Application for a permit shall be made to the Public Works Department
on provided forms, which shall describe the location, number, purpose
and size of the openings to be made, the kind of pavement or sidewalk
to be removed, the time when such openings are desired and the length
of time the openings will remain open, together with such other information
regarding the work as the Public Works Department may require.
Before a permit is granted, the applicant shall provide a certificate
of insurance of a duly authorized insurance company, in the sum of
$1,000,000 designating the City as a named insured and evincing coverage
to indemnify and save harmless the City of Amsterdam from all loss,
damage, cost and liability whatever which the City may sustain or
incur by reason of any accident, act or omission of the person to
whom such permit is granted or any person employed by him while engaged
in such employment and performing any of the work done under or pursuant
to such permits.
In order to preserve and protect the historic and aesthetic
integrity of the City's infrastructure, the permittee will replace
any excavated road or sidewalk area with the same paving materials
removed, and special emphasis shall be given to the replacement of
granite block, pavers or bricks.
No pavement opening as authorized herein shall be closed without
and until an inspection by the Department of Public Works. The closing
and repavement shall thereafter be performed in a manner satisfactory
to the Department of Public Works and in accordance with Department
specifications.
All persons, corporations or other entities proposing to install
or repair pipe, cable, wire, conduit or other facilities in, on or
over any street or sidewalk in the City of Amsterdam or otherwise
dig in or open the same shall be responsible for reviewing the City's
list of streets and sidewalks scheduled for repair or reconstruction,
to be prepared and maintained by the Department of Public Works, and
shall make provision to do any work, except emergency work, which
requires the opening or use of any such street or sidewalk prior to
or during the construction of the project undertaken by the City.
No permit to use or open any street or sidewalk which would require
resurfacing or reconstruction, except for emergency work as hereinafter
provided, shall be issued to any such person within a five-year period
after the completion of the construction of a capital project by the
City relating to such street or sidewalk unless such person demonstrates
that the need for the work could not have reasonably been anticipated
prior to or during such construction. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
the Department of Public Works may issue a permit to open a street
within such five-year period upon a finding of necessity therefor,
subject to such conditions as the Department may establish by rule,
which shall include appropriate guarantees against the deterioration
of the restored pavement and may include a higher fee structure.
Any pavement or sidewalk which has not been relaid, repaired
or reconstructed to the satisfaction of the Department of Public Works
shall be repaired, reconstructed and properly relaid within five days
after service of an order by the Department upon the person by whom
such pavement was removed or, if such removal was for the purpose
of making a connection between any building or lot, or for any sewer
or pipes in the street, or for constructing vaults, or otherwise improving
any building or lot.
Failure to obtain a permit when required herein is a violation
punishable by a fine of up to $500 and 15 days in jail or both.