As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
ENGINEER
The Township Engineer, or his designee, appointed by the
Township Committee who is responsible for review of street excavation
permit applications and inspection of all street excavation restoration
activities.
EXCAVATION
Removal or recovery of pavement, soil, rock or organic material
from on or beneath the ground surface. This includes digging, trenching
and any other mechanical disturbance.
INSPECTION ESCROW
Moneys deposited by the permittee and held by the Township
to reimburse the Township Engineer for inspection costs of excavation
and restoration procedures.
MAINTENANCE GUARANTY
Any security equal to 50% of the performance guaranty that
may be accepted by the Township to assure that the necessary improvements
will function as required for a period of two years.
PERFORMANCE GUARANTY
Any security that may be accepted by the Township to ensure
that the required street restoration is complete in a satisfactory
manner.
PERMITTEE
The permit is held by both the contractor and the entity
for which the work is being performed. Both are considered the co-permittees.
PERSON
Any individual corporation, company, utility, association,
society, firm, partnership, quasi-public entity, state, agency, political
subdivision or a member or employee thereof.
PUBLIC UTILITY
A closely regulated enterprise for providing utility service
to the public which has been deemed necessary for the public health,
safety and welfare and is licensed/regulated by a federal agency,
and/or the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities.
STREET
An existing road, highway or any vehicular thoroughfare which
is under the jurisdiction of the Township of Cinnaminson. The street
includes all areas within the right-of-way of said thoroughfare.
No person shall excavate in a street, of the
Township of Cinnaminson nor direct or cause any employee, agent or
contractor of such person to perform any excavation in any street
of the Township of Cinnaminson until a written permit for such excavation
has been duly issued by the Township Engineer of the Township of Cinnaminson.
Application for all permits to excavate in any
street of the Township of Cinnaminson shall be made on the forms provided
by the Township and submitted to the Township Engineer. Forms can
be obtained from the Township Clerk's office during regular business
hours. Accompanying all applications shall be the following:
A. Application submissions.
(1) A clearly legibly drawn plan or sketch done by a professional
land surveyor, or based on a cloth tape survey, which delineates the
exact location of the street opening. The plan shall include the following
information:
(a)
Written and graphic scale.
(b)
The length, width and depth of the opening.
(c)
Location of existing Township storm drainage,
water and sanitary systems and appurtenances within a one-hundred-foot
radius of the opening.
(d)
Location of all curbing, sidewalks and other
municipal improvements within a one-hundred-foot radius of the opening.
(e)
Where depths of trenches or excavations are
such that shoring, sheeting or other means of stabilizing or bracing
the trench opening is required, detailed plans, bearing the seal and
signature of a New Jersey licensed professional engineer shall be
submitted.
(2) Certificate of liability insurance indemnifying and
holding harmless the Township of Cinnaminson and Township Engineer.
(3) Performance and maintenance guaranties conforming to the requirements set forth in §
450-14.
(5) Application fee in the amount prescribed in §
450-13 herein.
(6) In the case of trench openings in which traffic detours
are required or in which the trench will remain open for periods longer
than one day or overnight, a detailed barricade, warning device and
detour plan conforming to all applicable requirements of the Manual
on Uniform Traffic Control Devices shall be provided. The plan shall
be reviewed and be subject to the approval of the Cinnaminson Township
Police Department.
(7) A written schedule of operations, including the anticipated
dates of street openings and excavations and restoration work.
B. Permittee. The permit shall be issued jointly in the
name of the contractor actually performing the work of the street
opening and the person for whom the work is to be performed. It shall
be understood that the Township of Cinnaminson shall hold equally
liable and responsible both the contractor actually performing the
work and the entity for whom the work is performed regarding all restoration,
maintenance of traffic, protection of public safety, repair of defective
trench or excavation restoration in the pavement and all else related
to the trench or excavation and restoration thereof.
C. Permit. No street opening or any other work within
the right-of-way of a street of the Township of Cinnaminson shall
commence until a written permit has been duly issued by the Township
Engineer. A copy of the permit shall be available at the work location
during all periods of construction and restoration operations and
shall be provided for inspection upon demand.
