TITLE 7
PUBLIC WAYS AND PROPERTY
CHAPTER 1
STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND PUBLIC WAYS
SECTION:
7-1-1: Supervision
7-1-2: Street And Sidewalk Construction
7-1-3: Repairs And Defects
7-1-4: Barricades
7-1-5: Equipment
7-1-6: Street And Sidewalk Openings
7-1-7: Prohibited Acts And Conditions
7-1-8: Deposits On Streets And Sidewalks
7-1-9: Trees And Shrubs
7-1-10: Penalty
7-1-11:    House Numbers On All Buildings
7-1-1: SUPERVISION:
All public streets, alleys, sidewalks and other public ways shall be under the supervision of the superintendent of public works or his authorized representative. He shall have supervision over all work thereon and the cleaning thereof and shall be charged with the enforcement of all ordinance provisions relating to such public places (except traffic ordinances) and is hereby authorized to enforce such ordinances. (1997 Code)
7-1-2: STREET AND SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION:
   A.   Permit Required: It shall be unlawful to construct or lay any pavement on any public street, sidewalk, alley or other public way, or to repair the same or to construct or change any culverts, drains, or ditches within the right of way of the village, without having first secured a permit therefor. Applications for such permits shall be made to the superintendent of public works and shall state the location of the intended pavement or repair, the extent thereof and the person who is to do the actual construction work. No such permit shall be issued, except on order of the president and board of trustees. (Ord., 7-12-1989; amd. 1997 Code)
   B.   Bond And Insurance:
      1.   Bond: Each applicant shall file a bond in the amount of ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) with sureties to be approved by the superintendent of public works conditioned to indemnify the village from any loss or damage resulting from the work undertaken or the manner of doing the same.
      2.   Insurance: Each applicant shall further provide evidence of insurance to the village; said certificate of insurance to name the village as an additional party insured and be sufficient to cover all contract work to be performed by the general contractor and any subcontractor and shall be in the following amounts:
         a.   Comprehensive general liability insurance for each occurrence in the sum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00) and aggregate in the sum of three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000.00).
         b.   Property damage in the amount of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00) for each occurrence.
         c.   Comprehensive automobile liability insurance in the amount of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00) for bodily injury each occurrence and three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000.00) for bodily injury aggregate and one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00) property damage for each occurrence.
         d.   Excess umbrella liability in the amount of one million dollars ($1,000,000.00) to cover claims exceeding the above principal coverages; providing, that such excess umbrella coverage shall not be required if the amounts of the comprehensive general liability insurance and the comprehensive automobile liability insurance as set forth in subsections B2a and B2c of this section are increased to the sum of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000.00) for each occurrence and an aggregate sum of one million dollars ($1,000,000.00).
         e.   Workers' compensation.
         f.   Employer's liability of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00) each accident.
   C.   Specifications: All street and sidewalk pavement shall be made in conformity with the specifications laid down by the president and board of trustees. (1997 Code)
7-1-3: REPAIRS AND DEFECTS:
   A.   Repairs: All public street, alley and sidewalk pavements shall be in good repair. Such repair work, whether done by the village or the abutting owner, shall be under the supervision of the superintendent of public works.
   B.   Defects: It shall be the duty of every village officer or employee becoming cognizant of any defect in any street, alley or sidewalk, or any obstruction thereof, to report the same to the superintendent of public works or his authorized representative as soon as possible. (1997 Code)
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