§ 903.06. Protection and lighting required.  


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  • Whenever any excavation or trench work or vault grating or other opening in any street, alley, sidewalk, bikeway or public way of the city shall be opened for use, or otherwise, it shall be carefully protected in such manner as to prevent accidents. If opened during nighttime, the opening shall be protected with a yellow steady burning lamp. Any person having charge or control over any vault, area, cellarway or other opening in any street, alley, sidewalk, bikeway or public way of the city, or of the house or building to which the same is attached who shall permit the same to remain open and unprotected, at any time, or to become out of order or repair shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.

    Such protection including traffic control devices shall meet current standards and specifications. All traffic control devices used for maintenance of traffic shall conform to the state of Ohio Department of Transportation's "Manual of Traffic Control for Construction and Maintenance Operations" or similar standards in effect at the time.

(Ord. 2227-88; Ord. 1987-2008 Attach. 1 (part).)