No street which has heretofore or which may hereafter be dedicated
to public use, and which is not an accepted street, shall be improved
unless a permit shall have been previously obtained from the Mayor
and Board of Aldermen authorizing such improvement.
Before any such street is improved, the owner or developer shall
make application, in writing, for a permit, specifying the nature
and location of the improvement which is to be made; and shall furnish
the Mayor and Board of Aldermen with a letter or other satisfactory
evidence showing that the subdivision in which the street is located
has been approved by the Planning Board, and six copies of a set of
construction plans, drawn by a professional engineer, licensed to
practice in the State of New Jersey. The plans shall show the alignment
of the streets, center-line profiles of existing ground and proposed
finished grades, bench marks, monument to be set when the streets
are graded, the proposed location of pavement, sewer, sewer connections,
water mains and connections, storm drains, manholes, inlets, curbs
at street intersections and at inlets, gas mains and an itemized list
on the plans of the quantity of each item to be constructed. The requirement
to show sewers and for gas mains on the construction plans may be
waived by the Board of Aldermen if one or both of these facilities
are not existing in streets, rights-of-way, or other public lands
adjacent to the proposed development. Such application shall be accompanied
by a surety bond to the Town in form and amount and with surety satisfactory
to the Town, conditioned for the improvements of such street in accordance
with the requirements of this article.
No street in the Town shall hereafter be accepted as a public
street, nor shall any extension of a municipally owned water main
or any connection with such water main, or any streetlight, be made
or placed therein until the same shall have been improved in accordance
with the requirements set forth in the following sections.
All such streets shall be at least 50 feet in width and shall
consist of a center portion to be known as the roadway having a width
of not less than 34 feet and a sidewalk area on each side of the roadway
having a width of eight feet.
The owner or developer shall grade and pave the street in the
following manner:
A.
The grading shall be for an area measured 17 feet at right angles
from the center line of the street plus additional grading required
for sidewalks and slopes and in accordance with the typical section
on file with the Town Clerk and made a part of this article.
B.
The roadway shall be paved for a width of 34 feet, 17 feet on each
side of the center line with a bituminous penetration macadam pavement,
three inches thick, on a macadam base course, four inches thick, in
accordance with the current specifications of the New Jersey State
Highway Department.
C.
At street intersections, the roadway shall be paved full width within
the area of the limits of curb returns.
D.
Concrete or fieldstone curbs shall be constructed at street intersections
for the full length of the arc of the curb returns and in accordance
with the specifications of the New Jersey State Highway Department.
E.
The crown of the roadway and the dimension of the curb shall be as
shown on the typical section and details on file with the Town Clerk.
F.
The location of utilities shall be as shown on the typical section
on file with the Town Clerk.
G.
The size of the storm drains shall be determined by the Town Engineer.
A.
Prior to improving the roadway, the owner or developer shall lay
water mains of the size and class specified by the Town Engineer.
The pipe shall be laid at a depth to provide a cover of four feet
above the top of the pipe below finished grade. The requirements of
the American Water Works Association Tentative Standard Specifications
for Installation of Cast-iron Water Mains, and current additions and
amendments thereto, shall govern the materials and construction of
cast-iron water mains, and such other requirements and specifications
as may be determined by the Water Department Engineer and Water Committee
for other types of pipe which may be permitted.
B.
Gate valves shall be as manufactured by R.D. Wood Company or Darling
Valve and Manufacturing Company or an approved equal.
C.
Fire hydrants shall be "Mathews Modernized" Boonton Specifications
as manufactured by R.D. Wood Company and shall be painted the prevailing
color of other hydrants in the Town.
D.
All workmanship and materials shall be subject to inspection by a
representative appointed by the Board of Aldermen and all inspection
fees for either full- or part-time service shall be at the developer's
expense.
E.
The laying of water mains shall constitute a dedication thereof to
public use.
Monuments of bluestone, limestone, granite or precast of concrete,
four inches by four inches dressed on top, and three feet in length,
shall be set in Class C concrete as specified above for a depth of
12 inches. Monuments shall be placed at all corners, angle points,
points of curvature and points of tangency, on one side of the street,
on the property line and set in such a manner as to make it unnecessary
to reset the same in completing the improvements in the street.
The developer shall engage a responsible engineer licensed under
the laws of the State of New Jersey as such to set monuments and to
set all stakes for grade and lines as shown on the plans submitted
for the subdivision of the tract.
Permanent street signs shall be erected at all street intersections
in accordance with the approved specifications therefor on file in
the office of the Town Clerk at Town Hall.
A.
All construction work shall be subject to the inspection of the Town
Engineer and to such inspectors as the Mayor and Board of Aldermen
may appoint for the purpose. The developer shall be required to pay
to the Town such amounts as the Town may expend for inspection fees
at prevailing rates per diem.
B.
Any and all materials found to be unsatisfactory or showing faults
when tested in a reputable engineering laboratory to be designated
by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen shall be removed and not used in
such construction.
The requirements hereof shall be considered as minimum requirements
for street improvements in the Town, and any action taken by the Mayor
and Board of Aldermen under this article shall give first consideration
to the welfare of the entire community. However, if the owner or developer
can clearly demonstrate by reason of exceptional conditions of his
land on account of narrowness, shape or topographical conditions thereof,
or because of any other extraordinary situation not of his own making,
the strict application of any requirements of this article would result
in a peculiar hardship to him, an exception may be granted so as to
relieve such difficulty or hardship, provided that the same may be
done without substantial detriment to the public good and will not
impair the general aims and purposes of this article.
