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Title 12 — STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND PUBLIC PLACES›Chapter 12.08 — EXCAVATIONS

Atherton Municipal Code Art. II Lighting and Barriers

Atherton Municipal Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Atherton

Cite as: Atherton Municipal Code Article II · Text as of 2026-10-04

12.08.060 Excavations in public streets.

Every person, firm or corporation by whom, or under whose immediate direction or authority, either as principal, contractor, superintendent, employer or employee, any portion of any public street may be made dangerous, must erect, and so long as the danger may continue, maintain around the portion of such street so made dangerous, a good and substantial barrier, and cause to be maintained at each end of such barrier, during every night, from sunset until daylight, a lighted lantern. (Ord. 19 § 1, 1923)

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12.08.070 Dangerous vehicles and materials.

Every person, firm or corporation, who, as principal, contractor, superintendent, employer or employee, shall suffer or permit any vehicle of any kind, any machinery, any lumber, gravel or foreign substance, or any structure, to remain during the nighttime upon any public street, shall, during every such night, from sunset until daylight, cause to be maintained and hung upon such vehicle, machinery, lumber, gravel, substance or structure, one or more lighted lanterns so that the same may be visible to any person traversing the street in any direction. (Ord. 19 § 2, 1923)

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