[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Council
of the Township of Marlboro as indicated in article histories. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 8-9-1962 (Ch. 120 of the 1981 Code); amended in
its entirety 5-17-2018 by Ord.
No. 2018-12]
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons, firm or corporation
or any agent, servant or employer of any such person or persons, firm
or corporation, on or after the effective date of this article, to
dig up and excavate or make any opening in any street, road, avenue
or highway owned or under the jurisdiction of the Township of Marlboro,
or in any portion thereon, within the territorial limits of the Township
of Marlboro for any purpose whatsoever without first having obtained
a written permit on such forms as shall be approved by the Township
and upon compliance with the provisions of this article. An application
for a permit shall be made to the Municipal Engineer of the Township
of Marlboro. All permits shall be approved by the Municipal Engineer
and Public Works Director. Permits shall be issued for a period not
to exceed six months. Expired permits may be renewed upon written
request.
Every applicant for a permit for a street opening in accordance with § 326-1 on a form designated by the Township, which shall contain the following information:
A.
When the work shall begin, how long the trench shall be open, what
distance from the center of the road, curb or edge of pavement shall
the trench be dug and a diagram pertaining thereto, a description
of any special conditions, the name of a person and address of one
who may be served with any notice as provided in this article and
such additional information as the Municipal Engineer shall require.
B.
The application shall further provide that the applicant agrees to
open no greater part of the road, street or highway at any time than
shall be approved by the Municipal Engineer.
C.
Every application shall be submitted with a fee of $100. For services
and inspections made by the Township of Marlboro, the Township of
Marlboro shall be entitled to an inspection fee in addition to the
permit fee of $100. The inspection fee shall be calculated as follows:
$8 per linear foot measured along the longest section of the cut for
the first 50 linear feet; $3 per linear foot for the next 150 linear
feet; $1.50 per linear foot for the next 300 linear feet; and $1 per
linear foot thereafter [after 500 linear feet]. However, in the case
of standard square openings measuring three feet by three feet, the
fee for services and inspection shall be $150. In addition to the
application and inspection fee, a returnable deposit of the greater
of $500 or $25 per square foot is required. Said deposits shall be
paid by certified check made payable to the Township of Marlboro and
shall be held until the work has been completed and approved and accepted
by the Municipal Engineer for the Township of Marlboro. At the time
of completion and acceptance of the final road restoration, the deposit
shall be returned. The acceptance of said work and the approval thereof
by the Municipal Engineer shall be indicated by his written approval
and acceptance.
(1)
In lieu of deposit required in § 326-2C, a public utility may substitute a surety bond, cash bond or letter of credit running to the Township of Marlboro in the amount of $20,000 for minimum deposits. Public utilities will then prepay inspection fees at the time of the filing of an application pursuant to § 326-2C.
(2)
New or replacement of curb/driveway apron: Inspection fee per opening
for each curb/apron provided for in the road opening permit shall
be $150.
D.
In the event that the work shall not be satisfactorily completed
in accordance with the provisions of this article and is, therefore,
not accepted by the Municipal Engineer within six months of completing
the excavation, the Township may do the necessary work, at its election,
to complete the same, and the cost thereof shall be deducted from
and out of the deposit money so posted, as aforesaid required; and
upon the completion of the work by the Township and within two weeks
thereafter, the final charge made therefor will be billed to the permittee,
and the original deposit, to the extent that it will pay the same,
will be credited against the total cost, and in the event that the
deposit exceeds the amount of the total cost, the amount left over,
or the surplus, will be returned to the permittee.
E.
The cost to the Township for doing said work shall be on the basis
of and according to the following schedule of costs, namely:
(1)
The cost to the Township shall be on the basis of and according to
a computation to be made by the Municipal Engineer, which shall include
the actual cost of all material and labor incurred by the Township
in connection therewith, plus an additional 10% to cover the service
rendered by the Township and the overhead in connection therewith.
