[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee
of the Township of Holland as indicated in article histories. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 3-7-1978]
This article shall be known as the "Road Construction
Ordinance of the Township of Holland."
When used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Those which are used primarily for fast or heavy traffic.
Those which carry traffic from minor streets to the major
system of arterial streets, including the principal entrance streets
for circulation within such a development.
Streets which are parallel to and adjacent to arterial streets
and highways and which provide access to abutting properties and protection
from through traffic.
Those which are used primarily for access to the abutting
properties.
Any individual, firm, association, syndicate, copartnership,
corporation, trust or any other legal entity having an interest in
the subject matter hereof, and shall include, for the purposes of
this article, the owner, developer, applicant, agent, engineer or
other person representing such owner as defined herein.
That portion of a street which, when constructed, is intended
to accommodate vehicular passage or travel.
[Amended 3-30-1978; 10-2-1979]
Except for a street in a major subdivision which has, before the effective date of this article, received preliminary subdivision approval pursuant to Chapter 100, Part 2, Development Regulations, and receives final subdivision approval pursuant to such ordinance within the three year or longer period of time referred to in N.J.S.A. 40:55D-49 as conferring certain preliminary approval rights or final subdivision approval pursuant to the Land Subdivision Ordinance of the Township of Holland, in the County of Hunterdon, as amended and supplemented, or the Holland Township Development Regulations Ordinance (1977), and in accordance with specifications and requirements for the acceptance of streets by the Township Committee in effect before the effective date of this article, no street shall be accepted by the Township Committee and taken over as a municipal thoroughfare to be maintained as such at the public expense after this article becomes effective unless application is made as required by § 148-4 of this article and unless such street shall comply with the following minimum specifications and requirements, and no map intended as a dedication of any lands for public streets submitted to the Township Committee for approval or accepted for such purposes unless such map shall comply with the following specifications and requirements:
B.
The street shall be improved in accordance with this
article and shall conform to typical cross section drawings which
have been prepared by the Township Engineer, approved by the Township
Committee and incorporated in and made a part of this article by reference,
copies of which drawings are on file at the office of the Township
Clerk and are available upon request.
C.
All streets to be constructed will be in accordance
with the following, which are hereby declared to be minimum requirements:
(1)
Minor, marginal access and collector streets (typical cross section designated for these streets). The traveled way shall be a minimum of 30 feet in width with a crown of six inches and shall consist of a two-inch compacted depth of FABC-1 surface course on a five-inch compacted depth of bituminous stabilized base placed on a graded and compacted subgrade. Subbase material, where required, shall be a four-inch minimum depth of shale, white gravel or Type 5 Class A soil aggregate. The road shall be curbed using either eight-by-nine-by-twenty-inch standard concrete curb or standard Belgian block curb, both with six-inch reveal. A graded shoulder of three-foot minimum width and 3% slope shall be provided along both sides of the road unless sidewalks are required or provided. Drainage shall be carried by a storm sewer system complying with the subsurface storm drainage requirements contained in Subsection D of this section. Roadside cut or fill slopes shall not exceed one vertical to three horizontal. All disturbed areas shall be stabilized as required by Subsection E of this section.
(2)
Arterial streets (no typical cross section). The specifications
for this type of street shall be in accordance with the New Jersey
State Highway Department design standards and shall depend on soil
conditions, traffic volume, load limit, drainage considerations, etc.
In no case shall these specifications be less than those required
for collector streets.
[Amended 12-23-1986 by Ord. No. 86-18]
(3)
Arterial streets (no typical cross section). The specifications
for this type of street shall be in accordance with New Jersey State
Highway Department design standards and shall depend on soil conditions,
traffic volume, load limit, drainage considerations, etc. In no case
shall these specifications be less than those required for collector
streets.
D.
Storm sewers shall be capable of handling a fifteen-year-frequency
design storm. Inlets along curblines shall be Type B. All pipes shall
be of reinforced concrete and have a minimum diameter of 15 feet.
E.
All disturbed areas (shoulders, swales, roadside slopes,
etc.) shall receive the following: Kentucky bluegrass: 21 pounds per
acre: Kentucky 31 Fescue: 67 pounds per acre; Creeping Red Fescue:
25 pounds per acre; Redtop: six pounds per acre; inert: four pounds
per acre; and mulching, either with unrotted straw or salt hay: 1 1/2
to two tons per acre, or with hydroseeding method using wood or paper
fibre mulch: 1,500 pounds per acre.
F.
A guardrail along the street in areas may be required
by the Township Engineer where it is deemed necessary.
G.
The subgrade for all roads must be inspected and approved
by the Township Engineer prior to the placing of paving.
H.
All underground utility crossings shall be made prior
to paving.
I.
Unless otherwise specified herein, all construction
methods and materials shall conform to New Jersey Department of Transportation
specifications as currently amended.
Except for a street in a major subdivision which has, before the effective date of this article, received final approval by the Planning Board or Board of Adjustment of the Township of Holland and, for the completion of which a satisfactory performance guaranty has been posted with said Township, pursuant to Chapter 100, Part 2, Development Regulations, as amended and supplemented, and in accordance with the specifications and requirements for the acceptance of streets by the Township Committee in effect before the effective date of this article, no street shall be accepted by the Township Committee and taken over as a municipal thoroughfare to be maintained as such at the public expense after this article becomes effective unless application shall be made to the Township Committee as follows:
A.
