A. Consent Required: The permittee shall not interfere with any existing facility without the written consent of the administrative authority and the owner of the facility.
B. Work Done By Owner: If it becomes necessary to relocate an existing facility, such work shall be done by its owner.
C. Liability For Cost: No facility owned by the City shall be moved to accommodate the permittee unless the cost of such work be borne by the permittee. The cost of moving privately- owned facilities shall be similarly borne by the permittee unless other arrangements are made with the owners of the facility.
D. Protection Of Facilities: The permittee shall support and protect all pipes, conduits, poles, wires, or other apparatus which may be affected in any way by the excavation work and do everything necessary to support, sustain, and protect them under, over, along or across the work. The permittee shall secure approval of method of support and protection from owners of the facility.
E. Damaged Facilities; Liability: In case any of the pipes, conduits, poles, wire or pipe coating or the encasement or devices or apparatus should be damaged, the permittee shall promptly notify the owners thereof. All damaged facilities shall be repaired by the agency or person owning them, and the expense of such repairs shall be charged to the permittee. It is the intent of this Section that the permittee shall assume all liability for damage to facilities, and any resulting damage or injury to anyone because of such facility damage and such assumption of liability is a contractual obligation of the permittee. The only exception will be such instances where damage is exclusively due to the negligence of the owning utility.
F. Knowledge Of Location Of Facilities: The permittee shall inform itself as to the existence and location of all underground facilities and protect the same against damage. (1973 Code § 12.16.160)