Legal Documents of White Pine

Any person, firm, corporation, association, or others, shall at all times, and at their own expense, preserve and protect from damage any adjoining property by providing proper foundations and taking other measures suitable for the purpose. Where in the protection of such property it is necessary to enter upon private property for the purpose of taking appropriate protective measures, permission shall be obtained from the owner of the private property for such purpose. The contractor shall, at his own expense, shore up and protect all buildings, walls, fences or other property likely to be damaged during the progress of the excavation work and shall be responsible for all damage to public or private property resulting from his failure to properly protect and carry out said work. Whenever it may be necessary for the contractor or person to trench through any lawn the area shall be restored to its original condition. (1978 Code, § 12-211)