[Adopted 8-5-1966]
This article shall be known as the "Road Construction
Ordinance of the Borough of Glen Gardner."
When used in this article the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Those which carry traffic from minor streets to the major
thoroughfares, including the principal entrance streets of a residential
development, and streets for circulation within such a development.
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 terminals.
An improved right-of-way over which there is a public right
of passage and which transverses 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."
Those which are used primarily for access to the abutting
properties.
Any person, firm, association or corporation having an interest
in the subject matter hereof, and shall include, for the purposes
of this article, the owner, developer, applicant, agent, engineer
or other person representing such owner as defined herein.
A general term and is a right-of-way, improved or unimproved,
over which there is a public right of passage.
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.
That portion of a road, street or highway which, when constructed,
is intended to accommodate vehicular passage or travel.
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 comply with the following minimum specifications
and requirements, and no map intended as a dedication of any lands
for public streets, roads or highways submitted to the Borough Council
for approval will be approved or accepted for such purposes unless
such map shall comply with the following specifications and requirements:
B.
Curb. All streets shall be curbed with bituminous
concrete curb (Mold G) in accordance with the Standard Specifications
and Standard Details of the New Jersey State Highway Department.
C.
Data required. All streets are to be built in accordance
with plans and specifications prepared by a professional engineer,
licensed to practice in the State of New Jersey, and which have been
approved by the Borough Engineer. Provision shall be made to show
the required approval on the plans. The plans and specifications shall
include existing and finished center-line profiles and cross-sections,
plan view showing right-of-way and center-line alignment, metes and
bounds, and construction features and details necessary to indicate
proper drainage, intersections, grades and other features sufficient
to be the basis for construction. Plans and specifications must clearly
indicate the provision for ultimate disposition of surface waters.
D.
Pavement. The traveled way of all streets shall be
built to the following minimum requirements: The wearing surface of
the traveled way shall be paved. The type of paving shall be a seven-inch
improved pavement. It shall have a base of four inches compacted depth
of two-and-one-half-inch crushed stone ballast bound up completely
with Grade B screenings. The pavement surface shall be of the following
types:
(1)
Two inches of one-and-one-half-inch crushed stone
penetrated with 1.90 gallons per square yard (cold measure) or tar
Grade R/T-11 or 12 or Asphalt OA-4, covered with three-fourths-inch
or five-eighths-inch crushed stone or gravel chips and then covered
with a one-inch compacted depth of Type A or T or FABC-1 premixed
surface pavement. All work shall be done in accordance with New Jersey
State Highway Department Standard Specifications, or the equivalent
as approved by the Borough Engineer.
(2)
Three inches of one-and-one-half-inch crushed stone penetrated with two applications of the same grades of bituminous material as mentioned in Subsection D(1) above, the first application being 2.00 gallons per square yard (cold measure) and covered with three-fourths-inch or five-eighths-inch crushed stone or gravel chips; the second application being approximately 0.75 gallons per square yard (cold measure) and covered with three-eighths-inch crushed stone or crushed gravel chips. All operations are to be completely rolled. After 30 days a seal coat of 1/3 gallon per square yard (cold measure) of Tar Grade RT-7 or 8 Asphalt RC-2 or 3 is to be applied and covered with 25 pounds per square yard of three-eighths-inch crushed stone or gravel chips and rolled. All work shall be done under the New Jersey State Highway Department Standard Specifications, or the equivalent as approved by the Borough Engineer. The type of bituminous material used in the seal coat must agree with that used in penetration, i.e., tar or asphalt.
E.
Drainage.
(1)
Plans and construction shall include provisions for
adequate drainage and disposition of surface waters. Detailed plans
and profiles shall be submitted and approved covering cross-drains,
runoffs, culverts, storm sewers, catch basins and other drainage facilities
and appurtenances. All driveway pipes and drainage facilities must
be of cast-iron pipe or reinforced concrete pipe. All sizes of pipe
must be determined in advance of installation by the Borough Engineer
or Road Supervisor, but in no case shall the owner install a pipe
of less than 12 inches inside diameter.
(2)
In the event that any ditch, pipeline or watercourse
crosses the right-of-way, proper provisions must be made for carrying
it and must be shown on the plans. If the watercourse is such as to
come under the jurisdiction of the Hunterdon County Board of Freeholders,
written consent to the location of the street must accompany the map.
F.
