All openings made and restored under the terms of these regulations and any permits issued shall be subject to final release and acceptance in writing by the Engineer. No deposit money shall be returned or bond released until after said written release has been effected. This release will not normally be effected until the expiration of the eighteen-month period specified above in § 303-34.
A.
The provisions of these regulations shall not apply to public utility companies having previously existing contracts with the Township or operating under special ordinances, franchises or statutes wherein said utilities make openings under previously established rules, agreements or provisions, and also shall not apply to any person, partnership, firm, corporation or contractor making openings or doing construction, repair or reconstruction work as defined herein on Township roads, public improvements, public property, easements or facilities under or in pursuance of a contract entered into between such person, partnership, firm, corporation or contractor and the Township, insofar as these regulations applies to fees, bonds or other deposits required or to applications for permits as covered by Articles I, II and III herein. Sections 303-14 through 303-29 shall apply to such work done under contract with the Township, and those sections shall be construed as being included in all contract provisions for work involving openings. The provisions of these regulations also shall not apply to work being done on openings in the Township by working forces of the Township.
B.
The provisions of these regulations shall not apply to
opening work involved within the rights-of-way of roads or easements owned,
regulated and within the responsibility of the County of Hunterdon or the
State of New Jersey or their various departments, bureaus or agencies.
C.
The provisions of these regulations shall not apply to
the installation, erection, replacement or maintenance of wood utility poles
for electric distribution, telephone or telegraphy installations, nor to such
other appurtenances as stub poles, anchors, guys or ground lines incidental
to such poles, where such poles and appurtenances belong to any of the franchised
public utility companies operating within the Township.
The provisions of these regulations shall apply to openings involved
within newly developed major subdivisions in the Township whenever it is intended
that the Township will accept the roads, easements or utility facilities within
the Township street system or for Township maintenance and responsibility,
except that whenever the subdivision construction work, including such proposed
openings, is covered under a surety or performance bond arrangement or a cash
deposit as a condition imposed for subdivision approval, then no additional
deposit arrangement or permit procedure will be required under these regulations.
At the conclusion of the work, the permittee shall file with the Township
Clerk three sets of as-built plans or drawings showing dimensionally all subsurface
facilities as finally located and installed, and also showing changes, if
any, made to surface features. Revisions made by the permittee to old plans
previously filed will be annotated and dated for any new opening revisions.
