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Editor's Note: For related provisions, see Ch. 72, Excavations and Topsoil Removal.
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For the purposes of the article, the following terms, phrases, words and their derivations shall have the meanings given herein. When not inconsistent with the context, words used in the present tense include the future, words in the plural number include the singular number, and words in the singular number include the plural number. The word "shall" is always mandatory and not merely directory.
B. 
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
APPLICANT
Any person making written application to the Village of Islandia for an excavation permit hereunder.
EXCAVATION
Any cavity, hole or hollow formed by digging, cutting, scooping, breaking, bulleting, vibrating, tunneling or undermining or any other method of removal or disturbance of earthen or road material in or under any street, as defined herein.
PERSON
Any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company or organization of any kind.
STREET
Any street, highway, sidewalk, alley, avenue or other public way or public grounds in the Village of Islandia.
No person, firm or corporation, including public service companies and transportation corporations as defined in Article 1 of the Transportation Corporations Law, which, for the purpose of this Article, are deemed such as the New York Telephone Company, the Long Island Lighting Company, Suffolk County Water Authority, private and municipally owned water companies, community antenna television companies and municipal districts, shall make any excavation in any village street, highway or sidewalk in the Village of Islandia for any purpose without first obtaining a permit therefor from the Village Engineer as hereinafter provided.
A. 
Application in writing shall be filed in duplicate with the Village Engineer upon application blanks which shall be prescribed, which application shall state the nature, location, extent and purpose of the proposed excavation.
B. 
Application by public service companies, excluding municipal districts, must be accompanied by a general undertaking in such form as may be approved by the Village Board. Said general undertaking is tendered to assure that after completing the excavation said applicant shall leave the street, highway or sidewalk, pavement, curb or gutter in the same condition as it was prior to the excavation.
C. 
Applications by applicants other than public service companies or municipal districts must be accompanied by a general undertaking in such form as shall be approved by the Village Board or, in lieu thereof, by a cash deposit, the amount of which shall be determined by the Village Engineer and which shall be based upon the estimated cost of repairing the damage, which sum is to be deposited with the Village Clerk to assure that after completing the excavation said applicant shall leave the street, highway or sidewalk, pavement, curb or gutter in the same condition as it was prior to the excavation. In the event that the applicant fails to repair or replace such pavement, sidewalk, curb or gutter within the time provided in the permit and the applicant has deposited cash in lieu of an undertaking, the Village Engineer will access the damage and report the same to the Village Board. The Village Board may thereafter order the Village Clerk to pay to the Trustee in charge of highways, out of the moneys deposited, a sufficient sum of money to repair or replace said street, highway or sidewalk, pavement, curb or gutter. In the alternative, the Trustee in charge of highways may contract with the applicant for the village to complete the pavement, sidewalk, curb or gutter for a mutually agreed upon sum. Upon the completion of said excavation, where the applicant has deposited cash in lieu of an undertaking, the moneys deposited hereunder are to be returned to the applicant, provided that all or part have not been expended pursuant to the subsection herein.
D. 
Upon compliance with the foregoing requirements, a permit shall be issued in the name of the Village Engineer.
The permit fee, to be set by resolution of the Board of Trustees, shall accompany each application submitted in accordance with this article.
The applicant shall file with the Trustee in charge of highways a general liability policy or certificate of insurance naming the Village of Islandia as an additional insured at the same time he files his application for a permit. The Village Attorney shall approve the policy for form. The policy shall insure the Village of Islandia and the applicant and shall cover all operations relative to the excavation and reconstruction thereto. Said policy shall have limits of liability of $250,000 for bodily injury to each person and $500,000 liability in the aggregate for each accident and property damage liability of $5,000 for each accident and $25,000 aggregate property damage liability.
The Trustee in charge of highways shall require any person making a highway excavation pursuant to the permit granted hereunto to give notice of such excavation to public service companies or municipal districts having lines, mains or other property in the streets, and no work shall be commenced or done under such permit until such requirement of notice to the Trustee in charge of highways and each affected utility has been fully complied with.
Any person making an excavation covered by this Article shall erect a suitable barrier or guard for the protection of persons using the streets or sidewalks and in addition thereto, shall set up and maintain during the hours of darkness sufficient lights or flares or retroreflective barricades to properly illuminate or delineate the work area and shall also take all necessary precautions for the protection of the village and of public service companies or municipal districts and adjoining property owners and others which might be endangered by such excavations or the work incident thereto and shall comply with all directions given by the Village Engineer with respect to such barriers, lights, flares and protective measures.
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Commencement of work. Work under the permit shall be commenced within 30 days from the date of permit and continued in an expeditious manner, unless extension of this period is approved by the Village Engineer.
