§ 95.47 TEMPORARY STREET CLOSINGS.

   The Chief of Police shall have authority to temporarily close any street, or portion thereof, when he shall deem such street to be unsafe or temporarily unsuitable for use for any reason. He shall cause suitable barriers and signs to be erected on said street, indicating that the same is closed to public travel. When any street or portion thereof shall have been closed to public travel, no person shall drive any vehicle upon or over said street except as the same may be necessary incidentally to any street repair or construction work being done in the area closed to public travel. No person shall move or interfere with any sign or barrier pursuant to this section without authority from the Chief of Police.

(1990 Code, § 4.39)

§ 95.48 ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS.

   The City Manager may make additional regulations pertaining to openings and excavations in the streets, curb cuts, street obstructions, and house moving, which regulations shall be subject to the approval of the City Commission. No person shall fail to comply with any such regulations.

(1990 Code, § 4.36)

SAFETY REQUIREMENTS

§ 95.60 PURPOSE.

   (A)   The purpose of this subchapter is to better control the hazards created on streets, sidewalks, or public properties owned by the city, or under the control of the city, or the Michigan State Highway Department as located within the city.

   (B)   It is anticipated the following provisions shall cover the type of work and excavation as follows:

      (1)   Street construction and/or maintenance;

      (2)   Curb and sidewalk construction and/or maintenance;

      (3)   Tree trimming, tree removal, or stump removal;

      (4)   Utility construction and/or removal and maintenance, including electric, gas and the like;

      (5)   Water mains, water services, sewer mains, or sewer service construction and maintenance.

(1990 Code, § 4.30)

§ 95.61 PERMITS REQUIRED.

   No contractor, subcontractor, or anyone acting in consort therewith shall commence any excavation, opening, tree trimming, or maintenance of streets, sidewalks, curbs or other public ways without first obtaining a written permit from the Department of Public Works at least 48 hours prior to the commencement of such work, and without first notifying the St. Johns Police Department to enable the re-routing, if necessary, of all emergency vehicles, unless such work is deemed to be required in an emergency situation, including gasline break, in which case such work shall not be commenced without the contractor first contacting the Superintendent of the Department of Public Works, the Superintendent of the Water Department, and the St. Johns Police Department.

(1990 Code, § 4.31)

§ 95.62 SAFEGUARDS AND BARRICADING.

   All such openings, excavations, maintenance and/or obstructions shall be properly and substantially barricaded, signed and marked at the contractor’s expense pursuant to the Manual of Traffic Controls for Street and Highway Construction and/or Maintenance Operations by the Michigan Department of State Highways, Traffic Control Devices, or any applicable successor document thereto, specifically pursuant to §§ 6-Al, 6-A2, 6-A3, 6-A4, and 6-A5, which sections of the Municipal Department of State Highways Manual are incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof.

(1990 Code, § 4.32)

§ 95.63 SHORING OF EXCAVATIONS.

   All openings and excavations shall, where necessary, be properly and substantially sheeted and braced as a safeguard to the workmen and to prevent cave-ins or washouts which would tend to injure and further damage the thoroughfare or subsurface structure of the streets or public ways.

(1990 Code, § 4.33)

SIDEWALKS

§ 95.75 DEFINITION.

   The following definition shall apply in the interpretation of this subchapter. SIDEWALK shall mean the portion of the street right-of-way designed for pedestrian travel.

(1990 Code, § 4.61)