe or regulated pipelines cross property boundary lines and at each side of a public rights-of-way or private street that the regulated pipeline crosses.
(2) The top of all marker signs must be a minimum of four feet above ground level; the support post must be sufficient to support the marker sign; and the markers must be painted yellow or another color approved by the director of the department of transportation.
(3) All marker signs must be a minimum of 12 inches square and must be marked as “gas pipe line.”
(4) All marker signs must contain the name of the pipeline operator and a 24-hour local contact number.
(5) Regulated pipelines must be marked along their entire length with a buried metal wire and metallic flag tape.
(6) All signs must also contain an 811 designation “call before you dig” statement.
(7) The pipeline operator shall annually replace signage that has been lost, damaged, or removed. (Ord. 29228)