12.08.160   Barricading, lighting, and signposting.
   A.   Every person making an excavation in a public street or other public place, or installing street surface improvements therein, shall place and maintain at each end of the work and at intervals of not less than fifty feet throughout the length of the work, barriers and lights to protect the public from accidents. Such lights must be lighted between the hours of sunset and sunrise and shall be so placed as to give effective warning to pedestrians and motorists of the existing hazard.
   B.   If such barricades or lights are not so placed and maintained by the person responsible therefor, the city engineer may do so, in which event the cost thereof as determined by the city engineer shall be due and forthwith payable to the city by the person responsible for the conduct of the work.
   C.   Every person who makes an excavation in a public street or place or who installs street surface improvements shall display at a conspicuous place at the side during the entire time the work is in progress a sign stating such person's name.
(Prior code § 12.04.200 (Ord. 487 § 18 1960))