18.20.005 Excavations in City Streets by Contractor or Utility Companies.
No utility company, person, or legal entity conducting any excavating activities shall perform any work in or under public lands or public right-of-ways or in any public utility easement within the City without first having been granted:
(a) A yearly license therefor as set forth in KMC 18.20; and
(b) A permit for the individual excavation or street opening contemplated as set forth in KMC 18.25. Said yearly license and street opening permit shall be obtained from the City Public Works Department. “Excavating” means the removal, carrying away, backfilling, tunnelling, bulldozing, digging out, leveling, clearing, or moving of earth or soil by manual or mechanical means. “Contractor” means any individual, utility company, or legal entity conducting any excavating activities.
(Ords. 125, 479, 863)