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***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 12
Chapter 12.02
Section 12.02.0320
 

Title 12 Public Ways and Property

Chapter 12.02 Obstruction, Encroachment of Public Ways

Article II. Underground Utility Vaults – Sidewalk Installments

Section 12.02.0320 Insurance – Underground Sidewalk Openings
  1. New Installation.
    See SMC 12.02.0718.
     
  2. Already Constructed Openings.
    The property owner shall carry a property owner’s public liability insurance policy covering bodily injury and property damage occasioned by the sidewalk opening with minimum limits of five hundred thousand dollars combined single limit coverage for property damage and bodily injury naming the City as an additional insured. In lieu of carrying insurance coverage, the property owner may certify in writing to the engineering services division of public works and utilities that he or she is self-insured and pledging to be liable in similar manner and in like amount for personal injury and property damage caused by the sidewalk opening.

Date Passed: Monday, June 25, 2007

Effective Date: Saturday, August 4, 2007

Recodification ORD C34053 Section 1