[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of North Haven as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Building construction — See Ch. 55.
Excavations — See Ch. 70.
Flood hazard areas — See Ch. 85.
Noise — See Ch. 112.
Subdivisions — See Ch. 146.
Road dedication rules — See Ch. A168.
[Adopted 2-3-1976 by L.L. No. 3-1976]
This article shall be called the "Street Opening Law."
It shall be unlawful for any person to dig up, open or break into the surface or bed of any street within the Village of North Haven, New York, unless he has received a permit therefor issued by the Village Clerk as hereinafter provided and subject to the terms hereinafter set forth:
A. 
Any person having a valid and necessary reason to open or dig up the bed or surface of any street shall first make an application for the same in writing before the Village Clerk, in which application the applicant shall state, among other information, the street whereon the opening is to be made, the exact location on said street where the opening is to be made, the width, length and depth of such opening, the exact purpose for which the opening is sought and the number of openings requested.
B. 
The application shall contain an affirmative representation that the applicant shall not cause any unreasonable or unnecessary obstruction or impediment of vehicular and pedestrian traffic, shall assume full responsibility to take every care and precaution to protect persons and property from injury or damage and shall, at his sole cost and expense, promptly restore said opening with the same type of materials and workmanship existing when said street was first opened by him, for all of which later the applicant shall remain liable and responsible to the Village for a period of one year from the date when he shall have first restored and closed said opening.
C. 
The fee for the issuance of said permit shall be a sum established by the Board of Trustees as amended by resolution from time to time and set forth on a fee schedule on file at the Village Clerk's office.
[Amended 8-4-1986 by L.L. No. 7-1986; 5-1-2007 by L.L. No. 6-2007]
(1) 
Where the application requests more than one opening, the fee shall be as set forth on a fee schedule amended by resolution by the Board of Trustees from time to time and on file at the Village Clerk's office.
(2) 
All fees shall be nonrefundable.
D. 
Whenever the interest or the protection or the welfare of the Village or its property requires it, the Village Clerk, as a condition to the issuance of a permit, may require an applicant to file with his application for a street opening a proper completion and performance bond for not less than $5,000.
[Amended 8-4-1986 by L.L. No. 7-1986]
E. 
In the event that the applicant does not properly restore a street opening, as required herein, after 10 days' written notice requiring him to do so, the Village reserves the right to restore or have restored any street opening or to redo or have redone any improperly or unskillfully restored street opening in place and stead of the applicant and to charge the applicant for all work, materials, supplies and equipment used to do the same.
F. 
Except for aboveground utility poles where allowed, no applicant shall place or bury in any street opening any object, equipment or thing whatsoever which shall constitute a peril to person or property or which shall rise above the surface of any streetbed for any length.
G. 
In consideration for the issuance of a permit for a street opening, each applicant shall agree to hold the Village harmless and to indemnify it for any sum or sums of money charged against it or paid by it or adjudged against it by any court or authority for any act or condition directly or indirectly caused by the applicant and arising from the applicant's opening of any street or the closing or restoration thereof.
H. 
It shall be the applicant's obligation to give the Village Building Inspector timely notice of the date and time in connection therewith when the street opening shall be closed and restored. No action or lack of action taken nor any statement or representation made by the Building Inspector shall in any way relieve or release the applicant of his liability and responsibility otherwise imposed against him herein.
The provisions hereof shall also apply to any private streets located in the Village, the owners of which have filed in the office of the Village Clerk a writing in which they have given their consent and approval to the Village to have the Village administer and enforce this article with regard to said private streets with the same force and effect as if said private streets were Village public streets.
It shall be unlawful for any person to remove, displace or in any way interfere with any barrier, guardrail or any other object which shall have been placed along or across any public street in the Village for the purpose of preventing any person, animal or vehicle from entering any street which is being or which shall have been recently constructed or repaired or to remove, displace or in any way interfere with any lantern or signal which shall have been placed as a danger sign to warn approaching travelers at any place on any public street or other public place in said Village or to trespass in any way upon any public street or public sidewalk which is being or has been recently constructed or repaired and which is guarded by any barrier, sign or signal for the purpose of preventing or warning persons from trespassing or in any way interfering in or upon the same.
[Amended 8-4-1986 by L.L. No. 7-1986]
Any person committing an offense against any provision of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be guilty of a violation pursuant to the Penal Law of the State of New York, punishable by a fine not exceeding $250 or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 15 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. The continuation of an offense against the provisions of this article shall constitute, for each day the offense is continued, a separate and distinct offense hereunder.