This section shall be known as the "Construction Sites Standards
Ordinance."
As used in this section:
CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY
a.
Any activity carried out on a construction site whether a construction
permit is required or not; which includes, but is not limited to,
the construction, repair, or alteration of a new or existing building
or structure including the delivery to the construction site of building
materials and supplies;
b.
The construction of the foundation, pilings, excavation, and
including the construction, erection, framing, assembly of building
materials including the use of power and/or hand tools and equipment,
mechanized equipment of any type; and
c.
The completion of all exterior and interior work designed to
lead to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy or a certificate
of approval by the Borough Construction Official when either such
certificate shall be required.
"Construction activity" includes all phases of the building,
alteration, remodeling, demolition and reconstruction of property;
it shall also include site construction such as landscaping construction,
hardscape, decorative pavers, paving and sidewalks. It shall also
include minor work for which a construction permit is required and
ordinary maintenance for which a construction permit is not required
including all interior work such as painting and carpentry and as
defined by the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (See Appendix
A of this chapter)."Construction activity" shall not include routine landscape
maintenance as defined herein.
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CONSTRUCTION SITE
That area, lot or parcel of ground on which any demolition,
construction, reconstruction, alteration, renovation, or repair shall
take place.
CONTRACTOR
The person or entity who is in actual charge and actually
conducting any of the activities at the construction site including
the agents, servants and employees of such person or entity. The term
shall include any subcontractor or other craftsman working on the
project. This term shall also include the construction manager or
his/her designee.
DUMPSTER
A metal or steel container equipped with an attached or detachable
cover to be utilized at a construction site for the accumulation of
construction or demolition materials and debris and for other solid
waste generated on the construction site.
EXCAVATE or EXCAVATING or EXCAVATION or DEMOLITION
Any operation in which earth, rock, or other material in
the ground is moved, removed, or otherwise displaced by means of any
tools, equipment, or explosive, and includes but is not limited to
drilling, grading, boring, milling to a depth greater than six inches,
trenching, tunneling, scraping, tree and root removal, cable or pipe
plowing, fence post or pile driving, and wrecking, razing, rending,
or removing any structure or mass material, but does not include routine
residential property or right-of-way maintenance or landscaping activities
performed with nonmechanized equipment, excavation within the flexible
or rigid pavement box within the right-of-way, or the tilling of soil
for agricultural purposes to a depth of 18 inches or less. [Source:
N.J.S.A. 48:2-75]
IN-SEASON
That time period commencing on the third Monday in June through
and including the second Sunday in September and including Memorial
Day and the immediately preceding Saturday and Sunday.
LANDSCAPE CONSTRUCTION
Any work using mechanized equipment performed to implement
an approved landscape plan, installation of sod, bushes, shrubs, flowers
and other vegetation, installation of irrigation systems, decorative
pavers, masonry work, the removing of trees or part thereof, shrubs
and the removal or replacement of vegetation, and other activity of
the same or similar nature. It shall also mean the clearing of any
lot.
LANDSCAPING, ROUTINE LANDSCAPING or MAINTENANCE
Work performed on a periodic schedule and which can generally
be completed within a reasonably short period of time. It shall include
work such as grass cutting, weed control, trimming or pruning of bushes,
shrubs or plants or other vegetation. It shall also include the mulching
of beds for flowers or other vegetation. It may also include the removing
of trees or part thereof, shrubs and the removal or replacement of
vegetation provided that there is no use of mechanized equipment.
Routine landscaping or maintenance shall not include those activities
specified under "landscape construction."
MECHANIZED EQUIPMENT
Equipment powered by a motor, engine, or hydraulic, pneumatic
or electrical device, including but not limited to hand tools of any
type, trenchers, bulldozers, power shovels, augers, backhoes, scrapers,
drills, cable and pipe plows, and other equipment used for plowing-in
cable or pipe, but does not include tools manipulated solely by human
power. [Source: N.J.S.A. 48:2-75]
OFF-SEASON
The time period commencing on the Monday after the second
Sunday in September through the Sunday before the third Monday in
June.
OWNER
The person or persons owning the real property wherein the
construction activity is taking place. The term shall include partnerships
of any type, corporations, limited liability companies, trusts and
estates or any combination thereof.
[Amended 6-14-2023 by Ord. No. 862-2023]
A temporary construction fence (sometimes known as a "silt fence")
shall be required at each construction site under the following circumstances:
a. The construction of a new building or structure or the elevation
of an existing building or structure. In the case of elevating an
existing building or structure special requirements for a safety fence
shall apply as herein described.
[Amended 6-14-2023 by Ord. No. 862-2023]
b. Construction of foundation and pilings;
c. The major renovation of an existing building or structure;
d. The installation of an in-ground swimming pool;
e. Installation of a bulkhead or the replacement thereof;
f. Construction of an addition to an existing building or structure
where such addition measures 250 square feet or more;
g. Any excavation to a depth of two or more feet or other ground disturbance
involving 20% or more of the total area of the lot on which such activity
is taking place or proposed.
h. The elevation of any building or structure on any lot shall require, in addition to the construction fence described in §
20-2.7 hereof, a second safety fence of the same type and dimensions as required for the installation of in-ground swimming pools, to be placed around the perimeter of the raised building or structure, or at some other location on the property as determined by the Code Enforcement Official. Such safety fence must be in place at all times when construction activity is not occurring or after hours or at any other time when the property is unattended. (Cross reference: §
20-5.6a and
b.)
