[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Rockville
Centre 2-22-1971 by L.L. No. 1-1971 as
Ch. 25 of the 1971 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
A.
Issued by Clerk. No person shall construct or maintain
any building drain which passes across or beneath any part of any street,
road or highway or sidewalk unless the owner of such building shall first
have obtained a permit from the Village Clerk.
B.
Certificate by Engineer. A certificate by the Chief Engineer
or his deputy that such drain is necessary and that its construction will
not injure the street or other public or private property shall be issued
as a condition precedent to granting the permit.
[Amended 12-4-1972]
The fee for any license required by the provisions of this chapter shall
be at the levels fixed from time to time by resolution of the Board of Trustees
of the Village of Rockville Centre.
No permit shall be issued unless the applicant posts bonds of the same
nature and in the same amounts as provided for permits to excavate in the
streets in Section 4 of Ordinance No. 3.1,[1] to save the Village harmless from the payment of damages for injury
to persons or property because of fault or default by him.
All drains constructed shall at all times be maintained by the property
owner, and the owner of the premises for which such drain shall be constructed
shall be responsible for and shall hold the Village harmless from all damages
to person or property by reason of the existence of such drain.
All permits issued hereunder shall be subject to revocation by the Board
of Trustees at any time. Upon such revocation the property owner shall immediately
remove such drain and place the sidewalk and curb in a proper condition.