(a) No person shall remove any catch basin, manhole, sewer or other similar cover located within any street, sidewalk or other publicly owned or controlled property within the City without first obtaining a permit to do so from the Safety Director or the Service Director. Such permit shall be free of charge.
(Ord. 107-74. Passed 5-6-74. )
(b) No person who removes a manhole, catch basin, sewer or other similar cover, for any reason, within the City, shall fail to properly replace the same before leaving the area, making certain that such cover is not raised on any one side and that the same is fitted properly to prevent accidents by dislocating the same when driving over it.
(c) Any person not properly replacing a manhole, catch basin, sewer or other similar cover disturbed by him for any reason shall, in addition to the penalty provided in subsection (d) hereof, repay the City for any and all expenses incurred by the City in replacing such manhole, catch basin, sewer or other similar cover.
(Ord. 319-66. Passed 4-15-68.)
(d) Whoever violates any of the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree for a first offense and, for a second or subsequent offense within one year of the first offense, is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree. The penalty shall be as provided in Section 698.02.
(Ord. 107-74. Passed 5-6-74; Ord. 146-13. Passed 7-1-13.)