Any person desiring to lay pipes for water, gas, steam, or other purposes, in any street or alley upon which sewers are to be laid, shall give at least twenty-four (24) hours' notice to the director of public works before opening the street, and the manner of excavating and backfilling over such pipe shall be subject to the approval of the director of public works. All such work shall be planned and executed so that no injury shall occur to any public sewer or drain or to any house sewer or drain connected therewith.

(Code 1964, § 14.780; Ord. No. 14914, § 1, 8-5-96)