No person, firm or corporation, including public
service companies and municipalities other than the Village of Coxsackie,
shall make any excavation in any street or highway in the Village
of Coxsackie for any purpose without first obtaining a permit therefor
from the Superintendent of Streets, Parks and Municipal Buildings
as hereinafter provided.
Each applicant must pay a permit fee of $15
to the Village Clerk for each excavation, except those for utility
poles.
The Superintendent of Streets, Parks and Municipal
Buildings may require any person making a street excavation pursuant
to a permit granted hereunder to give notice of such excavation to
public service companies or municipal districts having lines, mains
or other property in the streets, and when such notice shall have
been required, no work shall be commenced or done under such permit
until such required notice has been fully complied with to the satisfaction
of the Superintendent of Streets, Parks and Municipal Buildings.
Any person making an excavation covered by this
chapter shall erect suitable barriers or guards 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 to properly illuminate the area. He shall also take
all necessary precautions for the protection of the property of the
Village, of public service companies or municipal districts and of
others which may be endangered by such excavation or the work incident
thereto, and shall comply with all directions given by the Superintendent
of Streets, Parks and Municipal Buildings with respect to such barriers,
lights, flares and protective measures.
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate
any of the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction be punishable
by a fine of not more than $250 or by imprisonment for not more than
15 days, or both.