(2)
The Municipal Engineer may delay any approval and acceptance as provided
herein for a sufficient period of time to allow the fill in any opening
to settle, and he shall determine the time when final acceptance and
approval shall be given of the fill and other work as required pursuant
to this article.
F.
If the work is satisfactorily performed and accepted by the Municipal
Engineer, the deposit to be returned, as aforesaid mentioned, shall
be returned within one week after such acceptance.
No person shall dig up and excavate or make any opening in any
street, road, avenue or highway owned or under the jurisdiction or
to be ultimately dedicated and accepted for ownership and jurisdiction
by the Township of Marlboro within five years of completion of any
reconstruction, bituminous concrete surface overlay or other construction
to improve the surface for the motoring public unless the work is
of an emergent nature which immediately threatens public safety or
health.
A.
Emergency opening. Applications for emergency road openings shall be reviewed and approved by either the Township Engineer, the Public Works Director or the Division of Police prior to initiating any work. Full permit application compliance in accordance with Chapter 326 shall be required by the Township within 24 hours, or the next business day.
B.
Roadway restoration. A full width road restoration shall be required.
The restoration shall consist of six-inch dense graded aggregate base
course, and a six-inch bituminous stabilized base course, Mix I-2,
brought to existing grade, within the excavated area. A full width,
curb to curb, milling two inches in depth to extend 20 feet beyond
the limit of excavations will be performed after proper settlement
of the trench area. The allowable time for settlement shall be 45
days unless otherwise directed by the Municipal Engineer. The final
surface course shall be a two-inch bituminous concrete surface course,
Mix I-5.
In addition to the deposit required by § 326-2, the permittee shall post a surety bond, cash bond or letter of credit for the benefit of the Township of Marlboro in an amount equal to double the amount calculated in accordance with § 326-2C. The bond required by this section shall guarantee the faithful performance of the permittee of all of the provisions of this article under which the permit is issued, and which bond shall remain and be effective during the term of the permit granted or any renewal or extension thereof and until the work has been inspected and accepted by the Township through its Municipal Engineer or his designee.
A.
Every permittee under any permit issued hereunder shall fully comply
with the following rules, regulations and conditions, and in addition
to any other remedies available to the Township, the Township shall
have the right at any time when the interest of the public requires
it, upon failure of the permittee to comply with any of said rules,
regulations and conditions, to suspend or revoke any permit issued
to such permittee who has violated or is violating any of such rules,
regulations or conditions. Revocation may be by a written notice to
that effect, served upon the person in charge of the work of the applicant
or any other person and at any other address furnished in the application.
A hearing on any revocation or suspension may be had before the Township
Administrator upon application for same being made by the permittee
and upon giving five days' notice to that effect and by serving
said notice upon the Township Clerk.
(1)
Protection for traveling public. The permittee may be required to
submit a traffic control plan subject to the review and approval by
the Division of Police if directed to do so by the Municipal Engineer.
At the end of each working day, all openings shall be filled with
either RCA or stone such that no opening shall be permitted overnight.
In doing the work there shall be as little interference as possible
with travel along the road, and no greater part of the road shall
be opened at any time than shall be allowed by the Municipal Engineer
or Public Works Director. Transverse openings involving the full width
of the highway shall be made so that only 1/2 of the highway will
be obstructed at any one time. The work shall be scheduled and executed
so as to present a minimum of inconvenience to the traveling public.
Where feasible, pipes, mains and conduits shall be bored under all
pavements. Tunnels may be driven if and where directed.
(2)
Protection from suits. The permittee shall save harmless the Township
of Marlboro, its officers and servants from and against any loss,
injury or damage resulting from any negligence or fault of the permittee,
his or its agents or servants in connection with the performance of
the work covered by the permit.
(3)
Time limit. All permits shall be valid for a period of six months
from the date of approval by the Municipal Engineer. In case the work
has not been completed before the day of expiration as shown on the
permit and the permittee has not requested an extension of time, the
Municipal Engineer or Public Works Director may, if deemed advisable,
take steps to backfill the trench and replace a permanent pavement
over the opening for which the permit has been issued at the cost
of the permittee.
