(A) Abandonment of pipelines shall be done according to city specifications. The specifications shall include that all above-ground pipes, valves, and the like, shall be removed, ends shall be plated after filling pipes with slurry sand, and a fee of one-half the estimated cost of removal shall be paid to the city. The franchise holder shall then have no further responsibility for the abandoned facilities, nor shall the grantee pay any annual fees for such facilities. If these conditions are not satisfied, the proposed abandoned facilities shall be considered as being deactivated and shall remain the responsibility of the grantee, and shall remain on their records and maps and the annual fees shall be paid. In the event that such payment is not made, the City Council may declare the franchise forfeited.
(B) Whenever the use of a substructure is abandoned, except the abandonment of a service line designed to serve a single property owner, the person owning, using, controlling or having an interest therein shall, within 30 days after such abandonment, file with the Director of Public Works a statement in writing giving in detail the location of the substructure so abandoned. If such abandoned substructure is in the way or subsequently becomes in the way of an installation of the city or any other public body which installation is pursuant to a governmental function, the owner shall remove such abandoned substructure or pay the cost of its removal during the course of excavation for construction of the facility by the city or any other public body.
(C) Violation of this section shall be deemed an infraction.
('64 Code, § 19-58) (Ord. 164, passed 12-20-60) Penalty, see § 10.97