[Ord. 2003-2, 2/26/2003, § 2.1]
The following words when used in this Part, unless the context
clearly indicates otherwise, shall be defined as follows:
ENGINEER
The Engineer of the Township of Douglass.
SIDEWALK AREA
The area between the street curb line and the right-of-way
line of a street as shown on recorded subdivision plans or as established
by this Part.
STREET
As defined in the Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance [Chapter
22] of the Township of Douglass. It includes street, avenue, boulevard, road, highway, expressway, thoroughfare, court, lane, alley, and any other ways used or intended to be used by vehicular traffic or pedestrians, whether public or private. Included is all the land between the street right-of-way lines, whether improved or unimproved. Streets may comprise pavement, shoulders, gutters, sidewalks, division strips, or other areas within the street right-of-way lines.
SUPERVISORS
The Supervisors of the Township of Douglass.
[Ord. 2003-2, 2/26/2003, § 2.2]
1. The grading of sidewalk areas and the construction and repairing
of sidewalks, curbs, and driveway entrances along and in the streets
of the Township shall be done by the owner or owners of the lot or
lots abutting thereon in accordance with the lines and grades as shown
on recorded subdivision plans or as established by this Part, and
in accordance with the provisions of this Part.
2. It is hereby declared unlawful for any person, firm, corporation,
or other entity to grade any sidewalk area, construct, or repair any
sidewalk, curb, or driveway entrance within the Township except in
compliance with the provisions of this Part.
3. Any person, firm, corporation, or other entity desiring to grade
any sidewalk area or to construct or repair any sidewalk, curb, or
driveway entrance shall first obtain a permit therefor from the proper
Township official for issuing the aforesaid permit only after the
following conditions have been satisfied:
A. The filing of a written application with the said Township official
upon such forms as approved the Supervisors setting forth the location,
purpose, and description of the improvement.
B. The approval of said application by the Township Engineer.
C. The payment, to the aforesaid Township official at the time of filing
the written application, of a permit fee, established in accordance
with fee schedule adopted by resolution of the Supervisors.
D. In all cases of new construction of curb, sidewalk, or driveway entrance,
or of resetting any curb, sidewalk, or driveway entrance in excess
of 10 feet in length, or of any other type work when specifically
requested by the applicant, the Township shall furnish applicant with
the right lines and/or grades upon payment by the applicant to the
aforesaid Township official at the time of filing the written application
of a fee therefor, established in accordance with a fee schedule adopted
by resolution of the Supervisors.
4. A permit shall be affective for a period of 90 days from date of
issuance and prior to expiration of the original or renewal period,
may be renewed for a period of 90 days upon written application and
payment of fee as established from time to time by resolution for
each ninety-day renewal by the person, firm, corporation, or other
entity to whom the original permit was issued, providing that reference
points have not been disturbed or destroyed. When reference points
have been disturbed, they shall be reestablished at the applicant's
expense.
5. The form of application and permit shall be adopted from time to
time by the Township Supervisors by resolution. A copy thereof shall
remain on file at the Office of the Township.
6. From time to time, the Township Supervisors by resolution shall adopt
details and specifications for the construction and repair of curbs,
sidewalks, and driveway entrances, which shall remain on file and
available at the office of the Township.
7. All sidewalk areas shall be graded, and all sidewalks, curbs, and
driveway entrances shall be constructed, reconstructed, or repaired
in conformance with the most recent details and specifications adopted
by the Supervisors. On neglect or refusal by the owner or owners of
the abutting lot or lots to grade any sidewalk areas, to construct,
pave, repave, or repair any sidewalk, or to construct, set, reset,
or repair any curb or driveway entrance, within 60 days after notice
so to do given by the Township Supervisors to the owner or owners,
said Supervisors shall cause the same to be done and shall collect
from owner or owners the cost thereof.
8. Vertical face curb shall be constructed in all areas where curbing
is required.
