No person other than a contractor licensed under this chapter,
or governmental agency or public service company, shall be issued
a permit to excavate in any Town-owned right-of-way.
The permittee pursuant to this article shall notify the Police
Department and the Fire Department by calling the Police Department
24 hours prior to making any excavation that requires blocking more
than 50% of the width of the street. If the excavation or other repair
work planned shall cause the traffic in the highways of the Town to
be reduced to one-way traffic, then the permittee during working hours
shall be required to have at least one or more flagmen, as determined
by the Town Engineer, to control such traffic while one-way traffic
is in effect.
Excavations under this article shall be made in open cut, and
no tunneling will be allowed, except by special permission of the
Town Engineer and under such additional conditions as he may impose.
Trenches shall be braced and sheeted as required by federal and state
regulations or whenever, in the opinion of the Town Engineer, such
bracing and sheeting are necessary.
No permittee pursuant to this article shall make a trench cut
of over 30 inches in width without first obtaining permission from
the Town Engineer.
[Amended 10-9-2012]
All excavated material pursuant to this article shall be compactly
piled and shall not interfere with public travel to any greater extent
than necessary. Suitable barricades must be provided and warning lights
kept burning between 1/2 hour before sunset and 1/2 hour before sunrise
and at any other times as may be required by federal and state regulations
or by the Town Engineer. If the location and extent of work is such
that a traffic director, in the opinion of the Town Engineer, is required,
such director shall be provided by the local traffic authority or
his designee at the expense of the permittee.