[Amended 3-4-2014 by Ord.
No. 4-14; at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1,
General Provisions, Art. III)]
A. Application shall be made in writing for a permit for any excavation within any roadway, the maintenance of which is the responsibility of the Township, for any purpose whatsoever. The application shall state the purpose of the excavation, namely, sewer, water, gas, telephone or any other purpose. The application shall be accompanied by an engineered plan, or sketch, drawn to scale, of the area to be disturbed, including proposed dimensions and restoration details, and shall also be accompanied by an application fee as set forth in Chapter
245, Fees, Rates and Charges.
B. Notwithstanding the above, if the applicant requests permission only to excavate within a sidewalk area, the application fee shall be as set forth in Chapter
245, Fees, Rates and Charges, and no escrow deposit shall be required.
No permit shall be issued unless and until the applicant has
delivered to the Township a certificate of insurance evidencing that
the applicant has obtained a comprehensive general liability insurance
policy, including underground excavation coverage, a worker's compensation
and employer's liability policy and a comprehensive automobile insurance
policy and guaranteeing notification to the Township in the event
of cancellation thereof. The Township of Denville must be listed as
additional insured. Workers' compensation and employers' liability
insurance shall have limits of at least $1,000,000; the commercial
general liability insurance shall have limits of at least $1,000,000/$2,000,000.
Comprehensive automobile liability insurance policies shall have limits
of at least $500,000 and umbrella liability insurance shall have limits
of at least $2,000,000. All subcontractors employed by the permittee
must submit their own insurance certificates in the amounts required
above.
Street openings may be made without the necessity of a written
application in emergency situations, such as broken or frozen water
mains or ruptured gas mains or other situations which would endanger
public life, health and safety, provided that notice shall be immediately
given to the Police Department and Department of Public Works and
that written application for a permit shall be made to the Department
of Public Works for approval by the Township Engineer as soon as practical
and, in any event, not exceeding 48 hours from the start of the excavation.
The Township Engineer may impose special conditions to restore the
structural integrity of the new pavement.