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Timestamp: 2018-04-20 22:22:55
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 85', '§ 85', '§ 85', '§ 85', '§ 85', '§ 85', '§ 85', '§ 85', '§ 85', '§ 85', '§ 85', '§ 85', '§ 85', '§ 85', '§ 85', '§ 85', '§ 85', '§ 85', '§ 85', '§ 85']

Township of Harmony, NJ Excavations
§ 85-2 Permit required.
§ 85-3 Emergency repairs.
§ 85-4 Application for permit; fees.
§ 85-5 Placard to be issued and displayed.
§ 85-6 Compliance with terms of permit; bracing.
§ 85-7 Disturbance of pipes, cables or conduits; notice prior to disturbance.
§ 85-8 Manner of excavating, backfilling, repaving and repairing.
§ 85-9 Tunneling and undermining.
§ 85-10 Work done by township; liability for costs.
§ 85-11 Notice of new regulations.
§ 85-12 Conduction of work in a quiet and orderly manner.
§ 85-13 Safety measures required.
§ 85-14 Time limit; extension.
§ 85-15 Location and character of underground structures to be filed.
§ 85-16 Liability insurance.
§ 85-17 Inspection and supervision by Township Engineer.
§ 85-18 Bonds and guaranties.
§ 85-19 Construal of provisions.
§ 85-20 Violations and penalties.
Chapter 85: Excavations
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee of the Township of Harmony 8-5-1997 by Ord. No. 0:97-2. Amendments noted where applicable.]
Quarrying — See Ch. 128.
Chapter 85 : Excavations
This chapter shall be known as and may be cited as the "Harmony Township Street Excavation Ordinance."
No person, firm or corporation shall disturb the surface of or make any opening, cut or excavation of any kind in any road, street, alley, highway, sidewalk or any other public way under the jurisdiction of the Township of Harmony for any purpose without first having obtained a permit for the same as hereinafter provided.
In the event of emergency where repairs must be made immediately, then, and in that event only, the excavation may be made for the purpose of alleviating the emergency. As soon as the leak or interruption in service has been repaired, the person, persons or corporation having made the excavation shall forthwith apply for a permit and comply with all other applicable provisions of this chapter.
Application in writing shall be made to the Municipal Clerk and signed by the person, firm or corporation making the proposed street opening or excavation, setting forth the location of the proposed opening or excavation, the size thereof and the purpose therefor. The application shall then be forwarded to the Township Engineer for his review and approval. The Township Engineer shall endorse his approval upon the face of the application and shall then return the application to the Municipal Clerk, who shall then issue the permit.
Before the permit shall be issued by the Municipal Clerk, the person, firm or corporation making the- application shall have on Me with the Township Clerk a surety bond issued by a surety company authorized to do business in this state, in the amount of $1,000, covering the opening or excavation set forth in the application and any and all future openings and excavations to be made in a calendar year. Said bond shall be conditioned upon the permittee's compliance with this chapter and to indemnify the township for any loss, liability or damage that may result or accrue from or because of the making, existence or manner of constructing or guarding any such opening or excavation, during the term of said bond.
The person, firm or corporation making and signing the application shall comply with all the provisions of this chapter as hereinafter set forth.
The fee for such permit shall be $10 per opening. Such fee shall be due and payable at the time the application is made to the Municipal Clerk. In addition to the foregoing, the applicant will be responsible for reasonable engineering and inspection fees, the fees set forth in the following schedule:
A three-foot width shall be used for purposes of determining inspection fee only.
The Municipal Clerk shall provide each permittee, at the time a permit is issued hereunder, a suitable placard upon which is written the following notice: "Township of Harmony, N.J. Permit No. _______________, Expires:____________." It shall be the duty of any permittee to keep the placard posted in a conspicuous place at the site of the excavation work. It shall be unlawful for any person to exhibit such placard at or about any excavation not covered by such permit or to misrepresent the number of the permit or the date of expiration of the permit.
No injury shall be done to any pipes, cables or conduits in the making of such excavations or openings, and notice shall be given to the persons maintaining any such pipes, cables or conduits, which are or may be endangered or affected by the making of any such excavations or openings, before such pipes, cables or conduits shall be disturbed.
The area of pavement to be removed from the proposed opening or excavation shall have straight clean-cut edges, and the material removed from the excavation shall be removed from the site and disposed of in a manner directed by the Township Engineer.
Upon completion of the proposed work in the excavated area, the trench shall be backfilled with broken stone or stone dust. The backfilling shall be made in layers not to exceed six inches in depth and be thoroughly compacted, and shall be carried to within six inches of the surface of the existing bituminous pavement.
Upon completion of the compacted backfilling of the trench to the required elevation, the backfilled area shall be paved with four inches compacted thickness of bituminous stabilized base course and two inches' compacted thickness of FABC-1 bituminous surface course.
