[R.O. 2008 §70.110; Ord. No. 438, 10-14-1958; Ord. No.
1487, 8-23-1985]
No person, firm or corporation shall make or cause to be made
any excavation in or adjoining any public or private street, highway,
alley or thoroughfare or any residential property in the City of Olivette
without adequately protecting the same by erecting such fencing or
other barriers as the Building Official deems adequate to prevent
persons, animals or vehicles from falling into said excavation.
[R.O. 2008 §70.120; Ord. No. 438, 10-14-1958]
Substantial barriers adequate to prevent persons from falling
into same, including warning signs by day and red torches or their
equivalent by night, shall be placed and maintained around all such
excavations in such manner as to give reasonable notice and warning
to any person approaching such excavation from any direction.
[R.O. 2008 §70.130; Ord. No. 438, 10-14-1958]
Upon order of the Building Official, in the event that he/she
finds same to be necessary for the protection and safety of persons
and property, excavations in any sidewalk or any portion of any public
or private street, highway, alley or thoroughfare shall be covered
at all times that work is not continuously being done on same by a
suitable footbridge at least three (3) feet in width securely anchored
at each end; provided further, that handrails shall be provided and
maintained along such footbridge for all such excavations of more
than three (3) feet in depth. Every person, firm or corporation who
or which shall make or cause to be made an excavation in or adjacent
to any public or private street, alley, highway or thoroughfare and
who thereby impairs the means of egress or ingress to adjoining private
property from said street, alley, highway or thoroughfare shall provide
a suitable footbridge, with handrails as provided for above, at least
three (3) feet in width between said street, alley, highway or thoroughfare
and the adjoining private property, all upon order of the Building
Official if he/she finds same to be necessary for the protection and
safety of persons and property. Such path shall be lighted by red
lights or torches from sunset to sunrise.
[R.O. 2008 §70.140; Ord. No. 438, 10-14-1958]
No waste material or excavated material other than that reserved
for backfill or landscaping shall be allowed to accumulate at the
site of any such excavation and shall be removed each day as it collects.
Provided however, that no such excavated soil and material reserved
for backfill or landscaping shall be allowed to remain on or adjoining
any public or private street, highway, alley or thoroughfare without
there being maintained from sunset to sunrise red lights or torches
around said materials.
[R.O. 2008 §70.150; Ord. No. 438, 10-14-1958]
Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions
of this Article shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon
conviction thereof, be subject to a fine not exceeding the sum of
five hundred dollars ($500.00) for such offense.
