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Borough of Oceanport, NJ
Monmouth County
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[Adopted 4-3-1952 by Ord. No. 165 (Ch. 53 of the 1970 Code)]
[Amended 11-2-2017 by Ord. No. 982]
No road, street, avenue or highway in the Borough of Oceanport dedicated to the public use shall be accepted as a public road, street, avenue or highway unless it is in compliance with the Residential Site Improvement Standards for a residential development; otherwise the following requirements must be complied with:
A. 
All roads, streets, avenues or highways aforesaid shall be not less than 50 feet wide between property lines and not less than 30 feet wide between curblines.
B. 
No dead-end roads, streets, avenues or highways shall be accepted unless and until proper provisions have been made for the turning around of vehicles at the "dead end."
C. 
All roads, streets, avenues or highways shall be curbed on both sides thereof.
D. 
All curbs shall not be less than 16 inches deep.
E. 
All curbs shall be constructed of concrete or bluestone or granite, and the minimum width of any curb at the top shall be five inches for concrete and three inches for bluestone or granite.
F. 
All roads, streets, avenues or highways shall be graded with a longitudinal grade of not less than six inches to 100 feet, and a cross section of not less than 1/4 inch to the foot, nor more than 1/2 inch to the foot, each side of the center line.
G. 
The minimum requirement for the surface of any road, street, avenue or highway aforesaid shall be road gravel not less than six inches in depth after ultimate compaction, and the road gravel used thereon shall first be approved by the Borough Engineer and the Street Committee.
H. 
All roads, streets, avenues or highways aforesaid shall be provided with catch basins and pipes where the same may be necessary for proper surface drainage.
I. 
Where subbase conditions of proposed roads, streets, avenues or highways aforesaid are wet, springy or of such nature that surfacing would be inadvisable without remediation, the permittee shall submit a signed and sealed engineering design by a New Jersey professional engineer. The design and calculations shall be submitted for review and approval by the Borough Engineer.
J. 
The approval of any map of land delineating roads, streets, avenues or highways by the governing body of the Borough of Oceanport shall in nowise be construed as an acceptance of any road, street, avenue or highway indicated thereon.