[Adopted 2-2-1962]
Any person, party or corporation seeking to
dig a trench or ditch along or across a municipal road or street within
the Borough of Glen Gardner for the purpose of laying pipes, wires
or any other purposes shall first apply to the Clerk of the Borough
of Glen Gardner for a permit.
[Amended 4-5-1963]
Such permit shall be accompanied by a certified
check payable to the Borough of Glen Gardner in the sum of $150 for
a trench which crosses in whole or in part any municipal street or
road or any street or road maintained by the Borough of Glen Gardner,
and in the sum of $2 per lineal foot of trench for any trench along
a municipal street or road or along any street or road maintained
by the Borough of Glen Gardner.
At the expiration of 90 days from the completion
of the filling of such trench, the Road Supervisor shall make an inspection
to determine whether the roadway has settled so as to require additional
work on the part of the applicant. If, however, the Road Supervisor
finds that the roadway has been returned to a condition which is substantially
the same, or better, as compared with its condition prior to the road
or street opening, he or she shall so inform the Clerk of the borough,
in writing, and the Clerk shall forthwith return the check or deposit
to the applicant.
The Borough Council may by resolution apply
the funds representing said check or deposit toward putting said roadway
into proper condition if, at the end of the ninety-day period aforementioned,
together with the expiration of an additional period of 10 days, the
applicant has not returned the roadway to a satisfactory condition.
[Amended 3-4-1997 by Ord.
No. 97-4]
Any person, party or corporation failing to
obtain a permit before starting a street or road opening shall be
punishable by a fine not exceeding $1,000, imprisonment for a term
not to exceed 90 days and/or a period of community service not to
exceed 90 days. Each day that the violation continues to exist shall
constitute a separate offense.
