(A) In making excavations in streets or highways for laying of service pipe or making repairs, the planks, paving stones and earth removed must be deposited in a manner that will occasion the least inconvenience to the public and provide for passage of water along the gutters.
(B) No person shall leave any excavations made in any street or highway open at any time without barricades, and during the night warning lights must be maintained at the excavations.
(C) In refilling the opening after the service pipes are laid, the earth must be laid in layers of not more than 12 inches in depth, and each layer thoroughly rammed or puddled to prevent settling and this work, together with the replacing of sidewalks, ballast and paving, must be done so as to make the street as good, at least, as before it was disturbed, and satisfactory to the Utilities Commission or its agent.
(D) (1) No person shall make any excavation in any street or highway, within ten feet of any laid water pipe, while the ground is frozen, or dig up or uncover so as to expose to the frost any water pipe or sewers of the city, except by special permission by the Utilities Commission or its agent.
(2) No person shall make any excavation in any street or highway for the purpose of laying water pipe, or to tap any water or service pipe laid down, without written permission from the Utilities Commission or its agent.
(Prior Code, § 500.010) (Ord. passed 3-3-2015; Ord. passed 5-2-2017) Penalty, see § 52.99