(a) No person shall commence work on any excavation or on any construction work in the village involving driving or hauling machinery, trucks or equipment over any parkway or sidewalk or involving excavating or leveling of any parkway or sidewalk area, unless the person doing such work shall first have filed with the village a bond, with corporate surety, conditioned to indemnify the village for any damage done to any village property, including any curb, pavement, cable, pipe, shutoff box or other equipment, in the course of such work.
(b) Where the work contemplated includes the marking of any excavation for any structure or foundation, the bond shall also be conditioned that the building or structure contemplated shall be completed within one year from the date of commencement of the work or the excavation refilled and the surface restored to its original condition.
(c) Such bond shall be in the principal amount of five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), payable to the village in the event of any breach of the conditions of such bond.
(d) In lieu of such bond, a fifty dollar ($50.00) deposit may be made by the contractor. Provided further, that any repairs or replacements or parkways or sidewalks shall be completed within three (3) months of the time such construction is finished. (1963 Code § 22.114)