[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Matinecock 3-10-1974
by L.L. No. 1-1974 as Art. 5 of the 1974 General Ordinance.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
Includes any street, highway, road, avenue, lane or drive which appears
on the Official Map of the village.
Includes any street, highway, road, avenue, lane or drive which is
owned and maintained by the village.
No person shall build, kindle or make, or assist in building, kindling
or making, any bonfire or other fire in any street or other public place in
the village.
No person, firm or corporation, unless with the consent and under the
supervision of the Street Commissioner of the village, shall cause or permit
any accumulation of sand, gravel, cinder, topsoil, mud, swimming pool water,
sewage, earth or material to be placed, deposited, tracked or flowed upon
any street in the village.
A.Â
No person shall leave or deposit any material of any
kind for building or other purposes in any village street or other public
place in the village or dig or cause to be dug any excavation, trench or other
opening in any village street, sidewalk or other public place in said village
for any purpose; or dig or remove or cause to be removed therefrom any stone,
earth, sand or gravel; or take up or destroy any pavement, crosswalk, drain,
sewer or any part thereof; or erect or lay or cause to be erected or laid
any telegraph, telephone, electric light or other pole or any drain, conduit
or other pipe under, in, upon or over any village street or other public place
in the village; or move or cause to be moved or assist in moving any buildings
into, along or across any such village street or other public place without
having first obtained written permission for that purpose from the Village
Clerk, conditioned upon the doing of such work under the supervision of the
Street Commissioner; upon keeping clear at all times a sufficient and safe
passageway for all pedestrians and vehicular traffic; upon proper guarding
of the same, both by night and day, so as to prevent accidents or danger;
upon complete restoration of said street, sidewalk or public place to its
original condition; and upon indemnifying the village from all damage or loss.
B.Â
Such permit for the opening of a village street shall
provide that the party making the opening shall backfill and puddle or cause
to be backfilled and puddled the opening and shall place thereon such temporary
pavement as shall be approved by the Street Commissioner, which pavement shall
be cared for by the applicant until such time as the Street Commissioner shall
decide that proper settlement to allow the laying of a permanent pavement
has taken place, such time, however, not to exceed six months. The party making
the opening shall notify the Street Commissioner when said opening has been
backfilled or temporarily paved.
C.Â
The village reserves the right to repair and resurface
all openings in a village street at any time for the purposes of health and
safety and to recover the costs for the same from the deposit hereinafter
required.
D.Â
Each applicant for a permit to open a village street, before the issuance of a permit, shall submit a written application indicating the square foot area of the street opening and shall pay a fee and deposit to the Village Clerk in the amounts required by § 64-6, and amendments thereto, of Chapter 64, Fees and Deposits.
