A. Excavations; Utility Protection: No person may make any excavation without first obtaining a permit to do so from the city manager and waiting the required time for utility protection (see subsection 7-3-7C of this chapter), except as otherwise provided herein.
B. Entrance Into Substructure: No entrance may be made into any substructure opening by any person without compliance with the rules and regulations prescribed by the city manager.
C. Changes: No excavation permit shall be valid and no emergency excavation shall begin or continue if there is a change of location or enlargement of the excavation, however slight, before or at any stage of the excavation, unless the applicant amends his application, or in an emergency repeats the required notification procedures, to indicate the change of location or enlargement. (Ord. C66-193, 3-9-1982)
D. Private Property: All excavations at locations other than a public place require a permit under the New Mexico administrative code, title 14, chapters 5 through 10. The provisions of subsections 7-3-7C and D, and sections 7-3-10 and 7-3-12 of this chapter, shall apply to all such excavations to assure protection of underground utility facilities in easements or rights of way not in a public place and no permit shall be issued until after compliance with these provisions. (Ord. C66-193, 3-9-1982; amd. 2006 Code)