No person, firm or corporation, including public-service companies and municipalities other than the Village of Chester, shall make any excavation in any street or highway in the Village for any purpose without first obtaining a permit therefor from the Street Commissioner as hereinafter provided.
A. 
Applications for permits shall be filed in writing with the Street Commissioner upon application blanks which he shall provide or in such other manner as he shall from time to time prescribe. Applications shall state the nature, location, extent and purpose of the proposed excavation.
B. 
Applications by public-service companies must be accompanied by a general undertaking in such form as may be approved by the Board of Trustees. The said general undertaking is tendered to assure that after completing the excavation said applicant shall leave the street, highway, sidewalk, pavement, curb or gutter in the same condition as it was prior to the excavation.
C. 
Applications by persons, firms or corporations other than public-service companies for excavations in the street or highway must be accompanied by a minimum cash or bond deposit of $500 with the Village Clerk to assure that after completing the excavation said applicant shall leave the street, highway, pavement and curb or gutter in the same condition as it was prior to excavation. In the event that the applicant fails to repair or replace such pavement, curb or gutter within the time provided in the permit, the deposit or bond of $500 shall be forfeited to the extent necessary to repair such surface as left undone by the applicant.
A. 
The applicant shall file with the Street Commissioner a general liability insurance policy or certificate of insurance naming the Village of Chester as an additional insured at the same time he files his application for the permit. The Board of Trustees shall approve the policy as to form.
B. 
The policy shall insure the Village of Chester and the applicant and shall cover all operations relative to the excavation and reconstruction thereof. Said policy shall have limits of liability of $100,000/$300,000 for bodily injury and property damage liability of $100,000.
C. 
In lieu of the aforesaid liability insurance, public-service companies may submit a general undertaking in such form as shall be approved by the Board of Trustees.
The Street Commissioner may require any person making a highway excavation pursuant to a permit granted hereunder to give notice of such excavation to public-service companies or municipal districts having lines, mains or other property in the streets, and when such notice shall have been required, no work shall be commenced or done under such permit until such required notice has been fully complied with to the satisfaction of the Street Commissioner.
Any person making an excavation covered by this article shall erect suitable barriers or guards for the protection of persons using the streets or sidewalks and, in addition thereto, shall set up and maintain during the hours of darkness sufficient lights or flares to properly illuminate the area. He shall also take all necessary precautions for the protection of the property of the Village, of public-service companies or municipal districts and of others which may be endangered by such excavation or the work incident thereto, and shall comply with all directions given by the Street Commissioner with respect to such barriers, lights, flares and protective measures.
A. 
Work under the permit shall be commenced within 30 days from the date of the issuance of the permit and continued in an expeditious manner unless extension of this period is approved by the Street Commissioner.
B. 
Construction.
(1) 
When work is being performed on any Village street, no pavement cuts or trenches are to be left unfilled overnight except in emergencies, and, in such cases, adequate precautions must be exercised to protect traffic. When working on any Village street or road, contractors must complete final backfilling of any trench within 18 days from the time of its opening.
(2) 
All pipes or mains crossing highway pavement shall, whenever possible, be driven beneath the roadway without disturbance from the edge of the pavement. Such crossover pipes shall, whenever possible, be enclosed in sleeves or larger pipes so that repairs or replacements may be made in the future without disturbance of the roadway pavement.
(3) 
In the event that a trench is opened, the trench will be compacted to within four inches of the road surface after completion of the necessary work and construction. The existing asphalt surface shall then be cut back at least 12 inches on either side of the undisturbed subgrade.
(4) 
At the discretion of the Street Commissioner, the contact surfaces, the packed surfaces and/or adjacent pavement edges shall be painted and sealed with approved bituminous and/or bluestone material before or after placing the course of asphalt, which shall be four inches of New York State Specification 1-A hot plant mix. This course shall be rolled with an eight-to-ten-ton roller, and surface variations in excess of 1/4 inch shall be eliminated or the pavement relaid.
(5) 
If the trenchwork is in the earthen shoulder of the roadway, the proper compaction as outlined above shall apply, with the addition of a covering of sod or grass seeding as specified by the Highway Department of the Village of Chester.
C. 
Traffic control. Traffic is to be maintained at all times during the progress of work. Adequate signs, barricades and lights necessary to protect the public shall be provided. Flagmen to direct traffic shall be employed continuously during periods when only one-way traffic can be maintained or when equipment is operated back and forth across the pavement area. No construction equipment or materials shall be left on the pavement after working hours, nor shall any construction equipment or materials be placed in any way, manner or location that will obstruct the highway or railroad warning signs. Barricades, whether in sidewalk or roadway areas, shall have prominently displayed for police convenience the address and telephone number of someone available 24 hours a day who shall reestablish the same in an emergency. Access to adjacent property shall be maintained.
D. 
Notification. The applicant will be responsible for notifying the Street Commissioner 24 hours prior to street opening and street closing.