(A) Permission to excavate a moratorium street will not normally be granted for five years after completion of the street renovation.
(B) For the purpose of this chapter, the following definition shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
MORATORIUM STREET. A street that has been repaved with a minimum of one inch of asphalt concrete or is listed as a “moratorium street” on the annually updated “Town Road List.”
(C) Utilities shall determine alternate methods of making necessary repairs to avoid excavating in newly renovated streets.
(D) Permits may be issued for exceptions to the above as follows:
(1) Emergency which endangers life or property;
(2) Interruption of utility service;
(3) Work that is mandated by city, county, municipality, state or federal legislation;
(4) Service for buildings where no other reasonable means of providing service exists; and
(5) Other situations deemed by the town’s Director of Public Works to be in the best interest of the general public.
(Ord. 683, passed 5-1-2001)