CHAPTER 2: EXCAVATIONS
Section
8-2-1 Responsibility for costs
8-2-2 Time period permitted for repair, extension, and penalty
8-2-3 Wye or tee fitting specifications
8-2-4 Sewer installation guidelines
8-2-5 Specifications for sewer laterals
8-2-6 Classification of backfill
8-2-7 Contractors, responsibilities
8-2-8 Backfilling, certification required
8-2-9 Responsibility for street restoration
8-2-10 Notification of town
8-2-11 Inspection
8-2-12 Barricades
8-2-13 Emergency, suspension of provisions
8-2-14 Penalty
(A) Excavation costs borne by town. The town shall bear the costs of restoring any street, alley, or curb to the condition it was prior to the cut or cuts necessitated by repair or installation of sewer mains not covered by the land development provisions in Title 12.
(C) Responsibility for restoration costs, general. Any utility company, or other person not otherwise covered herein, finding it necessary to make any street cut, alley cut, curb cut, or any other cut on town property for any purpose, shall be responsible for restoring the town property to at least as good condition as it was prior to the cut, including the costs of all pavement, backfilling, and certification set forth in §§ 8-2-6 and 8-2-8.
(Prior Code, § 8-2-1) (Ord. 2018-382, passed 3-15-2018)
(A) Time period; extension. Street cuts, alley cuts, or curb cuts shall be repaired within 12 months of the cut. Extensions may be permitted at the discretion of the Town Council.
(B) Failure to repair, penalty.
(1) If the repair is not completed within the time allowed, the person or entity responsible for the disruption of the street, alley, or curb shall be charged with a misdemeanor and shall be fined $100.
(2) Each day that the responsible party fails to repair the street, alley, or curb is a separate violation.
(3) If a property owner fails to comply with the restoration of the street, alley, or curb within ten days after either the 12-month time period or Town Council approved extension lapses, then the Town Council or its designee may cause the street, alley, or curb to be restored and shall assess the expense thereof against the property owner(s) of record.
(Prior Code, § 8-2-2) (Ord. 384, passed 4-5-2018) Penalty, see § 8-2-14
(A) Wye or tee fitting shall be installed in the main line sewer for connection of surface lines. Wye or tee fittings shall be of material and design and specifications acceptable to the Town Engineer.
(B) Joining of service pipe to wye or tee branches of main line pipe other than PVC shall be accomplished with special joint adapters manufactured specifically for joining the two different types of pipe.
(Prior Code, § 8-2-3)
(A) Proper tools and equipment satisfactory to the town shall be used for the safe and convenient progress of sewer installation. Whole pipe and fitting shall be carefully lowered into trench in such a manner as to prevent damage to pipe materials and protective coatings and linings.
(B) Under no circumstances shall materials be dropped or dumped into the trench. Every precaution shall be taken to prevent foreign material from entering the pipe while it is being installed.
(C) The pipe shall be clean and all sand, gravel, concrete, and cement grout that has entered the lines in the process of construction shall be removed.
(Prior Code, § 8-2-4) Penalty, see § 8-2-14
The sewer laterals shall be installed within one-fourth inch for grade and shall not be off more than one-half inch for alignment as certified by a licensed professional civil engineer, journeyman, plumber, certified town operator, or the Town Building Inspector.
(Prior Code, § 8-2-5)
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