[Amended 6-18-1991 by Ord. No. 1991-1]
No person, unless specifically authorized by the Town Council or the Mayor or Town Manager, shall tear up, dig in or in any way deface or injure any street or sidewalk.
Whenever it may be necessary to disturb any street or sidewalk in connection with the water supply or sewer system of the Town, the work shall be done under the direction and control of the Town Manager.
No person, unless specially authorized by the Town Council, shall take up or remove any portion of the surface of the sidewalk or street or excavate in any public street of the Town without a written permit from the Town Manager, who shall not refuse such permit to any applicant except for cause, but, in case of refusal, the applicant may appeal to the Town Council.
A. 
Before a permit as required in § 139-19 is granted, the Town Manager may require a deposit sufficient to pay for resurfacing the street to be disturbed, the amount of such deposit to be determined by the Town Manager.
B. 
Every person who shall make application for such a permit shall be deemed to have assented thereby to all the provisions and terms of this article, including the right of the Town to collect the actual cost of replacing the pavement, sidewalk or street surface in the manner above directed.
It shall be the duty of every person to whom a permit, as required in § 139-19, shall have been granted to institute at once and prosecute without delay the work for which such permit was obtained and promptly, on its completion, give written notice thereof to the Town Manager.
No pavement, sidewalk or street surface shall be replaced, after being taken up pursuant to a permit as required in § 139-19 by any person except under the direction of the Town Manager. If the applicant fails to resurface the street disturbed promptly and in a manner approved by the Town Manager, the Town Manager is authorized to cause such work to be done at the expense of the applicant.
Any person to whom a permit, as required in § 139-19, is granted shall place guards or barriers around the excavation in question and shall protect it by warning lights at night and shall be responsible for damages to persons or property caused by such excavations until taken in charge by the Town Manager.
The provisions of this article shall not apply to work done by Town forces under the supervision of the Town Manager.