O-87-2308 - 11/12/1987ORDINANCE NO. 2308
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 3, SECTION 1, CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY
OF ROUND ROCK, TEXAS, BY ADDING TRENCH SAFETY REGULATIONS; PROVIDING
A SAVINGS CLAUSE AND REPEALING CONFLICTING ORDINANCES.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROUND ROCK, TEXAS,
I.
That Chapter 3, Section 1, Code of Ordinances, City of Round
Rock, Texas, is hereby amended by adding subsection F, Trench Safety
Regulations, which said subsection shall hereafter read as follows:
F. TRENCH SAFETY REGULATIONS
All construction projects within the incorporated
limits or the extra -territorial limits of the
City of Round Rock in which trench excavation
will exceed a depth of five feet shall include in
all contracts and bid documents detailed plans
and specifications for trench safety systems.
Said systems shall meet Occupational Safety and
Health Administration standards and a separate
pay item shall be included in the plans and
specifications for these systems.
II.
A. All ordinances, parts of ordinances, or resolutions in
conflict herewith are expressly repealed.
B. The invalidity of any section or provision of this
Ordinance shall not invalidate other sections or provisions thereof.
Alternative 1.
By motion duly made, seconded and passed with an affirmative
vote of all the Council members present, the requirement for reading
this ordinance on two separate days was dispensed with.
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READ, PASSED, and ADOPTED on first reading this /v " day
of f / pe , 1981.
Alternative 2.
READ and APPROVED on first reading this the day
of , 19 .
READ, APPROVED and ADOPTED on second reading this the day
of , 19 .
ATTEST:
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MIKE ROBINSON, Mayor
City of Round Rock, Texas
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NE LAND, City Secretary
DATE:
SUBJECT:
ITEM:
November 10, 1987
Council Agenda, November 12, 1987
11D - Consider an ordinance concerning trench safety.
(First Reading)
STAFF RESOURCE PERSON: Jim Nuse and Steve Sheets
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
ECONOMIC IMPACT: This ordinance has been prepared to comply with
the recent trench safety legislation. This item was previously
covered in a work session.