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.
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.