Title 12 Public Ways and Property
Chapter 12.02 Obstruction, Encroachment of Public Ways
Article II. Underground Utility Vaults – Sidewalk Installments
Section 12.02.0328 Sidewalk Openings – Covers
All sidewalk openings, including trapdoors, coal holes, elevators, or other openings, shall have approved metal or reinforced concrete doors or covers with a nonslip wearing surface. Such doors or covers and their hinges shall be so constructed that their surfaces shall lie flat with the surface of the sidewalk, upon which they are constructed, and shall present no obstruction to traffic.
Date Passed: Monday, June 25, 2007
Effective Date: Saturday, August 4, 2007
Recodification ORD C34053 Section 1
