[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the
Town of Seneca Falls 10-1-2013 by L.L. No. 3-2014. Amendments noted where applicable.]
This chapter shall be known as the "1990 Highway
Construction Specifications Local Law of the Town of Seneca Falls,
New York."
The specifications and requirements of this
chapter shall apply to all street construction in and to all work
performed within the highway rights-of-way of the Town of Seneca Falls,
New York, outside the Village of Seneca Falls.
Nothing herein shall supersede the requirements
of the Town of Seneca Falls Subdivision Regulations and/or Zoning
Local Law.[1]
All owners, contractors and their agents performing
work regulated by this chapter shall be responsible for compliance
therewith. Compliance with the specifications and requirements of
this chapter shall be a precondition to the acceptance of streets
by the Town of Seneca Falls.
Two copies of construction plans shall be submitted
for approval by the Town Highway Superintendent and the Town Engineer.
The plans shall include a site plan, street layout, site grading,
street center-line alignment, location and profile, drainage layout
and details and roadway typical sections. The plans shall have been
prepared in accordance with the current Town Subdivision Regulations[1] and the construction specifications and typical sections
as contained herein and shall be signed and sealed by a registered
professional engineer or licensed land surveyor. No construction shall
commence until plans have been approved.
A.
The contractor shall notify the Town Supervisor at
least 10 days prior to start of any clearing, site grading, drainage
work and roadway construction.
B.
The contractor shall cause a grade letter prepared
by a licensed land surveyor or professional engineer to be filed in
the office of the Town Engineer prior to commencing the construction
of the subbase course.
No part of the bituminous pavement or concrete
gutters shall be constructed until all utilities have been installed
and until the subbase has been approved by the Town Engineer.
All construction materials and workmanship shall
be as shown on the approved plans and in accordance with the most
recent issue of the New York State Department of Transportation Standard
Specifications and Addendums, and all materials shall be obtained
from sources approved by the New York State Department of Transportation
or sources approved, in writing, by the Town Engineer prior to construction
or incorporation in the work.
A.
The Town Highway Superintendent and Town Engineer
will periodically inspect the work during its progression. The contractor
shall be responsible for the survey and stakeout of all streets and
facilities and for furnishing and installing all materials and facilities
in accordance with the plans and specifications.
B.
The Town Highway Superintendent and/or Town Engineer
shall maintain the right to reject any and all materials not meeting
specifications which the contractor desires to incorporate into the
work.
C.
The contractor shall notify the Town Engineer prior
to placing subbase material and also prior to placing asphalt concrete.
Neither material shall be placed until prior work has been inspected
and approved by the Town Engineer.
D.
An inspection by the Town Highway Superintendent and
Town Engineer will be made upon substantial completion of all work.
A checklist of items requiring further work will be prepared and submitted
to the contractor. Upon completion of the work required by the checklist,
a final inspection will be made for the purpose of ascertaining that
all work has been completed.
E.
All inspections by the Town will be made on a timely
basis.
Upon completion of the work, the contractor
shall prepare and submit to the Town Engineer one reproducible copy
of as-built drawings showing the as-constructed roadway center-line
elevations, drainage pipe inverts, catch basin inverts and top of
grate elevations, underdrain locations and outlet inverts and all
field modifications made to the approved plans, including alignment,
profiles, pavement, drainage and roadway typical sections. These as-built
drawings shall be in addition to those required by the Town Subdivision
Regulations.[1]
In addition to the requirements as set forth
in the Subdivision Regulations of the Town of Seneca Falls for the
acceptance of subdivision improvements,[1] the following conditions shall also apply for acceptance
of streets and roads:
A.
The prospective dedicator shall tender to the Town
Attorney the originals of all deeds and easements, along with any
necessary subordination or other agreements so as to convey an unencumbered
interest in the proposed streets and right-of-way areas to the Town
of Seneca Falls, properly signed and acknowledged in recordable form;
a signed real property transfer gains tax affidavit (Form TP-584 or
acceptable substitute); and a print of the filed subdivision map.
