[Amended 3-12-1974 by L.L. No. 2-1974]
A. No person, firm or corporation shall open or cause
to be opened, by cutting or excavating, the surface or soil of any
street, highway, sidewalk area or public street for any purpose whatsoever,
without first obtaining therefor any state and/or county licenses
or permits where required and obtaining from the Superintendent of
Highways a written permit for street opening and paying to the Town
of Ossining the deposit required and without otherwise complying with
the provisions of this Article.
[Amended 3-26-1985 by L.L. No. 2-1985]
B. No person, firm or corporation shall make or cause
to be made any connection into a sanitary sewer, stormwater drain
or water main in any easement or right-of-way across private property,
said sanitary sewer, stormwater drain or water main forming a part
of the sewer, drainage or water distribution system, respectively,
of the Town of Ossining, without first obtaining from the Superintendent
of Highways a written permit for street opening.
C. Such permit shall be valid for an effective period
not to exceed 30 consecutive calendar days from date of issuance.
Such effective period may be extended, if so requested in writing
by the permittee prior to expiration thereof, for such additional
period as the Superintendent of Highways may, in his discretion, allow.
[Amended 3-12-1974 by L.L. No. 2-1974; 3-26-1985 by L.L. No.
2-1985; 9-11-2007 by L.L. No. 8-2007]
No permit for street opening shall be issued
by the Superintendent of Highways until the applicant therefor shall
have first paid to the Town of Ossining, in cash or by check payable
to the Town of Ossining, a deposit, to be determined as provided hereunder,
and a fee in the amount set by resolution of the Town Board in the
Fee Schedule, except that whenever a permittee has filed a bond in lieu
of deposit, as may be provided elsewhere in these rules and regulations,
the said fee shall be an amount per linear foot of street opening,
as provided in the Fee Schedule. Said fee is to cover the cost of
issuing and recording the permit and the supervision and inspection
of the work done in connection therewith.