It shall be unlawful for any person to break, excavate, tunnel, undermine or in any manner affect the surface or base of any street or to place, deposit or leave upon any street any earth or any other excavated material obstructing or tending to interfere with the free use of the street, unless such persons shall first have obtained an excavation permit therefor from the Town Clerk. Any public utility regulated by the state or holding a franchise from the municipality which in the pursuit of its calling has frequent occasion to open or make excavations in streets, may, upon application, receive a general permit from the municipality to cover all excavations such utilities may make within the streets of the municipality. All permits shall be subject to revocation and the municipality may refuse to issue a permit for failure of the permittee or applicant to abide by the terms and conditions of this section. Excavation permits will not be requested prior to excavation in case of emergency endangering life or property, providing the municipality is notified as soon as practicable and a permit is applied for upon the next working day following the emergency.
(Ord. 12, passed 5-3-1985; Ord. passed 21-1-1999) Penalty, see § 10.99