Title 10 Regulation of Activities
Division II. License Code
Chapter 10.36 Gas Transmission and Distribution
Section 10.36.280 Backfilling – Wet Method
- The franchisee must furnish sufficient hose to apply water to trench at one-hundred foot or smaller intervals.
- The franchisee may not utilize fire hydrants except by prior arrangement with the director of water and hydroelectric services.
- 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 Each worker must allow water to flow down around the bar as it is withdrawn and to keep the hole formed by the bar open with water running in until the fill is settled.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)