[Adopted 4-25-1972 by Ord. No. 8-72]
For the purpose of this article, the terms used herein are defined
as follows:
A right-of-way over which there is a right of public passage
but which does not join another street, road or highway at both of
its termini.
An improved right-of-way over which there is a public right
of passage and which traverses this Borough from one side to another
and which includes any portion of streets, roads or highways comprising
it, as well as the term "through street."
Any person, firm, association or corporation having an interest
in the subject matter hereof, including, for the purposes of this
article, the owner, developer, applicant, agent, engineer or other
person representing such "owner" as defined herein.
Those certain written pavement specifications for roads,
streets and highways in the Borough of Washington, Warren County,
New Jersey, consisting of four pages prepared by George W. Oakes,
Jr., Washington Borough Engineer, dated March 1, 1972, and on file
in the Washington Borough Clerk's office, which written specifications
are herewith incorporated by reference and made a part hereof.
A general term; a right-of-way, improved or unimproved, over
which there is a public right of passage.
Those certain drawings entitled "Standard Construction Details,"
showing typical half sections for fifty-foot, sixty-foot and sixty-six-foot
streets; six-by-eight-by-twenty-inch concrete curb; four-inch concrete
sidewalk; concrete headwall, storm drain inlet; storm sewer manhole
and sanitary manholes, as shown on Sheets 1 and 2 of the Standard
Construction Details, drawings dated March 1, 1972, of the Borough
of Washington, Warren County, New Jersey, prepared by George W. Oakes,
Jr., Washington Borough Engineer, and on file in the Washington Borough
Clerk's office, which drawings are herewith incorporated by reference
and made a part hereof.
A right-of-way, improved or unimproved, over which there
is a public right of passage but which is primarily intended to serve
only a limited portion of this Borough.
After this article becomes effective, no street, road or highway
shall be accepted by the Borough Council and taken over as a municipal
thoroughfare to be maintained as such at the public expense unless
it shall conform to the following minimum specifications and requirements
and the specifications as shown on the Standard Construction Details
included in the pavement specifications for roads, streets and highways:
A.
The width of the right-of-way shall be at least 50 feet on newly
laid out roads and streets and at least 60 feet on highways.
B.
The minimum graded width of the right-of-way shall be 50 feet for
streets and 60 feet for highways. All newly laid out roads, streets
or highways shall be graded the full width of the right-of-way.
C.
The width of the paved area of the right-of-way on a dead-end street
shall be at least 30 feet, with curbs on both sides.
D.
On all other roads, streets or highways, the paved width of the right-of-way
shall be as follows:
E.
All pavements shall be constructed in accordance with the pavement
specifications for roads, streets and highways and with the following,
which are hereby declared to be minimum requirements for engineering
plans, specifications, type of road to be built, materials and method
of construction:
(1)
All roads, streets and highways, as defined herein, are to be built
in accordance with the pavement specifications and Standard Construction
Details. The plans and specifications shall include center-line profiles,
typical cross sections for all streets, roads or highways, provide
for proper drainage within the road, street or highway, graded width,
at intersections, and for all slopes related to the proper drainage
of the immediate vicinity. Grades for all roads, streets or highways
are to be a minimum 0.80%, maximum 10%.
(2)
All roads or streets shall be built to the following minimum requirements
and specifications: four-inch compacted thickness, bituminous stabilized
base course with two-inch FA-BC-1 surface course, mix No. 5. The materials
and construction shall be in accordance with the pavement specifications
and Standard Construction Details.
F.
The location and width of sidewalks shall be as shown on the Standard
Construction Details.
G.
An adequate drainage system to handle all drainage at all times and
prevent ponding within the right-of-way or on abutting properties
must be provided. The locations of catch basins, inlets, outlets,
manholes and other parts of the system are to be accurately and distinctly
shown on the maps to be filed in the Borough Clerk's office.
All drainage pipe sizes and rates of grade are to be clearly shown.
All drainage systems shall be in conformity with the appropriate minimum
specifications of the New Jersey Department of Transportation.
H.
In any residential development, an adequate sanitary sewer must be
provided, complete with connections carried to six inches behind the
curbline, manholes and all other necessary structures, within the
public right-of-way.
I.
In the event any ditch, pipeline or watercourse crosses the right-of-way,
proper provisions must be made for its crossing of the public right-of-way
shown on the map. If the watercourse is such as to come under the
jurisdiction of the Warren County Board of Chosen Freeholders, written
approval of the location of the road, street or highway and the provisions
made for the crossing must accompany the map.
J.
The title to the right-of-way must be approved by the Borough Attorney,
and any deed of dedication, releases of mortgages or other title instruments
reasonably required by the Attorney must be provided at the cost and
expense of the owner, and the owner shall likewise pay the cost and
expenses of publication of any ordinance which, in the opinion of
the Borough Attorney, is required for acceptance of any such road,
street or highway.
At least 10 copies of the survey or map of the road, street
or highway, one of which shall be made on translucent white tracing
cloth with colorfast, waterproof ink and two of which shall be heavy
cloth print duplicates, shall be filed with the Borough Clerk's
office when application is made to the Borough for approval of said
map or survey and the acceptance of the road, street or highway shown
thereon.
The approval of any maps and plans for the purpose of enabling
owners to comply with the provisions of R.S. 46:23-2(e) shall not
be deemed an acceptance of any roads, streets or highways shown thereon,
nor shall the Borough of Washington, prior to the final adoption of
an ordinance for the purpose of approval and acceptance, be in any
way obligated to maintain or exercise jurisdiction over any of such
roads, streets or highways.
The Borough Council, in its discretion, may refuse to approve
or accept any road, street or highway, notwithstanding compliance
with all the provisions of this article, when, in its judgment, the
public interest renders such approval or acceptance inadvisable. It
may also permit exceptions and variations to the foregoing requirements
when good cause therefor is shown and the public interest will not
be adversely affected thereby. In any case, the Borough Council may
refuse to accept any road, street or highway until such time as the
same is fully completed in accordance with the provisions herein.
The written pavement specifications and Standard Construction
Details on file in the Borough Clerk's office and referred to
herein are an integral part of this article, and the requirements
and specifications therein are to govern.
