[Adopted 7-9-2007 by Ord. No. 3-2007[1]]
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also provided for the repeal
of former Art. IV, Street Openings, adopted 12-9-1991 by Ord. No.
14-1991, as amended.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
The authorized person representing the property owner being
served by the work or the contractor who signed the street opening
permit. The applicant shall be considered the "permittee" under this
specification.
The Borough of Ingram.
An area or strip of land designated and held by the Borough
of Ingram for the passage and use of the general public by a motor
vehicle. The Borough right-of-way shall include all land within the
full width of the road easement (right-of-way).
The person(s) or firm performing the work within the Borough
right-of-way.
The Borough Engineer for the Borough of Ingram or his duly
authorized representative.
The permit as issued by the Borough for new or widened driveways
connecting to a Borough road.
The Borough of Ingram.
The property owner being served by the work performed as
authorized under the street opening permit. The property owner shall
be responsible for all actions of the applicant and the contractor
shall be considered a "permittee" under this specification.
The permit as issued by the Borough for any excavations in
the Borough right-of-way.
Any construction activity taking place in whole or in part
within the Borough right-of-way.
A.
Any person desiring to make an excavation in any Borough right-of-way
in the Borough of Ingram (including any excavation outside the traveled
paved way but within the public road bounds/easement) shall first
obtain a street opening permit from the Borough.
B.
Any person desiring to construct or establish an entrance to any
Borough right-of-way in the Borough of Ingram (including the widening
of any existing entrance) shall first obtain an entrance permit from
the Borough.
C.
Excavations of less than four square feet will not require curb-to-curb
restoration as specified unless multiple small excavations exist in
the same area so as to avoid the restoration requirements.
D.
The cost for the street opening permit and entrance permit shall
be established by the Council for the Borough of Ingram in its fee
resolution.
A.
Restoration of Borough property shall be the responsibility of the
permittee and all such restoration work shall be performed in accordance
with these specifications.
B.
All curb and sidewalk construction/restoration shall comply with
the American National Standard, ANSI A117.1-1986, for providing accessibility
and usability for physically handicapped people.
C.
All restoration shall be for the entire width of the street when
excavation is within road pavement. The restoration shall also include
five feet on either side of the trench longitudinally.
The term "Standard Specification" as referenced shall mean the
Standard Specifications, Highways and Bridges issued by the State
of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation (PennDOT), including
all addenda thereto.
A.
The permittee is responsible for obtaining any permits or approvals
as may be necessary for this work from any agency or Borough department
also having jurisdiction over the work, including, but not limited
to, the following:
B.
Issuance of a street opening permit does not constitute an approval
by any other agency.
A.
The permittee or contractor shall provide and maintain the liability
insurance coverage for premises, operations (bodily injury/property
damage $500,000 combined single limit/$1,000,000 aggregate) before
the start of any work within the Borough right-of-way.
B.
Upon demand, a copy of the certificate of insurance on the Standard
Insurance Comprehensive Form shall be provided to the Borough.
Before commencing any excavation work, the permittee shall notify
all underground facilities operators and PA One Call in accordance
with the Pennsylvania state law.
A.
Where the permittee is required or has removed for the convenience
of this work any traffic sign, sign or similar improvement, he shall
restore same to its original place in as good a condition as was originally
found.
B.
The permittee shall be responsible for protecting, within the work
zone, any existing right-of-way or survey monuments (i.e., iron pipes,
granite markers, etc.) during construction. If it is apparent the
construction work may or will disturb monumentation, the permittee
shall contact a professional land surveyor so that monumentation can
be located and offset prior to excavation.
C.
If the excavation/construction work disturbs or removes any existing
property or right-of-way monumentation or survey marker, the permittee
shall, at his or her expense, have the monument reset by a professional
land surveyor.
D.
All traffic regulatory signs that must be removed during the progress
of the work shall be temporarily relocated and shall remain in service
as directed by the Borough Engineer.
A.
Provide all facilities and traffic controls needed per the latest
version of the PennDOT specifications for maintaining public use of
the site, including, but not necessarily limited to:
B.
Traffic control shall be the sole responsibility of the permittee.
C.
Traffic control plan.
