(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to make an excavation in a street, road, alley or easement in the city, to include more than 50% of such street, road, alley or easement, without covering such excavation with steel plates sufficient in size and strength to bear all possible loads traveling over such excavation. In all cases, there shall be a passable lane at least ten feet in width open at all times. Exception to this section may be made only upon the written concurrence of the Superintendent of the Street Department. ('90 Code, § 21-5)
(B) The Public Works Director shall require that all improvements upon public streets or private streets intended to become public, at the time of any excavating, shall be replaced in equal or better conditions. Any person making such excavation shall be responsible for the removal of all excess material and shall leave the site clean and safe. All excavations shall be backfilled in six inch layers and well tamped. The Public Works Director may require that the original dirt be replaced with material of a better compacting quality. An excavation shall be made at street level 12 inches on each side of the original excavation to include the full width of the excavation for a depth of eight inches. Six inches of this eight inch excavation shall be filled with well tamped crush run stone and capped for the remaining two inches with hot poured asphalt. ('90 Code, § 21-6)
(Ord. passed 2-8-88)