(a)
Prohibited.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm
or corporation to make or build a fire on or above any sidewalk or
on or above any asphalt surfaced street or alley.
(Ordinance adopted 8/15/1944,
secs. 5, 7; Ordinance adopting Code)
Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision of this division shall be fined in accordance with section 1.01.009 of this code for each offense, and a separate offense shall be deemed committed on each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues.
(Ordinance adopted 8/15/1944,
sec. 7; Ordinance adopting Code)
The provisions of this division shall not apply to officers
or employees of the city while engaged in doing work for the city.
(Ordinance adopted 8/15/1944,
sec. 6)
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to
make any excavation, hole or tunnel in or under any street, alley,
sidewalk or other public place in the city without complying with
the provisions of this division.
(Ordinance adopted 8/15/1944,
sec. 1)
(a)
Application
for such permits shall be made to the city clerk and shall contain
thereon the location of the intended excavation or tunnel, the size
thereof, the purpose thereof and the name of the person, firm or corporation
for whom the work is being done. The application shall show the length
and width of the proposed excavation as well as the area of surface
to be opened in square yards or square feet. The application shall
be accompanied by a fee to be determined according to area and surface
material as follows: excavations, holes or tunnels where the surface
is gravel, fifty cents for each square yard or fraction thereof, with
a minimum, however, of one dollar; where the surface is asphalt, $1.50
per square yard or fraction thereof, the minimum fee, however, to
be $31.00; and where the surface is concrete, $5.00 per square yard
or fraction thereof. Damaging any part of any block of sidewalk shall
be considered as an excavation of the area of the entire block of
such sidewalk.
(b)
Each
such application shall also state the length of time that will elapse
from the commencement of the work until the refill is to be completed,
and any permit issued shall not extend beyond the time so specified.
It shall be unlawful to fail to comply with such time limitation unless
permission for an extension of time is granted by the city clerk.
(Ordinance adopted 8/15/1944,
sec. 2)
(a)
Any
person, firm or corporation making any excavation, hole or tunnel
in or under any public street, alley, sidewalk or public place in
the city shall restore the surface thereof to its original condition
if there is no concrete, asphalt or gravel surface there. Such refills
shall be properly tamped down so as to leave a permanently level surface.
(b)
If
the excavation or opening necessitated an opening in a gravel, asphalt
or concrete surface, the refill shall be properly made so that such
surface can be re-laid by the city in the same manner and thickness
and character as the surrounding surface. Notice shall be given the
city clerk when such opening is ready for resurfacing. Refill in all
excavation where the surface is covered with gravel, asphalt or concrete
shall consist entirely of lean concrete (grout, being a mixture of
at least one part of cement to 27 parts of gravel). Such refill must
be made by the person, firm or corporation making the excavation,
and all dirt and other matter excavated must be hauled away.
(Ordinance adopted 8/15/1944,
sec. 3)
Any person, firm or corporation making or maintaining any excavation
in any street, sidewalk, alley or other public places shall keep the
same, as well as all material, implements and tools, adequately guarded
by barricades and lights to protect persons and property from injury,
and such precaution shall continue for 24 hours after notice is given
the city clerk that the work is completed, or at least until such
time as the city begins resurfacing work (if such resurfacing is begun
in less than such 24-hour period).
(Ordinance adopted 8/15/1944,
sec. 4)
