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Editor’s note–See corresponding note located in Appendix A of this code.
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)