(A) All public service companies and corporations, persons and individuals wishing to dig into or open up holes, ditches or trenches in the sidewalk or roadway of any of the improved or unimproved streets, alleys, or public ways of the Village, for the purpose of placing or extending or repairing therein, any pipes, conduits or wires therein, or for any other purpose, shall, at least five days before proposing or proceeding to do so, obtain the consent in writing of the Village Engineer to do so.
(B) The Village Engineer, upon the giving of consent, in the way and manner above provided, for digging in and opening up of such holes, trenches and ditches in any street, alley or public way of the Village, in either the sidewalk or the roadway thereof, shall supervise and control the work done thereon and the plan and manner of doing the same, and such work shall be done and completed in such manner, and within such time as the Engineer shall prescribe such holes, trenches or ditches be kept open beyond the time reasonably necessary to complete the work thereon.
(C) It is hereby made the duty of each and every owner of real estate, within the corporate limits of the Village, and of the agent or agents, and lessee or lessees of such owner, and of any and every other person or persons, or corporation, who shall, under authority from the Village Council, or other authority, open, or cause or permit to be opened, whether under the contract with the Village or otherwise, any street, alley, sidewalk or other public ground within the corporate limits of the Village, for the purpose of laying service pipe for the conveyance of water or gas pipe for the conveyance of gas, or sewer pipe, or for the construction of any kind of sewer or other drain, or for the purpose of making house connections of any kind whatsoever, or for the purpose of laying any kind of gas pipe, or any kind of water pipe, or any kind of sewer pipe, or constructing any kind of sewer drain, or who shall open, or cause or permit to be opened, any such street, alley, sidewalk or other public ground, for any other lawful purpose whatsoever, or for any lawful purpose whatsoever, under proper authority, to cause such street, alley, sidewalk or other public ground, immediately upon the completion of such work, and before leaving the same, to be put back and placed in the same manner and condition in which it was before the same was opened, including the proper and thorough ramming and settling of the earth displaced, relaying the top of such opening with the same, or the same kind of material as composed the surface thereof before such opening, and in the same manner, and upon the same level as it lay before such opening was made; all as aforesaid before leaving said work, and immediately after the accomplishment of the purpose of such opening, so that such street, alley, sidewalk or other public ground so opened shall, in every respect, as it was before such work was commenced; and the duty of so closing up such openings as aforesaid, and in the manner, and at the time as aforesaid, is hereby also imposed upon any contractor or contractors, and any officer or officers, and upon any and all other persons under whose direction, supervision or oversight such opening is made, or upon whose request, permission or cooperation the same is made. It is hereby made the duty of the Village Engineer to require and see that the provisions of this section, and each and all thereof, are strictly, promptly, fully and carefully carried out and enforced.
(Ord. 407, passed 8-13-51) Penalty, see § 92.99