(A) Work requiring prior notice to town and SGWASA. Persons and users shall give prior notice to the town and SGWASA of the following activities, and obtain necessary authorizations before initiating the work:
(1) Excavation or restoration within the public way, including, but not limited to, construction of new portions of the public way;
(2) Cutting, moving, or alteration of any pipe, conduit, pole, meter, fire hydrant, facility, or other equipment or structure owned by the town, or attachment to such objects;
(3) Installation or repair of facilities within the public way, including, but not limited to, placing facilities on other facilities already located in the public way;
(4) Construction of private streets (including, but not limited to, paving and gutters), sidewalks, or alleys;
(5) Installation or repair of facilities for the conveyance of water, sewer, or stormwater; and
(6) Installation or repair of facilities for electrical, gas, video, internet, telephone, cable, telecommunications, television, or other information or data transfer service to customers within the town.
(B) Authorizations; franchises, licenses, permits, and other approvals. The town may require, in its discretion, one or more authorizations for the work described in division (A) above, and may require submission of all information it deems necessary for receipt of such authorization(s). The town shall determine, in its discretion whether a franchise, a license, a permit, or other type of authorization shall be required, or multiple authorizations, for work described in division (A) above and for users with facilities in the public way.
(C) Unlawful to do work without authorizations; emergency. Except in the event of an emergency, it shall be unlawful to do work in the public way or maintain facilities in the public way without authorizations that may be necessary. In the event of an emergency, a person may upon prior notification of the town, which may be given by phone to the town, do such work as is necessary to address the emergency. Application shall immediately be made for necessary authorizations from the town, notwithstanding that work may have started or have been completed and all necessary fees shall be paid. The person doing emergency work in the public way shall be responsible for returning the public way to its original condition, shall be liable for any and all damages caused by such emergency work, and shall not be relieved of any other obligation or responsibility under this chapter except as expressly set out in this division (C).
(D) Standards. The town shall develop standards and requirements for authorizations, including, but not limited to, franchises, licenses, permits, and other approvals, and may attach conditions to such authorizations. The town may also develop standards and requirements for doing work in the public way when an authorization is not required.
(E) List of contractors. The town may require that franchisees and persons who contract to have work performed in the public way maintain an updated list of the contractors working on their projects, and acknowledge responsibility for the actions of the contractors on the public way.
(F) Fees; accounts. The town shall charge such fees as are authorized by the Town Council for authorizations, applications for authorizations, review of information and plans, inspections and reinspections, maintenance of facilities in the public way, and for any other town review, oversight, or administration of proposed, ongoing, or completed activities described in division (A) above. Such fees may be waived for relocations required by the town or other similar circumstances. The town may allow persons to establish and fund escrow accounts or other accounts with the town to which fees may be charged.
(Ord. passed 5-1-2014) Penalty, see § 152.99