[Ord. 314, 5/13/1986, Art. IV, § 1]
No street in the Township of Ferguson may be completely closed
to traffic at any time. One lane of traffic must be able to pass at
all times to direct traffic through the work area, and all established
traffic patterns must be maintained at all times. If all other means
of traffic control have been exhausted, the Township may permit a
road to be completely closed temporarily.
[Ord. 314, 5/13/1986, Art. IV, § 2; as amended
by Ord. 820, 12/8/2003]
For small area pave cuts, the utility or contractor shall be
required to complete the temporary restoration within 48 consecutive
hours of the initial cut during the normal working week excluding
holidays and weekends. Extension time may be allowed upon appeal to
the Director of Public Works, provided the contractor substantiates
sufficient reasons for the extension required. Work on long cuts,
those of 25 feet in length or longer, shall proceed in a continuous
manner. Permits for long cuts or capital improvements will not be
granted during the months of November through March, inclusive; except
by written permission from the Director of Public Works. The utility
or contractor shall coordinate planned cuts in the Township streets
with the paving program of the Township. A construction schedule comprising
planned cuts shall be submitted to the Township Engineer as they become
available. The Township will provide a paving program for a one-year
period to the public utilities prior to February 15. Changes in the
public utilities' schedule of planned cuts shall require confirmation
from the Township Engineer. Changes in the Township paving program
shall be submitted to all utilities at the earliest possible date
to permit the utilities to adjust their respective schedule.
[Ord. 314, 5/13/1986, Art. IV, § 3; as amended
by Ord. 820, 12/8/2003]
All excavations shall be commenced and completed by the use
of reasonable work force. In congested areas, the Township may limit
work to other than normal daytime working hours. At the cessation
of work adequate steel plates or wooden planking shall be placed over
the excavation while it is not being worked to ensure full traffic
flow. The maximum length of any opening in the street shall be 50
feet, unless otherwise permitted, in writing, by the Director of Public
Works.
[Ord. 314, 5/13/1986, Art. IV, § 4]
1.
In peak traffic area, all excavated material shall be removed daily
at the cessation of work. All gutters and drainage devices shall be
kept clean of all debris and excavated material. Fire hydrants adjacent
to the work shall at all times be readily accessible to fire apparatus,
and no materials or obstruction shall be placed within 15 feet of
any hydrant.
2.
All material which is excavated shall be considered waste material
and shall be disposed of by the utility or contractor beyond the project
limits. In no case shall waste material be left at the work site.
[Ord. 314, 5/13/1986, Art. IV, § 5; as amended
by Ord. 820, 12/8/2003]
Power driven saws shall be used on all cuts. The cuts must be
of sufficient depth to provide a smooth edge. Opening in brick or
Belgian block based streets shall be of sufficient width to expose
one-half row of undisturbed interlocking stone. No pavement busters,
such as drop hammers, hoe rams and the like shall be used without
the written permission of the Township Engineer.
[Ord. 314, 5/13/1986, Art. IV, § 6; as amended
by Ord. 820, 12/8/2003]
If there is damage to another utility's underground facilities,
it shall be the responsibility of the party doing the work to contact
the Township Engineer, and all concerned pertinent utilities in order
to request him to have a Township representative inspect the condition
before any backfilling is begun.
[Ord. 314, 5/13/1986, Art. IV, § 7; as amended
by Ord. 820, 12/8/2003]
The Township Engineer must be notified in advance of all backfilling.
Backfilling will be done in such manner as to obtain compaction throughout
the entire length of backfill. Type 2RC stone shall be used in all
backfilling. The method of backfill shall be consistent with good
engineering practice, i.e., the material shall be placed in layers
not to exceed six inches properly tamped using a mechanical tamper
or a mechanical vibrator up to the bottom elevation of the pavement
structure. All backfill shall be compacted in accordance with PennDOT
Specifications, Publication 408, § 206.3, as amended and
superseded.
