[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Council of
the Town of Barrington 4-5-1993 by Ord. No. 93-24. Amendments noted
where applicable.]
This chapter shall be known as the "Construction
Site Safety Ordinance," which ordinance is adopted to regulate highway/street
construction sites within the Town of Barrington.
A.
In order to promote and protect the health, safety,
comfort and welfare of the Town's inhabitants, effective immediately
with the passage of this chapter, all duly licensed general contractors
and subcontractors (hereinafter sometimes referred to as the "permittee")
authorized and permitted by the Town of Barrington to perform construction
and/or repair work, including but not limited to repaving and road
openings (hereinafter sometimes referred to as "construction work")
on any highway and/or street within the Town, shall first obtain and
furnish to the Town a bond with surety or sureties in an amount or
amounts satisfactory to the Town Treasurer and Director of Public
Works, guaranteeing to the Town of Barrington full performance by
the applicant/permittee. Such bond(s) shall be issued as follows:
(1)
Any permittee which performs construction work within
the Town of Barrington on a regular basis, i.e., at least four times
during the course of a year, may furnish to the Town a blanket bond,
which bond shall cover all construction work performed by said permittee
for a period of one year from the issuance of the bond.
(2)
Any permittee which does not perform construction
work on a regular basis within the Town, i.e., less than four times
during the course of a year, shall furnish to the Town a bond for
each job performed.
B.
No construction work shall commence by a permittee
unless and until said bond is furnished to and approved by the Town
of Barrington.
Prior to the commencement of any construction work, the permittee shall obtain a permit from the Town of Barrington in an amount as may be established by the Town Council from time to time as indicated in the list of fees attached as Ch. A225 in the Appendix to the Code of the Town of Barrington.
With respect to construction work to be performed
by the permittee and the subsequent restoration of the road surface,
the permittee shall comply with the specifications for patching roadways
as issued by the Department of Public Works and as may be amended
from time to time. The Director of Public Works has the sole discretion
to determine whether repaving or repatching will be necessary for
the proper restoration of the roadway. In all events, the permittee
shall maintain the surface of the roadway and other areas where work
has been performed for as long as the Director of the Department of
Public Works deems necessary, but in no event shall this period of
time be less than two years from the date of the completion of the
work.
Prior to the commencement of any construction
work, the permittee shall make available and present to the Director
of Public Works, Police Chief and Fire Chief, emergency contact telephone
numbers for the permittee and shall also supply to the Police Chief
a statement of the work to be performed as well as the commencement
date and completion date of said construction work.
Prior to the detouring of traffic on the street,
highway or roadway on which construction work is to be performed,
the permittee, together with a representative of the Town, shall make
an inspection of such roadway, street and/or highway to view and determine
the adequacy of any and all detour signals. In the event that the
structural condition of the detour route is altered by use of such
route by section traffic, then it will become the responsibility of
the permittee to repair all structural damages to the satisfaction
of the Town.
The permittee shall take appropriate measures
to ensure that, during the performance of any construction work, traffic
conditions are to remain as near normal as possible, and the permittee
will take all measures necessary to ensure that a normal traffic pattern
is maintained at all times, so as to minimize the inconvenience to
the occupants of the adjoining properties as well as the general public.
It shall be the duty and obligation of the permittee
to ensure that the security of the traveling public is safeguarded
and its rights are not unreasonably curtailed.
The permittee, unless otherwise indicated in
the permit and/or license or as may be authorized by the Director
of Public Works and/or the Town's inspector, shall ensure that the
traveled path shall not be obstructed. Those portions of the road
or highway which are torn up or which are used for the storing of
materials or which, for any other reason, are unsafe for public travel
shall be adequately protected and marked at all times to avoid the
possibility of accidents. All such areas shall be marked at night
by flares, lanterns, lights, flasher beacons or other warning devices
approved by the Director of Public Works or, in their absence, the
Police Chief. In addition, when portions of the traveled roadway are
made dangerous for the movement of vehicles or pedestrians, a sufficient
number of police officers, flag persons and/or traffic persons shall
be employed by the permittee to direct the traffic safely through
these dangerous areas. However, in all instances, the permittee, if
possible, shall plan such construction work in an attempt to avoid
such dangerous conditions.
