Burlingame Municipal Code Ch. 12.08 Excavations

No person, firm or corporation shall open or cause to be opened, or make any excavation in, any street, lane, alley, court or highway within the city, for the purpose of laying or connecting pipe, pipes or conduits therein, or for any other purpose, without first having obtained written permission from the city engineer therefore.

(1941 Code § 1373)

Any person, firm or corporation desiring such permission shall make a written application to the city engineer setting forth the purpose and extent of such work to be performed or caused to be performed by such person. Accompanying such application shall be such fee or deposit as shall be provided from time to time by resolution of the city council as security for performance of the work.

(1941 Code § 1374, Ord. 1127 § 2, (1978))

All work to be done under this chapter shall at all times be open to the inspection of the city engineer, and such suitable safeguards shall be placed around said work as will best insure public protection.

(1941 Code § 1375)

Not more than 100 yards of any street, lane, alley, court or highway in the city shall be opened or remain open at any one time during the progress of the work to be done under this chapter.

(1941 Code § 1376)

All openings or excavations made in the street, lane, alley, court or highway shall, upon the completion of the work, be forthwith refilled, and such street, lane, alley, court or highway shall be restored as nearly as possible to its former condition of base and surface by the party or parties doing the work under this division and to the satisfaction of the city engineer.

(1941 Code § 1377)

Whenever any public street, lane, alley, court or highway in the city is about to be improved by the paving thereof and pipe, pipes or conduits are to be lowered or replaced, such pipe, pipes or conduits so lowered or replaced shall be of such materials as the city engineer may determine.

(1941 Code § 1378, Ord. 1049 § 8, (1975))

No person, firm or corporation shall exercise any franchise or privilege to lay or maintain any pipes or conduits in or under any street of the city for the transmission of gas, water, heat, steam or other substance without having obtained a grant therefor from the city in accordance with law.

(1941 Code § 1379)