(a) Any person who shall make an opening or excavation in any street in the Borough shall perform all such opening or excavation work and the restoration work required hereunder in accordance with the standards and provisions set forth in 67 Pa. Code § 459.8, as amended. Likewise, any aboveground construction shall be performed in accordance with 67 Pa. Code § 459.9. All references in foregoing Code sections to the District Office, the Department of Transportation or similar references shall be deemed to be references to the Borough.
(b) In addition to the foregoing work standards, the Borough Engineer shall be entitled to promulgate rules and regulations governing the opening, excavation, refilling, resurfacing and repaving of streets in the Borough, and after the same have been approved by the Borough Council and entered upon the minutes of Council, any work to be done or performed by any applicant or permittee governed by the terms of this chapter shall be done in compliance with such rules and regulations. Copies of said rules and regulations shall be furnished to any person making application hereunder.
(c) If and to the extent that any person shall open or excavate any portion of a street in a manner which results in twenty linear feet or more of such street being excavated on one side of the street only, then such person shall be required to repave the street the full length of the excavation from the center line of the street to the curb on the side of the street on which the excavation occurred; or in a manner which results in twenty linear feet or more of such street being excavated and such excavation occurs on both sides of the street, then such person shall be required to repave the street the full length of the excavation from curb to curb. When four or more lateral openings have been made within 100 lineal feet of pavement, the permittee shall overlay the traffic lanes in which the openings were made for the entire length of highway between the ends of the furthest openings.
(d) All work commenced in pursuance of said permit shall continue uninterruptedly to the completion thereof, and said openings or excavations shall be backfilled promptly as specified by the Borough Engineer. Excavated material shall not be used for backfill.
(e) Immediately upon completion of backfilling, two inches of cold-patch asphalt or approved equal material shall be placed over the stone backfill and flush with the existing roadway surface. The permittee must maintain the trench against settlement until permanent paving is installed.
(f) Permanent paving shall be constructed by the permittee within sixty days after the installation of the temporary paving in accordance with specification of the Borough Engineer. If within one year after the construction of the permanent paving, defects shall appear therein resulting from defective backfilling by the applicant, the applicant shall reimburse the Borough for the cost of necessary repairs, or may make such repairs themselves if approved by the Borough Engineer.
(Ord. 1039. Passed 9-13-10.)