A. Occupation Of Streets, Sidewalks And Parkways: Streets, parkways or sidewalks shall not be occupied with building materials. No material shall be so placed as to render inaccessible any fire hydrant, valve chamber, manhole or catch basin, or obstruct the gutter or waterway of any street.
B. Bypass Walk: Before any sidewalk is obstructed or removed, a safe hard-surfaced temporary bypass walk shall be constructed and maintained. Pedestrians shall be protected from vehicular traffic by barricade or fence.
C. Barricades Required: The person or persons, firm or corporation using public property for construction shall provide substantial and suitable barricades and shall provide, place and maintain proper and sufficient warning lights to guard and protect all traffic and passersby.
D. Damage To Barricading: It shall be unlawful to move, turn off, extinguish, diminish or disturb any light or barricades required by subsection C of this section.
E. Removal Of Rubbish; Public Property: Rubbish or excavated material which is deposited on the sidewalks or streets shall be removed from day to day, as rapidly as produced. When materials or rubbish causing dust are handled, they must be well wetted down.
F. Removal Of Rubbish; Private Property: Rubbish or surplus materials shall not be thrown, dropped or swept from any floor above the ground or from any roof, but shall either be carried or lowered in such a manner as not to cause dust.
G. Public Inconvenience: All building operations shall be conducted in a manner that least inconveniences the public and abutting property owners.
H. Protection Of Passersby: Where during construction an excavation or other hazard exists five feet (5') or less from a public walk, the contractor shall provide and maintain a barricade or fence for the protection of passersby.
I. Performance Bond: Prior to the issuance of a permit, which in the opinion of the Director of Engineering and Community Development may involve damage to public property or the alteration of existing drainage patterns, a cash deposit in the amount of five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each lot shall be deposited with the Village to indemnify against damage to the streets, curbs, sidewalks, trees, parkways and existing drainage patterns, and to ensure the proper installation, repair and/or complete restoration of streets, curbs, sidewalks, trees, parkways and existing drainage patterns in accordance with the instructions of the Director of Engineering and Community Development. It shall be the responsibility of the general contractor to notify the Village of any public property or drainage patterns which were damaged or altered prior to the start of construction. The Director of Engineering and Community Development may, when the work to be performed under a permit is minor in nature or scope, authorize a cash deposit of less than five hundred dollars ($500.00) to fulfill the above requirements.
J. Bond Refund: Upon the final completion of all the work under the permit, so much of such deposit as is necessary to reimburse the Village for the repair and/or restoration of the damaged streets, curbs, sidewalks, trees, parkways, or drainage patterns, shall be retained by the Village and the remainder shall be returned to the depositor; provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall preclude the Village from maintaining any action against the person or persons to recover from damage done to any public property or drainage pattern.
K. Contractors; Existing Violations: The Village shall not be required to issue a building permit to any contractor or subcontractor responsible for existing Code violations until such work has been corrected.
(Ord. 2245, 6-9-1992; amd. Ord. 2612, 12-9-1997)