§ 29-109. Field utility coordination.

(a)

The ROW user shall notify the department at each of the following times during a project:

(1)

Forty-eight (48) hours before the start of construction;

(2)

Upon completion of the initial backfill; and

(3)

Upon completion of the project.

(b)

The ROW user shall mark the site of the proposed excavation with white lining and/or flags prior to making a request for locates and actual excavation. White lining is not required for excavations of more than sixty (60) feet long unless the excavation is located in pavers, cobblestone, pavements, sidewalks, or other public flatwork.

(c)

The ROW user shall make a request for a utility locate not more than fourteen (14) days and not less than forty-eight (48) hours prior to the commencement of the proposed excavation. Such request shall be made to the state One-Call Center and the San Antonio Water System ("SAWS"). A request made using the One-Call Center (811) shall be made by telephone or facsimile and shall include the date, location, extent and reason for such proposed excavation. A request to SAWS shall be done via SAWS's website, www.saws.org.

(d)

The use of markers, stakes, poles, barricades or other devices shall be used in such a way to avoid damage to adjoining property. The use of "non-washable" markers is prohibited.

(e)

The ROW user shall mark the proposed excavation site with paint and/or flags in colors established by the One-Call System. The markings shall be placed a distance of not less than five (5) feet in all directions from the outside boundary of the site to be excavated.

(f)

All excavations shall commence within fourteen (14) days of the date of the utility locate. In the event that the excavator fails to commence work within fourteen (14) days or the utility locate marks are not visible at the time the excavation is scheduled to commence, the ROW user is required to request a new utility locate.

(g)

Compliance with the Texas Utilities Code is required at all times.

(h)

All barricades, plates, cones, traffic directional equipment, and all other traffic control devices owned by the ROW user and used on or near any excavation shall be clearly and visibly marked with the name of the permittee and/or ROW user, as applicable, at all times such equipment is used on or near the right of way. An exception to the marking requirement may be made in the event the traffic control equipment is not owned by the permittee or ROW user.

(i)

A network provider conducting routine maintenance on network nodes, including micro network nodes, or network support poles that do not require excavation or closing of sidewalks or vehicular lanes in the right-of-way as provided for in V.T.C.A., Local Government Code § 284.157, shall provide the right-of-way manager notice not more than fourteen (14) days and not less than forty-eight (48) hours prior to commencement of the planned routine maintenance.

(Ord. No. 93319, § 1, 1-25-01; Ord. No. 2017-08-31-0609 , § 1, 8-31-17)