(A) Oil and gas companies and other persons, firms and corporations not operating pursuant to a franchise granted by the municipality or not operating pursuant to a license or permit granted by the State Corporation Commission shall secure a permit from the office of the Town Clerk before placing, installing, laying, constructing, operating or maintaining any pipe, cable, wire, conduit or line across, over, under, along, through or upon any street, alley, public way or public place within the corporate limits of the town; said permit shall first be approved by the Utility Superintendent or his or her designated representative.
(B) The application for the permit shall specify:
(1) The location of the pipe, cable, wire conduit or line; and
(2) The privileges and proposed terms which the applicant desires to secure from the town and to exercise.
(C) The Utility Superintendent, if he or she sees fit to grant the permit, will grant it on written terms which are mutually agreeable. The Utility Superintendent may revoke the permit after adequate opportunity for a public hearing for any of the following reasons:
(1) Failure to abide by the terms on which the permit was granted;
(2) Violation of state law or municipal ordinances; or
(3) Protection of the public peace, health, safety or welfare.
(D) The applicant shall pay such fees for such permit and for its periodic renewal as the Town Board of Trustees may establish by motion.
(E) The Utility Superintendent may refuse to renew a permit.
(F) The Town Board of Trustees may require an applicant to provide a bond for the protection of the town and/or the public in such sum and with such terms as the Town Board deems desirable. When the Town Board of Trustees requires such a bond, a permit shall have no force or effect unless the required bond is also in effect.
(`85 Code, § 4-19)