9. In areas where curb and sidewalks are required, all driveway entrances
shall be of the radius curb-ramp type or the depressed curb-ramp type
and in those areas zoned Business or Industrial, step-down curb type
entrances shall be allowed. In areas where curb and sidewalk have
not been required, said entrances shall be constructed as shown on
the detail plan.
10. Sidewalk areas not graded, or sidewalks, curbs, and driveway entrances
not laid in conformity with the provisions of this Part and with the
established grades and lines as shown in recorded subdivision plans,
or as set forth in any ordinance of the Township are hereby declared
to be nuisances. On neglect or refusal by the owner or owners of the
abutting lot or lots to take up and regrade and/or to relay according
to the provisions of this Part and with the established grades and
lines as shown on recorded subdivision plans, or as set forth in any
ordinance of the Township within 60 days' notice so to do given
by the Township Supervisors to the owner or owners, said Supervisors
shall cause the same to be done in the manner herein provided, and
shall collect from said owner or owners the cost thereof.
11. Sidewalks, curbs, and driveway entrances which do not comply with
the most recently adopted details and specifications shall not be
permitted to be repaired if:
A. In the case of curbing, more than 20% of any scored section must
be replaced, then the curb shall be sawed and the entire section replaced,
with expansion joints placed at both ends of the section.
B. In the case of concrete sidewalks, more than 20% of the area of any
scored block requires replacement, then said concrete block shall
be replaced in its entirety; provided, however, where a portion of
such a concrete block is removed for installation or repairs to utilities,
then the entire block shall be replaced in its entirety.
C. In the case of concrete driveway entrances, more than 20% of the
total area requires replacement, then the entire area shall be replaced.
12. Should the repair or condition of a sidewalk, curb, or driveway entrance,
in the opinion of the township Supervisors, become such as to constitute
a dangerous condition, notice shall be given to the owner or owners
of the lot or lots abutting thereon to relay said sidewalk, curb and/or
driveway entrance with the material prescribed in the then applicable
details and specifications. Upon neglect or refusal by the owner or
owners to do so within 60 days after notice given by the Township
Supervisors to said owner or owners, the Supervisors shall cause the
same to be done in the manner herein provided and shall collect from
said owner or owners the costs thereof.
13. No surface gutters are permitted on newly constructed sidewalks.
All drains shall be installed under sidewalk areas in conformance
with the details and specifications adopted by the Supervisors.
14. No material shall be placed in the cartway area adjacent to curb
or driveway entrances which, in any way, shall impede the flow of
stormwater runoff in the cartway area of the street.
15. When curb or driveway entrances are constructed or repaired and where
no cartway paving exists, all areas of excavation within the cartway
area shall be backfilled with Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
No. 2RC or 2A modified aggregate material to the grade of the existing
adjacent roadway. Where the caraway was paved, the excavation shall
be backfilled with Pennsylvania Department of Transportation No. 2RC
or 2A modified aggregate material and the base course and surface
course of paving restored in kind.
16. Curbs and sidewalks shall be constructed in any area where, in the
opinion of Township Supervisors pedestrian traffic, inadequate site
distances or other potentially hazardous conditions indicate the need
for public safety reasons.
[Ord. 2003-2, 2/26/2003, § 2.3]
1. It is hereby declared unlawful for any person, firm, corporation,
or other entity to plant trees, evergreens, hedges, plants, or shrubbery
within five feet of the property side of the right-of-way line along
any street, or in any sidewalk area, which is defined as the area
located between the curb line and the right-of-way line as shown on
recorded subdivision plans or as established by ordinance, unless
the owner, shall have submitted to the Township Planning Commission,
and shall have had approved by said Commission, a plan showing the
type and location of each tree, proposed to be planted within five
feet of the property side of the right-of-way line along any street
adjacent to the subject property; or within the sidewalk area of said
property. The Township Planning Commission, upon the receipt of such
plan, shall review the same to determine (A) that the trees proposed
to be planted are of a type approved for that purpose by the Board
of Supervisors, and (B) that there are no underground facilities which
would be adversely affected by the proposed plantings. If the review
of the plan indicates that it meets the foregoing criteria, the Township
shall issue a permit allowing such plantings. If the plan fails to
meet said criteria, the permit shall be denied. The Board of Supervisors
of the Township by resolution may approve, from time to time, upon
the recommendation of the Planning Commission, the types of trees
which are to be used for the purposes aforesaid. Also, the Board of
Supervisors, from time to time, shall determine the form of the permit
to be applied for and the fee to be paid for the same, which fee shall
be sufficient to include the cost of the review of the plan submitted,
and of the inspection of any planting that may be approved, after
such plantings have been completed.
