§ 78-261. Required; plans.  


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  • (a)

    General requirements. Any person who undertakes to perform any work upon, in, under, above or about any public street, highway, roadway, alley or sidewalk which requires that the street be partially or completely closed for construction and/or maintenance operations, which work shall require excavation within or occupancy of the whole or a portion of the width of any such public right-of-way by equipment, materials, debris or workmen, shall use barricades, signals, flags, flares and all other traffic control and warning devices and procedures about the work area during the duration of the work within the public right-of-way of the type and in the manner required by the handbook, and shall also be required to obtain a permit from the director if the specifications stated in subsection (b) of this section are applicable. This permit must be acquired before construction is begun. The purpose of the permit is to ensure that ample consideration has been given to the effect of the construction work on the flow of traffic.

    (b)

    Specific requirements.

    (1)

    Contractors.

    a.

    Any contractor undertaking any work, whether of his own or under contract for any other person, when such work is within a street and requires that a set of plans be drawn up due to the extensive and/or complex nature of the work, shall be subject to the provisions set forth in this subsection (b)(1) and must file for a permit before beginning construction. Proof must also be shown that he has obtained approval by other affected agencies of the city-parish consolidated government to actually perform the work.

    b.

    A plan must be prepared by the contracting agency showing where the work is to be performed. The plan shall include a standard barricading layout showing placement of barricades, cones and informational signs used on the project. In most cases, layouts will be similar to those shown in the latter part of the handbook. Deviation from the handbook shall be allowed only with approval of the director.

    c.

    The plan as mentioned in subsection (b)(1)b of this section must be submitted a minimum of five business days prior to actual beginning of the construction work. This time period will allow the public works department the opportunity to survey the construction site in an attempt to uncover any traffic problems which might develop as a result of the barricading.

    d.

    Each contractor or construction agency shall provide with its barricading plan a listing of all persons directly responsible for the safety on each project, to include an address or a telephone listing at which the person can be reached at any hour of the day if a hazardous condition develops.

    (2)

    Contract work based on plans prepared by public agency.

    a.

    If the contractor undertakes work based on plans prepared by any department of the city-parish consolidated government, all detour and barricading requirements shall be inserted as part of the construction plans.

    b.

    In this situation, the contractor's acceptance of the construction project shall serve as an indication that he understands the layout and is responsible subject to the penalties established for violation of this article.

    (3)

    Work by city-parish forces and public utility companies.

    a.

    All forces of the city-parish consolidated government, as well as all public utility companies, performing construction work within a street which requires that a set of plans be drawn up due to the extensive and/or complex nature of work shall be subject to the same requirements established in subsection (b)(1) of this section. Such work would include major street construction (street cuts, street widening, etc.), water and sewerage line laying, or relocation or off-street construction which requires that a portion of the adjacent roadway be barricaded.

    b.

    Construction work performed by forces of the city-parish consolidated government or utility companies, minor enough such that a set of plans need not be drawn up, shall not be subject to the same requirements established in subsection (b)(1) of this section. Such work includes minor street construction (resurfacing, patching, striping), minor utility work (usage of manholes such that a lane must be barricaded), etc. These forces shall be required, however, to comply with all other provisions set forth in the handbook as to the construction site barricade layout and signing. In addition, the director shall be contacted before the construction work is begun and be informed of the location and nature of the construction. This work shall not be performed during the peak hour congestion periods of 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., unless approved by the director.

    (c)

    Emergency work. The requirements as mentioned in subsection (b) of this section are to be used for all planned construction projects. In the event of an emergency type situation, notification of work to be done may be made by telephone directly to the director, thereby bypassing the requirements mentioned in subsection (b) of this section. Under these conditions, the contractor or agency shall still be required to follow the basic barricading standards as outlined in the handbook.

(City Code 1965, §§ 19-60, 19-62(B), (C))