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ORDINANCE No. 409 AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE REGULATION OF EXCAVATIONS IN STREETS, ALLEYS, SIDE WALKS OR OTHER PUBLIC PLACES WITHIN THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE, COLORADO, WHICH ORDINANCE SHALL BE KNOWN AND ENTITLED AS CHAPTER 22B OF THE "LOUISVILLE MUNICIPAL CODE" BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE, COLORADO: SECTION 1. The following chapter 22 B entitled "Excavations" is hereby adopted and added to the Municipal Code of the City of Louisville, Colorado. EXCAVATIONS Division 1. Generally Sec. 22 B-1. Time and area limits for street obstructions. It shall be unlawful to obstruct more than the space of one (1) blQck and one (1) intersection at the same time in anyone (1) street or to keep the same blocked for more than three (3) days. In the event of unforeseen extenuating circumstances an applicant may apply for an extension of the three (3) day limitation and, if after investigation of the extenuating circumstances, the city engineer or his authorized representative may grant such extension, providing valid reasons and circumstances exist and justify the extension. Sec. 22 B-2. Safety measures and barricades required. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to dig up or cause to be dug any hole, drain, ditch or any other excavation in any street, alley, sidewalk, or other public place within the city without providing during the nighttime sufficient warning lights, to be placed with a suitable barricade or temporary fence around such hole, drain, ditch or other excavation in order to prevent persons, animals and vehicles from sustaining injury or damage. (b) During the daytime, the barricade shall be maintained but warning lights are not required. (c) Every excavation shall be protected at all times by traffic safety appliances as prescribed by the city engineer in order to minimize the dis- ruption of the flow of traffic in the vicinity of the excavation. Sec. 22 B-3. Damage, removal, etc. of safety measures or barricades prohibited. It shall be unlawful to damage, displace or remove or interfere with any barricade, warning light or any other safety applia8ce which is lawfully placed around or about any street, alley, sidewalk or other excavations or construction work in the city. Sec. 22 B-4. Cuts; backfill. (a) Any c~t in any pavement or surfacing shall be made in a neat manner with square edges and corners. Such cut shall be made with a pavement saw. All excess material taken from the cut and the excavation shall be trucked away and disposed of by the holder of the permit at the time the cut and excavation is made. (b) Upon completion of the work, each excavator shall backfill excavations