Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-10-05
BY AUTHORITY
ORDINANCE NO. Is.


IN AND DIGGING UNDER THE
PUBLIC HIGHWAYS, STREETS,
THOROUGHFARES, ALLEYS.
SIDEWALKS AND OTHER PUB
lie PLACES IN THE CITY AND
COUNTY OF HONOLULU.
BE 1t ordained by the People CT
the City and County of Honolulu:
Section 1. No person or persons,
firm or corporation shall, In any
manner or for any purpose, break
up, dig up, disturb, undermine, or
dig under, or cause to be broken up,
dug up, disturbed, undermined, or
dug under, any public highway,
street, thoroughfare, alley or side
walk, or any other public place In
the City and County Of Honolulu,
without having first obtained writ
ten permit therefor from the City
and County Clerk.
Section 2. Any person, firm or
corporation desiring a permit to
break up, dig up, disturb, under
mine or dig under any public high
way, street, thoroughfare. alley or
sidewalk, or other public place In
the City and County of Honolulu
shall make application therefor, des-
ignating the character and location
of such excavation or breaking up,
to the City and County Engineer or
Road Supervisor or Road Overseer OF
the appropriate district. The City
and County Engineer or Road SUI
peryisor or Road Overseer shall
forthwith file such application with
the City and County Clerk, with the
recommendation of such Engineer or
Roard Supervisor or Road Overseer
as to the time for which such per-
nit shall be granted, and the amount
Of the bond, IL any such bond shall
be required as hereinafter provided.
The City and County Clerk shall
thereupon issue to the person, firm
or corporation applying therefor
upon the filing Of the required bond
| in the amount so recommended, n
permit, limited in time as SO recon-
mended, to break up, dig up, dis
turb, undermine, or dig under, the
| public highway, street, thorough
fare, alley or sidewalk, or other pub
lie place as designated in such APP
plication. A separate permit shall
be required for each place TO be eX-
cavated or disturbed, and for each
800 feet in length or fraction there
of of any continuous excavation or
disturbance Of any such place. If
any person or persons, firm or cor
poration desires such permit for the
purpose of laying undergroun
wires for any telegraph, telephone
or signal system, the application for
such permit shall be made direct To
the Board of Supervisors. and as a
condition to the granting Of such
permit the Board of Supervisors may
require such person or persons, firm
or corporation to furnish to the City
AMI County Of Honolulu. and place
in position, conduit facilities for the
laying underground by the City and
County of Honolulu OF wires for
any police and fire alarm system OF
signal system for use by the City
and County of Honolulu.
Section 8. II shall be the duty oil
the City and County Engineer, and
of the respective Road Supervisor oil
Road Overseers to oversee and in
spect all excavations and other dis
l t,rha vhtnh IN hos
been granted, and before any suct
permit shall be issued by the Cit,
and County Clerk, the applicant
therefor shall pay to the City ant
County Clerk to cover the cost o
such inspection and the issuance o
such permit, permit fee of the sun
of fifty cents. All permit fees col
lected by the City and County Clerl
under this Ordinance shall be turned
over to the City and County Treas
urer at the end of each and ever
month. -
Section A. The person or persons
firm OF corporation to whom sue
J permit has issued shall place suffi
: cient red lights on or near the wor
covered by such permit, and kee
, them burning from twilight to sun
rise, shall erect suitable railing'
barriers or protection about all ope
trenches, shall provide all necessar
watchmen on the work by day an
night, and shall take such other pre-
| cautions as may pc necessary an
proper for the safety and protectio
of the public and as will effectuall
Ipreyent any accident in consequence
of the work done under such permi
Section 8. Whenever required b
the CiE and County Engineer {
Roard supervisor or Road Oversee
any person or persons, firm or co
poration applying for such perm
shall before such permit is issue
file with the City and County Cler
a bond, to the City and County I
Honolulu, with two sureties, In sue
sum as may be designated by sal