8-2-1: PERMIT REQUIREMENTS:
   A.   Permit Required; Application And Contents: No person, firm or corporation shall dig, excavate, remove, cut or in any manner tunnel under or break the surface of any part of any street, highway, avenue, alley or right of way unless an excavation permit to do so has been issued by the building inspector according to the conditions of this chapter. Each applicant shall submit to the building inspector a sketch map showing the location and the purpose of the excavation, the date of application, and the signature of the applicant. The excavation permit shall show the date of application, the place of excavation, the estimated date when the same will be made, the permit fee paid, and the name of the applicant, who shall state that the person, firm or corporation has filed with the building inspector a bond as required in this chapter. (1983 Code § 11-1-2)
   B.   Separate Permits Required: A separate excavation permit shall be required for each uninterrupted alteration of the surface or undersurface of the street, avenue, highway or alley; provided, that when multiple cuts are made at the same approximate time for purposes of repairing or servicing underground utilities, one permit and one permit fee shall apply for each three hundred foot (300') section of gas main over which such multiple cuts are made. Similarly, minimum charges for resurfacing shall apply to each such three hundred foot (300') section. (1983 Code § 11-1-3)
   C.   Permit Fee: The fee for each and every permit issued by the building inspector under authority of this chapter shall be fifty dollars ($50.00); except, that the permit fee for the construction of a curb cut, approach or sidewalk shall be twenty five dollars ($25.00), which fee shall be paid to the village clerk at the time that the permit is issued. No refund shall be made of any permit fee. (Ord. 1302, 4-19-2004)
   D.   Time For Beginning Work; Possession Of Permit: The excavation permit shall be void ten (10) days from the date of issue if the initial work has not been started, and the person, firm or corporation granted the permit shall perform the work with all possible speed. The permit shall always be in the possession of the person in charge of the work allowed or in the possession of the individual working at the location so that the permit may be produced for inspection at any time upon request by authorized village officials. (1983 Code § 11-1-3)
   E.   Emergency Permits: In case of a break of a gas main or other emergency which might, in the opinion of the building inspector, prove harmful to the public health or welfare or cause serious damage, the building inspector may grant an "emergency" permit, verbally, to be issued subsequently as a written permit. (1983 Code § 11-1-5)
   F.   Issuance Of Permit Discretionary: The building inspector shall have the authority and it shall be his duty to exercise his judgment in the public interest, in the issuance of excavation permits, with respect to the site, location, specifications and timing of excavations or other qualifications affecting same. (1983 Code § 11-1-6)