[Amended 1-12-2000 by Ord. No. 00-01-01]
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or
corporation to cut into, open or excavate in or under the bed of any
street, road, highway, lane, alley, avenue, sidewalk, curb or other
public way within the corporate limits of the Town of Georgetown for
the purpose of installing therein or thereunder any poles, pipes,
mains, wire or conduits or for any other purpose without first obtaining
from the Town Manager of the Town of Georgetown or his designee a
permit to cut into, open or excavate such street, road, highway, lane,
alley, avenue, curb, sidewalk or other way, except as hereinafter
provided.
Upon compliance with the terms of this article,
the Town Manager shall then issue a permit for such cutting into,
opening or excavating, subject to the terms and conditions of this
article, and upon being satisfied that such opening or excavation
is in a proper location and for a lawful purpose.
The provisions of this article shall not be
applicable to work undertaken by the employees of any governmental
body or agency, which, by law, has jurisdiction of such street, road,
highway, lane, alley, avenue, sidewalk, curb or such other public
way.
[Amended 10-28-2015 by Ord. No. 2015-16]
Any person violating any provision of this article shall pay such fines as set out in Chapter
1, Article
III, General Penalty.