Permit applications are to be obtained from the Town of Cobleskill
Highway Superintendent during regular office hours. A minimum of three
business days is required to process permit applications. Permit applications
must include the following:
A. The name of the applicant.
B. The fact that the applicant is either a contractor or a representative
of a division, department or branch of government, or a utility corporation,
or is a plumber or electrician, or a person engaged in some business
or occupation whose work requires such excavation.
C. The precise plan where the applicant seeks to dig or excavate or
trench, with the distance from the nearest street intersection or
from the property abutting the street at the point proposed for excavation.
The application must also state the estimated size and purpose of
the opening.
D. The date or dates on which the work will be performed.
E. The type of pavement or surface to be disturbed.
F. The appropriate permit fee as established from time to time by a
resolution of the Town Board and on file in the Town Clerk's office.
G. Each commercial applicant shall also provide the Town of Cobleskill
Town Clerk a certificate of insurance in a form approved by the Town
of Cobleskill and issued by an insurance company authorized to do
business within the state, guaranteeing that the applicant has provided
per occurrence liability coverage of $1,000,000 for bodily injury
and property damage in the aggregate, to insure the Town against any
loss, injury or damage arising out of the granting of the permit or
from any negligence or fault of such applicant, his agents, servants
or employees in connection with the opening or with any work related
thereto. Such insurance must remain in force throughout the effective
period of the permit, as well as any authorized extensions, and shall
carry an endorsement to the effect that the insurance company will
give at least 10 days' written notice to the Town of any modification
or cancellation of any such insurance.
H. A signed statement by the applicant that the applicant agrees to
perform the work for which the permit is granted strictly in accordance
with the conditions of the permit, the provisions of the Town of Cobleskill
Code and any applicable state or federal rules and regulations and
that the Town is to be saved harmless from any loss, injury, or damage
arising out of the granting of the permit or from any negligence or
fault of the applicant, his servants or agents, in connection with
any of the work done in connection with the permit.