CHAPTER 11: BUILDINGS AND BUILDING REGULATIONS

ARTICLE I. IN GENERAL

11-1. UNDERGROUND UTILITY INSTALLATIONS-GENERALLY.

   (A)   This section, together with §§ 11-2, 11-3 and 11-4, shall be known and may be cited as the "Public Utility Safety Ordinance."

   (B)   As used in this section and §§ 11-2, 11-3 and 11-4, the following words and terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them as follows.

      PUBLIC UTILITY. Any industry having underground facilities and being regulated by the Michigan Public Service Commission and shall include, but shall not be limited by such enumeration, the Michigan Bell Telephone Company, Consumers Power Company, Southeastern Michigan Gas Company, Michigan Consolidated Gas Company, the Detroit Edison Company, Michigan Gas Storage Company and Buckeye Pipeline Company.

      EXCAVATOR. Any person who undertakes to remove earth prior to constructing a new facility or repairing an old facility located underground or above the ground.

      MAJOR INSTALLATION. Any facility of any public utility that is designed to serve more than one single-family residence building.

(1978 Code, § 8-1)

11-2. SAME-MAP.

   All public utilities, after January 1, 1967, are required to file with the city a current map showing the approximate location of every underground facility in the city. The maps shall be updated every six months and the revisions shall be filed by the last day of July of each year. The maps shall be drawn to the scale of one inch per 200 feet. The purpose of this requirement is to provide, for public record, notice of installations of public facilities. The maps are not required for the purpose of providing an accurate daily guide to the precise location of all public utility facilities.

(1978 Code, § 8-2)

11-3. SAME-NOTICE OF NEW WORK.

   (A)   All public utilities shall notify the city of any new work undertaken on underground facilities in the city. The notice shall be provided in advance. The notice may be served by registered letter or personally upon the City Manager or the Superintendent of Public Works.

   (B)   The city waives the requirement of advance notice of any work on underground facilities in the city when the work is begun under emergency conditions; provided, that notice shall be provided the city of the location and nature of the emergency work within a reasonable time after it is undertaken.

(1978 Code, § 8-3)