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Spokane Municipal Code

***Note: Many local criminal codes can now be located under Chapter 10.60 SMC while others are now cited under the Revised Code of Washington (RCW), which was incorporated into the municipal code in 2022. (See SMC 10.58.010). Code Enforcement, including Noise Control and Animal Regulations are located in Chapters 10.62 through 10.74.

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Title 10
Chapter 10.36
Section 10.36.280
 

Title 10 Regulation of Activities

Division II. License Code

Chapter 10.36 Gas Transmission and Distribution

Section 10.36.280 Backfilling – Wet Method

  1. The franchisee must furnish sufficient hose to apply water to trench at one-hundred foot or smaller intervals.
     
  2. The franchisee may not utilize fire hydrants except by prior arrangement with the director of water and hydroelectric services.
     
  3. The franchisee must deposit uniform layers of backfill material not to exceed five feet in thickness and must thoroughly flood each layer, must cause the water to flow slowly to the trench from high points, and must cause the water to be worked down to the bottom of the layer with bars. Each worker must allow water to flow down around the bar as it is withdrawn and to keep the hole formed by the bar open with water running in until the fill is settled.

Date Passed: Monday, June 4, 2007

Effective Date: Wednesday, July 11, 2007

ORD C34041 Section 1 (Recodification)