D. If a road opening is required by a public utility
in order to expedite emergency repairs, then said opening may be performed
prior to the issuance of a permit from the Township Engineer, provided
that the entity performing the opening shall submit an application
and fees as set forth herein within 48 hours of the executed emergency
opening. Under no circumstances shall an opening for emergency access
relieve the permittee from complying with the restoration requirements
as set forth in this article.
All pavement restoration shall be in strict
compliance with the standards set forth herein, and all materials
shall conform to all applicable requirements of the New Jersey Department
of Transportation, Standard Specifications for Road and Bridge Construction,
hereinafter referred to as "Standard Specifications," as amended.
A. Bituminous pavement restoration. The restoration of
all bituminous surfaced roadways which have been excavated shall conform
to the following pavement types and thicknesses specified herein:
|
Type of Roadway
|
Aggregate Subbase
(inches)
|
Bituminous Stabilized Base Course
(inches)
|
Bituminous Concrete Surface Course
(inches)
|
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|
Major collector
|
6
|
4 1/2
|
1 1/2
|
|
Minor collector
|
6
|
3 1/2
|
1 1/2
|
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Residential access
|
6
|
3
|
1 1/2
|
|
Rural residential
|
6
|
3
|
1 1/2
|
(1) Surface course. The bituminous concrete surface course
shall conform to all applicable requirements set forth in Sections
404 and 903 of the Standard Specifications for hot-mixed, Mix No.
I-5. A tack coat conforming to the requirements herein shall be applied
to the base course prior to placement of the surface course.
(2) Base course. The bituminous stabilized base course
shall conform to all applicable requirements set forth in Sections
304 and 903 of the Standard Specifications for bituminous stabilized
base course, hot-mixed, Mix I-2. Where directed by the Township Engineer,
the bituminous stabilized base course shall be placed on an aggregate
subbase course conforming to the requirements set forth herein.
(3) Subbase course. A subbase course shall conform to
all applicable requirements set forth in Section 301 of the Standard
Specifications in conjunction with the requirements for either dense
graded aggregate (Standard Specifications Section 901.08) or soil
aggregate Type I-5 (Standard Specifications, Section 901.09).
B. Gravel surfaced roads. In the case of a gravel or
soil aggregated surfaced roadway, the minimum restoration thickness
shall consist of not less than the eight inches compacted thickness
of I-5 soil aggregate conforming to gradation type as set forth in
the New Jersey Department of Transportation Standard Specifications,
Section 901.
C. Sidewalks. Any concrete sidewalk disturbed, damaged
or disrupted as part of the street excavation shall be replaced with
concrete sidewalk conforming to all applicable standards of the Township
of Cinnaminson. All concrete shall be ready-mixed air-entrained portland
cement concrete conforming to all applicable requirements set forth
in Section 914 of the Standard Specifications for Class B concrete.
Expansion joints shall be of a minimum thickness of 1/2 inch and shall
be of the bituminous cellular-type conforming to the requirements
of the New Jersey Department of Transportation Standard Specifications,
Section 908. All sidewalks shall be placed on a soil aggregate base
conforming to the requirements specified elsewhere herein. All concrete
sidewalk shall have a minimum thickness of not less than four inches
(six inches at driveway crossings), and all base courses beneath sidewalks
shall have a minimum compacted thickness of not less than four inches.
D. Curb and gutters. Where concrete curbing and/or gutters
are disturbed, damaged or removed, curbing and gutters of the exact
configuration as the existing curbing and/or gutters shall be constructed.
Concrete shall be air-entrained portland cement concrete conforming
to the requirements in Section 914 of the Standard Specifications
for Class B concrete. Dimensions of curbs shall be six inches by eight
inches by 18 inches for all Township streets.
E. Topsoiled and unpaved areas. All topsoiled, seeded
or otherwise unpaved areas disturbed in the course of the work shall
be topsoiled with a minimum thickness of not less than four inches
of loam-type topsoil. Fertilizer, lime and all other soil conditioners
needed to promote the proper growth of grass shall be incorporated
and thoroughly worked into the topsoil. Seed or sod of the species
suitable for growth in the location and environment and conforming
to the requirements of the New Jersey Department of Transportation
Standard Specifications shall be placed in all unpaved areas. All
slopes greater than or equal to three to one shall have additional
stabilization.
