§ 90.051 SUPERVISION OF STREET EXCAVATION WORK.

   All the work of excavating or making any character of opening in any of the streets, alleys or highways of the city shall at all times be under the supervision of the Building Official. The person doing the work shall do the work in the manner directed by the Building Official to the end that the streets and highways of the city shall not be unduly disturbed and traffic thereon obstructed.

(1998 Code, § 106-77)

§ 90.052 RESPONSIBILITY FOR REPAIR OF STREET.

   (A)   Where excavating or digging is done in the streets for the purpose of making sewer, gas, water or wire connections, or for any other purpose, at the instance of and for the benefit of the abutting owner, the abutting property owner shall be liable and responsible, and the person doing the work shall be liable and responsible, for the proper and sufficient repair of the street, and the City Engineer is hereby authorized and required to make the necessary and proper repairs at the cost and expense of the person doing the work, or having the work done, or for whose benefit the work is done, or at the cost and expense of each of the persons or all of the persons, jointly and severally.

   (B)   Where the work is done by any person for his or her own use and benefit in the execution of his or her business, the person doing the work shall be liable and responsible for the proper repair of the street, and the City Engineer is hereby authorized and required to make the repairs at the cost and expense of the person doing the work or having the work done.

(1998 Code, § 106-78)

§ 90.053 MANNER OF REPAIRING AND FILLING STREET EXCAVATIONS.

   (A)   All holes or trenches dug in the streets shall, after the work contemplated has been completed, be repaired and filled with new material of the same kind and character as that originally placed in the street, when the street was last built or repaired.

   (B)   In all cases where any work is done in and upon the streets of the city, the backfilling must be puddled and rammed, the streets must be left in at least as good condition as they were before the work was done and the streets disturbed; and the person doing the work and the person for whom it is done will be held responsible for the work and for any subsequent settling of the ground. Whenever notified by the City Engineer that the street has become out of repair where the excavation was made and on account of the work done, the person responsible therefor shall instantly cause the street to be repaired.

(1998 Code, § 106-79) Penalty, see § 10.99