§ 14-69. Roadway crossings.

General considerations. The crossing under paved surfaces will be made without cutting the pavement. Requests for open street cuts on city roadways will not be considered. All crossings shall be conducted by bore and jack or directional drill.

(1)

All subterranean crossings of a traveled way, forty (40) feet or more in length, shall require a tracked type bore and jack, with encased augur. Crossings less than forty (40) feet may be made by boring, jacking, pushing, pulling, driving or some combination of these.

(2)

Closed-end jacking may be permitted for pipe with a maximum outside diameter of three (3) inches. The pipe shall extend six (6) feet from the edge of pavement.

(3)

All other pipe must be jacked with the end open or bore and jacked and extended a minimum of six (6) feet beyond the edge of pavement or as directed by the public works director.

(4)

If mechanical boring is used, the tip of the drill head shall not precede the end of the pipe by more than two (2) inches.

(5)

The minimum depth of cover shall be thirty-six (36) inches from the top of the pipe to the existing and proposed surface.

(6)

All such crossings shall be a continuous operation and be completed and the pits backfilled prior to ceasing the operation.

(7)

Any deviation from approved materials, location or operation shall be grounds for stopping work, directing the plugging of the line with concrete and restoring the area.

(Ord. No. 18-16 , § 2, 11-13-18)