[Ord. 555, 5/16/1970, § 1]
1.
It is hereby declared to be the policy of the Forest Hills Borough
in respect of the original permanent paving, widening, curbing or
guttering of all roads, streets and alleys or parts thereof shown
on the Borough street map, hereinafter referred to, that the construction
material shall be as follows:
A.
For original permanent paving and widening the surface paving material
shall be either Portland cement concrete or asphaltic or bituminous
material as Council shall prescribe in the ordinance authorizing such
paving or widening.
B.
For curbing and guttering, material shall be Portland cement concrete.
C.
Such material shall be furnished and used in accordance with such
specifications as shall, from time to time, be prescribed by the Public
Works Committee of Council in standard regulations promulgated and
adopted by such Committee in accordance with the procedure hereinafter
set forth and that the cost of such improvements shall be paid by
equitable assessment against abutting property and by payments from
the General Fund of the Forest Hills Borough as more specifically
hereinafter set forth.
[Ord. 555, 5/16/1970, § 2]
1.
The Borough Street Map shall set forth the location and name of all
roads, streets and alleys in the Borough which have been laid out
and opened or dedicated and accepted as public roads, streets and
alleys therein. Said map shall be amended, from time to time, by the
Borough Engineer as changes to conform to the requirements of this
section are necessary therein. The map shall bear the certification
of the Borough Engineer that the same is complete and accurate and
shall be endorsed with the date and fact of its approval by the Public
Works Committee of Council.
2.
A copy bearing such certification and endorsement of approval shall
be made available during regular business hours for public inspection
in the office of the Public Works Manager. The Borough Engineer and
the Public Works Manager are hereby authorized and directed to prepare
said map, amend or revise the same, from time to time, and to take
such other action relative thereto as may be appropriate to comply
with the provisions of this Part.
[Ord. 555, 5/16/1970, § 3]
The Public Works Committee of Council is hereby authorized and
directed to adopt and promulgate standard regulations for street paving,
widening, curbing and guttering within the standards prescribed by
this Part and in implementation thereof in such form as said Committee,
by and with the advice and recommendations of the Borough Engineer,
shall decide. The regulations may be amended and revised, from time
to time, by said Committee in the same manner in which they shall
have been originally promulgated and adopted. Said standard regulations
for street paving, widening, curbing and guttering hereinafter referred
to as the "regulations" shall be in writing and shall bear the certification
of the Borough Engineer that the same are complete and accurate and
shall be endorsed with the date and fact of approval by the Public
Works Committee of Council. A copy of the regulations bearing such
certification and endorsement or approval shall be made available
during regular business hours for public inspection in the office
of the Public Works Manager.
[Ord. 555, 5/16/1970, § 4]
The cost of any improvements made pursuant to this Part shall
be paid by the Borough and the owners of abutting property or either
of them in accordance with the provisions of the law relating to street
improvements in boroughs.
[Ord. 555, 5/16/1970, § 5]
The phrase "Public Works Committee of Council" as used herein
shall be construed to mean the Public Works Committee of Council as
now constituted or any committee hereafter organized by the Council
performing the same or similar function.
