[Amended 5-7-1998 by Ord.
No. 12-1998]
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons, corporation or corporations to cut, break into or open any portion of any street of the City of Gloucester City without first making application to and receiving from the City Clerk of Gloucester City a street-opening permit. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons, corporation or corporations to set or reset, cut, break into or alter any curb abutting a street of the City of Gloucester City, as required by Chapter
73, Article
I, Curb and Sidewalk Construction, of this Code, without first making application to and receiving from the City Clerk of Gloucester City a curb setting permit.
At such times as the City Clerk's office is not open for
business, emergency openings may be made, and a permit shall be obtained
on the first business day afterwards.
[Amended 12-2-1982 by Ord. No. 16-1982; 3-4-1993 by Ord. No. 7-1993; 1-4-1996 by Ord. No. 1-1996; 1-2-1997 by Ord. No. 34-1996; 5-7-1998 by Ord. No. 12-1998; 12-3-2018 by Ord. No. O23-2018]
A. A street opening permit fee of $25 shall be paid to the City Clerk
at the time each application is filed. There shall be a charge of
$5 per square foot of opening to be paid to the City Clerk at the
time the application for the street opening permit is filed, to reimburse
the City for inspection, material and final repairs. Said street opening
permit shall be good for only one excavation within one street or
block. A street opening permit must be obtained for each excavation
proposed, and it must note the date of completion, which shall be
within 30 days from the date of issue of the street opening permit
or a new street opening permit will be required and an additional
street opening permit fee of $25 must be paid.
B. A curb setting permit fee of $25 shall be paid to the City Clerk
at the time each application is filed. This permit fee would apply
to properties with street frontage of 50 feet or less. Any property
with a larger frontage will be assessed a fee of $5 for each additional
50 feet of frontage or portion thereof.
Permits shall be numbered consecutively and made out in triplicate.
The original shall be given to the applicant; the duplicate shall
be furnished to the Superintendent of Streets for his information
and follow-up procedure for inspection, repair and final report; and
the triplicate shall be retained by the City Clerk.
All street openings shall be closed according to specifications
approved by the Street Committee of Common Council, copies of which
shall be on file in the office of the City Clerk.
The Common Council, from time to time as costs warrant, may
adjust the street closing charges by the adoption of a resolution
or resolutions for that purpose.
In lieu of making the payment for street closing charges as
required above, any public utility, as defined by N.J.S.A. 40:2-13, may file with City Council a bond to the City in the
sum $10,000, conditioned upon said utility restoring to its original
condition any streets or highways in the City opened or excavated
by said utility and otherwise complying with all provisions of this
ordinance, and further conditioned for the payment to the City of
any moneys which said City is obliged to expend in order to restore
such street or highway to its original condition. Said bond shall
not be considered to be filed unless and until approved by resolution
of City Council. In event that, after the proper filing of a bond
by a utility as aforesaid, said utility shall fail to abide strictly
by the provisions of this ordinance, City Council may, by resolution,
revoke the privileges granted under its bond, return the bond to the
utility and require cash payments for all future street openings made
by said utility.
[Amended 12-5-1974]
Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance
shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not to exceed
$500 or by imprisonment not to exceed 90 days, or by both fine and
imprisonment.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent with the
provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed.
This ordinance shall take effect from and after its passage
and publication as provided by law.