[Adopted as §§ 18-2 through
18-5 of the 1977 Code; amended in its entirety by Ord. No. 81-41]
No City officer, contractor or other person
within the City shall make any excavations or dig any hole, drain
or ditch in any highway or thoroughfare without providing during the
night a temporary fence or suitable obstruction around the same. Every
person violating this section shall, on conviction, be fined in any
sum not more than seven hundred fifty dollars for each offense.
When excavations are made in any City street,
the street must be opened and the paving and the earth deposited in
a manner that will occasion the least inconvenience to the public
and provide for the passage of water along the gutters. Suitable barricades
must be erected around the excavation and two red lights maintained
at night, one at each end of the excavation. Any person violating
this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction,
shall be fined in any sum not more than seven hundred fifty dollars
for each offense.
[Amended by Ord. No. 83-7]
A.
Any person who shall dig any hole, drain or ditch
in any street or alley within the City, without first having obtained
written permission from the general superintendent of maintenance,
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction thereof,
shall be fined in a sum not more than seven hundred fifty dollars
for each offense.
B.
Any person who shall, without having first obtained
permission from the general superintendent of maintenance, dig, remove
or carry away any stone, earth, sand or gravel from any street, alley
or public ground, within the corporate limits, or cause the same to
be done, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction
thereof, shall be fined in a sum not more than seven hundred fifty
dollars for each offense. Every load or parcel so removed shall be
deemed a separate offense.
Any person who shall tear up or injure any pavement
or sidewalk within the corporate limits, without authority derived
from the mayor or City council in writing, shall be deemed guilty
of a misdemeanor and, on conviction thereof, shall be fined in any
sum not more than seven hundred fifty dollars for each offense.
[Added by Ord. No. 81-79]
No person shall make any excavation or dig any
hole, drain or ditch in any street, sidewalk or thoroughfare within
the City, without first posting a bond in the amount of the estimated
cost of repairs to the street, sidewalk or thoroughfare as determined
by the City engineer. The bond shall be of a form to be approved by
the City attorney and City council. Each bond shall be filed with
the City clerk and shall be conditioned upon the completion of all
necessary repairs to the street, sidewalk or thoroughfare.