(4)
Excavation. The work shall be so conducted as not to interfere with
any existing water main, sewer, gas or telephone or their connections
with houses or so as to damage any existing trees or roots thereof,
until permission of the proper authorities shall have been obtained.
All rock within five feet of a water main or other pipe which will
be damaged thereby shall be removed without blasting.
(5)
Backfilling and temporary paving. The permittee shall completely
backfill and puddle the excavation and the trench with sand, gravel
or other proper material, acceptably compressed as required, and shall
remove excess material from the premises. If tamping alone is employed,
the material shall be placed in layers not exceeding six inches in
thickness, moistened if directed, and each layer shall be energetically
tamped until thoroughly compacted to a density of not less than 95%
of the established reference maximum density. Longitudinal ditches
may be compacted by rolling with suitably heavy mechanical, self-powered
rollers. Dual-tired trucks shall not be used for said purpose. Trenches
may not be flushed except under specific permission of the road foreman
or other person in charge. If, for any reason, immediate replacement
of permanent pavement is not feasible, the excavation shall be backfilled
and consolidated as specified above, after which not less than three
inches of hot patch material shall be placed to street or road grade.
The permittee is required to maintain the temporary pavement in a
satisfactory condition so as to not impede, obstruct, or disrupt traffic
until permanent repairs are made. Once the excavation work area has
been properly saw-cut and the backfill properly compacted, the permittee
shall install no less than six inches of bituminous stabilized base
course, Mix No. I-2, to the surface of the excavation. Pavement shall
be removed a minimum of six inches on each side of the excavation
to expose undisturbed subgrade. Excavations of less than two feet
from the curbline will require removal of the existing pavement from
excavation to the curbline. If any curbing has been undermined during
excavation, the curbing shall be removed and replaced as directed
by the Municipal Engineer.
(6)
All excavations shall be allowed to settle for no less than 90 days
and no more than 180 days. During this time period, the permittee
shall be responsible for maintaining the surface of the excavation
so as to not impede, obstruct, or disrupt traffic.
(7)
Pavement surface restorations shall be conducted as follows:
(a)
For existing street improvements, the permittee shall remove the bituminous stabilized base repair to a depth of 1 1/2 inches below the surface of the existing street. Milling of excavations in existing street improvements may be required on a case-by-case basis as determined by Township Engineer. Milling limits shall be in accordance with Subsection A(7)(d) below.
(b)
For new street improvements, the permittee will be required
to mill all excavation work to the limits determined by the Municipal
Engineer. The Municipal Engineer may waive this requirement for a
minor individual opening.
(c)
For concrete streets with a bituminous overlay, milling will
be required to the full depth of the overlay to the limits determined
by the Municipal Engineer.
(d)
Milling of all street improvements shall conform to the following
standards:
[1]
For all excavations in new street improvements, the Municipal
Engineer, at his discretion, may require half-width or full-width
milling on all excavations as deemed appropriate.
[2]
The minimum width of milling shall be six feet three inches.
Milling shall extend a minimum of six inches for existing streets
and 18 inches for new streets on all sides of the excavation work.
[3]
All milling shall extend to the curb or edge of pavement.
[4]
All milling within three feet of the center line of the street
shall extend to the center line.
[5]
For excavations which disturb 30% or more of the width of the
street surface, milling shall extend from the curb or edge of pavement
to the center line of the street.
[6]
Excavations along the center line of the street for more than
50 linear feet will require full-width milling of the street surface.
[7]
Edges of milling will generally be perpendicular and parallel
to the curbline or edge of pavement and the center line of the roadway.
[8]
The Township Engineer has the discretion to extend, modify or
revise milling limits to accommodate existing pavement and drainage
conditions.
(e)
All milled areas shall be treated with a tack coat and paved
with a minimum of 1 1/2 inches of bituminous concrete surface
course (Mix No. I-5).
(f)
The minimum permitted permanent repairs shall be as follows:
[1]
In streets constructed with concrete: replacement of an equivalent
concrete pavement.
