(a) Installation.
No person shall install pipelines, electric
lines, phone lines, fiber optic lines, or any other line running across
city streets or roads or adjacent to and in city street or road right-of-way
except in the following manner:
(1) Lines must be a minimum depth of 60 inches from the top of the bore,
and shall run through a metal conduit, SDR-7 poly conduit or C-900
PVC conduit extending beyond city right-of-way. Conduit selection
has to be listed on the road bore application for approval.
(2) The top of the bore shall be at least 60 inches beyond the lowest
point of the city right-of-way at the crossing point.
(3) Pipeline operators shall place a clearly identifying sign at the
entrance and exit points of city right-of-way. All signs shall state
the appropriate notice as required by OSHA and/or DOT (notice-warning-danger,
the pipeline operator’s name, the pipeline operator’s
24 hour phone number and the content of the pipeline).
(4) Pipeline operators shall bore under all city streets and roads, whether
paved or unpaved. At no time shall pipeline operators cut ditches
across city streets or roads.
(5) Prior to construction of any line crossing and/or running in the
city street or road right-of-way, approval must be given by the city,
through individual city secretary, public works director or the city
council as a whole.
(6) City cattle guards shall not be used as a conduit for a road crossing
point for pipelines, etc.
(7) At no time shall city regulations circumvent federal or state pipeline
guidelines or laws.
(8) Operator must contact city supervisor before covering a ditch.
(9) The city reserves the right to inspect, accept or reject road crossing
construction.
(10) Track vehicles must be hauled when crossing city streets or roads.
(11) Some leeway may be granted for existing lines. However, all lines
(in use or abandoned) shall meet the marking standards required by
the city, county and/or other regulatory agencies.
(12) All new construction shall meet all listed guidelines.
(13) Violators will be held responsible for all damages.
(14) The city secretary and/or public works director may approve the proposed
underground road crossing. If the application is denied, the applicant
can appeal to the full city council, by requesting the item be placed
on the agenda at a regular city council meeting.
(b) Penalty.
Any person who shall violate any provision
of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction
thereof, be fined in any sum not less than $50.00 nor more than $500.00;
and each day’s violation shall constitute a separate and distinct
offense. A person’s conviction of an offense under this section
does not preclude the person’s liability in a civil court.
(Ordinance 180320-01 adopted 3/20/18)