[Adopted 2-10-1976]
For the purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
APPROVAL, APPROVED or ACCEPTED
Written approval of the Village Engineer.
BASE COURSE
The crushed-stone material placed on the subgrade.
FINAL ACCEPTANCE
Before the streets constructed in accordance with these specifications will be approved, the developer shall make such request to the Village Board and the Village Engineer stating that the pavement and all areas within the rights-of-way have been completed in accordance with the approved plans and specifications, and a set of as-built drawings of the utilities and road shall accompany said request. Thereafter, upon recommendation of the Village Engineer, a written final approval will be transmitted to the contractor by the Village.
FINE GRADE
Grading to a tolerance of 1/2 inch in 10 feet.
NYSDOT SPECIFICATIONS
New York State Department of Transportation Standard Specifications, dated January 2, 1973, and addenda thereto issued to and including the date of approval of plans for the highway construction.
RIGHT-OF-WAY
The total width of property to be deeded to the Village, a minimum of 60 feet wide.
ROAD SECTION
The entire area disturbed for street construction, including ditches.
ROADWAY
That portion of the street included between the outside edges of the paved surface or gutters.
STREET SUPERINTENDENT
The Village of Manlius Superintendent of Public Works or his duly appointed agent.
SUBGRADE
The bottom of the granular-base material.
SURFACE COURSE
The asphalt pavement on which traffic travels.
TESTS
All tests, cores and inspections mentioned in these specifications shall be performed without cost to the Village of Manlius, and written results of same shall be filed with the Village. All laboratory testing must be done by a Village-approved firm.
VILLAGE BOARD
Duly elected governing board of the Village, chaired by the Mayor.
VILLAGE ENGINEER
The engineer appointed by the Village.
A. 
Plans showing original and finished center-line profiles, typical cross sections and proposed drainage facilities shall be submitted to the Village and the Village Engineer before final subdivision plat approval can be given. No construction shall be commenced until approval of the plans has been given. After approval, the Village Engineer shall be furnished with three sets of plans. After construction and before acceptance, the Village Engineer shall be furnished with three sets of as-built plans.
B. 
In the case of street improvements initiated by the Village, plans will be furnished by the Village.
A. 
General. The roadway shall be graded to subgrade by making cuts and fills to approved elevations. The fill material may consist of material from the excavated areas after removal of all boulders, topsoil, stumps, roots or other deleterious material or from approved borrow pits.
B. 
Stripping. Prior to the commencement of excavation or filling, stripping shall be conducted to remove all topsoil, stumps, roots, organic matter or other deleterious material for the full width of the road section. Stripping is not required under fills where the original grade is more than five feet below finished center-line grade if the material is sufficiently stable, as approved by the Village Engineer. Unacceptable material includes peat, muck and similar organic materials subject to consolidation.
C. 
Excavation. The excavation shall be executed in a workmanlike manner, keeping the ditch lines below the cut section to provide positive drainage at all times throughout the excavating operation. The surface of the cut section will be left crowned after each day's operation to ensure positive drainage away from the subgrade. The surface of the subgrade shall be free from rocks with any dimension in excess of six inches and other undesirable materials. The subgrade in the cut section will be subject to test rolling as hereinafter described.
D. 
Embankment.
(1) 
The material for embankment shall come either from the cuts or approved borrow pits. The material shall consist of natural soil, free from rocks, in excess of six inches, topsoil, stumps, roots or other deleterious material and shall be of such gradation and moisture content that it is capable of being compacted to the required density. The embankment shall be built in a workmanlike manner. No embankment shall consist of or be placed on frozen earth. Embankment shall be placed in horizontal layers, not thicker than six inches after compaction and of such cross section as to permit proper drainage. Proper compaction is defined as an embankment which does not weave, rut or displace in any manner under three consecutive passes of a ten-wheel (three-axle) self-propelled dump truck loaded to the maximum legal load travelling at a maximum speed of five miles per hour.
(2) 
No stones over six inches in maximum dimension will be allowed in the embankment closer than four feet to center-line finished grade. No stones over three inches in maximum dimension will be allowed between four feet and the finished grade in the embankment.
