The Township Board of Supervisors shall authorize and direct
the Township Engineer to cooperate with the applicant in arranging
for the Engineer's periodic presence at the site of the work
and construction of the required facilities and improvements during
such phases thereof as in the judgment of the Engineer will enable
him to determine whether or not such construction is in general conformity
with the final plan and all Township requirements.
A. No construction shall begin until after the preconstruction meeting
between the developer, the contractor, the Township Engineer/inspector,
and others as may be requested to attend. The preconstruction meeting
will be scheduled upon request of the developer, and will only be
held if all of the above-named participants are represented.
B. Notice shall be given to the Township at least 48 hours in advance
of commencement of any construction operation to provide for required
inspection. If construction is intermittent, separate notice will
be required each time the contractor restarts work. If scheduled work
is not canceled 24 hours prior to the scheduled time or if the work
is otherwise not performed, the Engineer will be compensated for four
hours' time at the developer's expense.
C. There will be full-time inspection for the installation of sanitary
sewer, water, storm sewer, and roadway paving. General site work will
be inspected on a part-time basis.
D. No underground pipes, structures, subgrades, binders or base courses
shall be covered until inspected and approved by the duly authorized
official of the Township. Failure in compliance with this regulation
shall provide cause for uncovering of such work, at the developer's
expense, to permit the required inspection.
E. In those cases where the Township Engineer deems necessary, the developer,
through his contractor, shall retain the services of a certified soils
engineer to perform moisture and density testing in order to determine
compaction or the extent thereof as related to the requirements of
such Township construction and materials specifications as have been
or may be adopted by the Township Board of Supervisors.
F. The wearing course on all streets proposed to be dedicated to the
Township shall not be placed until at least 75% of the lots within
the development or a phase of the development have been built upon,
or upon the expressed desire of the Township Board of Supervisors.
G. Whenever any work or materials are found not to comply with the final
plan and/or applicable Township requirements, the Township Engineer
or any other duly authorized Township representative will immediately
notify the contractor. If the work in question is not corrected, a
written noncompliance report will be issued to the contractor and
the developer. A noncompliance report will serve as official notice
that the work in question will not be accepted by the Township. Upon
correction of the noncomplying work, a compliance report will be issued
to the contractor and the developer.
H. When a contractor or developer wishes to make a change to the approved
drawings, a request shall be submitted in writing to the Township
Engineer. The Township Engineer will review the request and submit
their recommendation to the Township. The Township Supervisors will
act on the request and determine whether or not a plan revision is
necessary.
I. Whether or not such construction or work shall have been accomplished
in accordance with Township requirements shall be determined by the
Township Engineer upon the basis of his on-site inspections during
such phases thereof as in his judgment will enable him to make such
determination. The Engineer shall submit a written report to the Township
Board of Supervisors in regard thereto.
All improvements shall be deemed to be private improvements
and only for the benefit of the specific proposal until such time
as the same have been offered for dedication and formally accepted
by the Board of Supervisors. No responsibility of any kind with respect
to improvements shown on the final plan shall be transferred until
the improvements have been formally accepted. All requests for dedication
shall be made in accordance with Township rules and regulations, shall
include all information required by the Township for processing such
a request, and shall be accompanied by any required filing fee. If
a developer requests that the Township accept dedication of streets,
the developer shall prepare traffic studies meeting all PennDOT requirements
to support the establishment of stop intersection, speed limits, and
other traffic controls and shall reimburse the Township for all costs
associated with the enactment of ordinances and installation of signs
and traffic control devices.
In the event that any improvements which may be required have
not been installed as provided in this chapter or in accordance with
the approved final plan, the Township Board of Supervisors shall have
the power to enforce any corporate bond, or other security by appropriate
legal and equitable remedies. If proceeds of such bond, or other security
are insufficient to pay the cost of installing or making repairs or
corrections to all the improvements covered by said security, the
Township Board of Supervisors may, at its option, install part of
such improvements in all or part of the subdivision or land development
and may institute appropriate legal or equitable action to recover
the moneys necessary to complete the remainder of the improvements.
All of the proceeds, whether resulting from the security or from any
legal or equitable action brought against the developer or both, shall
be used solely for the installation of the improvements covered by
such security, and not for any other Township purpose.
The Township Board of Supervisors shall prescribe that the applicant
shall reimburse the Township for the reasonable and necessary expense
incurred in connection with the inspection of improvements. The applicant
shall not be required to reimburse the Board of Supervisors for any
inspection which is duplicative of inspections conducted by other
governmental agencies or public utilities. The burden of proving that
any inspection is duplicative shall be upon the objecting applicant.
Such reimbursement shall be based upon a schedule adopted by resolution
of the Township Board of Supervisors upon enactment of this chapter,
or as such schedule may be amended. A copy of this fee schedule shall
be available for review at the Township office. Such expense shall
be reasonable and in accordance with the ordinary and customary fees
charged by the Township's professional consultant for work performed
for similar services in the community, but in no event shall the fees
exceed the rate or cost charged by the professional consultant to
the Township for comparable services when fees are not reimbursed
or otherwise imposed on applicants.
If the applicant disputes the amount of any such expense in connection with the inspection of improvements, it shall be done in accordance with §
235-26 of this chapter.