In making excavations in streets or highways for the laying of service pipes or making repairs, the planks or pavement, stones, and earth removed must be deposited in a manner that will occasion the least inconvenience to the public and provide for passage of water along gutters. No person shall leave any excavations made in a sidewalk, street, or alley open at any time without a barricade, and, during the night, warning lights must be maintained at such excavation. After the service pipes are laid, in filling the opening, the earth must be laid in layers of not more than nine inches in depth, and each layer shall be thoroughly tamped and puddled. The streets, sidewalks, and pavements must be restored to as good condition as previous to making excavation. All dirt, stones, and rubbish must be removed immediately after completion of the work. If an excavation in any street, alley, or highway shall be left open or unfinished for the space of 24 hours or more, if the work shall be improperly done, or if the rubbish shall not be removed, the Utility Superintendent shall have the right to finish or correct the work, and the expense incurred shall be charged to the consumer and shall be paid by the plumber, drain layer, or other person authorized by the consumer to do the excavating work or by the consumer before the water is turned on. No main shall be tapped or connection made when the ground is frozen, except by special permission of the Utility Superintendent. No person shall make any excavation in any streets or highways within six feet of any laid water pipe while the ground is frozen or dig up or uncover so as to expose to the frost any water pipe of this village except under direction of the Utility Superintendent.
(Ord. 2021-1, passed 1-5-2021) Penalty, see § 50.99