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Valley Stream adopts Local Law 1-2025 tightening permits for street and sidewalk excavations
Summary
The Valley Stream Board of Trustees adopted Local Law 1-2025 at a public hearing to amend chapter 78 of the village code, adding or clarifying a “work under permit” requirement for street and sidewalk openings and excavations (section 78-10). The resolution passed by roll call.
The Valley Stream Board of Trustees adopted Local Law 1-2025 at a public hearing, amending chapter 78 of the village code to require “work under permit” for street and sidewalk openings and excavations, the board said during the meeting.
The measure was introduced and read into the record as Resolution 158-25, to adopt Local Law 1-2025. A motion to adopt the resolution was made and seconded; a roll-call vote recorded “yes” from Trustee Tufarelli, Trustee Thomas and Trustee Gailey, and the board closed the public hearing before moving to the regular agenda. The clerk recorded the adoption as the outcome.
The law amends section 78-10 of the village code, described at the hearing as addressing “work under permit.” No additional permit specifics or technical amendments were described during the public hearing, and no members of the public spoke for or against the proposal before the board voted.
Board members completed the formal notice and roll-call procedures for adopting a local law. The board then closed the hearing and proceeded with other agenda business.
Details of the new permitting process—such as fees, application timelines, bonding or restoration requirements—were not specified at the hearing; the board did not refer the measure to a committee nor set a follow-up public meeting on implementation during the session.
