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Borough of Alpha, NJ
Warren County
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New Laws (2) Index Notes (2)
A. 
Width and elevation. All streets and roads for public use in the Borough of Alpha shall be at least 30 feet in width from curb to curb, and the crown of each such street or road shall be at the same elevation as the top of the curb. Collector streets shall be a minimum of 36 feet from curb to curb. Alleys shall be 15 feet in width and shall not be required to have curb, except where necessary to delineate intersections with roadways.
B. 
Base course specifications. The base course for such street or road for public use shall consist of no less than five inches of bituminous stabilized base course, either stone or gravel mix. The bituminous stabilized base course shall be constructed of materials and by methods as described in Section 300 et seq. of the New Jersey Department of Transportation Standard Specifications for Road and Bridge Construction, 1989, as amended.
C. 
Top course specifications. The top course of each street or road for public use shall consist of two inches of bituminous concrete surface course Mix I-5, which shall be constructed in conformance with Section 400 of the Standard Specifications, as amended.
A. 
All curbs shall be set true to line and grade as required by the Borough Engineer. All curbs shall be at least nine inches (measured at pavement surface) in width and at least 18 inches in depth. Curbs shall be set with a front batter of one inch horizontal to seven inches vertical. The back exposed top edge shall have a one-half-inch radius and the front edge shall have a radius of 1 1/4 inches. Curbs shall be constructed of NJDOT Class B concrete. Concrete shall have an air-entraining agent added as specified by the New Jersey Department of Transportation Standard Specifications, 1989, as amended.
B. 
Curb construction joints shall be installed every 10 feet, zero inches apart, alternating contraction joints and one-half-inch-wide expansion joints. Expansion joints shall be filled with preformed bituminous impregnated fiber joint filler, complying with Type III filler in AASHTO Spec M-153 and recessed 1/4 inch from the face and top of curb. Excavation in front of and beneath the curb shall be backfilled with soil aggregate Type I-5. Curb returns are required at intersections and must conform to radii as determined by the Borough Engineer.
A. 
General. All sidewalks are to be constructed as specified in the New Jersey Department of Transportation Standard Specifications for Road and Bridge Construction, 1989, as amended.
B. 
Construction.
(1) 
Sidewalks shall be constructed four feet wide on all streets. The edge of the sidewalk shall be three feet from the face of the curb. The sidewalk shall slope toward the curb with a slope of 1/4 inch per foot. Sidewalks are to be of four-inch-thick concrete with a four-inch-thick stone base prepared on firm subgrade.
(2) 
If the sidewalk is adjoining curb, the construction joints shall be placed every five feet, and the joints shall match with the curb joints. An expansion joint of 1/2 inch shall be constructed every 20 feet, and three intermediate contraction joints shall be constructed between each expansion joint. Expansion joints shall be filled with preformed bituminous impregnated fiber joint filler, complying with Type III filler in AASHTO Spec M-153 and recessed 1/4 inch from the top of the sidewalk. Sidewalks shall be constructed of NJDOT Class B concrete.
A. 
Utility pole locations. New utility poles must be located one foot nine inches from the face of the curb. No new utility poles are to be located within 10 feet of the point of intersection of curblines on intersecting streets.
B. 
Laying of utilities. All utilities shall be subject to the approval by the Borough Engineer before any improvements are made to any street or road hereafter constructed in the Borough of Alpha.