[Amended 3-21-1991]
The developer shall notify the Department of
Public Works in writing at least 48 hours in advance of the time when
he plans to begin or resume any work on the improvements required
in a subdivision. The Department of Public Works shall assign an inspector
to inspect the work. The Town of Agawam shall charge the developer
at the rate set by the Department of Public Works as specified in
§ 159-6H(6) for inspection work in the subdivision. No work
shall be accepted by the Board which has not been inspected on a daily
basis during its progress. Failure of the developer to notify the
Department of Public Works or failure to have the work inspected on
a daily basis as it progresses shall be cause for the Town to require
the developer to excavate and reconstruct or do other things that
may be required to ensure that the work has been done in a satisfactory
manner. The presence of an inspector shall in no way relieve the developer
from full responsibility for the required work.
To prevent wind and water erosion, the following
measures must be employed on all sites:
A. Regions of the site must be developed in separate
increments so that the disturbed area is kept to a minimum. At no
time is the entire area to be disturbed.
B. Natural vegetation shall be retained and protected
whenever possible.
C. All disturbed area shall be stabilized with a temporary
vegetative cover if to be left exposed for greater than one month,
with the exception of roadways which are to be treated with appropriate
measures at the end of each workday.
D. All stockpiled soils shall be stabilized with temporary
vegetative cover.
No loam or topsoil shall be removed from the property until the subdivision is complete, and then only with the permission of the Board of Appeals as specified in §
180-8G of Chapter
180, Zoning.
Upon receipt of permits from the Inspector of
Buildings to construct dwellings, etc., each lot line must be clearly
marked and lot identified by lot and street number before any inspections
are made. Compliance with the Conservation Commission's regulations
must be posted, if applicable.
All excavations for pipe, etc., across streets
and to dwellings shall be properly protected and lighted at proper
times, according to recommendations of the Department of Public Works
and the Chief of Police. These excavations shall be properly backfilled
and well-compacted as soon after installation of pipe, etc., as is
possible.
Before final inspection, the total area shall
be cleared of debris, both natural and construction materials generated
by the construction.
All proposed monuments shown on the definitive
plan shall be installed and their installation shall be certified
by the developer's engineer or surveyor. Monuments shall be of stone
or cast concrete, four inches square and three feet long, set flush
with the finished grade. Three-fourths-inch to one-inch steel pipes
or gun barrels three feet long may be used at lot corners. Where street
monuments and lot corners occupy the same point, stone or concrete
monuments shall be used.
Upon completion of any subdivision or any street
therein and prior to the final release of a bond or covenant, the
developer shall submit to the Board a final plan of each street layout,
including lot frontage, bounds and pins which have been set and ties
to intersecting street layouts. This plan shall be used as a street
acceptance plan and shall be drawn in accordance with standards set
by the Town Engineer. The plan shall be prepared by a registered professional
land surveyor and shall be suitable for recording in the Hampden County
Registry of Deeds. Accompanying this plan, the developer shall supply
the Board with a document releasing the Town from any damages which
he may incur by the acceptance of the street by the Town.