[Derived from Secs. 45 through 47 of Ch. IV of the Charter and Ordinances, 1974]
[Amended 10-29-1996, effective 11-12-1996]
A. 
Every owner or occupant of any premises who shall receive a permit for the construction of any sewer or vault or to open any street or public place in front of his premises shall refill, relay and replace the pavement and surface of the street and sidewalk removed for that purpose or disturbed by him in as good condition as the same was before the work of building such sewer or vault or opening such street or sidewalk was commenced, and if he fails to do so, the Commissioner of Public Works may cause such street or sidewalk to be refilled, relaid or repaved and shall report the expense thereof to the Common Council, which shall cause such expense to be assessed to the premises in front of which such work was done.
B. 
In the event the cobblestone pattern on Elmwood Avenue between Forest Avenue and Delevan Avenue is removed or broken, it shall be replaced by the permit holder in as good condition as the cobblestone pattern sidewalk was before the work of building any sewer or vault or opening a street or sidewalk was commenced, and if he fails to do so, the Commissioner of Public Works may cause such street or sidewalk to be refilled, relaid or repaved in a cobblestone pattern that conforms with the rest of the cobblestone pattern on Elmwood Avenue between Forest Avenue and Delevan Avenue and shall report the expense thereof to the Common Council, which shall cause such expense to be assessed to the premises in front of which such work was done.
Every person who shall receive a permit to construct a vault or sewer or to open any street or public place in front of his premises for any purpose shall, at all times after such vault, sewer or opening shall have been commenced and until the same shall be completed, carefully guard the same so that persons and vehicles passing along the street or sidewalk shall not be liable to fall into any excavation made for such purposes and shall, during the whole of every night that such excavation shall remain open, cause the same to be kept securely fenced and covered and a light to be placed and kept upon such fence so secured and protected that the same shall not be extinguished.
Whenever a majority petition for paving a street is granted, or the paving is ordered under a notice of intention, the Common Council shall direct the City Engineer to cause all necessary sewer, water and gas connections to be made by the contractor for paving said street after the order for contracting for paving said street has been adopted by the Common Council. The bills for said connections to be rendered by linear foot of sewer and by linear foot of water pipes, plus water box and expenses for tapping, said prices not to exceed a certain sum to be included in the specifications for paving said street. After the order for the assessment for paving said street has been approved by the Mayor, the City Engineer shall be authorized to refuse to grant any permits to put in private sewer and water connections until the pavement is finished or the proceedings for said pavement are rescinded.
All plans and specifications for the paving, repaving or resurfacing of any streets or public places shall include a provision that all stone curbing brought into the City of Buffalo, as quarried or dressed and trimmed, shall be subject to inspection and testing, prior to installation, by the City or by an independent laboratory approved by the Commissioner of Public Works, and the cost of such testing shall be borne by the contractor.