F. Gravel shoulder areas. All shoulder areas disturbed
in the trench opening shall be restored and graded to provide and
maintain the proper flow of drainage and to provide adequate lateral
support of the abutting pavement structure. The gravel material shall
be soil aggregate, Type I-5, conforming to the requirements of New
Jersey Department of Transportation Standard Specifications, Section
901. The soil aggregate or gravel shall be a minimum depth of not
less than eight inches compacted thickness.
G. Concrete drive aprons. All concrete drive aprons disturbed
during the course of excavation shall be reconstructed of air-entrained
portland cement concrete conforming to the requirements in Section
914 of the Standard Specifications for Class B concrete. The apron
shall have a minimum concrete thickness of six inches, including the
sidewalk area traversing the apron. The apron shall be reinforced
with welded steel wire mesh of ten-gauge steel wire located in the
bottom 1/3 of the pour.
H. Shade trees. Any tree removal shall be approved prior
to commencement by the Township Forester and shall comply with Chapter
119 of the Cinnaminson Township Code. Protection of existing trees
shall be installed prior to excavation and shall remain until after
final inspection by the Township Engineer. Tree protection shall consist
of four-foot-high snow fence installed at the dripline of subject
trees. No activity or storage shall take place within said fencing.
All methods of construction and construction
practices employed in the excavation of trenches, digging in street,
backfilling, compacting and restoration of pavements shall be in strict
compliance with the requirements set forth herein, with the Standard
Specifications or as otherwise directed by the Township Engineer.
A. Excavation.
(1) Prior to the removal of any pavement or the excavation
of any trench, the pavement shall be cut in a straight line along
the lines of the trench or opening. The existing pavement should be
cut back one foot from the edge of excavation. The pavement shall
be cut using a pavement cutting wheel, pavement saw or other device
as approved by the Township Engineer. The cut shall extend through
all courses of bituminous concrete surface and base courses. Should
broken or failed pavement be encountered within or abutting the limits
of the trench, these areas shall be cut back to an area of sound pavement.
In the event of over-excavation, the pavement shall be saw cut back
to a straight line abutting sound pavement and firm base, free of
undermined areas. In the case of undermining of the area beneath the
pavement abutting the trench, the pavement over the undermined area
shall be saw or wheel cut in a straight line to produce a straight
edge abutting sound pavement over a firm undisturbed subgrade.
(2) The excavation shall be conducted in such a manner
as not to interfere or disrupt any existing utility installations,
building connections, foundations, curbing, sidewalk, shade trees,
traffic signal appurtenances, storm drains or other appurtenances
either located or extending into a subsurface area either within the
trench area or within proximity of the trench or opening area in such
a manner as to possibly be affected by the trenching or opening activity.
(3) All unsuitable backfill material shall be removed
from the work area and disposed of in a suitable location. The permittee
shall replace all unsuitable backfill with select material conforming
with the New Jersey Department of Transportation Standard Specifications
1-13 designation. The removal and disposal of all unsuitable backfill
and excess material and the replacement of all unsuitable backfill
material shall be at the expense of the permittee.
(4) Shoring, bracing and stabilization. The permittee
shall ensure that the proper bracing, shoring and other means of trench
stabilization shall be constructed wherever required or deemed necessary
by the Township Engineer or by any state, federal or local laws. All
shoring, bracing and stabilization shall be designed to withstand
all lateral pressures and support all loading surcharges imposed by
traffic, adjoining structures or other sources of surcharge loading.
All shoring, bracing and stabilization shall conform to the plan as
required hereinabove and shall be designed by a New Jersey licensed
professional engineer. All shoring, bracing and stabilization shall
conform to all standards set forth by the Occupational Safety and
Health Administration (OSHA) of the United States Department of Labor
and the Bureau of Workplace Safety Standards of the New Jersey Department
of Labor and Industry. In the case of prefabricated steel trench boxes
or other devices, only those devices conforming to all applicable
standards set forth hereinafter above shall be employed.
(5) No soil, materials or other items shall be placed
so as to interfere with public use of the highway, road or street
or as to create a traffic hazard.
(6) The excavation shall be kept open for the minimum
time required to accomplish the purpose of the opening, and all openings,
excavations and trenches shall be closed at the earliest time thereafter.