The dedicator shall also provide, at the dedicator's expense, either
a policy of title insurance naming the Town of Seneca Falls or an
attorney's certificate of title certified to the Town of Seneca Falls
covering the property interests conveyed, current to the date of recording
of the deed and/or easement. The dedicator shall pay all recording
fees.
B.
The prospective dedicator shall provide a maintenance
bond for the value of the completed street construction in the amount
fixed by resolution of the Town Board. This bond shall be conditioned
for the faithful performance by the dedicator of any repairs needed
to correct or replace any and all damage to said street from the time
of acceptance by the Town Board to the time of completion of the last
building lot on said street, but in no case longer than three years.
C.
For those streets which are partially completed and
for which a performance bond is furnished to assure completion as
required in the Subdivision Regulations of the Town of Seneca Falls,
a maintenance bond shall also be furnished for the value of the completed
portion of said street in the amount as fixed by resolution of the
Town Board.
All grading and construction activities shall
be conducted in a manner to ensure satisfactory drainage of surface
water at all times. All existing culverts and drainage systems shall
be maintained in satisfactory operating condition throughout the course
of the work. If it is necessary to interrupt existing surface drainage,
sewers or underdrainage, then temporary drainage facilities shall
be provided until the permanent drainage facilities are complete and
properly functioning.
Where new construction is being performed in
areas of existing houses, continuous access to and into driveways
shall be provided, and the travel way shall be adequately signed and
barricaded to protect the traveling public.
A.
No work requiring excavation, filling, cutting of
pavement, drainage improvements or the installation or maintenance
of pipelines or utilities will be permitted within the right-of-way
of any Town highway without the prior written consent of the Town
Highway Superintendent and Town Board through the issuance of a permit.
B.
Individuals, corporations or municipal entities seeking
such permit approval shall make application, in triplicate, upon such
form as prescribed by the Town. The application shall include plans
detailing the proposed work. A performance bond may be required for
the satisfactory completion of the proposed work in an amount as determined
by the Town Board.
A.
All soil, rock and other material shall be removed
and utilized or disposed of as required by the plans and specifications.
All excavation and embankment work shall be executed to the work and
limit lines as shown on the plans. Embankment construction operations
shall not be performed from November 1 to April 1 except with written
permission of the Town Engineer.
B.
All excavation and embankment work shall be in accordance
with Section 203 of the New York State Department of Transportation
Standard Specifications. Both excavation and embankment subgrade surfaces
shall be proof-rolled and have deficiencies corrected prior to placement
of the granular subbase course.
Prior to placement of the gravel subbase course,
the roadway subgrade and the ditch backslopes shall be brought to
the true grade as indicated in the roadway cross section. After shaping,
the roadway subgrade shall be proof-rolled with a smooth steel-wheeled
roller weighing not less than 10 tons. Any depression shall be filled
with suitable gravel materials. Any soft or unsuitable material shall
be removed and replaced as directed by the Town Engineer. The subgrade
shall then be reshaped and rerolled until there is no movement under
the roller. The Town Highway Superintendent or Town Engineer may,
at his or her option, require the placement of a filter fabric material
upon the subgrade surface prior to placement of the gravel subbase
in areas of poor subgrade quality.
All trenching shall be performed in accordance
with Section 206 of the New York State Department of Transportation
Standard Specifications and shall consist of the excavation of materials
and backfill or disposal of excavated materials required for culverts,
pipelines and other minor structures, including but not limited to
leaching basins, catch basins, field inlets, manholes and drop inlets.
Six-inch perforated corrugated metal pipe underdrains
shall be installed as shown in the Town standard roadway sections
or as indicated on the approved plans, using pipe and granular filter
material furnished and installed in accordance with Section 605 of
the New York State Department of Transportation Standard Specifications.
A.
