For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
EMERGENCY. An unforeseen combination of circumstances or the resulting state that calls for immediate action to protect property, to preserve public safety or to restore a traffic route affected by disaster or other calamity to include but is not limited to repairing a gas or water leak, restoring electrical utility service or to save a trapped person or animal.
EXCAVATE. To use a motor, engine, hydraulic or pneumatically powered tool, shovel or other mechanized equipment of any kind to augur, bore, dig, ditch, drill, dredge, trench or tunnel to remove or otherwise disturb soil to a depth of 12 inches or more.
(Ord. 12012015DIG, passed 12-1-2015)
Excavating anywhere in the city, whether on private or public land, is prohibited from Friday at 4:00 p.m. central standard time through Monday at 7:00 a.m. central standard time unless in case of an emergency. It shall also be a defense to this section that the excavation was part of a burial ceremony performed solely on cemetery property. Excavating performed by employees of the city, in the scope of their employment, is exempted from enforcement under this section.
(Ord. 12012015DIG, passed 12-1-2015)
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