Temporary bridging or road plates may be permitted subject to the
written permission of the Township Engineer.
B. Backfilling. All backfilling of trenches, openings
and excavations in streets of the Township of Cinnaminson shall be
performed in strict compliance with the procedures and methods set
forth herein and in the New Jersey Department of Transportation Standard
Specifications or as otherwise directed by the Township Engineer.
(1) All pipe shall be placed on the proper class and type
of bedding required for the type of soil conditions encountered, depth
of cover over the pipe, type of pipe and traffic loading imposed.
(2) The height of cover over the pipe or conduit shall
not be less than the minimum height of cover as required for the type
of conduit or pipe, pipe thickness and diameter needed to withstand
a minimum AASHTO HS-25 Loading, unless otherwise approved by the Township
Engineer. Approval of shallow installations will be based on design
details showing how traffic loads will be transferred around the pipe
or conduit.
(3) Backfill shall be thoroughly compacted by mechanical
means in eight-inch lifts to a minimum 95% (AASHTO T-95) relative
density. Tampers or compaction equipment shall be designed for the
type of material being compacted. All compaction equipment shall be
subject to the inspection of the Township Engineer.
(4) Under no circumstances shall puddling, flooding or
other nonmechanical means of compaction be permitted.
C. Pavement restoration. All pavement restoration shall
be performed in strict compliance with all applicable requirements
as set forth in the New Jersey Department of Transportation Standard
Specifications or as otherwise amended herein or as otherwise directed
by the Township Engineer.
The permittee shall bear all responsibility
for ensuring traffic safety and safety to the public in the trench
and work area at all times. The permittee shall also be responsible
for maintaining proper traffic circulation throughout the work area.
The permittee shall ensure compliance with all provisions herein or
as otherwise directed by either the Township Engineer or the Police
Department.
A. Barricades; warning devices; traffic control devices.
(1) All barricades, signs, flasher units, cones, traffic
warning and direction devices, barrel delineators and all other devices
employed in traffic control, warning and direction in and around the
work area shall be in strict compliance with all requirements set
forth in the Manual for Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD), including
design, placement and maintenance.
(2) It shall be the responsibility of the permittee to
erect and maintain at all times all required barricades, signs, warning
devices and all other items required to maintain traffic safety and
circulation and public safety and convenience. If it is the determination
of the Township Engineer or the Police Department that additional
traffic safety measures are required, said measures shall immediately
be implemented by the permittee.
(3) Flashers, reflective devices and other items required
to ensure visibility of the trench or work areas in hours of darkness
shall be provided in strict compliance with all requirements set forth
in the Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices.
(4) Maintenance and emergency situations. The permittee
shall provide to the Township Engineer and to the Cinnaminson Township
Police Department the names and telephone numbers of responsible individuals
who can be contacted on a twenty-four-hour-a-day, seven-day-per-week
basis to respond to an emergency involving the trench or street opening
and to replace or repair any defective, nonfunctioning, vandalized,
stolen, damaged or otherwise ineffective barrier, warning device,
flasher, sign, barricade or other device as required to repair or
cause to be repaired any trench restoration failure or unsafe condition.
(5) Manholes; inlet castings; valve boxes. Should it be
necessary to allow, for any period of time whatsoever, a manhole casting,
storm drainage inlet casting, valve box, traffic signal detector plates
or other appurtenances in the roadway, shoulder or sidewalk area to
remain above the elevation of the surrounding pavement, ground or
sidewalk, barricades, barrel delineators or other suitable devices
provided with flasher units shall be placed over the appurtenances
and shall be secured to prevent toppling or unauthorized removal or
tampering, but shall conform with all applicable requirements of the
Manual of Uniform Traffic Devices for breakaway in the event of vehicle
collisions. If, in the opinion of the Township Engineer, temporary
pavement can be placed around the appurtenance to alleviate the unsafe
condition, the permittee shall be required to place such temporary
pavement in accordance with all requirements specified herein and
to properly remove such pavement when the appurtenance has been set
to proper grade.
(6) Temporary crossings; road plates. Should the permittee
propose the use of road plates or other temporary bridging, the specific
approval for such items must be obtained, in writing, from the Township
Engineer.
