[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Valatie 8-11-1992 (Ch. A134 of the 1980 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
A. 
The purpose of these specifications is to regulate the design and construction of streets, thoroughfares or highways and all utilities therein the Village of Valatie, Columbia County, New York. This specification is to be used in conjunction with and is complementary to the Land Subdivision Regulations and Zoning Laws[1] of the Village of Valatie.
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 304, Subdivision of Land, and Ch. 345, Zoning, respectively.
B. 
Word usage.
(1) 
Wherever used in this specification, the word "street" and/or "right-of-way" shall also mean a thoroughfare, highway or road.
(2) 
Wherever used in this specification, the words in singular number include the plural, and words in the plural number include the singular.
(3) 
The word "shall" is mandatory and not directory. Words used in the present tense include the future.
C. 
All applications for approval of plans shall be made in accordance with Village Subdivision Regulations and Village Zoning Laws.
D. 
All applications for the dedication of streets and rights-of-way to the Village of Valatie shall be accompanied by a warranty or, if a warranty deed is not possible, by a quitclaim deed conveying said street and rights-of-way to the Village with all releases from mortgages or other claimants, together with a proper title search covering at least 30 years to the time application is made, and also a tax search. Such application shall also be accompanied by a plan or plans which shall:
(1) 
Be at a scale of one inch equals 50 feet. The use of any other scale must have had prior approval of the Village Planning Board.
(2) 
Show contours based on United States Geological Survey (USGS) datum and at an interval not greater than two feet.
(3) 
Show a minimum of two benchmarks based on USGS datum.
(4) 
Show a location plan, at a minimum scale of one inch equals 2,000 feet, giving the location of the plot with relation to established streets.
(5) 
Show, on a separate plan of the same scale as the subdivision plan, all drainage areas tributary to the development and shall:
(a) 
Show drainage area limits tributary to each catch basin or inlet with a tabulation of runoff to each structure and the total to each outfall.
(b) 
Show detention area details with storage volume calculations, including maximum detention times to drain completely, and all based on the Stormwater Management Plan as defined in the Village's Subdivision Regulations[2]. Calculations of runoff shall be based on a method in general use for the area involved and approved by the Village Engineer. The method used shall be approved by the Village Engineer and shall be recognized as producing a problem-free storm drainage system. Calculations for all stormwater structures shall be based on rainfall intensities resulting from a storm of at least a twenty-five-year return. The designer shall examine and report on the routing and effects on the area and system for the one-hundred-year-storm event. The storm drainage plans, calculations and narratives shall be submitted to the Village Engineer for review.
[2]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 304, Subdivision of Land.
(6) 
Show all proposed streets, roads or highways and lots with necessary survey data.
(7) 
Show all monuments located as specified in Village regulations Chapter 304, Article IV, § 304-18F.
(8) 
Show proposed finished street with road or highway grade. A separate supplementary map of that portion of streets, roads or highway to be conveyed shall be submitted showing building lots and restrictions and names of abutting owners.
(9) 
Show the proposed names of all streets and proposed lot numbers.
(10) 
Show the locations of soil borings along the streets or roads. The minimum boring depth shall be 10 feet, and the boring logs shall indicate depth to the water table, soil types, date of boring and other information normally shown on such logs. The plan shall locate borings on proposed street center lines and at spacings of 300 feet unless greater spacing is approved by the Village Engineer and Highway Superintendent. The Highway Superintendent or Village Engineer may require a more extensive soil investigation with an evaluation and recommendation by a soil's engineer, at the expense of the subdivision owner/developer, as to the suitability of the subgrade to perform satisfactorily.
(11) 
Show a complete profile of the streets at a horizontal scale of one inch equals 50 feet and a vertical scale of one inch equals five feet, together with the street plan (use a standard highway plan-profile format sheet to conform to this specification and Subdivision Regulations and Zoning Laws, and which profile shall show the original ground surface, finished grade proposed and all utilities, including water mains, sanitary sewers and storm sewers, together with all structures proposed.)
(12) 
Show size, type of pipes, class, valves, alignment and hydrant locations for a potable water distribution system, after consultation with the Village Engineer as to the needed capacity and ability of the existing Village distribution system to supply the requirements, all in accordance with the New York State Health Department and Columbia County Health Department Regulations and acceptable design and construction practice.
