1. No opening or excavation in any street shall extend from the curb line into the highway a distance greater than one foot beyond the centerline of the street before being refilled and the surface of the highway restored to a condition safe and convenient for travel.
2. No more than 500 feet longitudinally shall be opened in any street at any one time.
3. The work of excavation shall be so conducted as not to interfere with the water mains, sewers or their connections with the houses, or any other subsurface lines or constructions, until permission of the proper authorities in connection with such subsurface lines or constructions shall have been obtained.
4. No tunneling shall be allowed without the express approval of the designated official and permission therefor endorsed upon the permit. The backfilling of a tunnel excavation shall be made only in the presence of the designated official or an inspector designated by him or her, and shall be done only in a method approved by him or her.
5. All openings or excavations shall be backfilled promptly with modified 2A stones and thoroughly compacted in layers, each of which layers shall not exceed eight inches in depth. Backfilling shall be placed to within ten inches of the surface.
6. A temporary paving of coldpatch premix, thoroughly bound and compacted, shall be installed flush with the surface of the adjoining paving and maintained for a period of 90 days.
7. On concrete base streets, such base shall be replaced with concrete and the minimum size of the opening or excavation shall be 16 square feet.
8. During the making of any excavation in the street, every necessary and reasonable precaution shall be taken by the applicant and the parties making the same to keep the street in a safe and passable condition both day and night by guards, barriers, lanterns and other devices, and all excavating permits granted hereunder are granted under and subject to the express condition that the person to whom the same is issued shall indemnify, save and keep harmless the Borough from any loss in damages, or otherwise whatsoever, which may or shall be occasioned at any time by the said excavation, or by any leak, explosion or other injury from any pipe, apparatus, conduit, or any other matter placed in the said excavation.
9. The applicant shall notify the designated official when the opening or excavation is ready for backfilling before any backfilling is done, when backfilling work is completed, when the temporary paving has been installed and when the street has been permanently restored so that inspections may be made.
10. In the event that any work performed by or for a permit holder shall, in the opinion of the designated official, be unsatisfactory and the same shall not be corrected in accordance with his or her instructions within the time fixed by him or her, or in the event that the work for which the permit was granted is not completed within the time fixed by the designated official, the Borough may proceed to correct such unsatisfactory work or complete any such work not completed, and charge the cost thereof, plus 20% to the applicant.
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