A subbase course of the type specified shall be furnished,
placed and compacted and fine-graded in conformity with the lines,
grades and thicknesses as shown in the Town standard roadway sections
or as indicated in the approved plans and in accordance with Section
304 of the New York State Department of Transportation Standard Specifications.
The type, source, gradation, soundness and plasticity index of the
subbase material shall be approved by the Town Engineer prior to placement
of the material.
B.
Placing and compaction. Prior to placing the subbase
course, the finished subgrade surface shall not extend above the design
elevation at any location. Subbase material shall be spread on the
grade by a procedure that minimizes particle segregation. Compaction
of any subbase course lift shall not lag spreading operations by more
than 500 linear feet. The depth of loose spread lifts shall not exceed
those permitted by the type and classification of the compactor utilized,
and all compaction details shall be in accordance with Section 203-3.12.
The minimum loose lift thickness of subbase materials shall be 1.5
times the maximum particle size of the material being placed. The
minimum thickness of the upper course of a two-course subbase shall
be four inches.
C.
Traffic and contamination. No highway or construction
equipment traffic shall be permitted over the final finished subbase
course surface except as necessary for the construction of the overlying
course at that location. Prior to final finishing of the course, however,
traffic over the course may be permitted at locations designated by
and under such restrictions as may be imposed by the Town. In locations
where permission is given to route construction equipment over the
subbase course, the contractor shall place the course to not less
than two inches above the design subbase course grade to form a temporary
protective layer. After traffic in these locations has been terminated,
the protective layer shall be removed and the surface of the course
fine-graded to the proper grade as specified in Section 304-3.04.
D.
Contamination of the subbase course with any deleterious
material, such as silt, clay, mud or organic material, through any
cause whatsoever, shall be corrected by the contractor by excavation
and replacement of the subbase material in the affected areas.
E.
Fine grade tolerance. The final surface of the subbase
course shall be fine-graded so that, after final compaction and just
prior to placement of base or pavement courses, the surface elevation
shall not vary more than 1/4 inch above or below the design line and
grade at any location. The surface shall be completed to the above
tolerance and approved by the Town Engineer prior to any work at a
given location to place an overlying course. If, after approval, the
course becomes displaced or disturbed in any way for any reason, the
contractor shall repair and regrade the damage to the satisfaction
of the Town Engineer prior to placing the overlying course.
A.
Asphaltic concrete base and surface courses of the
type specified shall be furnished and placed in conformity with the
lines, grades and thicknesses as shown on the Town standard roadway
section or as indicated in the plans and in accordance with Section
400 of the New York State Department of Transportation Standard Specifications.
B.
Asphalt concrete top course shall be placed only during
the period of May 1 to October 15.
C.
The developer, after obtaining permission from the Planning Board, may substitute for the item in Subsection A above the following alternative construction:
(1)
Three-inch surface course, after compaction, Item
405.0101, Type 2 - cold mix bituminous pavement (open graded), in
accordance with Section 400 of the NYSDOT Standard Specifications.
(2)
A seal coat in accordance with Section 405-3.07 of
the NYSDOT Standard Specifications.
(3)
The subbase course shall conform with Figures 1, 2
and 3.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Figures 1, 2 and 3 are included as an attachment to this chapter.
A.
At the discretion of the Planning Board, cast-in-place
concrete gutters of the type specified shall be furnished and placed
in conformity with the lines, grades and thicknesses as shown on the
Town standard roadway sections or as indicated in the plans and in
accordance with Section 624 of the New York State Department of Transportation
Standard Specifications.
B.
Concrete for the gutters shall meet the requirements
for Class A concrete specified in Section 501, Portland cement concrete
- general.
C.
Wire mesh conforming to ASTM A185 specifications shall
be embedded in the gutter two inches to three inches from the bottom.
Any person, firm or corporation violating any
of the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a violation and,
upon conviction thereof, shall be subject to a fine not to exceed
$500 or imprisonment for a term not to exceed 15 days, or both, for
each violation.
