A. Permit Required: It shall be unlawful for any person other than a public utility holding a franchise heretofore granted by the village or a contractor performing work under a construction contract with the village, to make any opening or excavation in any street, parkway, sidewalk or public place or to tunnel under any street or public place in the village without first having obtained a permit as herein required. (1983 Code)
B. Application: Application for such permit shall be made to the village clerk and shall state therein the location of the intended opening, excavation or tunnel, the size thereof, the purpose thereof, and the person doing the actual excavating and the name of the person or firm for whom the work is being done. (Ord. 275, 7-6-1955)
C. Deposit And Fee Required: The deposit and fee for such permits for openings or excavations or tunnels in or under improved streets shall be seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00). The fee for permits for openings, excavations or tunnels in or under unimproved or gravel streets shall be two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00). From such deposits the village shall retain fifty dollars ($50.00) as a permit fee and hold the balance of the deposit as a guarantee for the restoration of such openings or excavations to their original condition. Such deposits shall be held for a period of six (6) months from the date of such deposit. If within that time satisfactory proof is presented to the village board that such street, sidewalk or parkway has been restored to its original condition, then the balance remaining of such deposit shall be refunded to the person making such deposit. In the event that no restoration of such opening is made as herein provided, after the expiration of six (6) months as aforesaid, no refund of such deposit shall be made and the money so deposited shall be used by the village to restore or resurface such openings and to compensate the village for such default. (Ord. 86-5-1, 5-15-1986)
D. Barricades: Any person making any excavation, opening or tunnel shall do so according to the terms and conditions of the application and permit authorizing the work to be done and according to the ordinances of the village and subject to the inspection and approval by such officers as may be designated by the village. Sufficient and proper placards or signs and lights shall be maintained to protect persons and vehicles from injury by or because of the opening or excavation being made. (Ord. 275, 7-6-1955)
E. Restoration Of Surface: Promptly upon the completion of the work for which the opening, excavation or tunnel was made, the person making such opening, excavation or tunnel shall restore said street or public place to its original condition.
Openings or excavations in public parkway areas shall be backfilled using suitable excavated subsoil materials with proper allowance for shrinkage and which will develop a compacted stability satisfactory to the village engineer. Backfill shall be carefully placed and compacted using six inch (6") layers of selected excavated material which is free of large stones, clods of turf, roots or rubble, or using gravel, crushed stone, or other granular material. The backfilled surface shall be left smooth and sufficiently crowned to allow for settlement.
Wherever the excavation is in streets, parking areas, driveways, or other paved areas, the opening shall be backfilled to within twelve inches (12") of the surface with gravel, crushed stone, controlled low strength material (CLSM), or other approved granular backfill material, jetted for compaction.
The top twelve inches (12") of the openings in streets, parking areas, driveways, or other paved areas shall be filled with approved road gravel or crushed stone as a temporary pavement, and shall be maintained level with adjoining pavement surface until the original type of pavement, or equal, is replaced.
All public parkway areas which are removed or damaged during the work shall be provided with a prepared topsoil of not less than four inches (4") of black dirt raked smooth and level without any stones or debris. Prior to seeding, standard commercial grade fertilizer shall be applied and raked uniformly into the topsoil at a rate of ten (10) pounds per one thousand (1,000) square feet. Grass seed shall be planted only during the months of March through May and August through October. Grass seed mixtures shall be proportioned by weight and consist of sixty percent (60%) Kentucky bluegrass, twenty five percent (25%) perennial ryegrass, ten percent (10%) redtop or creeping red fescue, and five percent (5%) white Dutch clover. Seeding shall be applied at a uniform rate of not less than two and five-tenths (2.5) pounds per one thousand (1,000) square feet. Areas which require protection from erosion shall be mulched with straw or burlap, or may be sodded.
All street and driveway pavements including surfaces, bases and stabilized subbases, curbs and gutters, and sidewalks shall be reconstructed as required for the complete replacement of existing pavement surfaces which were removed or which were damaged or destroyed by the excavation work. This work shall not be started until the trenches have been properly backfilled and thoroughly compacted. The work shall be constructed in accordance with applicable provisions of and the most recent amendments to the "Standard Specifications For Road And Bridge Construction", adopted by the state of Illinois, department of transportation.
Where the original surface was gravel, crushed stone, or cinder materials, the temporary pavement shall be reshaped to proper grade and condition equal to or better than the original surface in accordance with the state specifications.
Replacement of all other pavement surfaces shall be in accordance with the following paragraphs. Grade, cross section and thickness shall match the existing adjoining pavement, except that thickness shall not be less than specified hereinafter. The temporary gravel pavement shall be prepared as a base or subbase for the new pavement in accordance with the state specifications.
Brick pavements shall be replaced with a minimum of six inches (6") of portland cement concrete surface pavement.
Portland cement concrete base or surface pavement shall be replaced with a minimum of six inches (6") of portland cement concrete. The concrete pavement shall have steel reinforcing bars equal in size and spacing to the reinforcement of the original pavement; the minimum size steel reinforcing shall be six inch by six inch (6" x 6") #6 welded wire fabric. This work shall be constructed in accordance with the requirements of the state specifications.
Bituminous aggregate mixture base or surface pavement shall be replaced with a minimum thickness of six inches (6") of bituminous aggregate mixture and shall be constructed in accordance with state specifications.
Bituminous surface pavement shall be replaced with a minimum thickness of six and one-half inches (61/2") of hot mix asphalt consisting of a minimum of two inches (2") hot mix asphalt surface course and a minimum of four and one-half inches (41/2") hot mix asphalt binder course, constructed in accordance with the requirements of the state specifications.
Portland cement concrete curbs and gutters shall be constructed to match the original type, thickness, grade and cross section, and shall have a prepared subbase of not less than four inches (4") of compacted sand or fine gravel. This work shall be completed in accordance with the requirements of the state specifications.
Portland cement concrete sidewalks and crosswalks shall have a minimum thickness of four inches (4") and shall be constructed on a prepared subbase of not less than two inches (2") of compacted sand or fine gravel. Portland cement concrete sidewalks through driveways shall have a minimum thickness of six inches (6") and shall be constructed on a prepared subbase of not less than two inches (2") of compacted sand or fine gravel. This work shall be completed in accordance with the requirements of the state specifications. (Ord. 2015-03-02, 3-11-2015)
F. Penalty: Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each offense and a separate offense shall be deemed committed on each day on which the violation occurs or continues. (Ord. 88-9-1, 9-14-1988)