All excavations for building sewer installation shall be adequately guarded with barricades and lights so as to protect the public from hazard. Streets, sidewalks, driveways, sewers, utilities and other public or private property disturbed in the course of the work shall be restored in a manner satisfactory to the Service Director. No sewer contractor shall open any pavement on any public or private property without first receiving written permission from the Director or proper authorities. At least forty-eight hours notice shall be given for this permission. Where the trench method is used through paved or unpaved streets, roads, driveways, alleys, etc., it will be necessary to use granular material or limestone screenings as required by the Director for backfill. It shall be placed in layers of not more than six inches and tamped with a mechanical tamp or puddled in layers at the direction of the Director. After the backfill is thoroughly compacted, it will be necessary to replace the pavement with the same type of materials as was removed, and in no case shall substitute paving materials be used without first securing the approval of the proper authority. All surplus excavation shall be removed from the site to a location satisfactory to the Director, leaving the berms and pavements in substantially the same condition as before construction started. All of the above mentioned work and material shall be performed in accordance with the standard specifications of the Ohio Department of Transportation. At all locations where the building sewer passes under another sewer, drainage pipe, water main or other utility, the line passed under shall be supported by material and a method approved by the Director and extra precaution will be required in backfilling and tamping the trench in order to avoid any danger of a break, settlement or crack in the line passed under.
(Ord. 135-1981. Passed 11-30-81.)