[Adopted 1-7-2009 by Ord. No. 259 (Art. XXXIII of the Code of Ordinances)]
The Director of Engineering, Commissioner of Public Services, Public Works, or his designee designated in writing, shall be the City officer to issue permits for the purpose of creating a trench as that term is defined in MGL c. 82A, § 4, and 520 CMR 14.00.
Said permit granting officer may require the inspection of any proposed trench site before the issuance of any trench permit.
Should the permit granting officer determine that any trench site is not covered, barricaded, or backfilled and is unattended and the permit holder, if any, is unavailable or refuses to take corrective action, the permit granting officer may secure the services of a police detail officer to make the trench site safe. The permit holder, landowner, or contractor shall be assessed the costs of providing said police detail.
In addition to the securing of a police detail to make a trench site safe or, in the alternative, should the permit granting officer determine that any trench site is not covered, barricaded, or backfilled and is unattended and the permit holder, if any, is unavailable or refuses to take corrective action, the permit granting officer may have the Department of Public Services take action to cover, barricade, or backfill said trench, and the permit holder, landowner, or contractor shall be assessed the costs associated with any such action, including overtime for Department of Public Services employees.
For projects involving multiple trenches, the permit granting officer may issue a single blanket permit for such work. When a blanket permit is issued, the permit holder shall notify the permit granting officer of the location of each new trench as the permit holder becomes aware that such project requires an additional trench.
A. 
The cost of a trenching permit, for entities other than the City of Beverly, shall be $100.
B. 
In the case of a blanket permit, the cost for entities other than the City of Beverly shall be $100 for each trench identified in or added to hereunder.
C. 
The City of Beverly shall be issued trenching permits hereunder without cost.
A. 
The creation of a trench without first having obtained a permit hereunder shall be punished by a fine of $250. Said fine shall be in addition to and not in offset of any costs associated with corrective action taken under the foregoing sections.
B. 
Failure to have properly covered, backfilled, or barricaded an unattended trench shall be punished by a fine of $250. Said fine shall be in addition to and not in offset of any costs associated with corrective action taken under the foregoing sections.