[Ord. 314, 5/13/1986, Art. IV, § 8]
The permittee is responsible for all costs and expenses of making
and maintaining temporary and permanent restorations of disturbed
areas. Temporary restoration consists of a minimum of two inches of
bituminous material and is maintained in place until permanent restoration
can be made.
[Ord. 314, 5/13/1986, Art. IV, § 9; as amended
by Ord. 820, 12/8/2003]
1.
Only public utilities or their contractors will be permitted to make
permanent restoration of openings in pavements. The restored pavements
shall be guaranteed from failure until two years after the date of
acceptance. Permanent restoration must be completed no sooner than
30 days nor later than 60 days of the initial cut. Any cuts made in
the months of November through March shall be permanently restored
within 30 days after hot asphalt becomes available.
2.
Existing base and surface must be exposed six inches on each side
on any failures that may have developed.
3.
Permanent restoration of flexible base pavements shall consist of
six inches of 2A stone sub-base; five inches of bituminous concrete
base course, and two inches of ID-2 wearing course (or match existing
pavement depths if greater than five inches BCBC and two inches ID-2)
rolled to conform with the existing road, and the edges sealed with
AC-20. All openings, regardless of size, must be permanently restored
in accordance with PennDOT Specifications, Publication 408, as amended
and superseded.
4.
Upon any failure of restoration being reported to a public utility,
the pertinent public utility shall begin repairs within 24 hours after
such notification. Upon failure of the public utility to repair the
cut in a satisfactory manner, the Township shall have the option to
complete the work or to contract to complete the work and to bill
the public utility which shall be responsible for the cost of the
same.
[Ord. 314, 5/13/1986, Art. IV, § 10]
The permanent restoration of special type pavements, such as
concrete, brick, Belgian block, cobblestone gutters, or tiles, shall
consist of relaying the original wearing course in accordance with
the original installation specifications in such a manner as to prevent
settlement or other deterioration.
[Ord. 314, 5/13/1986, Art. IV, § 11]
No linestone or monument in the Township of Ferguson may be
removed, altered or buried at any time. When work in the right of
way requires the temporary removal of a linestone or monument, it
must be preserved at the site and reset at the direction of a registered
surveyor. All costs incident thereto, including surveys, shall be
charged to the public utility or contractor. All costs incidental
to exposing and/or resetting a linestone or monument shall be charged
to the utility or contractor.
[Ord. 314, 5/13/1986, Art. IV, § 12]
All test holes and boring in the right of way shall require
a permit. Restoration of bore holes shall follow immediately after
testing with the application of asphalt permanent restoration or other
water resistant plugs. A penalty will be charged for each test hole
found unplugged.
[Ord. 314, 5/13/1986, Art. IV, § 13]
The utility and/or its contractor must replace in kind all pavement
markings damaged or removed by pave cuts and work incident thereto.
All markings must be replaced within five days after permanent restoration.
The Township may contract to have the necessary repairs made and bill
the utility.
[Ord. 314, 5/13/1986, Art. IV, § 14]
Electronic traffic control devices and ancillary equipment damaged,
removed because of pavement excavations or work incident thereto,
must be replaced by the utility or its contractor, in kind, in whole
or in part as required by the Director of Public Works or his agent.
The Township may contract to have the necessary repairs made and bill
the utility.
[Ord. 314, 5/13/1986, Art. IV, § 15]
The Director of Public Works or his designee may inspect all
permitted work, and an inspection fee shall be charged.
[Ord. 314, 5/13/1986, Art. IV, § 16]
Upon notification from the Director of Public Works of a planned
street resurfacing or reconstruction, all utilities will be required
to test their lines and services and to schedule necessary capital
improvements and service connections prior to resurfacing or reconstruction.
Thereafter, cuts will be permitted in the new pavement only in an
emergency. Pave cuts made in new pavement shall be subject to a penalty.