No part of a trench or excavation shall be tunnelled or undermined, except in such cases as may be approved by the Township Engineer.
If the permittee falls to complete the excavation work covered by the permit, including backfilling as set forth in this chapter within the time set by said permit, the Township Engineer, if he deems it advisable, shall have the right to do all work and things necessary to complete the excavation work. The permittee shall be liable for the actual cost thereof and 25% of such cost, in addition to general overhead and administrative expenses.
Whenever the Mayor and Township Committee enacts any ordinance or resolution providing for the paving or repaving of any street, the Municipal Clerk shall promptly mail a written notice thereof to each person, firm or corporation owning any sewer main, conduit or other utility in or under said street. Such notice shall notify such persons, firms or corporations that no excavation permits shall be issued for openings, cuts or excavations in said street for a period of five years after the date of enactment of said ordinance or resolution. Such notice shall also notify such person, firm or corporation that application for excavating permits for work to be done prior to such paving or repaving shall be submitted promptly in order that the work covered by the excavation permit shall be completed as soon as practicable, and in no event later than the date specified in the permit for the excavation work therefor. During the five-year period, no excavation permit shall be issued to open, cut or excavate in said street unless, in the judgment of the Township Engineer, an emergency as described in this chapter exists which makes it absolutely essential that the excavation permit be issued.
Each permittee shall conduct and carry out the excavation in such a manner as to avoid unnecessary inconvenience and annoyance to the general public and occupants of neighboring property. The permittee shall take appropriate measures to reduce, to the fullest extent practicable in the performance of the excavation work, noise, dust and unsightly debris and shall promptly remove from the street all excess of excavated materials.
All persons, firms or corporations granted a permit to make an opening or excavation in the public streets and highways of the township shall, at all times, maintain suitable barricades and guards, display proper warning and signals and flags and provide all necessary watchmen to prevent injury to any person or damage to any vehicle by reason of the work. Such barricades shall be protected by sufficient lights at nighttime. Streets and highways must be kept open for traffic at all times, except when otherwise ordered or approved by the Township Engineer.
No street or highway shall remain open because of any permit issued pursuant to this chapter for a period in excess of two weeks, unless the Township Engineer shall approve a greater period of time, either at the time of the application for the permit or subsequent thereto. If the Township Engineer shall approve such a period of time at the time the application is submitted, it shall be so endorsed upon the application, and if approved subsequently, such approval shall be in writing and an endorsement to that effect attached to the placard required in § 85-5. In any event, no such approval shall be granted except on written application, signed by the permittee or applicant, setting forth the reasons for such application.
Users of subsurface street space shall file accurate drawings, plans and profiles showing the location and character of all existing underground structures and installations with the Township Engineer within two years after enactment of this chapter. Corrected maps shall be filed with the Township Engineer within 60 days after new installations, changes or replacements are made.
A permittee, prior to commencement of excavation work hereunder, shall furnish the Municipal Clerk satisfactory evidence in writing that the permittee has in force and will maintain in force during the performance of the excavation work and the period of the excavation permit public liability insurance of not less than $100,000 for any one person and $300,000 for any one accident and property damage insurance of not less than $25,000, duly issued by an insurance company authorized to do business in this state.
The Township Engineer shall verify the extent of the excavation or opening and shall inspect the work. No bond or deposit money, as the case may be, shall be released until 18 months after the completion of the project and receipt of written certification from the Township Engineer stating that the work has remained in a satisfactory condition for the said 18 months.
[Amended 12-29-1997 by Ord. No. 0:97-9]
Public utility corporations of the State of New Jersey may file a corporate bond on a yearly basis in an amount of $5,000, in lieu of cash bonds. Nonpublic utility permittees shall post either a performance guaranty or cash bond in the amount of $5,000. Should the Township Engineer determine that the amount of either the corporate bond or performance guaranty deposited by the nonpublic permittee is insufficient to defray restoration costs, the public utility corporation or nonpublic utility permittee shall post a performance guaranty, with the Harmony Township Municipal Clerk in such an amount as is determined by the Township Engineer.
This chapter shall not be construed as imposing upon the township or any official or employee any liability or responsibility for damages to any person injured by the performance of any excavation work for which an excavation permit is issued hereunder; nor shall the township or any official or employee thereof be deemed to have assumed any such liability or responsibility by reason of inspections authorized hereunder, the issuance of any permit or the approval of any excavation work.
Any person, firm or corporation who or which shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be liable to punishment by a fine of not more than $500 or, in the case of individuals, may be imprisoned in the county jail for not more than 90 days, or both; such fine and imprisonment, for each offense, at the discretion of the Judge before whom such conviction is had. Each day that a violation thereof is allowed to continue shall be considered a new and separate offense.