No person, firm or corporation, including public-service companies
and municipalities other than the Village of Whitesboro, shall make
any excavation in any street or highway in the Village of Whitesboro
for any purpose without first obtaining a permit therefor from the
Village Clerk as hereinafter provided.
A permit fee of $50 shall be submitted to the Village Clerk with the application referred to in §
244-6 of this article. No permit fee for excavations required in the placement of utility poles shall be required.
The Board of Trustees may require any person making a street
or highway 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 Board of Trustees and Dig
Safely New York.
Any person making an excavation covered by this article shall
erect suitable barriers or guards for the protection of persons using
the streets or sidewalks and, in addition thereto, shall set up and
maintain during the hours of darkness sufficient lights or flares
to properly illuminate the area. He shall also take all necessary
precautions for the protection of the property of the Village, of
public-service companies or municipal districts and of others which
may be endangered by such excavation or the work incident thereto,
and shall comply with all directions given by the Superintendent of
Public Works with respect to such barriers, lights, flares and protective
measures.
Any person who shall violate any provision of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable as provided in Chapter
1, General Provisions, §
1-11, General penalty.