2. No trees or shrubbery shall be planted along the right-of-way lines on a corner property in any manner that would not conform with sight distance requirements of the Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance [Chapter
22] of the Township.
3. Any trees, evergreens, hedges, plants, or shrubbery planted in violation
of this section are hereby declared to be nuisances and must be removed
within 30 days after notice to owner or owners by the Township Supervisors.
4. Upon failure of said owner or owners to accomplish said removal,
the Township Supervisors shall cause the same to be done and shall
collect from said owner or owners of the lot or lots the cost thereof
and then 10% additional, together with all charges and expenses. If
payment is not made, the Township shall file a municipal lien therefor
against such lot or lots or shall bring an action in assumpsit against
said owner or owners for collection thereof.
[Ord. 2003-2, 2/26/2003, § 2.4]
1. All subsurface rainwater conductors shall be placed in such a manner
that the top of the inside diameter of the pipe will be two inches
minimum from the top of the curb.
2. All utility lines affected by the work shall be raised and/or lowered
to proper elevation. All legal requirements of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania for notification to utility owners shall be complied
with.
3. All traffic signs and street name signs removed during construction
of concrete curb, sidewalk, and/or driveway entrances shall be replaced
by the person, firm, corporation, or other entity performing the construction.
[Ord. 2003-2, 2/26/2003, § 2.5]
Any person, firm, corporation, or other entity applying for
any permit under this Part shall indemnify and defend the Township
against all liability of whatever nature arising from the grading,
construction, repair, or replacement of sidewalks, curbs, and driveways.
[Ord. 2003-2, 2/26/2003, § 2.6]
Notwithstanding anything here above set forth in this Part, whenever the provisions of this Part shall be inconsistent with the provisions of the Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance [Chapter
22] of the Township of Douglass as from time to time are in effect and the provisions of said latter ordinance are more restrictive or contain more stringent requirements than are set forth within this Part; then in such event the provisions of said Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance [Chapter
22] shall prevail and be applicable.
[Ord. 2003-2, 2/26/2003, § 2.7]
1.
A. All sidewalk areas shall conform to curb grades except that the area
shall have a 1/4 inch ascending pitch per foot measured from the outside
curb line to right-of-way line of the street.
B. All straight curbs shall be constructed in accordance with details
and specifications provided by the Township; however, that wherever
it is necessary to replace or repair existing curb which does not
meet the requirements of this provision and the adjacent sidewalk
shall not be in need of replacement and there is no grass plot area
separating a curb from sidewalk, then in case there is no grass area
separating a curb from sidewalk, then in such instances the Township
is authorized to approve an application for a permit to replace the
curb at its former width.
C. The outside edge of all sidewalks in the sidewalk areas having a width of 10 feet or more shall be set back three feet from the outside face of the curb, and a grass plot area shall separate curb from sidewalk. In all other areas where the sidewalk area is less than 10 feet in width, the Supervisors, by Resolution, may direct that the grass plot requirement be waived or modified and that the width of the sidewalk be reduced to such width as the Supervisors may deem necessary and appropriate under the particular circumstances. No surface gutters are permitted on newly constructed sidewalks. All drains shall be installed under sidewalk area and shall be constructed of cast iron pipe, PVC schedule 40 plastic pipe or other approved material, the size of the pipe to be as specified in the Township Plumbing Code [Chapter
5, Part
1]. All sidewalks shall not be less than four inches in thickness and shall rest on a compacted bed of 2B stone of a depth of at least four inches. The surface shall have a 1/4 inch pitch per lineal foot ascending from the outside face of the curb. Sidewalks shall be four feet wide on sidewalk areas having a width of 10 feet or more. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in these specifications, all sidewalks, curbs, and driveway entrances shall conform as to size with the majority type of then existing sidewalks, curb, and driveway entrances in the same block.
