Section 12.08.040 Street construction--Safeguarding--Police detail required--Cost liability.

A. Any person, except the commissioner of public works, his agent or servant, receiving a permit to open, occupy, obstruct, use, dig into or break up any public street of the city, or portion thereof, in accordance with the provisions of Sections 12.08.020 and 12.08.030, shall maintain at his or its expense such police officer of the city, but in no event less than one police officer at each street location designated in each permit required to be issued, as the chief of police may deem necessary, to avoid, so far as reasonably possible, danger to the safety of persons and interference with the free circulation of vehicular traffic. For the purposes of this section, no emergency or like permits shall be issued granting blanket or similar permission to open, occupy, obstruct, use, dig into or break up more than one particular or separate street location per permit.

B. Opening Manholes. A person receiving a permit to open a manhole in any public street of the city shall maintain at his or its expense such police officers of the city as the chief of police may deem necessary, to avoid, so far as reasonably possible, danger to the safety of persons and interference with vehicular traffic.

C. Failure to Comply. Failure on the part of any such person to maintain such detail shall be cause for revocation of such permit, or the closing down of the opening, obstructing, using, digging into or breaking up of any public street of the city by police officers of the city until such detail is maintained.

D. Emergency Construction. In the event of an emergency which requires the opening, obstructing, using, digging into, or breaking up of any public street of or private way in the city by a person not able to obtain a permit because of the hour, such person shall immediately notify the officer in charge of Quincy police headquarters in order that the necessary police officers, but in no event less than one police officer, as designated by said officer, at each separate street location or place of such opening, obstructing, using, digging into, or breaking up of such street shall be assigned at the expense of such person.