Any person who shall dig into, disturb or excavate any public street, sidewalk or other public place of the urban county without a permit to do so as provided in sections 17-8, 17C-21 and 17C-22; or who shall fail to provide adequate protective measures for any such excavation as provided in section 17-9, or who shall violate any of the other provisions of sections 17-7 through 17-12 shall be fined not less than two hundred dollars ($200.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each offense; however, the penalty for violation of section 17-11 shall be a fine of one hundred dollars ($100.00) for each night an excavation shall remain unprotected. Fines for failure to obtain a permit as required in sections 17-8, 17C-21 and 17C-22 shall be assessed at a rate twice the standard cost for the applicable permit.
(Ord. No. 174-2001, § 20, 7-5-01; Ord. No. 134-2005, § 15, 6-9-05)