E. 
Preparation of subgrade. The subgrade shall be constructed to the cross sections and grades shown on the approved plans. The Village Engineer shall be notified at least five days prior to the placing of the base course above the subgrade. He or his agent will be present and the entire roadway shall be tested for proper compaction as heretofore defined. Any areas in either cut or fill which weave, rut or distort shall be repaired until they do not weave, rut or distort. When the subgrade is satisfactory to the Village Engineer, he will issue a written approval. No base course shall be placed above subgrade until this written approval is obtained.
F. 
Culverts and subsurface drainage.
(1) 
All underground utilities, culverts and storm sewers shall be installed prior to placing the base course. The utilities placed under the pavement limits shall be backfilled with a granular material compacted to 95% density in accordance with ASTM D1557. All culverts crossing the center line of the roadway shall be of a size 18 inches in diameter or larger. The material for all pipes shall conform to the NYSDOT Specifications and shall be installed according to the manufacturers specifications. Where catch basins or manholes are called for, they shall be constructed in accordance with Village standards. Manufacturer's certificates that all pipes meet these specifications shall be given to the Village Engineer, if requested, before final acceptance of the road. All pipes must be laid so that they have positive drainage as shown on the approved plans.
(2) 
The underdrain shall be six inch steel perforated pipe meeting the NYSDOT Specifications. The pipe shall be installed with the perforated holes on the bottom and shall be surrounded by a minimum of six inches of filter material consisting of one part concrete sand, one part No. 1 stone and one part No. 2 stone uniformly mixed together, or material conforming to the NYSDOT Specifications for underdrain filter materials. The flow line of the underdrain shall be a minimum of 12 inches below subgrade at the edge of the gutter and must drain to a positive drainage system.
(3) 
All pipes and drainage structures are to be protected and maintained and, if necessary, be cleaned, repaired or replaced before final acceptance. The alignment and grades of all piping is subject to inspection and approval by the Village Engineer.
G. 
Base course. Before any base-course material is placed on the subgrade, the subgrade shall be prepared and approved as described heretofore. At any time that the subgrade becomes rutted or out of shape ahead of the placing of the base course, it shall be reshaped and sealed before any base material is placed upon it.
(1) 
Material. The material acceptable for this course shall be crushed stone complying with NYSDOT Specifications, and as follows:
(a) 
All particles shall pass a three-inch-square hole, not less than 30% by weight shall pass the one-fourth-inch sieve, not more than 35% by weight shall pass the No. 40 mesh sieve, and not more than 10% by weight shall pass the No. 200 mesh sieve as determined by washing through the sieve in accordance with ASTM Designation D422. The particles retained on the one-fourth-inch sieve shall have a loss, after four cycles of the magnesium-sulfate soundness test, not exceeding 30% by weight.
(b) 
The particles passing the No. 40 mesh sieve shall have a maximum plasticity index of five.
(2) 
Construction.
(a) 
The material shall be spread so that no appreciable segregation of particle sizes occurs. The material shall be placed in horizontal layers not exceeding six inches in thickness after compaction, with a total minimum depth of 12 inches. Compaction may be done with approved vibrating compaction equipment, a flatwheel roller weighing approximately 10 tons, rubber-tired rollers or equipment approved by the Village Engineer. Each layer shall be compacted to at least 95% of the maximum density determined in accordance with ASTM D1557.
(b) 
Before the pavement is placed on top of the base course, samples of the base shall be taken under the direction of the Village Engineer and tested by a testing laboratory approved by the Village to determine that the material passes the gradation and compaction requirements. Certification of results of these tests shall be given to the Village Engineer before final acceptance. Any material not meeting the specifications shall be removed and replaced. No material shall be placed when either fill, material or previous layer is frozen. In the event that any fill which has already been placed on the subgrade shall become frozen, it shall be scarified and recompacted or removed, to the approval of the Village Engineer.
(c) 
The base course shall be placed to the full width of the roadway, including the gutters as shown on the typical street section.
(d) 
An additional thickness beyond the required 12 inches may be ordered by the Village Engineer where the subgrade is wet or consists of an unstable material. This may require the processing or removal of unstable material prior to the placement of the base course.