[2]
In streets constructed with bituminous concrete: construction
of a hot-mixed bituminous stabilized base (Mix No. I-2), six inches
thick, and a hot-mixed bituminous concrete surface course (Mix No.
I-5), 1 1/2 inches thick. All pavement edges are to be cut and
neatly matched; no overlaying existing pavements will be permitted.
[3]
In streets constructed of concrete with a bituminous concrete
overlay: replacement of equivalent concrete and bituminous pavement.
Bituminous concrete will be hot-mix bituminous concrete surface course
(Mix No. I-5), thickness to match existing, and hot-mix bituminous
stabilized base (Mix No. I-2), thickness to match existing. Replacement
of the cement concrete with bituminous concrete is not permitted.
[4]
In streets of lesser construction: as approved by the Municipal
Engineer at time of issuance of permit.
[5]
If the particular existing street pavements exceed these criteria,
higher-type repairs may be required.
(g)
All materials and workmanship shall be in accordance with the
New Jersey Department of Transportation Standard Specifications.
B.
The Municipal Engineer or Public Works Director may authorize the removal and replacement of any defective patchwork or surface treatment work made by the permittee and charge the cost of labor and materials for such removal and replacement to the permittee, in accordance with the charges provided for under § 326-2 hereof.
C.
In no event shall any opening or excavation be made in any public
street, road or highway within the Township of Marlboro which shall
be of a greater size or length than can be filled in and completed
within 48 hours by the available material and equipment located at
the site for the doing of said work.
D.
If any opening herein authorized and of the type herein authorized
is not completely enclosed at night or is partially completed and
not finished, then, during the hours of dark that such excavation
continues in existence in such manner, there shall be, in addition
to any other precautions required for the safety of the public, during
the daytime, sufficient barriers which shall be lighted with sufficient
lighting so as to enable the public using said public street, road
or highway to be warned of the presence of same therein, which lights
or flares so used shall be of such size and be so constructed that
they shall be visible for a distance of at least 200 feet from their
location and shall be placed at each end of the excavation, so that
there shall be at least one of such lights or flares at each end thereof,
which shall be located at a distance not closer than 50 feet to said
opening in both directions. This requirement for one of such lights
or flares at each end shall be considered to be a minimum requirement
in connection with any such excavation left unattended or exposed
at night and shall not relieve any person from otherwise providing
other adequate barriers and lights as may be reasonably required to
safeguard the public.
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any of the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to the penalties in § 4-3 of the Code.
[Adopted 7-24-1986 by Ord. No. 24-86 (Ch.
127 of the 1981 Code)]
[Amended 10-28-1993 by Ord. No. 54-93]
It is the express intent of the governing body
of the Township of Marlboro to continue its existing policy with regard
to sidewalks, curbs and gutters, except that the provisions of N.J.S.A.
40:65-1 et seq. shall be applied to hold abutting landowners responsible
for the repairs and reconstruction of the sections of the sidewalk,
curbing and other concrete improvements where the repairs are necessary
because of a condition attributable to the acts or negligence of the
abutting property owners, of his predecessor in title or of anyone
for whose acts or negligence the abutting property owner or predecessor
in title is chargeable.
The Municipal Engineer or his designee shall
give notice and proceed in accordance with the standards contained
in N.J.S.A. 40:65-14.
Attached to the notice required in the foregoing
section shall be the standards required by the Township of Marlboro
for the repairs to be made by the abutting property owner. The abutting
property owner shall comply to those standards. The Municipal Engineer
or his designee shall certify as to the compliance to the municipal
standards.
The Municipal Engineer shall, at least once
each year, prepare a list of those areas requiring repairs pursuant
to this article. Upon receipt of the list, the governing body shall
prepare the required resolution in accordance with N.J.S.A. 40:65-14.
[Added 2-17-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-1; amended 12-18-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-22]
A permit shall be required for all sidewalk replacements. The
fee for such sidewalk replacement permit shall be $75 per 100 square
feet of sidewalk to be installed.
