All work performed as a consequence of these rules and regulations shall
be subject to the review of the Board which shall approve or reject each phase
or portion of such work and at completion shall recommend the acceptance of
all work or disapproval of the work with reasons therefor. The Board will
employ a registered professional engineer to act as its agent in the inspection
of the work to insure compliance with those rules and regulations and to report
to the Board recommendations as to approval or disapproval of the work. The
applicant will engage the services of a professional engineer throughout both
the design and construction phases of the work who will act as agent with
the Planning Board engineer or the Town Engineer and who will submit to the
Planning Board a certified inspection report. Such engineer may make certain
inspections as prescribed herein in order to check the adequacy of the work
at various stages prior to such work being covered by subsequent work. However,
the Board, its engineer, and such other persons as the Board may designate
shall have the right to inspect the work at anytime. Therefore, the applicant
shall at any time provide safe and convenient access to all parts of the work
for inspection by the Board or its authorized agents.
All work which has been disapproved or is not acceptable to the Board
shall be removed and replaced or otherwise corrected to the point of complying
with the requirements of the Board for acceptance. Any work which has been
covered by subsequent work prior to acceptance or is otherwise not available
or obscured to the point of rendering inspection of the work difficult shall
be considered to be not acceptable to the Board. Such subsequent work shall
be removed as directed by the Board's engineer to insure availability
of the work to be inspected as required herein. The release of the performance
guarantee shall depend upon the acceptance of all work prescribed herein and
on the definitive plan and as directed by the Board.
A.
At points indicated in Article VII and as further described hereinafter, the construction of the required improvements may be inspected by the Board's engineer or authorized agent, and unless approval of the work completed, including approval of materials used, to each such point has been given in writing, no further work shall be commenced. Such inspections may include the taking of certain samples for laboratory analysis or testing; in such cases, the applicant shall insure that the Board's engineer is in no way hindered or obstructed in the course of obtaining such samples. Where such samples are removed from the completed work, the applicant shall replace and restore such work, to the satisfaction of the Board's engineer, to its condition prior to the taking of the sample.
B.
The Board's engineer may require certified copies
of delivery receipt or bills of lading or other certification as to the description
of materials used or incorporated in the work. The Board's engineer may
also require a sample of any materials or supplies which may be incorporated
in work; such samples shall be furnished at the expense of the applicant,
and the applicant shall be liable for all costs and fees insured by the Board
as a result of transporting and testing such materials.
A.
Applicant's procedure. After the approval of the definitive plan and subsequent to the receipt by the Board of the fees required in Article IX, the Board will notify the applicant of the name and address of the engineer, if other than the Board's engineer, designated as its representative to perform the inspections as required herein and otherwise act as the Board's agent to insure compliance with these rules and regulations. The applicant shall notify the Planning Board as to the engineer who will act as agent, and keep the Board's engineer fully informed as to the status and progress of the work and shall notify the Board's engineer directly in writing at least 48 hours in advance, that the work has progressed to a stage that an inspection is required. The applicant shall also submit samples for testing one week in advance of the date the test results are needed.
B.
Designation of alternate inspector. In the event that
the Board's engineer is unable, for 48 hours after the work is ready,
to make such inspection or examination the applicant shall notify the Chairman
or Clerk of the Board to such effect, who will designate an alternate to make
such inspection and shall notify the applicant.
C.
Engineer's procedure. In the event the Board's engineer makes an inspection of the work at the time designated and finds that such work is not at the proper state of completion or that the work has been covered or otherwise obscured, the Board's engineer shall notify the applicant and the Board as to the additional steps the applicant shall take to complete the work to the point required or to the extent the work shall be uncovered or exposed to full view. The applicant shall notify the Board's engineer again when the work is ready as prescribed in Subsection A.
D.
Liability. The applicant shall be liable for all costs and fees incurred by the Board as a result of requests by the applicant for an inspection of the work which, in the opinion of the Board, was not at an acceptable stage of completion for such inspection, said costs and fees to be in addition to those specified in Article IX.
A.
Deviation from definitive plan. The applicant's engineer will advise the Board at any time during the construction if, in the applicant's engineer's opinion, the work has not been laid out to the lines and grades as shown on the definitive plan. In such cases, the Board will proceed as described in § 801-38.
The following inspections of the required improvements will be made
by the applicant's engineer and may be verified by the Board's engineer.
These inspections may be in addition to any other inspection the Board may
make or cause to be made. All sampling and testing of materials shall be performed
by qualified personnel acceptable to the Town and shall be at the applicant's
expense. At the discretion of the Board's engineer or the applicant's
engineer, additional sampling may be required.