D. Except as hereinafter provided, all driveway entrances shall be constructed
as indicated on plans provided by the Township, and shall have a sidewalk
surface of the same grade and width prescribed for sidewalks.
(1)
No single driveway entrance for one-car garage shall be constructed with a frontage exceeding 12 feet measured along the right-of-way line, and no single driveway entrance for a garage for two or more cars shall be constructed with a frontage or width exceeding 16 feet measured along the right-of-way line except upon specific approval by resolution of the Township Supervisors. Such specific approval shall be given only when it is not contrary to the public interest and when owing to special conditions, unnecessary hardship would result. In the case of areas zoned as business districts or industrial districts by the Zoning Ordinance [Chapter
27] of the Township and the Township Zoning Map, all driveway entrances shall have a minimum curb radius of two feet and a maximum curb radius of 12 feet on each side, the exact radius to be subject to the approval of the Township Engineer. The width of any single driveway entrance in such zoned areas shall not exceed 35 feet in width and shall be subject to the approval of the Township Supervisors.
(2)
All driveways intended for commercial or industrial use shall
be constructed of concrete reinforced with steel of a design approved
by the Township to conform in strength to the service required.
(3)
Radius curb and depressed curb type driveway entrances shall
have the outside edge raised 1 1/2 inches above the flow-line
of the gutter. Radius curb and depressed curb entrances shall have
a straight slope from the outside edge to the prescribed outside sidewalk
edge and shall have a sidewalk surface of the same grade and width
prescribed for sidewalks.
(4)
In areas where concrete curbs and/or concrete sidewalks do not
exist or have not been required by notice from the Township, bituminous
concrete or other approved materials may be substituted for concrete
in the construction of driveway entrances when approved by the Township.
E. All sidewalks, curbs, and driveway entrances shall have a four-inch
base of PennDOT No. 2RC or 2A modified limestone material.
(1)
All sidewalks, curbs, and driveway entrances shall be constructed
of air-entrained structural concrete having an ultimate strength of
3,000 pounds per square inch at 28 days and containing 6% air by volume.
The sources of concrete materials and mix design shall be subject
to the approval of the Township.
(2)
The top surfaces of sidewalks, curbs, and driveway entrances,
shall receive a wood floated with swirl type texture or brush finish,
and the finish tolerance shall be a true plane with 1/4 inch in 10
feet. The exposed vertical surfaces of curbs and driveway entrances
shall be repaired of all honeycombed and defective areas, and shall
receive a sponged-rubbed finish. The finishing shall be completed
before the concrete is 18 hours old.
(3)
Immediately after finishing, all concrete shall be cured by
using either an approved, impervious, light-colored plastic covering
placed and maintained in contact with the concrete surface, or an
approved, impervious, light-colored liquid curing compound sprayed
on the concrete surface. The curing shall be continued for at least
five days.
(4)
The Township may reject any concrete sidewalks, curbs, and driveway
entrances which do not conform to the requirements of these specifications
or the generally accepted standards of the American Concrete Institute.
(5)
Expansion joints made with 3/8-inch thick preformed nonextruding
and resilient bituminous joint filler shall be placed every 30 feet
or less to the full depth of sidewalk and every 50 feet for curb,
and where the sidewalk meets the outside face of a wall and/or curbing.
All sidewalks shall be scored every five feet. All curbs shall be
scored every 10 feet.