The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-08
CITY ORDINANCES

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paved street or in a street paved with
ebert or macadam, and the word street
as herein used shall apply to sidewalk,
curb and gutter and street paving.
! Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, that
when any permit is applied for and taken
| out by a property owner, where the work
| is to be done by journeyman plumber
| and not by licensed plumber or master
plumber, such property owners shall at
the time of taking out such permit de-
| post with the city comptroller the fees
provided by ordinance for the issuance of
a permit and the sum of five dollars $50
| to cover the cost of inspections of such
| plumbing and upon the issuance of the
| final inspection certificate there shall be
deducted from such sum so deposited
the lawful inspection charges for each
| inspection made, and the remainder. il
I any, shall thereupon be returned to sucn
property owner SO depositing the same.
| Be 1t further ordained that section 80
| of ordinance 264-C be amended so as to
| read as follows:
| Sec. 80. A permit is required to be
| taken out for each excavation in public
| street or alley before the work is COM
. menced. Work under said permit to be
| commenced within As hours after the is
! suance of same, otherwise the said per-
| NIT to become void. That said permits
be kept at the place of excavation while
| the work is being done and exhibited
| whenever called for by any person hav-
| ing authority to examine the same, and
! that no more than one-half of said street
| or alley shall be opened or INSTRUCTED at
| one time, and that no tunneling will Da
| allowed; that no authorized Underground
! construction be injured or interfered with,
| and shall be subject to the provisions of
1 these regulations, all portions of the
| street eXcavated to be put in as good con-
| dition as before the excavation was
I made; that the trench be filled up and
| thoroughly rammed (and puddled If neces.
| sary), within 48 hours after making the
connection or repairs, the ramming to be
| done in six-inch layers, and that all rub
bish or other foreign material be removed
within the time designated for the COM
pletion of the work, after which the per.
nit shall become void and of no effect;
| that during the execution of the work the
trench be suitably guarded during the
\ day, and a sign placed thereon with the
| name of the person, firm or corporation
| in charge of the work, and that it be
| thoroughly covered or securely barricaded
from sunset to sunrise and that lighted
red lamps be so placed after dark every
night and so maintained as to prevent
| accidents to persons or animals passing
along the streets or alley, and that the
city of Birmingham be protected and
saved harmless from the consequences OF
any injury to any person or property due
to the execution of the permit issued Icy
the said city of Birmingham, to any per-
| son, firm or corporation, to excavate in
any public street or alley. When an ex-
| cavation is made in any paved str eet
where it is necessary to remove paving,
| the plumber who has taken out the per-
| nit for the said excavation, shall leave
a written notice with the excavation de-
partment at their office that the said ex-
cavation has been properly filled and
tamped and is ready for repaving. When
ever any person making any excavation
in the street or alley fails to refill the
same in a proper manner as required by
| this ordinance or fails to maintain the
same for period of one year, then the
| excavating department shall cause the
work to be done and the cost thereof shall
be charged against the deposit hereinbe-
fore provided; provided that where the
permit is issued to q property owner or
an unlicensed journeyman plumber such
property owner shall deposit at the time