[Adopted 11-19-2003 by L.L. No. 2-2003]
The Board of Trustees finds that it is in the
public interest to ensure that public streets and sidewalks be disturbed
only with the consent and supervision of the Department of Public
Works and the payment of a fee in connection with the same. The objective
of this article is to promote the public health, safety and general
welfare by providing for safe and convenient public streets and walkways
and to provide revenue upon disturbance of public streets and sidewalks
as compensation for the damage done to the same and to offset the
expense of the cost of review and supervision of such disturbances
by the Village.
A.
No person shall disturb, cut, break or remove any
section of any public street or sidewalk without first having received
a permit for such disturbance from the Superintendent of the Department
of Public Works; having provided a bond in the sum of $25,000 and
proof of insurance protecting against the proposed disturbance and
any liability resulting therefrom in the amount of $1,000,000 in a
form acceptable to the Village Attorney; and having paid a fee of
$100 per area disturbed to the Village of Round Lake. The requirement
of a bond and/or insurance may be waived by the Village Board. Pavement
that is disturbed must be saw-cut a foot beyond the opening prior
to repair, shall be repaired by being returned to its predisturbance
condition, and shall be properly compacted, all under supervision
of the Superintendent of the Department of Public Works or his agent.
B.
As used in this article, "public streets or sidewalk"
shall mean only that portion of a street or sidewalk located on real
property owned in fee by the Village or on a Village right-of-way.
No permit shall be required of a landowner for disturbance of a portion
of a street or sidewalk located on that landowner's real property.
Violation of this article is an offense which
shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of $500 for the first
violation within a five-year period; $1,000 for a second violation
within a five-year period; and $1,500 for each subsequent violation
within a five-year period.
