(A) Plans for construction work which include trenching or excavation must include the general location of all natural gas service lines and mains which cross the construction or are located within ten feet of the outer limits of the proposed trenching or excavation.
(B) A preconstruction conference must be held not less than two weeks prior to the beginning of trenching or excavation work, and minutes of that conference must be maintained in the permanent records of the gas utility.
(C) The preconstruction conference mentioned in division (B) above should be attended by the superintendent of the excavator and by the Gas Manager or Superintendent of the Gas Utility or a designated member of the Gas Committee.
(D) A written request for surface marking must be delivered by the excavator to the Gas Manager or Superintendent of the Gas Utility or a designated member of the Gas Committee not less than two full working days prior to the initiation of excavation.
(E) Gas facilities to be exposed by excavations shall be specifically identified to the Gas Manager or Superintendent of the Gas Utility or a designated member of the Gas Committee by the excavator 24 hours in advance of the time that such facility or facilities will be exposed.
(F) The excavator shall report any incident in which gas facilities are accidentally exposed, but not damaged, to the Gas Manager or Superintendent of the Gas Utility or a designated member of the Gas Committee not less than two hours following such accidental exposure of facilities.
(G) A qualified employee of the village’s gas utility shall be present at the site of any excavation occurring within ten feet of any gas service line or other gas facility.
(H) The cost incurred in providing the person described in division (G) above shall be paid by the excavator at actual cost to the Gas Utility of the village.
(Prior Code, § 51.020) (Ord. 88-012, passed 9-20-1988)