(1)
For streets listed below, a traffic control plan shall be submitted
to the Engineer for prior approval if the work zone will occupy or
block any of the travel lanes on any of the streets. The permittee
shall submit one reproducible copy of the plan(s). The plan shall
identify the means whereby partial or full disruption of traffic will
be safely cared for. The permittee shall prepare the traffic control
plan in conformance with the requirements of the United States Department
of Transportation, "Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD),
Part VI, "Standards & Guides for Traffic Controls for Street and
Highway Construction, Maintenance, Utility, and Incident Management
Operations," 1988 Edition, Revision 3, September 3, 1993. Include
on the plan, but do not necessarily limit control devices to:
(2)
Streets requiring a specially approved traffic control plan are:
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Name of Street
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Center Avenue
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Ingram Avenue
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West Prospect Avenue
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(Other streets may require a traffic control plan to be submitted
and approved in advance as may be determined by the Engineer or Chief
of Police).
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D.
No street is to be closed completely to through traffic unless a
traffic control plan has been submitted to and approved in advance
by the Engineer and Chief of Police and the appropriate signs are
in place.
(1)
The Borough of Ingram reserves the right to restrict the duration
and scheduled closing of any street. The permittee shall take all
steps to minimize the time a street is to be closed to through traffic.
For approved closures, the following steps shall be required:
(a)
Restore all streets to two-way traffic during all non-work times
(the street shall be left in safe condition to allow such traffic).
(b)
No open excavations are left in the traveled way overnight unless
specifically approved.
(c)
Coordinate all blockage of drives with the affected property
owners.
E.
Implementation of traffic control.
(1)
All work zone signs shall be reflectorized with black lettering on
an orange background, or as specified by PennDOT. A sufficient number
and type of signs and traffic control devices shall be provided in
accordance with the PennDOT.
(2)
The permittee shall provide flagging stations as detailed by the
traffic control plan or if deemed necessary by the Engineer in order
to maintain a smooth and safe flow of traffic. Flaggers shall be provided
with a hard hat, safety vest, paddle sign and shall direct and control
the traffic pattern in a safe and PennDOT-approved manner.
(3)
Inspect the site at least twice daily to verify all controls are
in place and the site is in proper and safe condition throughout the
progress of the work.
(4)
The permittee is responsible for contacting, in advance, the Police
and Fire Departments to constantly apprise them of traffic detours
and road blockages.
(5)
The permittee shall provide and maintain at all times during the
work an adequate ingress and egress for the residents and any businesses
in or adjacent to the work site.
(6)
Emergency vehicle access shall be allowed within the work site at
all times.
(7)
The permittee shall provide emergency service at nights and on the
weekends should the work site need attention due to weather conditions
or similar problems. An on-call number shall be given to the Engineer
and Police Department.
(8)
All traffic regulatory signs that must be removed while work progresses
shall be temporarily relocated and shall remain in service as directed
by the Engineer.
A.
The permittee shall, on a regular basis, or after notice by the Engineer
or Borough, remove and sweep clean any dirt, mud, silt, or any other
debris that accumulates on the pavement in the area of the project.
Such action by the permittee shall be done to the satisfaction of
the Engineer and whenever deemed necessary by the Engineer or Borough.
B.
The permittee shall conduct operations and maintain the area of activities,
including sweeping and sprinkling of streets and the building site,
as necessary, so as to minimize the creation and suppression of dust.
The use of calcium chloride for dust control is prohibited unless
specifically allowed, in writing, by the Engineer or Borough. The
permittee shall control dust through periodic sweeping and wetting
of the project area or through the use of straw mulch in some cases.
A.
The permittee shall maintain services of any and all private or public
utilities during the course of the work as directed by the Engineer
or Borough. Required interruptions shall be scheduled in advance with
the Borough Engineer or Borough and the work performed continuously
so as to minimize the duration of the interruption.
B.
No gutters or ditches shall be obstructed so as to interfere with
surface drainage, except as permitted by the Engineer or Borough.
Take temporary measures for runoff control to prevent sediment from
discharging into the storm drainage system. Such measures shall conform
to the Chapter 102, "PA Erosion and Sediment Control Handbook for
Construction." Such measures may include:
C.
Obtain approval of the Borough Engineer of proposed method(s) prior
to commencing any excavation work.
A.
Permittee will be required to place and compact eight inches of AASHTO
No. 1 limestone and two inches of PennDOT 2A limestone. Sufficient
PennDOT 2A limestone shall be used to choke the AASHTO #1 limestone
and still have a ten-inch subbase.
