§ 656.906. Safety precautions.

Prior to excavation, the owner or lessee of land containing excavations or a borrow pit shall construct and maintain substantial fences with locking gates not less than six feet in height at all points of access to the excavations or borrow pit with durable warning signs posted thereon not more than 200 feet apart bearing the words DANGER and NO TRESPASSING in letters not less than six inches in height, which shall be maintained by the owner or lessee so as to be clearly legible. All borrow pits existing prior to the effective date of this Chapter shall be completely surrounded and enclosed by the fences and gates described in this Section unless and until the borrow pits comply with the requirements for sloping contained in Section 656.905.

(Ord. 91-59-148, § 1)