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G. Barricades and Lights
1. Any person or entity making or maintaining any street opening shall
keep the same adequately guarded by barricades and lights to protect
persons and property from injury and shall hold harmless the City of
Marinette and its authorized agents from any claim or suit resulting
from the above.
2. Every street opening shall be enclosed with sufficient barriers.
Sufficient warning lights shall be kept on from sunrise to sunset.
Such lights shall be spaced so as to give adequate warning of the
existence of the street opening and of piled excavated materials. No
open-flame warning pots shall be used. Except by special permission
from the Superintendent of Public Works, no trench shall be
excavated more than two hundred fifty (250) feet in advance of pipe
or conduit laying or left unfilled more than five hundred (500) feet
where pipe or conduit has been laid.
3. All necessary precautions shall be taken to guard the public
effectively from accidents or damage to persons or property through
the period of the work. Each person or entity making such street
opening shall be held liable for all damages, including costs incurred
by the City in defending any action brought against it for damages, as
well as cost of any appeal, that may result from the neglect by such
person or entity, or its employees of any necessary precaution against
injury or damage to persons, vehicles, or property of any kind. The
manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and
Highways, published by the U.S. Department of Transportation
Federal Highway Administration, as amended, shall control.
H. Backfilling
As soon as the purpose for a street opening has been accomplished, it shall
be the duty of the person or entity having caused the opening, to
immediately notify the Director of Public Works or his designee, and the
person or entity, upon approval, will then cause such street, alley, or
pavement to be repaired by backfilling the opening or trench with slurry or
an alternative method approved by the Director of Public Works or his
designee. A minimum of eight (8) inches of road gravel shall be used as
backfill beneath the base of the road surface. A minimum of eight (8) inches
of road gravel shall be used as backfill under completed pavement.
I. Manner of Excavating
1. All bituminous or concrete surfaces shall be machine cut. It shall be
unlawful to make any such street opening in any way contrary to or at
variance with the terms of the permit. All orders of the State
Department of Industry, Labor, and Human Relations governing
proper excavating methods are hereby made a part of this code as
though set forth herein. Proper bracing shall be maintained to prevent
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