The purpose of this chapter is to provide the minimum standards
to safeguard persons, protect property and establish performance standards
for the demolition of buildings and structures within the Borough.
The use of explosives is not permitted.
The contractor shall promptly repair any damages caused to adjacent
facilities by its demolition operations at no cost to the owner of
the damaged structure/building.
The contractor shall comply with the following:
A. Prior to placing the first backfill layer, all existing concrete
basement floors and other concrete surfaced areas shall be broken
to ensure adequate drainage.
B. Floor construction over cellars shall be removed regardless of elevations.
C. All partition walls and all columns of any nature in cellars or in
other subsurface openings shall be removed to cellar floor elevation.
D. Furnaces, heating apparatus, piping, gasoline or oil tanks, miscellaneous
fixtures, and stairways shall be removed from the demolition site.
E. The contractor shall furnish, at its own expense, any additional
materials required for backfilling subsurface areas. The quality,
nature, and source of any additional material required for backfilling
shall be approved by the Borough Engineer before use.
F. No unstable material will be permitted in the backfill.
G. Materials encountered in the demolition which the contractor proposes
to use as backfill shall be stored until the walls are removed, if
approved by the Borough Engineer,
H. The contractor shall use satisfactory soil materials consisting of
stone, gravel, and sand, free from debris, trash, frozen materials,
roots and other organic matter, and stones larger than two inches.
I. Prior to placement of fill materials, ensure that areas to be filled
are free of standing water, frost, frozen material, trash and debris.
J. The contractor shall place fill materials in horizontal layers not
exceeding six inches in loose depth and compact each layer at optimum
moisture content of the fill material to a density equal to the original
adjacent ground.
K. All operations in connection with backfilling and grading shall be
performed and completed in such manner as will ensure proper drainage
of the site.
Any and all contractors performing the repair or demolition
of any building or structure shall, at a minimum, maintain insurance
in accordance with the Borough's schedule then in effect.
See Chapter
1, General Provisions, §
1-2, for the general penalty provisions of the Code applicable to this chapter.