Emergency excavation or demolition.
Batesville Code of Ordinances § 13-32
in effectSec. 13-32. - Emergency excavation or demolition.
Compliance with the notice requirements of section 13-31 is not required of persons responsible for emergency excavation or demolition, for repair or restoration of service or to ameliorate an imminent danger to life, health or property, provided, however, that such persons give, as soon as practicable, oral notice of the emergency excavation or demolition to each operator having underground utilities located in the area where such excavation or demolition is to be performed and request emergency assistance from each operator so identified in locating and providing immediate protection to its underground utilities. An imminent danger to life, health or property exists whenever there is a substantial likelihood that loss of life, health or property will result before the procedures under sections 13-31 and 13-33 can be fully complied with.
(Ord. No. 83-194, § 7, 4-3-79)
Source: City of Batesville, Mississippi, Code of Ordinances (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ms/batesville/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COOR_CH13STSI_ARTIIEX_DIV2UNUTDAPR_S13-32EMEXDEFetched: 10/31/2026