The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-09-06
NO.. 242.

NOs [fEs
AN ORDINANCE to regulate openings or
excavations within the driveways of the
public highways of the City of Pleas
antvilie, to proyide Iop 'n E hlnng lhere-
turbed in making such excavations or
openings.
Section l.. Be it ordained by the Com
mon unc of the City of Pleasantyille
that the City Clerk shall have power and
authority to grant and renew permits for
digging or making. ~eXcaVatlons in the
driVeways of any of the public highways
of the City of P~leasantville. for the laying
of gas, water, sewer or other pipes or
conduits or for any other awful purpose;
that every such permit shall specify the
time during which such excavation may
remain open, as may be established by
Common Council from time to time; that
said permit shall further designate the
place where such excavation may be
made and the number of square yards of
surface which may be disturbed.
Section 2. Be it further ordained that
the City Clerk shall keep a record of all
permits granted by him, and shall before
granting the same, demand and receive
from the applicant therefor, the follow
ing fees, to wit: For every permit grant
ed for the purpose of making any excava-
ton within any driveway or any public
highway, a sum equal to the cost to the
City FOR replacing the kind of surface
existing on the street in which the exca-
| walton is to be made, plus ten cents for
each square yard to be excavated for
expenses attached to issuing permit and
inspection, PROVIDED, however, IndI the
minimum charge for issuing any permit
shall not be less than the charge for the
opening of ten square yards in any such
highway; and provided further that the
cost to the City of replacing said surface
shall be established by Common Council
from time to time.
Every permit issued shall be held by
| the person in charge of the work permit
| ted thereby, and produced when required
by the City Clerk or City Inspector. as
the case may be, street supervisor or a
police officer.
All fees shall be paid by the City
Clerk into the City Treasury and the
amount thereof shall be reported to Com
mon Council once each month.
Section 3. 1t shall be unlawful for any
opening or to be left open at
any one time to a greater length than
two hundred feet; and it shall be the
duty of the person or persons or corpora
ton obtaining such permit to fully and
completely fill up such trench to the sur
face of the bed upon which the pavement
is to be relaid before making n further
trench or excavations; said filling up to be
puddled and rammed as the nature of
the soil may require and to be done and
completed within the time designated in
the permit for completing such trench
or excavation.
Section A.. Be it further ordained that
it shall be the duty of every person or
persons or corporation obtaining such
permit and making such excavation as
aforesaid to protect the paving on either
side of the opening or excavation by the
use of sheet piling or such other means
as will prevent the escape of sand from
under it.
Section 5. BE it further ordained that
the work of excavation and filing of said
openings or trenches shall be done under
the supervision of the Street Supervisor
or inspector appointed by Common Coun-
Gil and the Street Committee.
Section g.. Be it further ordained that
ii is hereby declared unlawful for any
person, persons or corporation to make
any opening or excavation in the public
highways of the City of Pleasantville
without having obtained a permit there
ordinance.
Section Z. Be it further ordained that
when any excavation or opening shall
nave been made in any highway and the
trench shall have been filled as required
by this ordinance, 1t shall be the duty of
the Street Supervisor under the direction
of the Street Committee to relay the
pavement or surface; that the cost there
of, including materials, labor and inspec-
ton. shall be paid out of the moneys in
the city treasury standing to the cusdit of
the Road Appropriation.
Section 8. Be it further ordained that
any person., persons, or corporation vio-
lating any of the provisions of this ordi-
nance shall, upon. conviction, before the
Police Justice of the City of Pleasantville
or other proper official, pay a fine not
exceeding two hundred dollars, and in
default of the payment of such fine, be
imprisoned in the County Jail for a peri
cd not to exceed ninety days.
Section .. Be it further ordained that
this ordinance shall take effect immedi-
ately and that all ordinances or parts of
ordinances Inconsistent with the provis-
ions hereof, be and the same are hereby
repealed.
Passed third and final reading July 8.
1922.
JAMES YATES,
President Of Common Council.
Attest:
NEHEMIAH ANDREWS,
City Clerk.
Approved July II, 1922.
THOMAS F. CRAWFORD.
Mayor.