For the purposes of this article, the following
terms shall have the meanings indicated:
DRIVEWAY
Any means used or intended to be used to allow for vehicular
ingress or egress to a Village highway.
PERSON
Any person, firm, partnership, corporation, association or
legal representative acting individually or jointly, including public
utility and transportation corporations.
SUPERINTENDENT OF HIGHWAYS
The duly elected Superintendent of Highways of the Town of
Woodbury or any member of his department authorized to act on his
behalf.
VILLAGE HIGHWAY
The land included within the right-of-way of any street,
road, highway or lane that has been acquired by, dedicated to and
accepted by the Village of Woodbury, either formally or by actual
use by the public.
The application fee for a permit required by
this article shall be $50.
Any work that shall take place within a Village
highway shall be completed with all possible dispatch. Such work shall
be performed in the manner and upon the conditions permitted by the
Superintendent of Highways, and, in addition, the permittee shall:
A. Keep at least 1/2 of the Village highway open to vehicular
and pedestrian traffic at all times.
B. Erect suitable safeguards and barriers surrounding
the work for the protection of persons and vehicles using the highway
in the daytime and shall cause the same to be marked by adequate lights
or flares from sunset to sunrise, conforming in kind and number to
requirements of the Superintendent of Highways. In the event that
any person shall fail in the opinion of the Superintendent of Highways
to adequately erect such safeguards and barriers, lights or flares,
the Superintendent of Highways shall revoke any permit previously
issued forthwith without any notice and proceed immediately to take
such steps as may be necessary to protect the public from injury.
He shall use the security deposit applicable to the permit revoked
to defray whatever costs he may incur in taking such action.