No street designed and constructed after the date of the passing of a resolution adopting these specifications shall be accepted as a Village street except as it shall conform to the regulations herein provided and as it is in conformance with the Subdivision Regulations and Zoning Laws.[1]
A. 
Water distribution systems shall be designed and constructed in accordance with New York State and Columbia County Health Department regulations and Village regulations in effect at the time of construction of the system.
B. 
Underground public utilities shall be installed without expense to the Village and under the supervision of the Superintendent of Highways and the Village Engineer. The installation of said utilities shall be accomplished without the cutting of pavement within the Village highway rights-of-way, and a permit shall be obtained from the Highway Superintendent for the work to be done. Power, telephone, cable television and gas, where installed under the pavement, shall be placed in a protective sleeve. Unless a specific permit is issued by the Highway Superintendent, no pavement shall be broken and all facilities shall be jacked, bored or driven under said pavement only under his/her direction.
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 304, Subdivision of Land, and Ch. 345, Zoning, respectively.
The arrangement of streets or highways hereinafter laid out shall, wherever possible provide for the continuation of the principal streets existing in the adjoining subdivisions, or of their proper projection when the adjoining property is not subdivided, and shall be of a width as great as that of such existing streets but in no case have a right-of-way width of less than 60 feet.
The minimum width of street or highway rights-of-way hereinafter laid out shall be 60 feet. These widths shall be measured from right-of-way line to right-of-way line. Said width shall be measured normal to the lines on tangents and on the radial lines on curves.
There shall be no reserve strips controlling access to streets except where control of such strips is definitely placed in the Village under the offer to dedicate.
All pipe and necessary appurtenances for the proper and satisfactory collection and disposal of subsurface or underground water from the rights-of-way of the proposed highways shown on the approved subdivision plan, in order to establish a satisfactory roadbed for such highways, shall be supplied and installed by the owner of the subdivision in accordance with the pertinent specifications of the Village. The necessity for drainage subsurface water from the right-of-way of a proposed highway, the location where such drainage is required and the extent of piping necessary to effect such drainage shall be by determinations of the Superintendent of Highways and Village Engineer. These determinations by the Superintendent of Highways and Village Engineer may precede the construction of the proposed highway or may occur during construction as underground water conditions become evident. The Superintendent of Highways will notify the owner of such determinations as soon as possible after such determinations are made. Type of pipe, diameter and gauge of pipe, pipe line gradients, method of pipe placement and all materials required for the installation of such drainage shall conform to the requirements and specifications of the Village.
Streets designed to have one end permanently closed shall be provided at the closed end with a turnaround roadway having a minimum radius for the outside property line of at least 80 feet. Full pavement area shall extend to within 15 feet of the outside right-of-way line.
Street grades shall not exceed 8% nor be less than 1%. Particular attention shall be given to street design at intersections. Approach grades shall not exceed 3% within 120 feet of the street right-of-way line intersected and shall not exceed 1 1/2% within 40 feet of the right-of-way line intersected. Combinations of grades over 6% with curves of minimum radius shall not be used. Where the algebraic difference in street grades exceeds 2%, the grades shall be connected by a vertical curve to produce a safe transition.
Street intersections shall be at 90° within 100 feet of the intersected right-of-way line. Street tangents with a deflection angle greater than 1° shall be connected by a minimum radius of curve of 200 feet, measured to the center line of the right-of-way. Street layouts for proposed higher-density development than standard R-1, R-2, B-1, B-2, I or F, that is, for clustered or townhouse development or MP, may be approved at less radius of curve, but traffic safety provisions and necessary street signage must be as recommended by a qualified traffic safety engineer employed and paid by the owner/developer at no cost to the Village.
Intersecting streets shall be so planned that blocks between street lines shall be not more than 1,200 feet in length, and any variance from this length because of an unusual topographic condition or more efficient land use shall have prior approval of the Planning Board.
The planting of street trees within the right-of-way is prohibited; however, shrubs with a mature height not greater than 18 inches, combined with grassed areas shall be planted and maintained until street dedication by the landowner/developer. These areas shall include the center mall areas of divided streets and turnarounds. The plan for this planting shall have prior approval of the Highway Superintendent. A minimum of two trees for each lot behind the right-of-way shall be as required by the Planning Board.
