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28]
The Director of Public Works is appointed agent
of the Selectmen and is authorized to issue in their behalf permits
for excavation of streets.
As used in this article, "street" shall mean
the area between street lines including traveled way and sidewalk
areas.
A fee of $5 will be charged for each permit,
with the exception of Town departments and public utility companies,
said fee to be paid into the Town treasury.
[Amended 5-3-2010 ATM by Art.
28]
In ledge excavation, the contractor shall backfill
and mechanically tamp to within 12 inches of the surface. The remaining
12 inches shall be good, clean, sharp gravel and shall be thoroughly
tamped with a mechanical tamper. If, in the opinion of the Director
of Public Works, the backfill should be puddled, the contractor shall
do so. If the trench excavation is entirely of wet clay, the contractor
shall replace the clay excavation with good, clean, sharp bank gravel
and thoroughly tamp with a mechanical tamper in layers of twelve-inch
depths to the surface of the highway. In all cases where the clay
is comparatively dry, the contractor may backfill with said clay and
thoroughly tamp with a mechanical tamper in layers of twelve-inch
depths to a point 12 inches down from the surface of the highway.
This twelve-inch section shall be filled with good, clean, sharp bank
gravel and thoroughly tamped with a mechanical tamper.
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If the contractor, Town department or public
utility company questions the recommendations of the Director of Public
Works, the contractor, Town department or public utility company may
appeal to the Board of Selectmen acting as a board of appeals.