No person, firm or corporation shall maliciously,
willfully or negligently break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface or
tamper with any structure, appurtenance or equipment which is part
of the municipal sewage works.
A.
A Village plumber's permit shall be required by the
person, firm or corporation performing the installation or work in
accordance with this chapter. Application shall be made to the Board
and an applicant, before receiving such plumber's permit, shall furnish
to the Board proof satisfactory to it:
(1)
That said applicant has a plumber's license recognized
by the Rockland County Plumbing Association and will do such work
in a good, workmanlike manner.
(2)
That said applicant is qualified to do such work in
a good workmanlike manner.
(3)
That said application is accompanied by a bond or
other certified securities acceptable to the Board in the sum of not
less than $5,000.
(4)
That the applicant shall duly and faithfully perform
said work in all respects.
(5)
That said applicant shall comply in all respects with
all rules and regulations established by the Village.
(6)
That said applicant will indemnify the Village for
all loss or damage that may result from his work.
(7)
That said applicant shall obtain a permit from the
Village before commencing any work or excavation.
B.
The applicant shall furnish certificates of public
liability insurance in the sum of $50,000/$100,000 and property damage
insurance in the sum of $10,000 which shall indemnify and save harmless
the Village, its officers, agents and employees from all suits and
actions for the recovery of damages, money or otherwise, for and on
account of any injury or damages resulting in death or otherwise,
received or sustained by any person, persons or property, as a direct
or indirect result of any work, labor or materials used by the applicant,
and/or as a result of negligence, carelessness or recklessness of
the applicant in the performance of said work and/or as a result of
any act of omission or commission of said applicant.
C.
Said applicant shall have workmen's compensation insurance
as required by law, and the application shall be accompanied by certificates
thereof or by satisfactory proof of the exemption.
D.
All of said policies of insurance shall bear an endorsement
in favor of the Village.
E.
All materials used in conforming to this chapter will
be of the best quality and all work will be executed by skilled workers
in a thorough workmanlike manner.
A.
Upon compliance with all of the above requirements
to the satisfaction of the Board, the applicant shall be furnished
with a permit signed by the Village Clerk, which permit shall then
be filed with the Plumbing Inspector. Said permit may be canceled
and annulled by the Board for cause after a public hearing thereon,
but such permit shall be automatically canceled and annulled upon
the expiration of either the bond or the insurance required for such
permit. The owner of such canceled permit shall not thereafter be
registered for a period of two years after the date of cancellation
of said permit. Said permit shall expire on the 31st day of December
in each year succeeding the date of its initial issuance. All applications
for renewals of said permit shall be filed between the 15th day of
November and the 30th day of November next preceding the date of expiration,
and such renewal permit shall become effective on the first day of
January thereafter.
B.
Nothing herein contained shall prevent any owner from
constructing the connection and/or furnishing the material from the
house sewer to the property line, and any owner doing such work on
his private property need not, unless required by any other law, obtain
a permit nor furnish any bond, public liability insurance nor any
workmen's compensation insurance but shall otherwise comply with this
chapter. The owner shall comply with this chapter concerning any work
and materials necessary for the connection outside of the property
line, and such work shall be performed under a permit.
C.
Any person, firm or corporation registered under this
chapter will not be permitted to subcontract the installation of these
facilities. Any signature for work performed by others will immediately
revoke the permit.
The Plumbing Inspector and other duly authorized
persons of the Village bearing proper credentials and identification
shall be permitted to enter upon all properties for the purposes of
inspection, observation, measurement and testing in accordance with
the provisions of this chapter.