A. 
Sufficient monuments shall be placed to properly reproduce each and every street laid out. Street monuments shall be placed in the immediate vicinity of all intersections and at intervals not exceeding 500 feet on tangent lengths of over 1,000 feet. Where monuments are placed between intersections, they shall be placed in pairs, one on each side of the street, and shall be accurately correlated to one another by bearing (angle) and distance.
B. 
Monuments shall be of four-thousand-pound-per-square-inch concrete, reinforced with four No. 3 deformed reinforcing rods, and four inches square and four feet in length. A galvanized or stainless steel pin 3/8 inch in diameter shall be anchored on center and flush with the top of the monument. The top of the monument shall be set flush with the finished grade.
A. 
In general, storm sewers will be required and shall be designed to carry the flow tributary. The distance which water shall be allowed to run in open ditches will be determined in each individual case depending upon the various factors involved. In areas of minimum grade, this distance shall not exceed 750 feet, and in areas of maximum grade, this distance shall not exceed 250 feet.
B. 
Storm sewers, where installed, shall be of reinforced concrete pipe or corrugated metal pipe (galvanized steel), fully coated, with paved invert, and generally shall be laid on grades to produce a velocity of not less than three feet per second nor more than eight feet per second when flowing full. When pipe is not exposed to sunlight, PVC pipe may be considered. Under special conditions involving circumstances such as level terrain and shallow surface water outlet, permission to install storm sewers at grades producing velocities of not less than two feet per second when flowing full may be granted by the Village Engineer. Storm sewer design shall be on the basis of local twenty-five-year storm frequency studies, except structures for major streams or areas subject to property damage due to flooding shall be designed for a fifty-year storm frequency and shall be such that a minimum of four feet zero inches is maintained from invert of pipe to finish ground surface directly above.
(1) 
Reinforced concrete pipe shall conform to American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) Specifications Class III for Reinforced Concrete Pipe. In certain locations, the Highway Superintendent may require the use of ASTM Designation C-76 Class IV or Class V.
(2) 
Corrugated galvanized steel pipe, multiplate pipe and pipe arches shall be fully coated with a paved invert and shall not be less than the gauge recommended by the American Association of State Highway Officials but not less than 16 gauge. Lengths of CMP shall be joined with corrugated collars. All pipe ends shall be corrugated. All joints are to be encased in graded filter gravel, 15 inches either side of the joint to a minimum depth of 12 inches above and six inches below the pipe. Local soil conditions may increase these requirements. All CMP 48 inches in diameter and larger shall be strutted. Struts shall be removed after total compaction of the backfill material in six-inch lifts has been completed.
(3) 
The use of helically formed corrugated steel pipe shall require reformed annular ends to receive standard connectors. The use of dimpled connectors is prohibited.
(4) 
All storm sewers shall be constructed accurately to line and grade properly bedded, and shall be so constructed that all joints are watertight unless open joints or weeps are approved by the Village Engineer to permit ground-water infiltration.
(5) 
Typical installation details are shown on the attached drawings[1]. The design of stormwater inlet basins and manholes shall be acceptable to the Superintendent of Highways and the Village Engineer and shall be in accordance with current standard modern practice. In no case will the use of concrete manhole blocks less than eight inches in width be permitted.
[1]
Editor's Note: Said drawings are on file in the Village offices.
(6) 
The design of poured, precast or prefabricated manhole structures shall be Fort Miller standard, or equal, and must have the approval of the Superintendent of Highways and the Village Engineer prior to installation. Pipe connections shall be completely sealed with hydraulic mortar for the full thickness of the structure wall.
(7) 
The minimum inside diameter of pipe for storm sewer use shall be 12 inches. The minimum steel thickness for corrugated steel pipe shall be 16 gauge. Shallower or deeper installations than standard or in particularly corrosive soil or flow conditions shall require the use of a heavier gauge, subject to the approval of the Highway Superintendent and the Engineer.
