In making excavations or performing other work in the City, the Company shall proceed with such work so as to cause the least possible inconvenience to the public. The Company shall properly protect, according to safety standards generally accepted at the time of placement, all excavations and obstructions by proper shoring, surface plates, barricades, warning lights, and such other or additional devices as circumstances may warrant. The Company shall provide the City with twenty-four (24) hours’ notice to the City prior to commencing work that requires the excavation of the traveled portion of the streets, avenues, or alleys. Emergency repairs are exempted from this notification requirement. The Company shall notify the City of the emergency repair following the completion of said emergency repairs. If, in the opinion of the City’s Public Works Department, such excavation or obstruction is not properly and safely protected, the City’s Public Works Department shall notify the Company and the Company shall immediately comply with such reasonable instructions not in conflict with accepted utility safety rules and practices. Company excavations within the public rights-of-way, public areas, and private property within the City shall be refilled within a reasonable time thereafter consistent with accepted utility safety rules and practices. Pavements, sidewalks, curbs, gutters, vegetation, or landscape opened, disturbed, or damaged by the Company shall be promptly restored and replaced with like materials by the Company at its own expense and left in a condition as good as or better than before. In the event that the Company fails to comply with this section, the City may do such work as may be needed to properly prepare such pavements, sidewalks, curbs, gutters, vegetation, or landscape, and the cost of such repairs shall be repaid to the City by the Company. The Company is authorized and empowered to prune or remove, at Company expense, any tree extending into any street, alley, or public grounds in order to maintain electric reliability and safety, to restore utility service, and to prevent limbs, branches, or trunks from interfering with the wires and facilities of the Company. The pruning and removal of trees, as well as all other vegetation management activities undertaken by the Company, shall be in compliance with standards established in Chapter 151 of this Code of Ordinances, the Company’s Electric Facility Inspection and Vegetation Management Plan on file with the Iowa Utilities Board, and the rules and regulations of the Iowa Utilities Board or its successor.