[Amended 6-19-1984 by L.L. No. 6-1984; 4-16-1991 by L.L. No. 4-1991]
A. No person, firm or corporation, including public service
companies and public authorities, shall make any excavation in any
street, highway or sidewalk or in any Village property nor construct
any sidewalk or curb or make any cut along any street in the Village
of Northport for any purpose without first obtaining a permit therefor
from the Village Clerk of the Village of Northport as hereinafter
provided.
B. Permits for curb cuts for driveways will not be considered on the
east and west sides of Reservoir Avenue between Franklin Street and
Route 25A or at any other location in the Village of Northport when,
in the opinion of the Superintendent of Public Works, a traffic safety
hazard might result therefrom and a suitable alternative location
for a driveway cut on the property is available.
[Amended 10-5-2010 by L.L. No. 8-2010; 2-6-2018 by L.L. No. 2-2018]
C. There
shall be no permit issued for and no excavation of any street, highway,
roadway, sidewalk or curb in the Village of Northport if said street,
highway, roadway, sidewalk or curb has been resurfaced or reconstructed
by the Village of Northport in the last three years from the date
it was completed. The purpose of placing a street, highway, roadway,
sidewalk or curb in protected status is to maintain the integrity
of the new surface. A list of protected streets, highways, roadways,
sidewalks and curbs shall be maintained by the Northport Village Administrator
and shall be updated monthly. Notwithstanding this provision or any
other provision to the contrary, a person, firm or corporation including
a public service company and public authority may excavate if they
can demonstrate that an emergency exists or that it would suffer undue
hardship if not permitted to excavate on said street, highway, roadway,
sidewalk or curb.
[Added 2-6-2018 by L.L.
No. 2-2018]
[Amended 6-19-1984 by L.L. No. 6-1984]
The Village Clerk shall require any person making
a highway excavation pursuant to a permit granted hereunder to give
notice of such excavation to public service companies, public authorities
or municipal districts or departments having lines, mains or other
property in the street and within 20 feet of the proposed work; and
when such notice shall have been required, 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 Village Clerk.
[Amended 6-19-1984 by L.L. No. 6-1984; 10-5-2010 by L.L. No. 8-2010]
Before commencing work under any permit, the
permittee shall give 24 hours' advance written notice thereof to the
Police and Fire Departments and to the Clerk and Village Administrator
of the Village of Northport. Any such notice shall specify the date
and hour when such work will be commenced. Inspection of the work
will be performed by the Village Administrator. Upon completion of
such work, similar notice thereof shall be given said Departments,
the Clerk and the Village Administrator.
[Amended 6-19-1984 by L.L. No. 6-1984; 10-5-2010 by L.L. No. 8-2010]
Any permittee 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,
shall set up and maintain, during the hours of darkness, sufficient
lights or flares to properly illuminate the area, shall take all necessary
precautions for the protection of all property which may be endangered
by such excavation or construction, or other work incident thereto,
and shall comply with all directions given by the Village Administrator
in respect to such barriers, lights, flares and protective measures.
In connection with the operations under such permit, no matter shall
be deposited or piled up within 15 feet of any fire hydrant, fire-fighting
facility or village drainage facility.
[Added 4-20-1971; amended 6-19-1984 by L.L. No. 6-1984]
A. All concrete used for replacement of concrete road
pavement shall be air entrained and have a minimum strength of 4,000
pounds per square inch. Concrete for replacement of concrete sidewalk
shall be air entrained and have a minimum strength of 3,500 pounds
per square inch. Aggregates used in the proportioning concrete shall
be three-fourths-inch broken stone or three-fourths-inch washed gravel.
The thickness and reinforcing of the new concrete shall equal the
thickness and reinforcing of the existing concrete, but in no case
shall concrete road pavement be less than eight inches thick, nor
shall sidewalk thickness be less than four inches.
B. Asphalt roads shall be patched with a three-inch thickness
of New York State Type 3 binder course Specification 403.13, and a
one-and-one-half-inch thickness of New York State Type 6F surface
course Specification 403.17. The surface of the patch shall be compacted
and rolled with an acceptable roller so that the patch is flush with
the surrounding pavement. The edges of the patch shall be sealed with
a liquid asphalt cement, Grade 85-100.
[Added 6-19-1984 by L.L. No. 6-1984; amended 10-5-2010 by L.L. No. 8-2010]
Permittees shall notify the Village Administrator
of the village at least two days before commencement of work and shall
be subject to his inspection during the course of the work.
[Amended 4-20-1971]
Permittees shall notify the Fire and Police
Departments and the Village Clerk when work has been completed, after
which an inspection will be made by the village, 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 herein. No approval or release
shall be given by the village until a sufficient period of time, not
less than 30 days, has expired in which the actual work may be observed
under normal conditions.
[Amended 4-20-1971]
In the event an emergency threatening damage
to life or property requires prompt beginning of work covered hereby,
the person, firm or utility undertaking such work shall give immediate
notice thereof to the Northport Village Police and Fire Departments
and shall make application for a permit at least on the next business
day at the office of the Village Clerk. The fact that the work is
required, because of an emergency, to be begun or to be done without
first obtaining a permit, shall not, except as in the section is otherwise
provided, excuse noncompliance with this section.
[Amended 8-17-1999 by L.L. No. 12-1999]
A violation of this article shall be punishable
by a fine of not to exceed $250, imprisonment for a term not to exceed
15 days, or both such fine and imprisonment, for each offense, and
each day a violation continues shall be a separate offense.