(7) Detours. No detours shall be implemented unless specific
written approval has been granted by the Township Engineer and the
Township Police Department or approval of any detour, the permittee
must submit a specific application to the Township Engineer and Police
Department. Such application shall include the following submissions:
(a)
Six copies of a detour plan indicating the following:
[1]
Location of detour indicating street from which
traffic is to be detoured and streets of alternate route.
[2]
Alternate route location.
[3]
Signing plan indicating the location of all
signs, and details of all signs, including advance warning signs,
traffic direction signs and barricades.
[4]
Placement of uniformed traffic control officers.
Location of all traffic control officers conforming to the requirements
herein.
[5]
Written narrative of detour plan which shall
indicate route of detour, length of time detour is to remain in effect,
traffic control measures and means to provide access to all residences
and businesses within detour area.
[6]
Evidence of notification of all agencies, including
but not limited to:
[a] Volunteer fire company service
district in which detour is located.
[b] First aid squad serving district
in which the detour is located.
[c] Board of Education Transportation
Coordinator and Superintendent of Schools.
[e] Residents within the detour perimeter.
[f] All other agencies as may be directed
by the Township Engineer.
B. Application for detour approval must be submitted
30 days in advance of the date of implementation of the detour. A
waiver of this requirement may be permitted if, by determination of
the Township Engineer, a bona fide emergency condition exists.
C. Uniformed traffic control directors. Where the need
for traffic control directors or flagmen is indicated, all personnel
shall be uniformed and shall have satisfactorily completed an approved
traffic control and traffic direction course. All traffic control
directors shall be equipped with all required flags, safety attire
and communication equipment as required by the Manual of Uniform Traffic
Control Devices and the State of New Jersey. All traffic control directors
shall be subject to the approval of the Cinnaminson Township Chief
of Police.
Any person granted a permit by the Township
of Cinnaminson to excavate or otherwise disrupt pavement or any area
within the right-of-way of any street of the Township of Cinnaminson
shall accept, as conditions of the granting of the permit, the following
responsibilities:
A. Assume all liability and responsibility arising from
the street excavation covered by the permit, including liability arising
from the opening, construction operations, traffic safety and control
and restoration, holding the Township of Cinnaminson and Township
Engineer harmless from all liability and litigation.
B. Company with all requirements set forth herein or
as otherwise directed by the Township Engineer.
C. Provide the Township Engineer of the Township of Cinnaminson
with a minimum of two working days, notice in advance of commencement
of street opening work.
D. Notify all utilities or other entities of the street
opening work as required by New Jersey law.
E. Protect the health, safety and welfare of the public
at all times by employing all required traffic safety devices, warning
devices and other items required to maintain traffic safety and circulation
at all times.
F. Prevent to the fullest extent possible the inconvenience
to the public due to road opening work and maintain at all times safe
and efficient traffic circulation around the work.
G. Provide and maintain liability insurance for not less than the limits as specified in §
450-22 or as required by law, whichever is greater. All liability insurance policies shall name the Township of Cinnaminson and the Township Engineer as being additionally insured and held harmless from all suits arising from the road opening. Said endorsements shall be recorded on the insurance policy and evidence of coverage shall be submitted to the Township Engineer prior to the issuance of a road opening permit.
H. The permittee shall submit evidence of workmen's compensation
insurance coverage prior to the issuance of the road-opening permit.
I. Obey all instructions issued regarding the permit
issued by the Township Engineer.
J. Post all required performance and maintenance guaranties
as required and repair any defects or failures in the restoration
during the period covered by the maintenance guaranty. The permittee
shall ensure that all repairs are carried out within two working days
of notification of restoration defects or failure by the Township
Engineer.
The permittee shall solely be liable and responsible
for any damages, injuries or claims resulting from the street excavation,
restoration or in any connection related to the permit, the permittee's
operations and actions. Nothing in this article shall be understood
or construed by any permittee or other person as to absolve any permittee,
his employees, agents or contractors of any responsibility for any
damage or injuries suffered by any person or property in opening or
excavating in any Township street.
The Township may revoke any permit for noncompliance
with any provision of this article. In any special case, the Township
may, by resolution, impose special conditions to which the issuance
of the permit will be subject, or the Township may, in any such case,
deem by resolution that any provision of this article shall not apply
or shall be altered.