[Adopted 6-3-1969 as Ch. 19, §§ 19-1 through 19-8, of the 1969 Code of the Town of Huntington]
[Amended 5-2-1989 by Ord. No. 89-CE-2]
No person, firm or corporation, including public-service companies and municipal districts, shall make any excavation in any Town street, highway or sidewalk or construct any sidewalk, curb or make any curb cut along any such street or highway in the Town of Huntington for any purpose without first obtaining a permit therefor from the Superintendent of Highways of the Town of Huntington as hereinafter provided.
Any person, firm or corporation, including public-service companies and municipal districts, performing such work under contract with the Town of Huntington when issued a permit shall be issued one without charge.
A. 
Application in writing shall be filed with the Superintendent of Highways on application blanks which he shall provide or in such other manner as he shall prescribe, which application shall state the nature, location, extent and purpose of the proposed excavation or construction.
[Amended 8-24-1976 by Ord. No. 76-CE-29]
B. 
The application to excavate shall contain or be accompanied by an agreement on the part of the applicant to replace the street, highway or sidewalk, pavement, curb or gutter to a proper and safe condition, and such application shall be accompanied by a surety bond in such form and of such surety company as may be approved by the Superintendent of Highways and for an amount determined by the Superintendent of Highways, which bond shall be conditioned upon the performance of the aforementioned agreement by the applicant, or in lieu of a surety bond the applicant may deposit with the Superintendent of Highways a sum of money in an amount acceptable to the Superintendent to pay all of the expenses to which the town may be put to replace the street, highway or sidewalk, pavement, curb or gutter to a proper and safe condition and in no event less than fifty dollars ($50.). If the amount of such bond or cash deposit shall be insufficient to pay the cost of such replacement, the applicant shall be held liable for any deficiency. In the event that such street, highway, pavement, sidewalk, curb or gutter is replaced by the applicant to the satisfaction of the Superintendent of Highways, the surety bond or the amount of money deposited in lieu thereof shall be returned to the applicant. In the event the applicant or surety fails to fully replace such street, highway, pavement, sidewalk, curb or gutter within the time provided in the permit or to the satisfaction of the Superintendent of Highways, the Superintendent may cause same to be replaced, restored, repaired and/or completed, and the cost thereof shall be paid out of the sum so deposited or charged against the bond, as the case may be.
[Amended 8-24-1976 by Ord. No. 76-CE-29; 10-15-2002 by L.L. No. 49-2002]
C. 
Public utility companies and municipal districts may, at their own option, file with the Town Clerk a surety bond in the amount of one thousand dollars ($1,000) to cover all applications for excavations made within the term of the bond, in which event a copy of such bond shall be filed with the Superintendent of Highways. If such blanket bond shall be filed, the Superintendent of Highways may, in his discretion, require additional security by a further bond or cash as above provided should any individual application involve construction of such extent that the blanket bond shall, in his opinion, furnish inadequate security.
D. 
Applications by applicants other than public utility companies or municipal districts to make an excavation in any Town highway or sidewalk shall contain or shall be accompanied by an agreement on the part of the applicant to backfill the excavation and restore same to its original condition. Such application shall also be accompanied by a deposit either in cash or by a certified check payable to the order of the Town of Huntington for an amount to be estimated by the Superintendent of Highways as sufficient to cover the cost of replacement. No refund of such amount or any portion thereof shall be made to the applicant unless the applicant restores and/or replaces such pavement, sidewalk, curb and/or gutter to the satisfaction of the Superintendent of Highways. In the event of failure of the applicant or surety to replace and/or restore such pavement, sidewalk, curb or gutter within the time provided in the permit, same shall be replaced and/or restored by the Highway Department of the Town of Huntington and the cost thereof shall be deducted from and paid out of the sum so deposited or charged against the bond, as the case may be.
[Amended 8-24-1976 by Ord. No. 76-CE-29]
E. 
Applications by applicants to construct sidewalks, curbs or curb cuts in Town highways shall contain or shall be accompanied by an agreement on the part of the applicant to construct the said structures in accordance with specifications established for the particular work by the Superintendent of Highways. Such application shall also be accompanied by a surety bond in such form and of such surety company as may be approved by the Superintendent of Highways and for an amount determined by the Superintendent of Highways, which bond shall be conditioned upon the performance of the aforesaid agreement by the applicant, or in lieu of such surety bond the applicant may deposit with the Superintendent of Highways a sum of money which shall be deemed by said Superintendent to be adequate to pay all of the expenses to which the Town may be put to construct the said structure and in no event less than $50. All such applications must also be accompanied by an inspection fee of $25.