(8) 
All catch basin and junction structures over four feet in depth shall have substantial, noncorroding steps for safe access, and structures over eight feet deep shall have an offset cone section. All structures less than eight feet in depth shall be equipped with a reinforced concrete flat top designed for a minimum H-20 highway load and set so the manhole opening is over the outlet pipe. Frames, grates and solid covers shall be Campbell Foundry Heavy Duty for Highway Traffic, or approved equal.
(9) 
Underdrainage shall be installed when so directed by the Highway Superintendent and Village Engineer.
C. 
The developer, or owner, laying out the streets or highways for acceptance by the Village shall obtain all necessary easements and/or rights-of-way to take care of all surface and groundwater caused by reason of the development of said street or highway and by reason of the installation of culverts or surface drains or underdrains. No street or highway will be accepted by the Village of Valatie or approved by the Superintendent of Highways before such necessary easements or rights-of-way have been obtained and passed upon by the Attorney for the Village of Valatie. The width of easement or right-of-way shall be 30 feet minimum for installation depths of six feet or less. At the discretion of the Superintendent of Highways and the Village Engineer, greater installation depths may require wider easements or rights-of-way depending upon particular circumstances.
Prior to being offered for dedication to the Village, all streets shall be completely graded, within the limits of the right-of-way, and all underground utilities shall have been installed in accordance with all provisions of this specification; base course of gravel shall have been placed, graded and compacted; and paving and sidewalks, as required, shall have been installed in conformance with the applicable standards as shown on the attached drawings, Highway Cross Sections — Village of Valatie.[1] The gravel subbase and surface paving shall consist of the following materials:
A. 
Specifications.
(1) 
Gravel subbase shall consist of material described in and laid and rolled in conformance with the latest revision of the New York State Department of Transportation Standard Specifications - Construction and Materials Book and as approved by the Highway Superintendent. Thickness of granular gravel subbase shall be determined by American Association of State Highway Officials (AASHO) group classification for subgrade soil as follows:
(a) 
AASHO A-1, A-2 and A-3: 12 inches compacted Item 4.
(b) 
AASHO A-4 and A-5: 18 inches compacted Item 4.
(c) 
AASHO A-6 and A-7: 24 inches compacted Item 4.
(2) 
Gravel subbase shall be laid and compacted in four-inch lifts. The Highway Superintendent shall have the authority to increase the thickness of the subbase and require filter fabric and/or underdrains during construction if he/she deems necessary.
B. 
Asphalt concrete base course shall not be placed until all utilities are installed and proof of proper installation is forwarded to the Superintendent of Highways by the gas company, telephone company, power company and any other utility company or department with facilities in the right-of-way.
C. 
Asphalt concrete base course shall consist of material described in and placed and compacted in conformance with the latest revision of the New York State Department of Transportation Standard Specifications - Construction and Materials Book as Item 4.03.13, Type 3, binder course and as approved by the Highway Superintendent. Asphalt concrete base course shall be laid to a rolled thickness specified in cross sections. Minimum thickness shall be 2 1/2 inches.
D. 
Asphalt concrete wearing course shall consist of material described in and placed and compacted in conformance with the latest revision of the New York State Department of Transportation Specifications - Construction and Materials Book as Item 403.16, Type 7F, top course.
E. 
At his discretion, the Highway Superintendent may direct the owner/developer to place only the two-and-one-half-inch base course and to defer temporarily the placing of the top or wearing course. Under this condition, the base course shall consist of New York State Department of Transportation Item 403.13, Type 3, binder (dense binder) as approved by the Highway Superintendent. Just prior to placing the top wearing course, the base course shall be thoroughly cleaned of all contaminants by brooming, vacuuming and flushing if necessary, all repairs and/or failures accomplished and a suitable tack coat applied if so directed, all to the satisfaction of the Highway Superintendent and Village Engineer.
F. 
At the time of the dedication, all proposed streets shall have the subbase grade continued to the full width of the right-of-way. These grades shall be as follows: in cuts, slopes are not to exceed one foot vertical to two feet horizontal, and on fills, slopes are not to exceed one foot vertical to six feet horizontal. Material brought in as fill to bring subbase elevations up to grade shall be placed in nine-inch lifts and thoroughly compacted between courses, to produce maximum density at optimum moisture for fill soil type.
G. 
Manhole frames and valve boxes are to be brought to the proper grade before paving.
[1]
Editor's Note: Said drawings are on file in the Village offices.
