Chapter 12.12
EXCAVATIONS*

Sections:

12.12.010    Pole, pipe and conduit repair permitted when.

12.12.020    City consent required.

*For statutory authority for code cities to establish streets and sidewalks and to regulate their construction, see RCW 35.27.370(4).

12.12.010 Pole, pipe and conduit repair permitted when.

No person, firm or corporation conducting any business requiring the use of poles, pipes, mains or conduits shall lay down, construct, set, or remove any pole, pipe, main or conduit without the permission of the city council; provided, however, that the provisions of this section shall not be construed to prohibit the repair of any such existing pole, pipe, main or conduit where such repair will not require the excavation of any street or cause the interruption of traffic. (Ord. 179 § 1, 1975).

12.12.020 City consent required.

It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation owning or operating any business requiring the use of poles, pipes, mains or conduits within the city to lay down, construct or repair mains, pipe lines or conduits, or set any poles, or make any construction, or remove any of the same without first notifying the street and alley committee in writing prior to the commencement of the construction, change, repairs or alterations that are desired to be made, and when they desire to make the same, and shall before doing any of such work obtain from the street and alley committee their consent in writing so to do. (Ord. 5 § 1, 1925).