All gas, oil, water, electric, telephone and public utility
mains, feeders and conduits laid in the streets and alleys shall be
laid with the top of the pipe at least two (2) feet below the surface
of the ground, and all gas service pipes from such mains to the property
lines shall be laid with the top of such pipe at least sixteen (16)
inches below the surface of the ground, and all of such pipes shall
be so laid as not to interfere in any manner with water pipes or mains,
sanitary sewers or storm sewers of the city, or pipes, cables or conduits
of other utilities already installed. At street intersections, street
and alley intersections or any other place where it is likely that
the street grade will be lowered, the mains, service pipes, etc.,
shall be laid at a greater depth than two (2) feet, as directed by
the city engineer.
(Ordinance 378, sec. 1, adopted 6/17/1927; Ordinance 381 adopted 7/8/1927; 1959 Code,
sec. 28-64; 1983 Code, sec. 24-116)
All trenches shall be backfilled as soon as the pipe mains,
electrical cable and/or power lines, television cable, telephone cables
and apparatus, or any other type public utility facilities placed
underground, are laid out and tested by the person, firm, corporation
or public utility excavating such trench or causing such trench to
be excavated. The backfilling shall be done in such a manner that
the street, alley or sidewalk shall be in as good condition as before
such work was done. If at any time after the pipe, mains, electrical
cable and/or power lines, television cable, telephone cables and apparatus
or any other public utilities facilities placed underground have been
laid, the trench settles below the natural grade of the street, alley
or sidewalk, the trench shall be refilled and brought to the proper
grade at the expense of the person, firm, corporation or public utility
responsible for making the cut. The city engineer may make such further
requirements on filling as may be necessary to keep the streets, alleys
and sidewalks in as good condition as before such cuts are made.
(Ordinance 378, sec. 2, adopted 6/17/1927; 1959 Code, sec. 28-65; Ordinance 9015, sec. 1, adopted 10/9/1980; Ordinance 8121, sec. 1, adopted 12/18/1980; 1983 Code, sec. 24-117)
The city shall be furnished with four (4) detailed drawings, approved by the city engineer, showing the size and exact location of all the mains and the entire distribution system, before any work described in section 36.05.001 of this article starts..
(Ordinance 378, sec. 4, adopted 6/17/1927; 1959 Code, sec. 28-67; 1983 Code, sec. 24-119; Ordinance
8568, sec. 36, adopted 3/8/1984)
(a)
The person, firm, corporation or public utility shall be responsible
for all damages to water mains, water service connections, sanitary
sewers, traffic-control device cable, electrical transmission cable
and public utility pipes and conduits caused by the work of installing
the mains or any part of the distribution system or making connections
with the city sewerage systems or to alter or repair any house sewer
or water line or to place gas service pipes, or for any other reason,
and such person, firm, corporation or public utility shall pay for
the cost of repairing same.
(b)
The person, firm, corporation or public utility requiring a paving
cut shall be responsible for, and hold the city harmless against,
all damages to persons or property arising from the making or repair
of the paving cut or excavation.
(Ordinance 378, sec. 6, adopted 6/17/1927; Ordinance 381 adopted 7/8/1927; 1959 Code,
sec. 28-69; Ordinance 8121, sec.
4, adopted 12/18/1980; 1983 Code,
sec. 24-121)
