A permittee shall not interfere with any existing utility without the written consent of the Director of Buildings and the utility company or person owning the utility. If it becomes necessary to remove an existing utility, this shall be done by its owner. No utility owned by the City shall be moved to accommodate the permittee unless he or she makes other arrangements with the City. The permittee shall support and protect, by timbers or otherwise, all pipes, conduits, poles, wires or other apparatus which may, in any way, be affected by the excavation work, and shall do everything necessary to support, sustain and protect them under, over, along or across the work. If any pipe, conduit, pole, wire or other apparatus is damaged, it shall be repaired by the person owning it and the expense of such repair shall be charged to the permittee and deducted from the deposit required by Section 915.06. The permittee shall be responsible for any damage done to any public or private property by reason of the breaking of any water pipe, sewer, gas pipe, electric conduit or other utility, and the amount of damage shall be deducted from the deposit required by Section 915.06. The permittee shall inform himself or herself as to the existence and location of all underground utilities and protect the same against damage.
(Ord. 1986-47. Passed 12-22-86; Ord. 1990-18. Passed 4-23-90.)