§ 8.28.060. Excavations.  


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  • Every person who digs or excavates any cesspool, seepage pit, trench for geotechnical testing, well or similar type of shaft, having a diameter in excess of eight inches and intended upon completion to be covered or otherwise protected in such a manner as will prevent persons from falling into the same shall, during the digging or excavation thereof and until the same shall have been completed and permanently covered or otherwise protected, keep such excavation securely covered, at all times when the same is unattended with a cover consisting of at least two thicknesses of three-fourth-inch exterior plyboard, or its equivalent in strength, with at least one foot of earth completely covering the same.

(Ord. 421.6 § 8, 2006)