[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village
of Walton 7-5-1932 (Ch. 20 of
the 1973 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
No person, persons or corporation shall dig or excavate in the
streets or public places without first obtaining a license as herein
provided.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
Whenever it is necessary to excavate or dig in public streets
or public places for the purpose of repairing, replacing or installing
mains, pipes, water laterals, drains and sewer laterals, or for any
other purpose, the person, persons or corporation shall make a written
application to the Clerk-Treasurer of the Village, for license or
permit, which application shall describe the place or places to be
dug or excavated, and such person, persons, or corporation shall deposit
with the Village Clerk-Treasurer the sum of $1,000, to be retained
as herein provided, and the Village Clerk-Treasurer is authorized
to issue a license or permit to such applicant on complying with the
conditions of this chapter.
Any person, persons or corporation excavating and digging in
said streets shall replace the street in the same condition as before,
the earth to be thoroughly tamped in place and in such manner as to
leave no depression in the street, and the surface of the road to
be replaced in as good condition as before and repaired with the same
kind of material and in such manner as to leave no depressions or
elevations in the road at the place of excavation, and said licensee
shall notify the Street Commissioner when said repairs are completed,
and it shall be the duty of the Street Commissioner to inspect said
work and notify the Village Clerk-Treasurer of the fact, and after
said street is replaced in as good condition as before the excavation,
then the said Village Clerk-Treasurer shall return to the licensee
the deposit made on granting the license. In the event said license
does not repair and replace said street in as good condition as before
the excavation, then it shall be the duty of said Street Commissioner
to make the necessary repairs, and the labor and material used shall
be a charge against the deposit made by the licensee, and such costs
shall be deducted from such deposit and the balance returned to the
licensee, but in the event said sum is not sufficient to pay for such
labor and material, the balance of such cost shall be paid by the
licensee.
Any person, persons or corporation excavating and digging the
streets or public places shall erect barriers, signs and lights necessary
to protect the public and persons lawfully on said streets or public
places while excavations are being made, filled and road replaced.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
Any person or persons violating the provisions of this chapter
shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding $250, imprisonment for
not more than 15 days, or both.
