[Adopted 12-12-1983 by L.L. No. 1-1983 as § 37-8
of the 1983 Code; amended in its entirety 9-14-1992 by L.L. No. 4-1992]
No person, firm or corporation, including public service companies
and municipalities other than the Village of Hancock, shall make any
excavation in any street, sidewalk or highway in the Village for any
purpose without first obtaining a permit therefor from the Village
Clerk as hereinafter provided.
Each applicant must pay, to the Village Clerk, a permit fee
in an amount established by resolution of the Board of Trustees for each excavation, except those for utility poles. However,
no additional permit fee will be charged under this article for any
initial water tap or initial sewer tap; and no permit fee will be
charged in connection with new construction where a building permit
has been obtained.
The Superintendent of Public Works may require any person making
a sidewalk or 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 Public
Works.
[Adopted 12-12-1983 by L.L. No. 1-1983 as § 37-9
of the 1983 Code; amended in its entirety 9-14-1992 by L.L. No. 4-1992]
Every person owning or occupying land fronting upon any street
or highway of the Village shall keep the said walk opposite his premises
or the premises occupied by him, on the side of the street on which
his premises lie, free and clear from snow and ice and shall remove
all snow and ice from said walk as early as 10:00 a.m. every morning
and within two hours after being notified to do so by the Mayor, any
Trustee or the Superintendent of Public Works of the Village. In removing
such snow or ice, no person shall put the same in the ditch or drain
or gutter of the street or in any manner fill up or obstruct any such
drain or gutter.
In every case in which snow or ice is not so removed or when
the gutter is so obstructed, it shall be the duty of the Superintendent
of Public Works immediately to remove the same, and the expense of
such removal shall thereupon become and be a lien upon such land,
to be enforced in the manner provided by law.