[Amended 11-26-1973; 11-22-1982 by L.L. No. 16-1982]
A. License fee. A duly qualified sidewalk contractor is one whose qualifications, as required of applicants for licenses by the terms of §
138-2, have been examined and approved by the Village Engineer. The Board of Trustees by resolution shall adopt and from time to time may amend a schedule of fees payable by an applicant for a sidewalk contractor's license or a renewal thereof.
[Amended 2-26-1990 by L.L. No. 32-1990]
B. The contractors shall construct the sidewalk and curb
pursuant to the specifications of the Village Engineer and shall also
provide for the replacement of any defective work done by the licensee.
C. Expiration. All licenses issued hereunder shall expire
on July 31.
[Amended 3-22-1982 by L.L. No. 5-1982]
A. No licensed sidewalk contractor shall perform any
work hereunder unless there shall be on file with the Village Clerk
a certificate of insurance issued by an insurance company licensed
to do business in the State of New York, and affording coverage as
minimally set forth below. Such certificate of insurance shall contain
a provision that coverage will not be reduced, canceled or nonrenewed
unless the Village of Freeport Village Clerk is given at least 10
days' written notice thereoL
(1) Comprehensive personal liability and property damage
liability coverage, including deletion of the U-exclusion (underground
property damage hazard).
(a)
Limits of $500,000 per occurrence personal injury
liability and $250,000 property damage liability.
(b)
In the alternate, $1,000,000 combined single
limit personal injury and property damage liability. The preceding
limits can be made up by a primary and excess/umbrella-type policy.
(2) Workers' compensation: statutory limit.
B. The licensed sidewalk contractor also agrees to hold
the Village harmless against any and all liability, including defense
costs, resulting from personal injury and/or property damage caused
by the licensee, his agents or his employees in the performance of
such work.
C. A certificate of insurance evidencing such incidental
contractual coverage in the limits and manner above specified shall
be furnished the Village and shall indicate the Village of Freeport
as an additional insured.
Each permit issued in pursuance of this article
shall be in the personal possession of the parties actually prosecuting
the work at all times and available for inspection.
Every person who constructs a sidewalk or curb
shall guard any excavation or work by guardrails, red signal lights
or any other means as may be necessary to warn pedestrians and others
of the danger to be approached.
[Added 7-19-1976 by L.L. No. 6-1976]
Section 330 of the New York State Highway Law
and the regulations of the Commissioner of Transportation, specifically
Subchapter D, Part 170, require that ramps for the handicapped shall
be provided at each curbed intersection and midblock crosswalk where
curbs are to be constructed or reconstructed, and that sidewalks shall
exist or be planned to exist for this to apply.
A. Wherever reference is made, in §§
180-26 to
180-32, inclusive, of this Code, to construction of sidewalk and/or curb, it shall also be construed to include ramps for the handicapped, except §
180-30, Curb cuts. This latter section shall not apply to ramps for the handicapped.
B. A minimum distance of five feet shall separate a curb
cut for a ramp for the handicapped from a driveway curb cut.
C. The cost for construction of ramps for the handicapped
shall be paid for as follows:
(1) Specification Type 1: The property owner shall pay
for the cost of installation of a conventional sidewalk and curb.
The Village shall pay for the excess construction cost above that
for a conventional sidewalk for the installation of a ramp. The cost
of the curb shall be paid for by the property owner.
(2) Specification Type 2: The Village shall pay for the
cost of the ramp for the handicapped. The cost of the curb shall be
paid by the property owner.