[Amended 10-4-2000 by L.L. No. 2-2000; 9-4-2002
by L.L. No. 3-2002]
No person, firm, association or corporation shall install, construct
or perform any work incident to the installation and/or construction of any
public improvement upon real property in the Town of Boston, including, but
not limited to, the installation of storm sewer pipe in open drainage ditches
along existing Town highways, without first having obtained a permit therefor,
to be issued by the Town Clerk with the approval of the Town Board, after
certification by the Town Engineer that the plans and specifications as submitted
by the applicant comply with the specifications and requirements of the Town
of Boston. The fee for such permit shall be the sum as shall be set forth
in the Schedule of Fees, as adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Boston.
The application for such permit shall be made on forms furnished by
the Town of Boston and shall contain such information as the Town Engineer
of the Town of Boston shall require to determine that the proposed improvement
will conform to the specifications and requirements of the Town of Boston
for such proposed improvement.
All applications shall be accompanied by a map or survey, together with
specifications, prepared by a professional engineer duly licensed by the State
of New York, one copy of which shall be filed with the Town Engineer and the
Superintendent of Highways.
The Town Engineer shall provide such applicant with a set of standard
specifications and requirements of the Town of Boston for such work, for which
a charge of $10 per copy shall be made, and no work shall be performed except
in accordance therewith.
No work shall be performed except under the supervision and inspection
of an inspector designated by the Town Engineer and approved by the Town Board.
The wages or fees of such inspector shall be fixed and paid to the Town of
Boston prior to the issuance of such permit.
The holder of a permit shall comply with all the ordinances of the Town
of Boston and all laws of the State of New York now in force or hereafter
adopted applicable to the work to be performed thereunder.
Compliance with the provisions of this chapter shall be a condition
precedent to the acceptance of any street, highway or other public improvement
by the Town of Boston for the purpose of maintenance.
The construction specifications of the Town of Boston are adopted as
a provision of this chapter as if fully set forth herein, except that this
chapter shall supersede and replace those provisions in the construction specifications
of the Town of Boston previously adopted where the same are inconsistent with
the provisions hereof.