No person, persons, partnership, association or corporation shall excavate, dig, test drill, tunnel, construct or reconstruct or otherwise disturb any public street, road, highway, curb, sidewalk, culvert, utility structure or other public improvement or facility located within any public right- of-way, easement, or property of the Township of Pohatcong, for the purpose of laying, changing, repairing, connecting, constructing or maintaining any water, gas, sewer pipe, or any electric, telephone, telegraph pipes or conduits, or for any other purpose whatsoever, without first having obtained a permit from the township, in accordance with the rules and procedures specified herein.