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Construction.
(1) 
When working on any village road, no pavement cuts or trenches are to be left uncovered or unfilled overnight, except in emergencies, and in such cases adequate precautions must be exercised to protect traffic.
(2) 
When working on any village road, contractors must complete final backfilling (See Subsection E hereof) of the trench within 18 days from the day of opening.
(3) 
All pipes or mains crossing highway pavements shall, wherever possible, be driven beneath the roadway without disturbance to the pavement. The point of driving shall not be less than five feet from the edge of pavement. Such crossover pipes shall, whenever possible, be enclosed in sleeves or larger pipes so that repairs or replacements may be made without further disturbance of the roadway pavement.
(4) 
If the boring method in the driving of crossover pipes is found to be impracticable, the Village Engineer shall be consulted to determine the manner of placing the pipe by the open-cut method. This request is to be made in writing to the Village Engineer and may be granted by the Village Engineer upon such conditions as he deems necessary and proper under the circumstances.
C. 
Excavations; method and type of opening.
(1) 
Openings in concrete roads shall have a minimum width of five feet.
(2) 
No roads are to be tunneled, but pipes may be driven or trenched across.
(3) 
All openings are to be made either by pinwheel trenching machine or saw cutting, as specified in the permit.
D. 
Restoration of excavation; temporary patching. Upon completion of the final backfilling, if final pavement replacing is not to be accomplished within 20 days from day of opening, then the trench will be brought to within two inches of road level and then paved with two inches of asphaltic concrete within 20 days of opening, which shall be placed as a temporary surface in any pavement opening and shall be maintained to the same grade as adjacent pavement.
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Procedure for final backfilling. Clean fill will be used and, then the trench will be compacted in twelve-inch lifts with either vibratory soil compactors or by suitable hydraulic compaction by water jetting at three-foot intervals.
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Final pavement replacing.
(1) 
Concrete. Minimum-size replacements in concrete or asphalt on concrete base shall be 10 feet by 10 feet, or as directed. In all cases, if the ten-by-ten-foot replacement is within five feet of a joint, the replacement must extend to the joint. Concrete openings shall be saw cuts, and the mix shall be high early, New York State Specification Class F, latest revision.
(2) 
Asphalt. The trench will be compacted to within four inches of the road surface. The existing asphalt surface shall then be cut back at least 12 inches on either side of the undisturbed subgrade. At the discretion of the Village Engineer, the contact surfaces, the patched surfaces and/or adjacent pavement edges shall be painted and sealed with approved bituminous and/or bluestone material before or after placing the course of asphalt, which shall be four inches of New York State Specification 6F hot-plant mix. This course shall be rolled with an eight-to-ten-ton roller, and surface variations in excess of 1/4 inch shall be eliminated or the pavement relaid.
(3) 
If temporary patching is not accomplished, final pavement must be completed within 20 days of opening. If temporary patching is accomplished as specified, then final pavement replacing must be completed within 30 days of temporary patching or within such additional time as may be authorized by the Village Engineer at his discretion upon application.
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Shoulder areas. If the trenchwork is in the earthen shoulder of the roadway, then proper compaction as outlined in Subsection E above will apply, with the addition of a covering of sod or grass seeding as specified by the Village Engineer.
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Traffic control.
(1) 
Maintenance and protection of traffic. Traffic is to be maintained at all times during the progress of this work. Adequate signs, barricades and lights, necessary to protect the public, shall be provided in accordance with the provisions of the New York State Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices. Flagmen to direct traffic shall be employed continuously during periods when only one-way traffic shall be maintained or when equipment is operated back and forth across the pavement area.
(2) 
No construction materials or equipment shall be left on the pavement after working hours, nor shall any construction equipment or materials be placed in any manner or location that will obstruct highway or railroad warning signs.
(3) 
Barricades, whether sidewalk or roadway area, shall have prominently displayed for police convenience the address and telephone number of twenty-four-hour availability of someone who will reestablish same in an emergency.
(4) 
Access to adjacent properties shall be maintained.
I. 
Notification. The applicant will be responsible to notify the Village Engineer 24 hours prior to street opening and closing.
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Expiration date. The permit shall expire one year from the date of issue of the permit, unless a different expiration date has been specified by the Village Engineer.
The applicant shall notify the Village Engineer when work has been completed, after which an inspection will be made by the Village Engineer or his duly authorized agent, and, upon approval of the work, a release will be granted to the applicant. Until the granting of such a release, the applicant shall remain liable for proper guarding and protection as provided herein.
The application of any penalty for violation of this article shall not be held to prevent the enforced removal of the prohibited conditions.