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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 10.36.070
 

Title 10 Regulation of Activities

Division II. License Code

Chapter 10.36 Gas Transmission and Distribution

Section 10.36.070 Trench Excavation

The excavator must:

  1. leave at least thirty feet of completed trench ahead of the pipe laying operation, except at the closing terminus, but may not leave a greater length of trench open than necessary to accommodate the length of pipe at hand ready to be put in place, and in no event more than three hundred feet;
     
  2. dig the trench at least twelve inches wider than the exterior dimension of the pipe, unless the pipe is four inches wider than the outsides of manholes and other structures;
     
  3. dig any part of a trench in a rock formation to a depth sufficient to allow six inches of bedding below the pipe and six inches of fill above the pipe;
     
  4. brace excavations in accordance with current federal and state safety standards for such construction work.

Date Passed: Monday, June 4, 2007

Effective Date: Wednesday, July 11, 2007

ORD C34041 Section 1 (Recodification)