A. Every person making any excavation in a public street shall maintain safe crossings for vehicles and pedestrian traffic at all street intersections and safe crossings for pedestrians at intervals not to exceed six hundred feet. If any such excavation is made across a public street, at least one safe crossing shall be maintained at all times for vehicles and pedestrians. Such person shall also provide free access to all water gates. All materials excavated shall be laid compactly along the side of the trench and kept trimmed so as to cause as little inconvenience as possible to public travel. If the street is not wide enough to hold the excavated materials without using part of the adjacent sidewalk, such person shall erect and maintain a tight board fence upon and along such sidewalk and keep a passageway at least three feet in width open and along such sidewalk.
B. The excavation work shall be performed in such a manner so as not to interfere with access to fire stations and fire hydrants. Materials or obstructions shall not be placed within fifteen feet of fire hydrants. Passageways leading to fire escapes or firefighting equipment shall be kept free from piles of materials or other obstructions.
(Prior code § 12.04.160 (Ord. 487 § 14, 1960))