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1020.05   RULES FOR EXCAVATIONS; FEE SCHEDULE.
   The City Engineer shall, from time to time, make rules and regulations governing the opening of public streets and public grounds and the materials to be used in relaying or repairing the various kinds of pavements or surfaces so opened. The City Engineer shall also prepare a schedule of fees to be charged for the repaving and repairing of all openings made by applicants under the provisions of this chapter. Such repairing and repaving shall be done under the supervision of the Director of Public Works exclusively, upon due notice given to him by the City Engineer.
1020.06   BACKFILL METHODS.
   The method of making the necessary backfill where an excavation has been made shall be as follows:
   (A)   If a sewer is to be covered, stone sand shall be tamped solidly under and around the sewer, with proper tools for that purpose, to a depth of twelve inches. The remainder of the backfill shall be deposited in layers not exceeding four inches in thickness, each of which layers shall be well pounded and rammed with a rammer of suitable weight or with an approved pneumatic tamper.
   (B)   In the case of an excavation other than a sewer, the earth backfill shall be compacted in four-inch layers the same as stone backfill and shall at all times be compacted to a density of not less than ninety percent of the maximum density, according to the provisions of the State of Ohio Department of Transportation Construction and Material Specifications, the latest edition. Care that the backfill material contains the proper amount of moisture so as to obtain the maximum compaction shall be exercised at all times.
   (C)   In lieu of subsections (A) and (B) hereof, ready-mixed "flowable fill" may be used. If "flowable fill" is used, then overcutting the trench, as shown in the Standard Drawings is not necessary. The fill shall be placed to within two inches of the existing surface. The mix shall be: 100 pounds of Portland concrete cement, 300 pounds of (Class C) fly ash, 2,600 pounds of fine aggregate and approximately seventy gallons of water. The mix will yield approximately ICY of flowable mortar with a compressive strength of approximately 100 psi.
   Additional details of backfill methods can be found in the City of Lima's Standard Drawings available in the office of the City Engineer.
(Ord. 5-86. Passed 1-6-86.)
1020.07   WARNING LIGHTS AND BARRICADES.
   (A)   Whoever makes or causes to be made any excavation in or adjoining any street or public ground and whoever occupies or causes to be occupied any
portion of any street with any building material or obstruction shall provide sufficient warning lights and barricades, as required herein, to adequately protect pedestrian and vehicular traffic.
   (B)   Not less than two warning lights shall be secured and conspicuously posted in or near such excavation, building material or obstruction, one or more at each end of the space so excavated or occupied. If the space occupied by such obstruction exceeds ten feet in length, then additional lights shall be posted as aforesaid for every additional ten feet in length so excavated or occupied. Such lights shall be lighted during the hours of darkness and at any time when ordinary visibility is obscured. The City Engineer or any Assistant City Engineer may, at his discretion, require additional lights in the case of any excavated area.
   (C)   In the case of excavations, whether in or adjoining a street or public ground, and in the case of other open or exposed places within the City, suitable warning barriers shall be set up to protect against accidents.
(1956 Code Sec. 301.07)
1020.08   NOTICE TO INSTALL WATER OR SEWER CONNECTIONS PRIOR TO PAVING.
   Prior to the paving, repairing or resurfacing of any street or public ground, the City Engineer shall cause notices to be sent to all abutting property owners requiring them to install any necessary water or sewer service branches. Notice shall also be sent to all public utility corporations and City departments to install all necessary mains, conduits, service branches and structures. Property owners, public utility corporations and City departments shall he allowed the necessary and legal time required for the aforesaid installations before the new pavement is laid. Thereafter, for three years from the final completion and acceptance of the new pavement, no permit for making an opening in such pavement shall be issued by the City except by express authority in each case from the City Engineer, which authority shall be exercised only for reasons of public necessity or of undue private hardship where the necessity for the opening arises from causes over which the applicant had no control. Lack of foresight in not installing service connections prior to the laying of a new pavement shall not be considered an adequate reason for abrogation of the three-year restriction.
(1956 Code Sec. 301.08)
1020.09   CONSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ALLEY CROSSINGS.
   (A)   All public or private alley crossings abutting any street being permanently improved by paving shall be constructed with the same material as that with which the abutting street is being paved. All such public or private alley crossings shall be constructed the full width of the alley and shall extend from the inside lot line to the outside gutter line.
   (B)   All public or private alley crossings not included in subsection (a) hereof shall he constructed of paving block, asphalt or cement, shall be constructed the full width of the alley and shall extend from the inside lot line to the outside gutter line.
   (C)   The Engineering Division shall not set any grade stakes nor shall the Street Division accept any alley improvement that is not constructed in conformity with the provisions of this section.
(1956 Code Sec. 301.09)
1020.99   PENALTY.
   Whoever violates or fails to comply with any of the provisions of this chapter is guilty of a minor misdemeanor and shall be fined not more than the amount set forth in Section 698.02. A separate offense shall be deemed committed each day during or on which a violation or noncompliance occurs or continues.
(Ord. 167-05. Passed 8-22-05.)