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To amend City Code §§ 24-523, concerning the obligation to maintain, repair or reconstruct the site of an excavation, and 24-551, concerning the obligation to comply with excavation requirements in public rights-of-way, for the purpose of imposing a time period within which an excavation site shall be maintained, repaired, or reconstructed and prescribing new penalties for violations of ch. 24, art. VII of the City Code. (As Amended)
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THE CITY OF RICHMOND HEREBY ORDAINS:
§ 1. That sections 24-523 and 24-551 of the Code of the City of Richmond (2015) be and are hereby amended and reordained as follows:
Sec. 24-523. Obligation to maintain, repair or reconstruct.
Each owner that performs an excavation or causes an excavation to be performed in the public right-of-way shall, within at least three [calendar] business days after the excavation is complete as determined by the Director of Public Works, maintain, repair or reconstruct the
site of the excavation as necessary to maintain a condition satisfactory to the Director until such time as the City reconstructs, repaves or resurfaces the public right-of-way.
Sec. 24-551. Compliance with article.
It shall be unlawful for any person to violate or to fail, refuse or neglect to comply with any section of this article. Except as otherwise provided in any section of this article, upon conviction, such person, in addition to the issuance of a stop work order pursuant to section 24-548, shall be punished for a class 3 misdemeanor, which shall include a fine of $250.00 for a first offense, a fine of $500.00 for a second or subsequent offense, and be paid to the City treasury.
§ 2. This ordinance shall be in force and effect upon adoption.