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Borough of Northvale, NJ
Bergen County
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New Laws (3) Index Notes (1)
A. 
Prior to the granting of final approval, the subdivider shall have installed or shall have furnished performance guaranties for the ultimate installation of the following:
(1) 
Streets.
(2) 
Street signs.
(3) 
Curbs and/or gutters.
(4) 
Sidewalks.
(5) 
Streetlighting.
(6) 
Shade trees, to be located on the street line so as not to interfere with utilities or sidewalks.
(7) 
Topsoil protection. No topsoil shall be removed from the site or used as spoil. Topsoil moved during the course of construction shall be redistributed so as to provide at least six inches of cover to all areas of the subdivision and shall be stabilized by seeding or planting.
(8) 
Monuments, to be of the size and shape required by Section 4 of Chapter 358 of the Laws of 1953,[1] and shall be placed in accordance with said statute.
[1]
Editor's Note: Section 4 of Chapter 358 of the Laws of 1953 was repealed by L. 1960, c. 141, p. 668, § 8.
(9) 
Water mains, culverts, storm sewers and sanitary sewers. All such installations shall be properly connected where possible with an approved system prior to the improvement of streets and shall be adequate to handle all present and probable future development.
(10) 
Sidewalks: concrete four inches thick and four-inch buckwheat or peat coal cinders.
(11) 
Driveways; concrete six inches and cinders six inches, all cinders should be wet and then tamped; or two-inch bituminous concrete over four-inch stone base.
(12) 
Driveway aprons: a minimum of 10 feet wide at the curb.
(13) 
Curbs: four inches of cinders required for all curbs, which shall also be wet and tamped; no less than one foot nor more than two feet between curb and sidewalk.
(14) 
All manholes and catch basins to follow the standard requirements of the New Jersey State Highway Specifications.
(15) 
Shade trees.
(a) 
One shade tree, of no less than two-and-one-half-inch to three-inch caliper and of a type and number acceptable to the Shade Tree Commission or Planning Board, shall be planted one foot out from the property line. Planting of said shade trees must be accomplished only from April 1 to April 30 or from September 15 to October 31.
(b) 
A bond in the amount of $50 for each tree must be posted before final approval of the subdivision, to run from date of issuance of certificate of occupancy until said shade trees are planted during one of the two planting periods.
(16) 
Modified roads, to be constructed as follows:
(a) 
Four inches of two-and-one-half-inch stone, dusted and rolled.
(b) 
Two hundred fifty-five, one-and-one-half-inch stone, rolled.
(c) 
One coat of oil, 1 1/2 gallons per square yard.
(d) 
Five-eighths-inch stone, spread and rolled.
(e) 
One-and-one-half-inch cap asphalt F.A.B.C. or S.M.
B. 
All of the above-listed improvements shall be subjected to inspection and approval by the Borough Engineer, who shall be notified by the developer at least 24 hours prior to the start of construction. No underground installation shall be covered until inspected and approved.
C. 
Because of the density of population resulting from subdivision, final plans for proposed subdivisions must be accompanied by certification from the Board of Health of adequate provision for disposal of sanitary waste.
D. 
Performance guaranty.
(1) 
No final plat shall be approved by the governing body until the completion of all such required improvements has been certified to the governing body by the Borough Engineer unless the subdivision owner shall have filed with the municipality a performance guaranty sufficient in amount to cover the cost of all such improvements or uncompleted portions thereof, as estimated by the Borough Engineer, and assuring the installation of such uncompleted improvements on or before an agreed date. Such performance guaranty may be in the form of a performance bond which shall be issued by a bonding or surety company approved by the governing body; a certified check, returnable to the subdivider after full compliance; or any other type of surety approved by the Municipal Attorney.
(2) 
The performance guaranty shall be approved by the governing body as to form, sufficiency and execution. Such performance guaranty shall run for a period to be fixed by the governing body, but in no case for a term of more than three years. However, with the consent of the owner and the surety, if there is one, the governing body may by resolution extend the term of such performance guaranty for an additional period not to exceed three years. The amount of the performance guaranty may be required by the governing body by resolution when portions of the required improvements have been installed.
(3) 
If the required improvements have not been installed in accordance with the performance guaranty, the obligor and surety shall be liable thereon to the municipality for the reasonable cost of the improvements not installed, and upon receipt of the proceeds thereof, the municipality shall install improvements.
E. 
To guarantee the proper operation of sewage disposal systems, the Planning Board may require the posting of a maintenance bond in the amount of $250 for each individual house in a subdivision. Such maintenance bond shall run for a period of one year from the date of issuance of the certificate of occupancy and shall be posted before the building permit is issued.