Open cutting of all pavements on streets is prohibited unless a utility
is connecting to a line that is under the pavement or unless subsurface
conditions prevent boring with casing. Essential services for new
building construction shall be permitted. Essential services should
not include the additional of an alternate or secondary source of
fuel, water, heat or other service. Pavement shall be considered new
for a period of five years from the date of placement.
[Ord. 314, 5/13/1986, Art. IV, § 17]
This Part provides for the laying, renewing and repairing of
all electrical, gas, water, sewer, steam, telephone, cable television,
or other pipes or conduits, in any street, before the paving, repaving
of the same, and for making the necessary house connections with said
pipes, and also for the necessary house connections and branches with
and leading into main or lateral sewers; providing, that in no case,
except as a sanitary measure or which the Supervisors shall be the
judge, shall the Supervisors require such house connections to be
extended further from such sewers, or from such gas, water or other
pipes or conduits, than the inner line of the curbstone of such street.
The Supervisors may, after notice to all companies, corporations,
persons, and owners affected, and in default of compliance therewith,
cause said pipes to be laid, renewed or repaired and said connections
made, and collect the cost of paving and repairing all pipes and pipe
connections, from the companies, corporations, or persons owning or
operating the said gas, water, and other pipes or conduits, with interest;
and the cost of the sewer connections shall be a lien against the
land for whose benefit such connections are made. A separate lien
may be filed therefor, or such sewer connection cost may be included
in any lien filed for the cost of such street improvement, and the
lien and the proceedings thereon shall be as in the case of other
municipal liens.
[Ord. 314, 5/13/1986, Art. III, § 18]
The Township Engineer shall have the final decision for the
determination of lines and grades for street construction. This decision
shall be based on good engineering practice and municipal standards.
[Ord. 314, 5/13/1986, Art. IV, § 19]
1.
The following for pipes and conduits are assigned to the utilities
operating under this Act:
A.
Gas lines shall be a minimum of 30 inches below subgrade.
B.
Water and sewer lines shall be a minimum of 48 inches below subgrade.
C.
Electric lines and conduits shall be a minimum of 36 inches below
subgrade.
D.
Telecommunication lines and cable television lines and conduits shall
be a minimum of 24 inches below subgrade, for main lines and a minimum
of four inches for service lines.
[Ord. 314, 5/13/1986, Art. IV, § 20]
Aerial installations of electric power transmissions, telecommunications
and cable television lines suspend from supporting poles having their
base and/or support wires within the public right of way and interfering
with a roadway construction, reconstruction or repair project shall
be relocated upon written order from the Director of Public Works
to a point specified therein. The Township may require the utility
to place its aerial facilities underground where it is deemed necessary
or desirable. Hereafter, aerial installations shall be placed subject
to approval by the Township. The Township shall assign horizontal
corridors on a case-by-case basis for all new construction. All gate
boxes, shut-off valves and other regulating devices underground for
individual customers for gas, water, sewer, steam, electric and telecommunications
and cable television lines shall be located outside the right of way.
[Ord. 314, 5/13/1986, Art. IV, § 21]
The Township may participate in the actual costs less betterments
of utility relocation when an existing utility right of way is owned
by the utility and interferes with a municipal construction project.
[Ord. 314, 5/13/1986, Art. IV, § 22]
Upon receipt of a letter from the Township authorizing the start
of physical work, the utility shall commence work within 30 days unless
otherwise stated by the Township with reasonable cause shown in order
to clear the construction area. The utility shall perform the relocation
work in accordance with the construction plan approved by the Township.
Utility relocation shall be accomplished by the utility to assure
its completion prior to the commencement of roadway construction.
Areas of utility relocation of work which cannot be accomplished prior
to the start of construction but can be accomplished simultaneously
without restricting the roadway project contractor, may be done concurrently
with the contractor's operations when approved by the Township. It
is acknowledged that field conditions occasionally necessitate revision
of the utility relocation plan. It shall be the responsibility of
the utility to report and justify such revisions, to correct any data
on file with the Township. Minor modifications of the relocation plan
may be brought to the attention of the project engineer and shall
be noted in the daily inspection report.