At the expiration of the maintenance bond period as specified in Chapter 100, Part 2, Development Regulations, as amended and supplemented, application shall be made to the Township Committee for the final approval and acceptance of such street at least two weeks prior to the regular Township Committee meeting. Such application must be accompanied by sufficient as-built plan and profile views of the constructed improvements as may be required by the Township Engineer. The application must also be accompanied by the approved subdivision final plat and a deed of conveyance by metes and bounds for such street consistent with the final subdivision plat. Upon receipt of the aforementioned documents, the Township Committee shall authorize the Township Engineer to make a final inspection of the constructed improvements and review the as-built plans, if required.
[Amended 10-2-1979]
Upon approval of the plans by the Township Committee
and upon receipt of a letter of final acceptance of the actual construction
from the Township Engineer, the Township Committee shall accept such
street and execute the deed of conveyance. Any unused maintenance
moneys shall then be returned. The approval of any maps and plans
for the purpose of enabling owners to comply with the provisions of
N.J.S.A. 46:23-9.11p or 46:23-9.12 shall not be deemed an acceptance
of any street shown thereon, nor shall the Township of Holland, prior
to the final adoption of an ordinance for such purpose, be in any
way obligated to maintain or exercise jurisdiction over any of such
streets.
The Township Committee, in its discretion, may
refuse to approve or accept any street, notwithstanding compliance
with all of the provisions of this article, when, in its judgment,
the public interest renders such approval or acceptance inadvisable.
It may also permit exceptions and variations to the foregoing requirements
when good cause therefor is shown and the public interest will not
be adversely affected thereby. In any case, the Township Committee
may refuse to accept any street until such time as the same is fully
completed in accordance with the provisions hereof.
All costs for plans, monuments, descriptions
and grading and pavement shall be the sole responsibility of the person,
partnership, association of persons or corporation dedicating the
same.
A.
No construction hereunder is to commence until approval of plans and specifications is granted as required under § 148-3 of this article.
B.
Notification shall be given to the Township Engineer
not less than 24 hours prior to the commencement of any construction,
and the Township Engineer is authorized to make inspections so as
to ensure that the construction requirements of this article are met
as the construction proceeds.
Before the acceptance of any street by the Township
Committee, an affidavit shall be made by the owner certifying that
all requirements of this article have been met and that all costs
assessed under this article for inspection and all costs incurred
in the construction of the street have been paid.
[Added 6-16-1981 by Ord. No. 81-8]
A.
The provisions of this article shall not apply to
any street which has been used by the public for travel prior to February
8, 1965 (the date of final passage of a predecessor ordinance governing
minimum requirements and specifications for acceptance of streets,
which was repealed), which:
(1)
Intersects or joins three or more streets which are
existing Township or county streets and maintained as such.
(2)
Is not over 1,000 feet in length.
(4)
In the judgment of the Township Committee, carries
sufficient traffic (including school bus traffic) to justify its acceptance
by the Township and its taking over as a municipal thoroughfare to
be maintained as such.
B.
Any such street may, but need not, by ordinance, be
accepted as a Township street and taken over as a municipal thoroughfare
to be maintained as such and may be improved by the Township as deemed
advisable for its use by the public.
[Adopted 5-17-1983 by Ord. No. 83-8]
[Amended 10-16-1984 by Ord. No. 84-9]
No person, other than an employee or contractor
of the Township of Holland acting in his capacity as such, shall,
unless with prior authorization from the Township, place, or cause
to be placed, on the traveled surface of any street or road accepted
or maintained by the Township any snow, ice, mud, dirt, stones, rocks,
gravel or other material in such manner that the same impedes the
safe and unobstructed use of, and vehicular passage upon, such street
or road.
[Amended 9-5-1989 by Ord. No. 1989-9]
A.
The governing body may prescribe penalties for the
violation of ordinances it may have authority to pass, either by imprisonment
in the county jail or in any place provided by the municipality for
the detention of prisoners, for any term not exceeding 90 days or
by a fine not exceeding $1,000, or both. The court before which any
person is convicted of violating this article shall have power to
impose any fine or term of imprisonment not exceeding the maximum
fixed in this article.
B.
Any person convicted of the violation of this article
may, in the discretion of the court by which he was convicted, and
in default of the payment of any fine imposed therefor, be imprisoned
in the county jail or place of detention provided by the municipality
for any term not exceeding 90 days.
[Added 2-5-1991 by Ord. No. 1991-1]
In any case where the owner or developer of
or persons owning property along a street of the sort described below
enters a written agreement with the Township, in a form satisfactory
to the Township (such form to include the provision of reasonable
compensation to the Township for the service), the plowing of snow
and/or cindering and salting is hereby authorized on such street,
if the street meets the following provisions:
B.
Its improvement has been guaranteed by the developer
and its actual construction has progressed to the point where pavement
and other associated road improvements, including the top course of
pavement, have been accomplished; and
C.
Homes or other buildings, already occupied, lie along
such street and the travel over such street is sufficient to warrant
the plowing of any snow; but
D.
Such street has not yet been formally accepted, by
ordinance, into the Township system of public streets.