Procedure and materials. All work performed shall
comply strictly with all of the requirements of the New Jersey Highway
Department Standard Specifications for Road and Bridge Construction
(1961), except as amended, modified or supplemented herein. The New
Jersey State Highway Department Standard Construction Details shall
govern except insofar as the same are modified or changed by these
specifications and/or the Borough Engineer.
A.
A survey map of the road, street or highway, made
by a land surveyor licensed to practice in New Jersey, shall be submitted
to the Borough Clerk, at least 10 days prior to the regular Council
meeting at which request for acceptance is to be made, along with
a fee of $25 to reimburse the borough for the cost of reviewing and
processing the plans, and the following supporting documents: One
copy of the survey map on translucent tracing cloth drawn in India
ink (reproduction tracing on linen acceptable); two black- or blue-on-white
prints on cloth and three black- or blue-on-white paper prints of
the survey; deed of conveyance by metes and bounds consistent with
the survey map; three black- or blue-on-white prints of each of the
several street plan and profile drawings; three copies of the written
specifications. A subdivision final plot suitable for filing at the
County Clerk's Office in accordance with N.J.S.A. Cum. Supp. 46:23-1
et seq. (the Map Filing Act)[1] will be acceptable as a survey map under this section.
[1]
Editor's Note: N.J.S.A. Cum. Supp. 46:23-1
et seq. was repealed by L. 1953, c. 358. See now N.J.S.A. 46:23-9.9
et seq.
B.
The survey map shall show completely the road with
metes and bounds designated, relationship of the road with surrounding
or adjoining roads or properties and shall indicate sufficient monumentation
with the ties between key monuments and permanent terrain features
to permit reasonable resurvey of the street. Provision for legal size
monuments of durable material shall be made in accordance with the
street monumentation provisions of the Map Filing Act. The survey
map shall also show the owner's name and address, surveyor's name
and license number, street names, scale, date and reference meridian.
C.
Owners are encouraged to discuss their plan for proposed
new streets, roads or highways with the Borough Council prior to preparation
of detailed plans, surveys and specifications so as to avoid expensive
changes after formal application is made for acceptance.
The approval of any maps and plans for the purpose
of enabling owners to comply with the provisions of N.J.S.A. 46:23-9.2(p)
and (q) or 46:23-9.3[1] shall not be deemed an acceptance of any roads shown thereon,
nor shall the Borough of Glen Gardner, prior to the final adoption
of an ordinance for such purpose, be in any way obligated to maintain
or exercise jurisdiction over any of such roads, streets or highways.
[1]
Editor's Note: N.J.S.A. 46:23-9.2(p) and (q)
and 46:23-9.3 were repealed by L. 1960, c. 141. See now N.J.S.A. 46:23-9.11
and 46:23-9.12.
The Borough Council, in its discretion, may
refuse to approve or accept any road, street or highway notwithstanding
compliance with all of 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 hereof.
All costs for plans, monuments, descriptions
and grading and pavement shall be the sole responsibility of the person,
partnership, association of persons or corporation dedicating same;
provided, however, that the borough shall assume the cost of paving
or shall actually pave those streets where the Mayor and Common Council
have previously agreed with the owner to commit the borough to such
responsibility or expense; it being further provided, however, that
in the case of such exceptions all other provisions of this article
shall nonetheless apply.
No construction hereunder is to commence until approval of plans and specifications is granted as required under §§ 143-12 and 143-13.
A.
Notification shall be given to the Borough Engineer
not less than two days prior to the commencement of any construction,
and the Borough Engineer is authorized to make at least three inspections
so as to ensure that the construction requirements of this article
are met as the construction proceeds.
B.
All reasonable engineering costs incidental to such
authorized inspections shall be borne by the applicant.
C.
Within 30 days following completion of the street
construction, the Borough Engineer shall certify to the Mayor and
Common Council that the street has been constructed in accordance
with the standards herein specified and conforms in all respects hereto.
Before the acceptance of any road, street or
highway by the Borough Council, an affidavit shall be made by the
owner certifying that all requirements of this article have been met
and that all costs assessed under the article for inspection and all
costs incurred in the construction of the road, street or highway
have been paid.
[Added 3-4-1997 by Ord.
No. 97-4]
Any violation of the provisions of this article
shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding $1,000, imprisonment for
a term not to exceed 90 days and/or a period of community service
not to exceed 90 days. Each day that the violation continues to exist
shall constitute a separate offense.