[Added 6-14-2023 by Ord. No. 862-2023]
Trailers commonly known as "construction tool trailers," as defined in Chapter
8 of this Code, may be parked at construction sites as hereinafter provided.
a. In-season:
1. During the in-season and before and after the hours when construction
activity is permitted, construction tool trailers must be parked on
the actual construction site or in the construction zone. In no event
shall any such trailer(s) block the area of the sidewalk or any portion
thereof. If such trailers cannot be located therein, then such trailers
shall be removed from the street until such time as construction activity
is permitted to resume.
2. During the hours when construction activity is permitted, such trailers
may be parked either: (1) on the actual construction site; or (2)
in the construction zone; and (3) on the street in the immediate vicinity
of the construction site, that is, within 200 linear feet of the construction
site.
3. These parking restrictions shall not apply to the off-season, except in those situations where a construction zone has been established in accordance with Subsection
20-2.15 herein.
Nothing contained within this section shall be interpreted or
construed as relieving any person or entity from the obligation of
complying with all other Borough ordinances regulating the disposal
of solid waste and recyclable materials. The requirements of this
section shall be in addition to all such other requirements and are
not intended in place thereof.
The following provisions shall apply to each construction site
in the Borough of Avalon:
a. The owner and general contractor and project manager, if there be
one, shall jointly and severally be responsible to maintain the construction
site under their control in such a manner as to minimize any negative
impact, inconvenience or nuisance upon neighboring residents and to
comply with all of the provisions of this chapter. This requirement
shall extend to and apply to all subcontractors and other persons
or entities working on the construction site.
b. Traffic: All construction vehicles must obey all traffic laws as
specified in Title 39 of the New Jersey Statutes.
c. Tools: To the extent that tools and equipment are available commercially
that reduce noise, dust, and pollution of any kind, such tools shall
be utilized by all persons and entities working on the construction
site. If an attachment is available for such equipment to eliminate
or reduce dust and pollution, such an attachment shall be utilized.
If such attachment is available and not used, the construction project
may be subject to the stop-work provisions of this chapter.
d. Litter and debris: All litter, trash, debris, waste, and construction
materials intended to be discarded shall be deposited into a dumpster
at the end the workday and adequately secured. Any such materials
likely to blow away and go onto adjoining properties must be deposited
into the dumpster throughout the day in order to prevent any such
occurrence.
e. Personal conduct: Language that is crude, vulgar, obscene, and otherwise
inappropriate should not be used so as to avoid causing annoyance
or embarrassment to surrounding neighbors. Radios and similar devices
shall never be used prior to or after the designated hours for construction
activity. At all other times, such devices shall be modulated so that
the same are not audible off the subject property.
f. Trespassing: To the extent that use of a neighboring property is
necessary to gain access to portions of the construction site, such
as to use equipment to install a swimming pool or any other accessory
use, and the setbacks do not provide sufficient access, a construction
permit shall not be issued by the Construction Official unless and
until the permit applicant provides the Borough with a construction
easement from the neighboring property owner granting permission for
the temporary use of their property for construction purposes on the
construction site.
g. Damage to adjoining property: Any construction activity that results
in, or is likely to result in, damage or injury to an adjoining property
shall require the owner/contractor to take precautions to shield the
adjoining property or properties from any such damage or injury. To
the extent that such precautions do not appropriately shield or protect
the adjoining property, then the owner/contractor shall be responsible
to immediately remedy the situation by whatever means necessary to
restore the adjoining property to its condition prior to the damage
or injury.
h. Certain information to be permanently displayed: All construction sites with exterior construction only shall be required to display a sign which shall conform to the requirements of Chapter
27 (Zoning) and shall measure not more than four square feet, shall be nonilluminated, and shall be placed on the construction site or on the structure being erected, and provided that it shall be visible and readable from the street. This sign shall display the block/lot; physical address; contractor's name, emergency phone number and email address; and construction manager's name, emergency phone number and email address.
[Amended 1-8-2020 by Ord.
No. 796-2020]
i. Stop-work orders: In the event of continuing, repetitive or recurring
violations of the Uniform Construction Code or any other applicable
code or the Code of the Borough of Avalon or any of the rules and
regulations promulgated pursuant thereto, the Borough shall have the
power to stop all construction on the site through the issuance of
a stop-work order as hereafter specified.
This section shall be enforced by any one or more of the following
Borough officials:
a. The Construction Official.
b. The Code Enforcement Official and Code Enforcement Officers.
c. Any member of the Avalon Police Department.
The Construction Official, the Code Enforcement Official, and the Director of Public Works and Utilities are hereby empowered to adopt rules and regulations which are or may be necessary to implement the provisions of Chapter
20, Article
II, §
20-2 et seq. Such rules and regulations shall be subject to the approval of the Business Administrator and shall become effective when approved by Borough Council in accordance with the procedures established in Chapter
1 of this Code.
Any violation of any of the provisions of this section shall be punishable in accordance with the penalty provisions contained in Chapter
1 of this Code. In addition:
a. Each day that a violation occurs shall be deemed a separate and distinct
violation and shall be punishable accordingly.
b. For purposes of determining whether this is a first offense, the
Court shall not be limited to violations at a particular construction
site but will consider the cumulative record of the offender at any
construction site located within the Borough of Avalon in the County
of Cape May and State of New Jersey.