[Amended 5-2-1989 by Ord. No. 89-CE-2]
F. 
Application fees shall be paid at the time of the application and shall be as follows:
[Amended 8-24-1976 by Ord. No. 76-CE-29; 5-2-1989 by Ord. No. 89-CE-2; 10-15-2002 by L.L. No. 49-2002]
(1) 
Fees for all excavations: seventy dollars ($70.) for filing, and thirty dollars ($30.) for inspection.
G. 
Upon compliance with the foregoing requirements, a permit shall be issued in the name of the Superintendent of Highways of the Town of Huntington.
[Added 8-24-1976 by Ord. No. 76-CE-29]
[Amended 2-6-1979 by Ord. No. 79-CE-2]
As required in Article 36 of the General Business Law, any person making a highway excavation pursuant to a permit granted hereunder shall give notice of such excavation to public service companies or municipal districts having lines, mains or other property in the streets. No work shall be commenced or done under such permit until such requirement of notice has been fully complied with to the satisfaction of the Superintendent of Highways.
Any person making an excavation or doing any construction 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 and shall also take all necessary precautions for the protection of the property of the Town and of public-service companies or municipal districts and others which may be endangered by such excavations or construction 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.
Any person making an excavation or doing any construction covered by this article shall provide a right-of-way for pedestrians and motor vehicles. Excavators shall excavate only one-half (1/2) the width of any sidewalk, road or highway within the Town of Huntington so as not to impede the flow of traffic or pedestrians thereby and so as to maintain a continuous flow.
A. 
Openings in concrete roads shall have a minimum length of ten (10) feet and a minimum width of at least one-half (1/2) the width of the pavement where there is no center joint or to the center joint where such exists. All cuts shall be saw cuts.
B. 
No roads are to be tunneled but pipes may be driven or trenched across.
A. 
Applicants shall notify the Superintendent of Highways when work has been completed, after which an inspection will be made by the Superintendent of Highways or his duly authorized agent, and upon approval of the work a release will be granted to the applicant. Until the granting of such release, the applicant shall remain liable for proper guarding and protection as provided in § 173-4.
B. 
Upon receipt of notice of completion by applicants proceeding under § 173-2D and approval of the backfill, the Highway Department will resurface the excavation.
[Amended 5-2-1989 by Ord. No. 89-CE-2; 11-6-2019 by L.L. No. 56-2019]
Any person or entity making any excavation or constructing any structure covered by this article without a permit as hereby required and any person or entity failing to conform to the requirements of this article or failing to comply with any requirements made hereunder by the Superintendent of Highways of the Town of Huntington shall be guilty of an offense and upon conviction shall be subject to a fine of not less than two hundred fifty ($250) dollars and not more than one thousand five hundred ($1,500) dollars for each violation. Any person or entity found by the Bureau of Administrative Adjudication to have violated any provision of this article by failing to obtain a permit as required or otherwise violating the requirements of this article or any requirements made hereunder by the Superintendent of Highways shall likewise be subject to a monetary penalty within the range of fines authorized herein for any offense.
[Added 8-24-1976 by Ord. No. 76-CE-29]
A. 
In the event applicant shall, after commencement of excavation, fail to adequately replace and/or restore such pavement, sidewalk, curb or gutter, the Superintendent of Highways or an agent, servant or an employee shall give notice thereof to the applicant in writing, by ordinary mail addressed to the address provided on the application, giving the applicant forty-eight (48) hours' time within which to complete the replacement and/or restoration of the excavation site.
B. 
in the event that the applicant shall fail to complete the replacement and/or restoration within the forty-eight-hour period after notice thereof, the Superintendent of Highways shall direct that the completion, restoration and/or replacement shall be forthwith made and the applicant charged therefor, and the cost thereof shall be deducted from the applicant's deposit at the following rates per measurement or portion thereof.
[Amended 5-2-1989 by Ord. No. 89-CE-2]
(1) 
Macadam: sixty dollars ($60.) per square yard.
(2) 
Concrete: one hundred dollars ($100.) per square yard.
(3) 
Concrete curb: twenty-two dollars and fifty cents ($22.50) per linear foot, minimum sixteen (16) feet.
(4) 
Concrete sidewalk: fifteen dollars ($15.) per square foot.
(5) 
Improved or unimproved area behind curb: forty dollars ($40.) per square yard.
C. 
All of the above rates shall be charged at a minimum of three (3) square yards where applicable.
[Amended 5-2-1989 by Ord. No. 89-CE-2]