[Adopted 8-22-1977 by L.L. No. 3-1977]
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings herein ascribed to them:
Written approval of the Director of Public Works.
[Amended 3-27-2006 by L.L. No. 1-2006]
The granular material placed on the subgrade.
The acceptance by the Village Board of transfer of the highway
to the Village of Skaneateles.
The Village of Skaneateles Director of Public Works or his
duly appointed agent.
[Amended 3-27-2006 by L.L. No. 1-2006]
Written approval by the Director of Public Works of the completed
construction.
[Amended 3-27-2006 by L.L. No. 1-2006]
Grading to a tolerance of 1/2 inch in 10 feet.
New York State Department of Transportation standard specifications
as adopted from time to time and addenda thereto issued to and including
the date of approval of plans for the highway construction.
[Amended 3-22-2004 by L.L. No. 1-2004]
The Village of Skaneateles Planning Board.
The total width of property to be deeded to the Village,
a minimum of 60 feet wide.
The entire area disturbed for highway construction, from
top of slope to toe of slope, including ditches.
That portion of the highway included between the outside
edges of the pavement or inside curbing.
The bottom of the granular base material.
The pavement on which traffic travels.
All tests, cores and inspections mentioned in this article
shall be performed without cost to the Village of Skaneateles and
written results of the same shall be filed with the Village.
The granular material placed on the base course.
A.
Plans showing original and finished center-line profiles,
typical cross sections and proposed drainage facilities shall be submitted
to the Planning Board and the Director of Public Works before final
subdivision plat approval can be given. No construction shall be commenced
until approval of the plans has been given. After approval, the Director
of Public Works shall be furnished with five sets of plans. After
construction and before acceptance, the Director of Public Works shall
be furnished with three sets of as-built plans.
[Amended 3-27-2006 by L.L. No. 1-2006]
A.
Generally. The roadway shall be graded to subgrade
as shown on the approved plans by excavating the areas above the approved
grades, including ditch lines and back slopes, and by filling the
areas below the approved grades. The fill material shall consist of
material from the excavated areas after removal of all boulders, topsoil,
stumps, roots or other deleterious material or from approved borrow
pits.
B.
Stripping. Prior to the commencement of excavation
or filling, stripping shall be conducted to remove all topsoil, stumps,
roots, organic matter or other deleterious material for the full width
of the road section. Stripping is not required under fills where the
original grade is more than five feet below finished center-line grade
if the construction is sufficiently stable, as approved by the Director
of Public Works.
[Amended 3-27-2006 by L.L. No. 1-2006]
C.
Excavation. The excavation shall be executed in a
workmanlike manner keeping the ditch lines below the cut to provide
positive drainage at all times throughout the excavating operation.
D.
Embankment. The material for embankment shall come
either from the cuts or approved borrow pits. The material shall consist
of natural soil, free from boulders, topsoil, stumps, roots or other
deleterious material, and shall be of such gradation and moisture
content that it is capable of being compacted to the required density.
The embankment shall be built in a workmanlike manner. No embankment
shall be placed on frozen earth. Embankment shall be placed in horizontal
layers, not deeper than six inches after compaction, to allow proper
compaction and of such cross section as to permit proper drainage.
"Proper compaction" is defined as an embankment which does not weave,
rut or displace in any manner under three consecutive passes of a
ten-wheel (three-axle) self-propelled dump truck loaded to the maximum
legal load traveling at a maximum speed of five miles per hour. No
stones over six inches in maximum dimension will be allowed in the
embankment closer than four feet to surface line finish grade.
E.
Preparation of subgrade. The subgrade shall be constructed
to the cross sections and grades shown on the approved plans. The
Director of Public Works shall be notified at least five days prior
to the placing of any granular material above the subgrade. He or
his agent will be present, and the entire roadway shall be tested
for proper compaction as hereinbefore defined. Any areas in either
cut or fill which weave, rut or distort shall be repaired until they
do not weave, rut or distort. When the subgrade is satisfactory to
the Director of Public Works, he will issue a written approval. No
base course shall be placed above subgrade until this written approval
is obtained.
[Amended 3-27-2006 by L.L. No. 1-2006]
F.
Culverts and subsurface drainage and underground facilities.
All underground utilities, culverts and storm sewers, except driveway
pipes, shall be installed prior to placing the base course. All culverts
crossing the center line of the roadway shall be of a size 18 inches
in diameter or larger. The material for all pipes shall conform to
the NYSDOT Specifications and shall be installed according to the
manufacturer's specifications. Where catch basins, drop inlets or
manholes are called for, they shall be constructed of concrete or
masonry conforming to the NYSDOT Specifications and shall be of sizes
shown on their standard sheets. Frames and grates or covers shall
conform to NYSDOT Specifications. Manufacturers' certificates that
all pipe meets these specifications shall be given to the Director
of Public Works before final acceptance of the road. All pipes must
be laid so that they have positive drainage as shown on the approved
plans.
[Amended 3-27-2006 by L.L. No. 1-2006]
(1)
Where the approved plans call for underdrain, or field
conditions require the installation of the same, the underdrain shall
be six-inch steel perforated pipe meeting the NYSDOT Specifications.
The underdrain pipe shall be surrounded by a minimum of six inches
of filter material, consisting of one part concrete sand, one part
No. 1 stone and one part No. 2 stone uniformly mixed together, or
material conforming to the NYSDOT Specifications for underdrain filter
materials.
(2)
All exposed ends of pipes 12 inches or larger, including
driveway pipes, shall have end sections conforming to NYSDOT Specifications.
