§ 12.24.250. Regulations for street use.

A.

No person shall make any excavation in any street without maintaining safe crossings for vehicular traffic at all street intersections and safe crossings for pedestrians at intervals of not more than 200 feet.

B.

If any excavation is made across any street, at least 1 safe crossing shall be maintained at all times for vehicles and pedestrians.

C.

Free access must be provided to all fire hydrants and water gates.

D.

All materials excavated shall be laid compactly along the side of the trench and kept trimmed up so as to cause as little inconvenience as possible to travel. If the street is not wide enough to hold the excavated material without using part of the adjacent sidewalk, the person by whom the excavation is made shall erect a tight board fence upon and along such sidewalk and keep a passageway at least 5 feet in width open and along such sidewalk.

E.

All gutters shall be maintained free and unobstructed for the full length of the adjacent curb, and for at least 1 foot in length from the face of such curb at the gutter line. Whenever a gutter crosses a street intersection an adequate waterway shall be provided and at all times maintained, provided when good cause is shown therefor, the engineer may permit any permittee to place in the gutter next to the curb metal pipe of such inside diameter as will permit the free passage of all storm water in lieu of maintaining the gutter free and unobstructed as herein provided.

(Ord. 3387 § 20, 1937)