No sidewalk, curb or gutter, and no driveway entrances and exits and no alteration, change, relocation or reconstruction of existing sidewalk, curb, gutter or driveway entrances and exists, subsequently herein referred to as an "operation," shall be undertaken by owners or occupants of property abutting on public or private highways or streets for any purpose whatsoever until written authorization from the Superintendent of Streets has been obtained and a building permit has been duly issued in accordance with Chapter 58 and with the requirements of this chapter.
A. 
Application for a permit under this article shall be made to the Code Enforcement Officer of the village in writing.
B. 
Upon receipt of an application for a building permit for the construction, reconstruction, alteration, change or relocation of a driveway entrance or exit, the Code Enforcement Officer shall refer the same to the Superintendent of Streets, who shall act thereon by issuing or refusing to issue a permit. No permit shall be issued by him except where there is compliance with the provisions of this Article and all other laws and ordinances and rules and regulations of the Street Department of the village. Such permit, when issued, shall be effective for such period of time, not to exceed 120 consecutive calendar days, as specified thereon by the Superintendent of Streets. Such specified period of time may be extended for the completion of the operation, if so requested in writing by the permittee prior to the expiration date thereof, for such additional period or periods of time as authorized by said Superintendent of Streets.
C. 
Said permit, when issued, shall contain the following conditions to be complied with by the permittee:
(1) 
The proposed driveway at the point of entrance on the highway or street shall have the optimum of sight distances, both vertical and horizontal.
(2) 
The grade, width and drainage of said proposed driveway shall minimize any possible damage or injury to the highway or street and shall be such as to provide the maximum safety for all traffic on the highway or street in the area of the entrance of said proposed driveway.
(3) 
Any additional requirements which may be imposed by the Superintendent of Streets for the preservation of highways, streets and the village system for drainage of surface waters and for minimizing hazards and dangers to the traffic.
D. 
Upon notification by the permittee of the completion of the proposed driveway, the Superintendent of Streets shall inspect said driveway to determine that its completion is in accordance with the permit. When the Superintendent of Streets is satisfied that the conditions of such permit have been met, he shall issue a certificate of compliance. There shall be no use of such driveway for any purpose other than the construction until such certificate of compliance has been issued. No certificate of occupancy shall be issued by the Code Enforcement Officer of the village if a permit for driveway construction is required, until such certificate of compliance has also been issued.
A. 
No permit for an operation shall be issued by the Superintendent of Streets until the applicant therefor shall have first paid to the Superintendent of Streets, in cash or by check payable to the order of the Village of Cornwall-on-Hudson:
(1) 
A fee in an amount established by the Board of Trustees to cover the cost of issuing the permit and the supervision and inspection of the work done in connection with said operation. However, no permit fee will be charged in connection with new construction where a building permit has been obtained.
(2) 
A deposit in an amount to be determined by the Superintendent of Streets, computed at the rate of $10 per square yard of the surface of any street, highway, sidewalk, sidewalk area or public place, including drainage ditches, gutters, culverts, pipes, curbs or curbing, which may be disturbed, injured or damaged in connection with an operation hereunder, and if and when machinery is used in connection with an operation and there is a likelihood of damage or injury to areas other than the specific location of the operation, a deposit of an additional amount may be required, said additional amount to be determined by the Superintendent of Streets computed at the rate of $10 per square yard of the area affected. When entrance on a private road is involved, proof of easement is required, and authorization from the fee owner of said road to the village to have any default corrected is also required.
B. 
The amounts of the fees and deposits required in this Article may be changed or amended from time to time by resolution of the Village Board of Trustees.
C. 
Said deposit shall be retained by the village until a certificate of compliance shall have been issued by the Superintendent of Streets as hereinbefore provided in § 135-41D.
D. 
Upon the failure or default by the permittee of or in any of the terms, agreements, covenants and conditions of the permit on the permittee's part to be done, to be performed or to be completed, said deposit may be used by the village for any expense incurred by the village by reason of such failure or default on the part of the permittee, and any balance left after the expense caused by such failure or default, as determined and certified by the Superintendent of Streets, has been paid and deducted from the amount of the deposit shall be refunded to the permittee.