No person, firm or corporation, including public service companies
and municipalities other than the Village of Manchester, shall make
any excavation in any street or highway in the Village of Manchester
for any purpose without first obtaining a permit therefor from the
Board of Trustees as hereinafter provided.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. II)]
Each applicant must pay a permit fee to the Village Clerk in
an amount as set from time to time by the Board of Trustees for each
excavation, except those for utility poles.
The Board of Trustees may require any person making a 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.
Any person making an excavation covered by this chapter 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
Highways with respect to such barriers, lights, flares and protective
measures.