(a) The permittee shall not interfere with any existing utility without the written consent of the Public Works Director and the utility company.
(b) No utility owned by the City shall be moved unless the cost of such work is borne by the permittee. The cost of moving privately-owned utilities shall be similarly borne by the permittee unless the permittee makes other arrangements with the utility.
(c) The permittee shall support and protect, by timbers or otherwise, all pipes, conduits, poles, wires or other apparatus which may be in any way affected by the excavation work, and do everything necessary to support, sustain and protect them under, over, along or across such work. In case any such fixtures or apparatus are damaged, they shall be repaired by the utility owning them, at the expense of the permittee or his or her surety.
(d) The permittee, and his or her surety, shall be responsible for any damage done to any public or private property by reason of the breaking of any water pipe, sewer, gas pipe, electric conduit or other utility.
(e) The permittee shall inform himself or herself as to the existence and location of all underground utilities and protect the same against damage.
(1977 Code § 24-127; Ord. 94-80. Passed 9-19-94.)