[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township of Washington
(now Township of Robbinsville) 12-31-2001 by Ord. No. 2001-37 as § 3-7
of the 2001 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
The purpose of this chapter is to require protective
fencing of pits and other excavations which create or have created
dangerous or hazardous conditions and represent a danger to people
or animals.
No person shall create any pit or other excavation
in excess of one foot in depth without providing adequate fencing
entirely around the perimeter of the pit or excavation to a height
of not less than five feet.
[Amended 8-30-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-29]
No such excavation shall be commenced until
an application has been filed with the Township Engineer containing
a detailed statement of the proposed work, together with a plan prepared
by a duly licensed engineer or land surveyor of the State of New Jersey.
