§ 22-29. Width and minimum inconvenience to public.  


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  • No opening or excavation shall be undercut or have a greater width at the bottom than at the top, in no case shall more than one-half of the width of any street, alley or other public place be opened or excavated at any one time, and, in all cases, one-half of such street, alley or other public place shall remain untouched for the accommodation of traffic until the other one-half is restored for safe use. All such work shall be performed in such way as to cause minimum inconvenience and restriction to the public and to both pedestrian and vehicular traffic.

(Code 1987, § 14-1-12)