§ 390-8. Requirements.

A. 

No opening or excavation in any street shall extend from the curbline into the highway a distance greater than one foot beyond the center line of the street before being refilled and the surface of the highway restored to a condition safe and convenient for travel.

B. 

No more than 500 feet longitudinally shall be opened in any street at any one time.

C. 

The work of excavation shall be so conducted as not to interfere with the water mains, sewers or their connections with the houses, or any other subsurface lines or constructions, until such permission of the proper authorities in connection with subsurface lines or constructions shall have been obtained and all other requirements of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania be met, to include but not be limited to requirements under Pennsylvania Act 287.

D. 

No tunnelling shall be allowed without the express approval of the Borough Engineer and permission therefor endorsed upon the permit. The backfilling of a tunnel excavation shall be made only in the presence of the Borough Engineer or an inspector designated by him, and shall be done only in a method approved by him.

E. 

All openings or excavations are to be backfilled promptly with suitable materials and thoroughly compacted in layers, each of which shall not exceed four inches in depth. On improved streets, the backfilling shall be placed to within 10 inches of the surface.

F. 

On improved streets, a temporary paving with Pennsylvania Department of Transportation Type 2 R C crushed aggregate shall be used and thoroughly bound and compacted and flush with the adjoining paving.

G. 

During the making of any excavation in any street, every necessary and reasonable precaution shall be taken by the applicant and the parties making same to keep the street in a safe and passable condition both day and night by guards, barriers, lanterns and other devices, and all excavating permits are granted under and subject to the express condition that the person to whom the same is issued shall indemnify, save and keep harmless the Borough from any loss in damages, or otherwise whatsoever, which may or shall be occasioned at any time by said excavation, or by any leak, explosion or other injury from any pipe, apparatus, conduit, or any other matter placed in said excavation.

H. 

The applicant shall notify the Borough Engineer when the opening or excavation is ready for backfilling before any backfilling is done, and when the work is completed by proper backfilling in the case of unimproved streets and, in the case of improved streets, by temporary paving or permanent restoration as determined by the Borough.

I. 

In the event that any work performed by or for a permit holder shall, in the opinion of the Borough Engineer, be unsatisfactory and the same shall not be corrected in accordance with his instructions within the time fixed by him, or in the event that the work for which the permit was granted is not completed within the time fixed by the Borough Engineer, the Borough may proceed to correct such unsatisfactory work or complete any such work not completed, and charge the cost therefor, plus 20% to the applicant.

Amended 3-21-1983 by Ord. No. 83-2