§ 26.90.030. Excavation damages and emergencies.  


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  • If an excavation damages any underground facility or if contact by the excavator with an underground facility creates an emergency, the excavator shall immediately notify the utility which owns the underground facility and, in the case of an emergency, appropriate local public safety agencies. The excavator shall take reasonable steps to protect the underground facility from further damage and to mitigate any safety hazard it may pose.

(AO No. 85-213; AO No. 94-3, § 1, 1-25-94)