H. 
Gutters. Gutters shall be installed in accordance with the current requirements of the Village, as determined by the Village Engineer. The construction of the gutters shall comply with NYSDOT Specifications, Section 609.
[Amended 8-24-1982 by L.L. No. 4-1982]
I. 
Surface course. After the base course is completed to a tolerance of 1/2 inch in 10 feet as shown on the approved plans and cross sections and sealed with a flat-wheel roller weighing approximately 10 tons and approved by the Village Engineer, the surface course shall be applied. If the pavement is not placed immediately following the installation of the base course and said base course becomes contaminated with undesirable material, this material shall be removed and the base course restored to proposed grade prior to proceeding with the surface course.
[Amended 8-24-1982 by L.L. No. 4-1982]
(1) 
Material. The surface course shall consist of two-course bituminous-concrete plant mix complying with NYSDOT Specifications.
(2) 
Construction. The bituminous-concrete plant mix shall be placed with an approved spreader with the final thickness of two inches for the binder and one inch for the top as shown on the typical street section. Immediately following placing of the hot mix, it shall be rolled with a flat-wheel roller weighing approximately 10 tons, equipped with a device to keep the rollers wet so that no mix adheres to the rollers. The rolling shall continue until the roller does not leave any ruts or tracks. Bituminous-concrete pavement shall be crowned to slope at 1/4 inch per foot. No bituminous-concrete paving shall be done over a wet surface or when the temperature is below 50° F. All bituminous-concrete pavement shall be subject to coring under the direction of the Village Engineer. The cores shall be taken at not more than five-hundred-foot intervals. Any core found to be more than 1/8 of an inch short of the specified thickness shall be unacceptable, and the area represented by it shall be covered with a layer of bituminous concrete properly bonded, or the top course shall be removed and replaced.
A. 
After completion of the pavement, the contractor shall shape, topsoil and seed the area between the gutter and the property line. Topsoil shall be placed at a minimum depth of four inches and be free of any roots, stones or clay materials. Seeding shall be of the following mix:
By Weight
Variety
Purity
Germination
50%
Kentucky bluegrass
85%
80%
20%
Redtop
95%
90%
15%
Domestic rye grass
95%
85%
10%
Timothy
99%
90%
5%
White clover
97%
90%
B. 
Immediately following preparation of the seed bed, five pounds of seed per 1,000 square feet shall be uniformly applied by a mechanical spreader. The seed shall be raked lightly into the surface and rolled with a light hand lawn roller weighing not more than 100 pounds per foot of width. Seeded areas shall be sprinkled with a fine spray in such a manner as not to wash out the seed. Seeding shall be done on a still day and only with the approval of the Engineer.
A. 
Rough grading must be completed before the construction of any utilities is commenced.
B. 
All work performed by the contractor will carry a one-year guaranty. The guaranty period will commence at the date of the written final approval.
C. 
Inspection by the Village Engineer will be required periodically and as noted in the specifications. The contractor will be obligated to inform the Village Engineer of his progress prior to the start of the following construction operations:
(1) 
Commencing work on the site.
(2) 
Base course.
(3) 
Surface course.
D. 
If sufficient notice is not given and therefore the proper inspection of each operation is not made, the Village has the right to test the final pavement, or the base course, by making three consecutive passes over the pavement with a ten-wheel, three-axle, self-propelled dump truck with the maximum legal load, moving at a maximum speed of five miles per hour. If the test results in any weaving, rutting or displacement of the pavement, it will be considered as unacceptable by the Village.
E. 
Yard area. All yards facing on a public street shall be properly graded at the time of the street construction, consistent with the street grades as constructed and in accordance with Chapter 99, Zoning, of the Village of Manlius Code.
F. 
Street grades. Street grades shall be a minimum of 1% and a maximum of 10%. All streets will be crowned at 1/4 inch per foot. The aforementioned grades and slopes will be modified as required to provide proper drainage and smooth and safe transitions at intersections.
G. 
Construction equipment, excess cut material and field offices must be removed from the site when the work is completed.