Any excavator, except for public agencies, who fails to comply with the required notification and who damages an underground facility owned by the city or the Utilities Authority shall be liable for the underground damage to, and responsible for the repairs of, such facilities. The failure to notify the city prior to excavation of such an underground facility shall, furthermore, be considered unlawful and punishable in accordance with § 10.99 of this code of ordinances.
(Prior Code, § 97.63) (Ord. 1310, passed 8-8-2000) Penalty, see § 10.99