All driveway pipes shall have a minimum diameter of 12 inches.
(3)
All pipes and drainage structures are to be protected
and maintained and, if necessary, shall be cleaned, repaired or replaced
before final acceptance.
G.
Base course. Before any base course material is placed
on the subgrade, the subgrade shall be shaped to the cross sections
shown on the approved plans and rolled with a flat-wheel roller to
seal the surface. At any time that the subgrade becomes rutted or
out of shape ahead of the placing of the base course, it shall be
reshaped and sealed before any base material is placed upon it.
(1)
Material. The granular material acceptable for this
course may be run-of-bank gravel or processed material complying with
NYSDOT Specifications Section 304 and as follows: all particles shall
pass a four-inch square hole, not less than 30% by weight shall pass
the one-fourth-inch sieve, not more than 70% by weight shall pass
the No. 40 mesh sieve and not more than 10% by weight shall pass the
No. 200 mesh sieve as determined by washing through the sieve in accordance
with ASTM Designation D422. The particles retained on the one-fourth-inch
sieve shall have a loss, after four cycles of the magnesium sulfate
soundness test, not exceeding 30% by weight. The particles passing
the No. 40 mesh sieve shall have a maximum plasticity index of five.
(2)
Construction.
[Amended 3-27-2006 by L.L. No. 1-2006]
(a)
The material shall be spread so that no appreciable
segregation of particle sizes occurs. The material shall be placed
in horizontal layers not exceeding six inches in thickness after compaction
for a total thickness of 14 inches. Compaction may be done with approved
vibrating compaction equipment, a flat-wheel roller weighing approximately
10 tons or rubber-tired rollers or equipment if approved by the Director
of Public Works. Each layer shall be compacted to at least 95% of
the maximum density determined in accordance with ASTM D1557.
(b)
Before the top course is placed on top of the
base course in place, samples shall be taken under the direction of
the Director of Public Works and tested by an approved testing laboratory
to determine that the material passes the gradation and compaction
requirements. Certification of results of these tests shall be given
to the Director of Public Works before final acceptance. Any material
not meeting the specifications shall be removed and replaced. No material
shall be placed when either fill material or the previous layer is
frozen. In the event that any fill which has already been placed or
the subgrade shall become frozen, it shall be scarified and recompacted
or removed, to the approval of the Director of Public Works.
H.
Top course.
(1)
Material. The material acceptable for this course
shall be run-of-crusher hard, durable limestone complying with the
NYSDOT Specifications Section 703 and shall be size designation No.
2.
(2)
Construction.
(a)
The installation of this course shall take place
immediately preceding the installation of the surface course. The
base course shall be clean and free of objectionable material. Objectionable
base course material shall be removed and replaced with suitable material.
(b)
Construction of this course shall be the same
as the base course, except that the minimum thickness shall be four
inches. Before the surface course is placed, in-place samples of the
top course shall be taken under the direction of the Director of Public
Works and tested by an approved testing laboratory. Certification
of the results of these tests shall be filed with the Director of
Public Works before final acceptance. Material not meeting the specifications
shall be removed and replaced.
[Amended 3-27-2006 by L.L. No. 1-2006]
I.
Surface course. After the top course is completed
to a tolerance of 1/2 inch in 10 feet as shown on the approved plans
and cross sections and sealed with a flat-wheel roller weighing approximately
10 tons and approved by the Director of Public Works, the surface
course shall be applied.
[Amended 3-27-2006 by L.L. No. 1-2006]
(1)
Material. The surface course shall consist of two-course
bituminous concrete plant mix complying with NYSDOT Specifications
Section 403, Type 1A Binder and Type 1AC Top.
(2)
Construction. The bituminous concrete plant mix shall
be placed with an approved spreader to the thickness shown on the
approved plans. Immediately following placing of the hot mix, it shall
be rolled with a flat-wheel roller weighing approximately 10 tons,
equipped with a device to keep the rollers wet so that no mix adheres
to the rollers. The rolling shall continue until the roller does not
leave any ruts or tracks. Bituminous concrete pavement shall have
a crown of 1/4 inch per foot. No bituminous concrete paving shall
be done over a wet surface or when the temperature is below 50º
F. All bituminous concrete pavement shall be cored under the direction
of the Director of Public Works. The cores shall be taken at not more
than five-hundred-foot intervals. Any core found to be more than 1/8
of an inch short of the specified thickness shall be unacceptable
and the area represented by it shall be covered with another layer
of bituminous concrete.
J.
Curbs, curbs and gutters, or gutters. Curbs, curbs
and gutters, or gutters shall be installed where shown on the approved
plans. Curbs, curbs and gutters, or gutters shall have a six-inch
perforated underdrain if specified. The flow line of the underdrain
shall be a minimum of four inches below subgrade at the edge of the
shoulder and must drain to a positive drainage system. All curbing
shall be of cement construction.
All areas beyond the base course which have
been disturbed by the construction shall be prepared and seeded (including
fertilizing) according to NYSDOT Specifications Section 610. Plantings,
if specified on the approved plans, shall be accomplished according
to NYSDOT Specifications Section 611 unless otherwise specified.
A street, in order to be generally acceptable
for a Village street, must be:
A.
Spacious, with a minimum width of 60 feet, with curbing.
B.
Properly planned and constructed.
C.
Equipped with adequate draining facilities, including
catch basins and surface water sewers, properly located.
D.
Equipped with adequate sanitary sewers, properly located.
E.
Equipped with an adequate water supply system, for
water distribution and consumption, and fire protection with hydrants.
