Any person, firm, corporation, association or others making any excavation or tunnel in or under any street, alley or public place in this municipality shall restore the street, alley or public place in this municipality, but shall be paid for by such person, firm, corporation, association or others promptly upon the completion of the work for which the excavation or tunnel was made. In case of unreasonable delay in restoring the street, alley or public place, the Town Administrator shall give notice to the person, firm, corporation, association or others that unless the excavation or tunnel is refilled properly within a specified reasonable period of time, the municipality will do the work and charge the expense of doing the same to such person, firm, corporation, association or others. If within the specified period of time the conditions of the above notice have not been complied with, the work shall be done by the municipality with an accurate account of the expense involved kept, and the total cost shall be charged to the person, firm, corporation, association or others who have made the excavation or tunnel.
(`83 Code, § 12-106)