No person, firm or corporation shall change or alter the grade
of any highways within the corporate limits of the Village of Belle
Terre or open the surface of any village highway or make any excavation
under the surface thereof for any purpose or remove, shut off, cap,
alter or change the location of any existing mains, side water pipes
or hydrants in or on said highways without having first obtained a
permit from the office of the Mayor of the Village of Belle Terre;
and said office of the Mayor shall not issue such permit for the performance
of any said act unless there shall have been furnished by the applicant
a sufficient indemnity and performance bond as a condition precedent
thereto, and said bond shall be for a reasonable amount which shall
be determined by said office of the Mayor, whose approval thereof
as to amount, form, manner of execution and sufficiency of surety
or sureties shall be endorsed thereon before said bond shall be filed
in the office of the Mayor, and said bond shall be so filed before
said permit shall be effective.
The violation of any provision of this Article shall be punishable
by a fine not exceeding $250 or by imprisonment for not
more than 15 days, or both.