(a) Before any person, other than a duly authorized Village officer or employee, makes any excavation in any street, boulevard, avenue, alley, highway or other public ground or removes the surface of any sidewalk or any part thereof, or opens any sidewalk in the Village, such person shall file with the Director of Utilities and Public Services a written or printed application setting forth and accurately indicating the location, kind and extent of the proposed excavation or removal of sidewalk, and the number, purpose and size of the excavations which are desired or necessary. If any excavations are for a purpose other than pursuant to a contract with the Village, the applicant shall pay to the Fiscal Officer a fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) and shall deposit with the Fiscal Officer an additional amount sufficient to cover the cost of and supervision of backfilling, repairing, restoring and relaying the pavement or hard surface or the sidewalk, as the case may be, together with the cost of any new material, as the same is estimated by the Director.
(b) This section shall not apply to public utility companies doing excavation work in the Village, provided, however, that the Director may require that any such utility post a street opening (surety) bond annually in a face amount not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000).
(Ord. 80-67. Passed 10-20-80.)