A. 
The applicant shall establish and clearly mark the side of the limits of the right-of-way, the center line, the grades of the roadway and the location and elevation of drainage structures. Such markers shall be maintained at the applicant's expense until construction of roadway, drainage and shoulders has been completed and accepted by the Town of Bethel.
B. 
Unless otherwise directed in writing by the Town Board, final grading of the right-of-way and construction of road pavement shall be delayed until all utilities, including house connections, have been installed and backfill in trenches has thoroughly settled. Earth shoulders and flow lines of ditches shall be maintained at all times at the applicant's expense during the course of construction.
C. 
Construction of road, pavement, shoulders and drainage structures shall be under the direction of the applicant's engineer and the Town Board.
D. 
Samples of materials to be used in the construction of the roadway shall be furnished to the Town Board, and it shall determine if laboratory tests are necessary. The applicant shall be required to pay for any standard engineering tests which the Town Board shall deem necessary.
E. 
The Town Board shall be granted full access to any construction taking place under these specifications and shall be allowed to take any standard engineering field test which may be appropriate.
F. 
All thicknesses called for are compacted thicknesses.
G. 
The roadway shall be constructed as shown on the attached typical section.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The Typical Road Section Diagram is included at the end of this chapter.
H. 
Guide rails. Guide rail type and location is to be installed in accordance with the latest New York State Department of Transportation requirements.
I. 
Signs. All signs installed shall be in conformance with the New York State Manual of Uniform Control Devices.
A. 
Clearing and grubbing. Clearing and grubbing shall consist of clearing the area of all trees, down timber, snags, brush and other vegetation and shall include grubbing stumps or roots. The area to be cleared and grubbed shall be limited to that area to be covered by the roadway proper, shoulders, side slopes and ditches. All cleared material shall be removed from the development or buried in a lot unsuitable for a building or otherwise disposed of in a manner approved by the Town Board.
B. 
Subbase. All rock and boulders larger than six inches in diameter shall be excavated six inches below the finished subgrade of the roadway. All topsoil or otherwise soft or unstable material shall be removed from within the roadway, shoulders and ditches and shall be replaced with suitable borrow. Fill required to complete the approved grades shall be acceptable to the Town Board.
C. 
Base course. Base course shall be 12 inches thick, 28 feet wide and will consist of either eight inches of shale (shale to be approved by Highway Superintendent) with four inches of processed gravel (two-inch maximum stones) on top or bank-run gravel with maximum stone size of six inches. Upon installation of the base, 5/10 of a gallon of MC 30 road oil per square yard shall be applied. Gravel base with MC 30 coating shall be allowed to settle for at least one year before pavement is put on.
D. 
Pavement. Pavement shall be motor paved with No. 1 stone, three inches thick, 18 feet wide, sealed with 0.4 gallon MC5 and No. 1A stone.
[Amended 2-10-1988; 10-14-1992; 11-5-1998]
A. 
All drainage facilities with a waterway area of 25 square feet or less shall be of steel construction (not corrugated) and shall be designed to accommodate runoff for a storm of ten-year frequency.
B. 
Drainage structures with a waterway area over 25 square feet will be designed by a professional engineer and shall be capable of carrying the runoff from a storm of fifty-year frequency. The type and size shall be approved by the Town Board and shall be constructed to the prescribed line and grade at the approved location.
C. 
In no event shall the diameter of any sluice pipe be less than 12 inches.
D. 
Drainage channels shall be designed following generally accepted hydraulic engineering principles. Channels shall be normally of a trapezoidal cross section with side slopes of two feet on one foot.
E. 
The banks on both sides of drainage facilities and bridges servicing a stream or larger watercourse shall have riprapped construction of the banks beyond the head walls. Distance of riprap is to be determined by the Town Board.
All areas designated for turf establishment by the Town Board shall be seeded, fertilized, limed and mulched utilizing the following materials in the quantities specified:
A. 
Seed: four pounds per 1,000 square feet.
(1) 
Fescue, Tall Kentucky 31: 2.0 pounds per 1,000 square feet.
(2) 
Bird's foot trefoil empire: 0.6 pounds per 1,000 square feet.
(3) 
Ryegrass, annual: 1.4 pounds per 1,000 square feet.
B. 
Ground limestone: 40 pounds per 1,000 square feet.
C. 
Fertilizer: 25 pounds per 1,000 square feet.
(1) 
Total nitrogen: 10%.
(2) 
Available phosphoric acid: 10%.
(3) 
Water-soluble potash: 10%.
D. 
Mulch: approximately 125 pounds per 1,000 square feet.
(1) 
Straw or hay.
Any proposed street name shall be approved by the Town Board of the Town of Bethel. In general, streets shall have names and not numbers or letters. The applicant shall pay for the cost of approved street signs and signposts.