[CC 1985 § 26-106]
Whenever in this Article the phrase "public way" is used the
same shall be held to include any and all streets, avenues, alleys,
parkways or sidewalks.
[CC 1985 § 26-108]
Any person who has made an excavation in any of the public ways
of the City shall cause such excavation to be barricaded in such manner
as to adequately protect traffic, both vehicular and pedestrian, and
shall cause such excavations, barricades, excavated materials, tools,
supplies or equipment at such excavated sites to be lighted with proper
and suitable danger signals in such manner that all traffic may be
amply and duly warned of the existence of such excavations, barricades,
materials, tools, supplies or equipment.
[CC 1985 § 26-110]
Every sanitary sewer connection made within any public way in
the City shall be inspected by the Code Official before any part of
the excavation is backfilled, and no person shall backfill any excavation
containing any sanitary sewer connection without the prior approval
of the Code Official.
[CC 1985 § 26-111]
After an excavation has been backfilled in any public way as
herein provided, if the excavation has been made by any person as
outlined in Section 510.650(B), the person
responsible for the excavation shall maintain the backfill for a period
of ninety (90) days and make certain the backfill surface remains
at approximately the same grade as the adjacent surface and at such
level that it will not be hazardous or detrimental to persons or vehicles
passing thereover. If in the opinion of the Director of Municipal
Services, the person responsible for the excavation fails to maintain
said backfill at the proper grade or level, the City shall restore
the backfill to the required grade or level and charge the costs incurred
to the person responsible for the excavation in accordance with provisions
set forth herein.
[CC 1985 § 26-112]
At the expiration of ninety (90) days from the initial backfilling
of an excavation, if the excavation has been made by any person as
outlined in Section 510.650(B), the Director
of Municipal Services shall inspect the same and if conditions are
found to be satisfactory the person responsible for the excavation
shall be relieved from further liability in connection therewith,
except for the cost of any items of work done by the City but necessitated
through negligence or failure on the part of the person responsible
for the excavation and the cost of resurfacing as herein provided.
[CC 1985 § 26-113]
In the event that upon final inspection as provided in Section
510.700, the Director of Municipal Services shall determine that the
excavation has not been properly backfilled or that conditions are
not satisfactory, he/she shall so advise the person responsible for
the excavation and if thereafter such person fails to take reasonably
expeditious measures to make the necessary corrections, the City will
perform the required work and charge the cost incurred together with
the cost of surfacing the excavation as herein provided to the person
responsible for the excavation.
[CC 1985 § 26-114]
In the event of the removal of certain existing compacted base,
such as concrete, rolled stone, macadam or brick, the same shall be
replaced with concrete six (6) inches thick before resurfacing.