[Amended 6-13-2016 by Ord. No. 2-2016]
B.
The subbase will be placed to the proposed profile in order to maintain
a consistent depth for the bituminous binder course and the bituminous
wearing surface across the roadway.
A.
This item shall include a bituminous binder course for leveling and
obtaining the proper profile. The bituminous binder shall be four
inches of compacted Superpave bituminous binder course. The bituminous
binder course shall be applied in accordance with PennDOT Publication
408, Specifications. See attached Detail No. 1 ("Bituminous Street
Opening Repair Detail")[1] for additional requirements and details.
[1]
Editor's Note: Detail No. 1, Bituminous Street Opening
Repair Detail, is included as an attachment to this chapter.
B.
The contractor must have the proposed bituminous binder course mixes
approved by PennDOT prior to starting the work.
C.
Prior to the placement of any of the above asphalt materials, job
mix formula reports shall be submitted to the Engineer or his representative
and asphalt cement bill of lading tickets shall be required during
placement.
D.
During the placement of the material, compaction density testing
shall be completed by the permittee, in accordance with PennDOT specifications
and the results submitted to the inspector on a daily basis.
A.
The roadway pavement shall be cut to its full depth before excavation
commences. The permittee shall use a rotary saw or a steel cutting
wheel, providing the pavement is cut for the full depth and a neat
straight cut is produced. If the cutting method used does not produce
satisfactory results, the permittee shall take alternative action
as directed by the Engineer or Borough. If the construction operations
damage the cut line, the permittee shall also cut out the damaged
area/edge by square-cutting the area to remove the damaged section
as approved by the Engineer or Borough.
A.
Backfill excavations in lifts to the base layer. Mechanically compact
fill in layers as specified below. Excavated material, excluding boulders/rocks
greater than eight inches, pavement and organic material, shall not
be reused as general backfill providing.
B.
Permittee will be required to place and compact six-inch lifts of
AASHTO No. 57 limestone.
[Amended 6-13-2016 by Ord. No. 2-2016]
[Amended 6-13-2016 by Ord. No. 2-2016]
A.
All materials shall be mechanically compacted in layers no more than
six inches in thickness. Compaction and methods shall be required
by the Standard Specifications.
A.
After placing and compacting the two stone base courses as described above, place (except as noted in Subsection B below) a four-inch binder course and then tack coat all pavement edges and place a 1 1/2-inch top course layer. Each layer shall be raked and checked with a straight edge and then compacted with a steel-wheeled roller. For areas inaccessible to the roller, a vibrating plate tamper will be used.
B.
Where saw-cut lines are damaged during excavation or backfilling,
they shall be redone by and at the permittee's expense to remove
the damaged area prior to the restoration of the pavement.
A.
Restore the asphalt curb to match the adjoining curb size and shape.
B.
Provide a six-inch curb reveal for all replacement curb.
C.
The curb shall have a foundation equal to the road base with a twelve-inch-wide
two-inch-thick asphalt base to fully support the asphalt curb. Prior
to placing the curb, the foundation course shall be thoroughly cleaned
of all foreign and objectionable material. String or chalk lines shall
be positioned on the prepared base to provide guidelines. The foundation
shall be uniformly painted with tack coat as specified under Standard
Specifications, Section 410 - Bituminous Surface Treatment.
D.
The curb shall be placed by an approved power-operated extruding
type machine using the shape mold called for. A tight bond shall be
obtained between the base and the curb. The Engineer may permit the
placing of curbing by other than the mechanical curb placing machines
when short sections or sections with short radii are required. The
resulting curbing shall conform in all respects to the curbing produced
by the machine.
E.
Curb may be accepted or rejected on the basis of appearance in regard
to texture, alignment or both. All damaged curb shall be removed and
replaced at the permittee's expense.
A.
If the permittee fails to timely repair a defect, the Borough of
Ingram reserves the right to cause the repairs to be made with all
costs incurred to be at the expense of the permittee.
Any person, partnership, firm or corporation violating the provisions
of this article shall, upon conviction in any District Court, be fined
not more than $600, plus costs of prosecution, and in default of payment
of such fine and costs shall be subject to imprisonment for not more
than 30 days.
