The purpose of this article is to establish
regulations and fees for the opening of municipal streets within the
Village of Ridgefield Park.
The following terms shall, for the purpose of
this article, have the meanings here indicated:
EXTENSIVE OPENING
An opening, tearing up or excavating for any purpose of a
Village road of 100 feet or more of roadway length and/or where connecting
lateral openings are made at average intervals of less than 50 feet
along the roadway length; or an opening which disturbs 20% or more
of the pavement area.
PERMITTEE
Any person, firm or corporation applying for a permit or
his duly authorized representative.
PUBLIC UTILITY
Sewer service, gas, electricity, water, telephone, television,
roads, streets and similar services provided or maintained by any
public or private entity.
SMALL OPENING
Any opening, tearing up or excavating for any purpose of
a Village road which is not an extensive opening.
STREET
Any street, road or other public way dedicated to and accepted
by the Village of Ridgefield Park, and includes all of the area thereof
lying within the bounds of the dedicated right-of-way.
The Superintendent of Public Works and the Building
Department or their designated representatives shall periodically
inspect all road openings and the repair and resurfacing thereof for
the purpose of determining compliance with the conditions imposed
on the issuance of the permit and the specifications. The Village
may, upon the recommendation of its inspectors:
A. Order a temporary stop to any road opening.
B. Order that the applicant perform or correct work in
accordance with the directions of the Village.
C. Order a stop to any work and revoke the permit, in
which event the Village of Ridgefield Park shall complete or cause
to be completed the work and declare the applicant's cash deposit
forfeited or notify the applicant's surety of an intent to file claim
on the bond.
D. Correct any work after notification to the applicant
and the neglect or the refusal of the applicant to make such corrections
as indicated and, upon doing so, declare the applicant's cash deposit
forfeited or notify the applicant's surety of an intent to file a
claim on the bond.
E. Take any other action deemed reasonable under the
circumstances.
[Amended 12-21-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-23]
A. Application fee, nonrefundable.
(1) Road opening.
(a)
First five linear feet: $300.
(b)
From five linear feet to 25 linear feet, to be defined as the
longest dimension: an additional $350.
(c)
From 25 linear feet to 50 linear feet: an additional $400.
(d)
Extensive openings, each additional 50 feet: $100.
(2) Curb, gutter, apron, sidewalk or driveway: lump sum of $15.
(3) Application fees may be accumulated in one account, and said funds
can be utilized for the payment of expenses incurred by the Village
for any work performed for a permittee without restriction as to which
application the funds were originally posted.
B. Security deposit fee for guaranteeing restoration, pavement, curbing
or topsoil.
(1) A deposit of $2.500 escrow, refundable after one year is required.
(2) Applicant must submit a request in writing in order to receive their
refunded deposit.
C. Escrow deposit fee, engineering and legal costs.
(1) All road openings, excavations, borings and other work as stated
on the permit application.
(a)
Base charge, including first five square yards of any trench,
driveway or sidewalk opened, torn up or excavated and including the
first 20 linear feet of any curb or gutter torn up or excavated: an
additional fee of $100.
(b)
For all work proposed on each application that exceeds the quantities delineated in Subsection
C(1)(a) above, a work schedule shall be submitted to and approved by the Village and/or its designated representative, who shall estimate the total escrow deposit fee required based thereon. If at any time during the course of the work it appears evident to the Village and/or its designated representative that the escrow deposit fee is or will be insufficient to cover all costs of inspection and/or other professional services, additional escrow deposit fees shall be estimated by the Village and paid to the Village, based on a revised work schedule to be submitted by the applicant. This procedure shall be repeated as often as necessary to guarantee sufficient escrow deposit fees being available.
(2) Actual payments from the escrow deposit fee fund shall be based on
the following rates:
(a)
Professional engineering services: minimum fee of $50 per hour.
Upon the completion of any such work, the Superintendent
of Public Works and the Construction Official or their designated
representative shall file a report on a form to be furnished for that
purpose, which report shall contain the date of completion, the amount
of deposit, the cost to the Village of resurfacing the area so excavated
or opened, if the same shall have been necessary, and the balance,
if any, due the applicant. The report shall be countersigned by the
designated representative of the Department of Public Works and the
Building Department. Upon receipt of the report by the Village Clerk,
the balance, if any, due the applicant on account of any deposit shall
be returned.
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any of the provisions of this article shall be punishable, upon conviction, as provided in Chapter
1, General Provisions, Article
II, General Penalty. In case of failure to restore pavements or roads or streets as hereinbefore provided after written notice by the Village Clerk to do so, each day that such pavement, roads or streets remain unrestored shall constitute a separate offense.