No street or highway shall be accepted by the Village unless it meets all of the above requirements and the approval of the Superintendent of Highways and Village Engineer. No utilities, public or private, shall be placed or installed in any proposed street or highway of the Village until such street or highway has been rough-graded and drained as provided in this resolution and approved by the Superintendent of Highways and Village Engineer.
To ensure compliance with approved plans, specifications and details, the Village Engineer, or his authorized representative, at the owner's/developer's expense shall observe and perform such tests as may be necessary of the materials used in the construction of all improvements. When the owner/developer has completed the improvements, the Village Engineer shall report to the Planning Board or the Zoning Board of Appeals, or Village Board, that he has observed the installation of improvements and that they conform, or that they conform conditionally, to the approved plans, to these highway specifications and to acceptable construction practice.
Street signs and posts shall be furnished and properly placed by the owner/developer. Street signs shall be placed and conform in type to the New York State Department of Transportation Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices. Dead-end signs shall be placed by the owner/developer at appropriate locations along streets terminating in turnarounds and as approved by the Highway Superintendent. Guide rails, where required for highway ditch or culvert protection or as a general safety measure, shall be placed and paid for by the owner/developer and as specified by the Superintendent of Highways.
A. 
Approval, in writing, shall be obtained by the owners and/or developers from the New York State Department of Transportation where proposed streets or highways intersect state roads for its permission to connect said streets with such roads.
B. 
Approval, in writing, shall be obtained by the owners and/or developers from the Columbia County Superintendent of Highways where proposed streets or highways intersect county roads for his/her permission to connect said streets with such roads.
C. 
Approval, in writing, shall be obtained by the owners and/or developers from the Superintendent of Highways where proposed streets or highways intersect Village or town roads for his/her permission to connect said streets with such roads.
A. 
Telephone, gas, CATV and power cable conduits shall be installed as shown on the typical street cross section detail[1] and as approved by the Superintendent of Highways after consultation with the Village Engineer. The installation of these utilities shall be in accordance with specifications approved by the agencies governing these utilities and at no expense to the Village of Valatie.
[1]
Editor's Note: Said detail drawings are on file in the Village offices.
B. 
In the event that any legal entity or individual, including, but not limited to, a utility, its contractors, agents or employees, has to enter upon a Village street, the right-of-way containing the buried utilities or any area abutting a Village street for the purpose of repairing, maintaining, upgrading or installing a utility connection or for the purposes of drilling, boring, inspecting or testing, that legal entity or individual, its contractor, agent or employee shall notify the Village Clerk, in writing, by either personal delivery, first-class mail or facsimile transmission stating the name of the legal entity or individual, its contractor, agent or employee, describing the area to be worked in, the nature of the work and the approximate date of commencement and the approximate date of finishing the work.
[Added 8-21-2007 by L.L. No. 2-2007]
(1) 
In addition, the legal entity, contractor, agent or employee, shall provide the Village Clerk with a valid certificate of insurance showing the Village of Valatie as an additional insured.
(2) 
This notice and the certificate of insurance shall be provided prior to the commencement of the work.
(3) 
In the event of an emergency repair, the legal entity, its contractor, agent or employee shall provide the Village with such notice and a certificate of insurance within five business days of the repair.
C. 
A violation of Subsection B above is hereby declared to be an offense punishable by a fine not exceeding $500 for the first offense; a minimum fine of $1,000 for the second offense; and a minimum fine of $2,000 for the subsequent offenses. In addition, in the event that any damage arising from the work that was done is not repaired, the violator shall make restitution to the Village of Valatie for the costs of repair, any attorney fees and court costs incurred by the Village of Valatie. Violations of this chapter shall be deemed misdemeanors, and for such purpose only, all provisions of law relating to misdemeanors shall apply to such violations.
[Added 8-21-2007 by L.L. No. 2-2007]
The owners/developers shall furnish, upon completion of the construction, three sets of as-built utility plans and one Mylar reproducible set to the Village, delineating locations of all water mains, valves, curb stops, sewer manholes, house laterals and points of connection to sewer lines, electric, telephone and television cables. All measurements shall be delineated from two acceptable definable surface objects. These as-built plans shall be made acceptable to the Village Engineer.