§ 66-208. Structures and work on village property.

(a)

Work permit required. No person shall conduct or direct any of the following activities without first obtaining a work permit from the village administrator:

(1)

Make an opening in village property, pavement, sidewalk or cross walk or dig a hole, ditch or drain in or remove any sod, stone, earth, or gravel from any public way or other public place;

(2)

Use any portion of village property including the sidewalks and parkways during the construction, reconstruction, alteration, wrecking or tearing down of any building or structure or for the storage or delivery of building materials and equipment;

(3)

Place any shaft, cable, pipe, main, conduit, wire or other transmitting or conducting device over, on or under the surface of village property or public place;

(4)

Construct, build, establish, or maintain any driveway over, across or upon village property;

(5)

Remove any manhole cover, handhold cover or catch basin cover on any public way or other village property for any purpose including inspecting or maintaining any underground work or utility;

(6)

Use the space under any sidewalk or parkway in such a manner as to affect or to interfere with any sewer or pipe or any other work lawfully in village property;

(7)

Construct, maintain or use any canopy upon village property;

(8)

Build, rebuild, remove or repair any sidewalk, from sidewalk to curb, or carriage walk;

(9)

Use village roadways during the construction, reconstruction, alteration, wrecking or tearing down of any building or structure;

(10)

Use any ladder, scaffolding or other similar devices upon or over village property for the purpose of maintaining or repairing any private building or structure, or for handling signs or changing the lettering on private signs; or

(11)

Move on, along or across any public way or other village property, any building or structure or any machinery, equipment or personal property in excess of ten tons.

(b)

Encroachments. No building or other structure or any part or appurtenance thereof shall extend into, upon or over any part of village property.

(c)

Requirements for issuing work permits. The director of the building department shall not issue any work permit authorized by this chapter until he shall have been fully advised of the time, place and character of such work and the purpose thereof. All applications for permits shall be accompanied by a plat, pencil tracing or sketch showing the location, character and dimensions of any proposed work, or any alterations involving changes in the location of pipes, conduits, wire or other conductors. The director of the building department may require such additional drawings, surveys or other information as he may consider necessary or desirable to establish the scope, character and location of the work intended to be done and shall deny any application for a permit unless or until such requirements are fulfilled.

(d)

Estimate of work costs. Before such a work permit shall be granted, the director of the building department shall make an estimate of the cost of engineering and inspection services and of restoring the pavement lawn, ground surface, or other improvements, to a condition equally as good as before the work provided for in such work permit shall have been done.

(e)

Security of costs. Before such a work permit shall be granted, the applicant shall either pay the estimate of the cost of engineering and inspection service and of restoration, or deposit with the village a performance bond issued by a surety approved by the treasurer in the penal sum of twice the estimate of cost, guaranteeing the payment by such applicant of all costs and charges against him by the virtue of the granting of such work permits.

(f)

Indemnity bond. Before any work permit is issued, the applicant shall first execute in favor of the village an indemnity bond in an amount to be fixed by the director of the building department and in no case less than $10,000.00, with sureties to be approved by the director and in a form approved by the director conditioned upon the faithful performance of the permit and further conditioned to indemnify, keep and save harmless the village from any and all loss, cost, damage, expense, judgment or liability of any kind whatsoever which the village may be put to or which may be recovered from the village or any of its officers or employees from or by reason of or on account of accidents to person or property from or by reason of or on account of anything done under or by virtue of any permit granted.

(g)

Emergency repairs. Whenever an emergency exists requiring that an opening in any public way or other village property be immediately made, and at such time the offices of the village are not open for the issuance of work permits or the time required to make formal application would result in public injury or hardship, such openings may be made if:

(1)

The person making such opening has obtained an emergency work permit; and

(2)

Thereafter, such person obtains a work permit authorizing such opening.

(h)

Work permit fees. No work permit shall be granted unless the applicant shall have paid at the time for filing an application for a work permit the required permit fee in an amount in accordance with the schedule set by the director of the building department and approved by the board.

(i)

Waiver of permit fees. No fee shall be charged to any municipality or aquarium or museum located within a park which offers reciprocity in the waiving of permit fees.

(Ord. No. 2001-19, § 1(E), 6-6-2001)