[Adopted as Sec. 15-2 of the 1976 Revised
General Ordinances]
No street shall be dedicated to public use and
accepted by the Township Council unless there shall be strict compliance
with all of the requirements of this article, including the specifications
regarding the width and construction of streets.
A.
The right-of-way shall not be less than 50 feet, the
graded width not less than 30 feet, and the paved width not less than
20 feet. Paved gutters shall be five feet in width on each side of
the twenty-foot side pavement and be in addition to the twenty-foot
wide pavement.
B.
When a comprehensive improvement to an existing roadway
is proposed, variations to these standards may be recommended by the
Township Engineer, and accepted by the Township Council.
A.
Line and grade. The street shall be constructed to
conform to the designed line and grade. Grades shall not exceed 10%,
nor be less than 1%.
B.
Curbs. When the grade of any paved street exceeds
7%, there shall be constructed concrete or bituminous curbs on both
sides of the street, in order to discharge stormwaters into storm
sewers or other outlets as may be required. Curbs shall be constructed
at all intersections. All curbs shall be constructed with the face
being 15 feet from each side of the center line except at street intersections,
where the minimum radius shall be 25 feet. The top curb shall generally
be set to a grade two inches higher than that of the center line and
shall have an exposed face of six inches. The concrete curb shall
be six inches wide at the top, nine inches wide at the bottom and
18 inches in depth, and shall be in accordance with the New Jersey
State Highway Specifications for Class "C" concrete. The bituminous
curb shall be installed by an approved automatic curber; it shall
be installed on top of pavement. All curbs shall be backfilled and
subject to an inspection and approval by the Township Engineer. Belgium
block curbs may be permitted as an alternate, installed according
to Township Engineer's specifications.
A.
A subgrade shall be prepared and approved by the Township
Engineer before the stone base course is placed.
B.
The stone base course shall be constructed of quarry
processed stone, consisting of crushed or naturally angular particles
of rock, which will pass a two-inch sieve and be retained on a No.
10 sieve. The broken stone shall be free of pieces coated with clay,
caked stone dust and other objectionable materials. The grading of
the quarry-processed stone shall conform to the following schedule
requirements:
|
Sieve Size
|
Percent Passing
| |
|---|---|---|
|
2 inches
|
100
| |
|
3/4 inch
|
55 to 90
| |
|
No. 4
|
25 to 60
| |
|
No. 40
|
15 to 30
| |
|
No. 400
|
5 to 12
|
C.
The stone shall be spread and shaped with road graders,
so that when compacted by four passes of a three-wheel roller weighing
at least 10 tons, it will have a thickness of at least four inches
and will have a crown of at least three inches. Gutters shall be shaped
to have a three-inch trough.
A.
The Standard Specifications of the New Jersey Department
of Transportation for Road and Bridge Construction, 1961, apply here
as to Materials and Methods of Construction, their being recited at
length in Articles 3.10.2, and 3.10.3.
B.
Bottom course shall be CABC or Mix 2 placed to a compacted
thickness of 1 1/2 inches. This course shall not be required
for gutters.
C.
Top course shall be FABC or Mix 5 placed to a compacted
thickness of 1 1/2 inches. This course shall be used for gutters.
D.
Bituminous concrete courses shall not be placed when
the atmospheric temperature is below 40°, nor when the weather
is foggy, rainy, or otherwise unfavorable in the opinion of the Engineer.
E.
When the bituminous concrete is to be placed on newly
constructed macadam base, the surface shall be cleaned and given a
prime coat of asphaltic oil, tar, or emulsified asphalt satisfactory
to the Engineer at the rate of 0.10 to 0.25 gallon per square yard.
F.
Contact surfaces of curbing gutters, manholes, and
other structures shall be painted with a thin coating of asphaltic
oil RC-2 or RC-3 just prior to the placing of the bituminous concrete
mixture against them.
[Amended 9-1-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-6]
All bridges and culverts on such streets shall
be constructed and be in such a condition as approved by the Engineer
of the County of Passaic. A certificate of such approval shall be
filed with the Township Administrator.
Streets shall have such drains or drainage system
as shall be required by the Township Council, with the recommendations
of the Township Engineer. No streets shall be accepted for public
use unless and until easements on land adjacent to them shall have
been procured for all drains.
The Township Council shall reserve the right
to require its agreement with public, quasi-public or private utility
companies relative to the future construction and maintenance of utilities,
on, over, along or under streets.
After the streets are completed and approved
as set forth herein, and sufficient permanent stone monuments have
been set to lines and grades as approved by the Township Engineer,
a deed shall be properly executed by all the owners of the land within
them. The deed shall be delivered to the Township Council, conveying
the streets or the lands thereof, to the Township, in fee simple,
free of all encumbrances, including taxes and assessments. The deed
shall be accompanied by one original map delineated on tracing cloth
with black waterproof ink, six blueprints on cloth, indicating all
details required by and approved by the Township Engineer, and the
recording fees for the deed and filing of the original tracing map
and one cloth print with the Register of Deeds of the County of Passaic.
The Township Council may accept the same, provided the conditions
set forth herein shall have been complied with.
The provisions of this article shall not be
applicable in the case of streets heretofore dedicated or in use by
the public as public thoroughfares, wherein the Township Council determines
by ordinance to straighten or realign the same and to procure new
rights-of-way for future improvement thereof.