A.
First inspection. An inspection will be made of the work upon completion of all clearing, grubbing and excavation and all work incidental thereto as may be required or implied in § 801-39. No fill shall have been placed at the time of this inspection.
B.
Second inspection.
(1)
An inspection will be made of the completed drainage
system (without backfill) as required or implied herein or on the definitive
plan. At the same time, or such other time as the work may be available, an
inspection will be made of the completed utilities (without backfill) as required
on the definitive plan. The inspection of the required utilities will be made
by the agency responsible for the particular service as well as by the applicant's
engineer. The Board's engineer shall also be notified so that he or she
may inspect the utilities prior to backfill. Each agency so involved will
notify the Board's engineer of the approval of such work.
(2)
Backfill of any portion of the drainage system or utilities
shall not be made until after receipt of notification of approval or acceptance
by the applicant's engineer or agency responsible.
(3)
The inspection of the construction of the ways shall
include the inspection of the backfilling and compaction of all utility trenches
as may be installed by utility companies, and such work shall be performed
in the manner as required by these rules and regulations. It shall be the
applicant's responsibility to insure compliance with these requirements.
If, in the opinion of the Planning Board, the backfilling and compaction of
utility trenches and the patching of the pavement, if required, has not been
performed in accordance with these rules and regulations, the Board's
engineer may require compaction tests and the Planning Board may not release
the bond or covenant applicable until such work has been performed to the
satisfaction of the Planning Board.
C.
Third inspection. An inspection will be made of the compacted fill as specified in § 801-43 and as may be required to bring the roadways to their proposed grades. The applicant shall notify the Town and the applicant's engineer as to the source of gravel for fill as soon as such information is known, so that samples may be taken and analyzed by the Town and the applicant's engineer. The applicant is hereby advised not to proceed with the filling operation until such time as the Town and the applicant's engineer notifies the applicant that the gravel proposed for the fill is acceptable, if the applicant proceeds with the fill prior to such notice this act shall be at the applicant's own risk. The applicant shall not use a gravel source other than the one designated without prior notice to the Board and the applicant's engineer. Compaction tests shall be required and submitted to the Board's engineer.
D.
Fourth inspection. An inspection will be made of the first six inch layer of compacted roadway foundation as specified in § 801-44. A gravel sample or samples may be taken at the option of the applicant's engineer, in the same manner as prescribed for the third inspection. Compaction tests shall be required and submitted to the Board's engineer.
E.
Fifth inspection. An inspection will be made of the final six-inch layer of compacted roadway foundation (prior to the application of the asphalt penetration) as specified in § 801-44 and gravel samples may be taken by the Board's engineer. Compaction tests shall be required and submitted to the Board's engineer.
F.
Sixth inspection. An inspection of the binder course
of mix during placement and following completion. If required, samples of
the mix shall be taken by the applicant's engineer or the Board's
engineer for the purposes of performing extraction tests, compaction tests
or pavement thickness tests. Core drill samples may be required at the applicant's
expense. Certified paving slips indicating bituminous concrete quantities
shall be submitted to the applicant's engineer who will tabulate the
quantities and check the correlation with the anticipated qualities and then
forward the slips and a report to the Board's engineer.
G.
Seventh inspection. An inspection of the top course of mix before, during and following the placement of the mix shall be performed. A tack coat shall be applied to the binder course of mix prior to placement of the topcoat where required by the applicant's engineer or the Board's engineer. The requirements regarding sampling, testing and quantity slips indicated in Subsection F for binder course shall also apply to the top course.
H.
Eighth inspection. An inspection will be made of all
work as required on sidewalks, curbing, grass plots, side slopes, monuments,
bounds and street signs.
I.
Ninth inspection. A final inspection will be made of
all subsequent work as required herein or on the definitive plan to include
the final cleanup.
A.
Certified report to Board. The applicant's engineer
will submit a completed certified report to the Board for each way in a subdivision.
Such report will be similar to that given herein and will be augmented by
such additional information as the Board may require to describe any special
problems or situations which may arise during the construction of the required
improvements.
B.
Compliance with rules and regulations. The applicant's
engineer will report to the Board that the work has been performed in accordance
with these rules and regulations and the definitive plan, or the applicant's
engineer will advise the Board that the work is not acceptable with the reasons
therefor.
C.
Progress reports. At any time during the progress of
the work, the applicant's engineer will advise the Board, immediately,
of any factors which may adversely affect the progress of the work.
