This article was adopted to regulate the type
of material and the procedure to be used to backfill excavated areas
as part of demolition and/or construction projects. Such regulations
are necessary:
A. To protect against the use of hazardous materials
or other materials which may adversely affect the health and safety
of people in the area or the fragile aquifers which supply potable
water to the Village and other municipalities on Long Island.
B. To eliminate subsequent depressions of the backfilled
area which could create pools of standing water, which may serve as
breeding sites for mosquitoes and other insects and as attractions
to rats and other rodents.
C. To help eliminate the financial hardship from the
substantial unnecessary settling of structures built upon a backfilled
site.
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
PERMITTED FILL
At least 90% clean bank run, with the remaining material
to be free of clay, silt, debris, waste, frozen material, vegetable
and other putrescible material, toxic waste and other hazardous material,
and any other material which, in the opinion of the Building Inspector,
would be contrary to the intent of this article. The material must
meet the following criteria:
A.
The aggregate shall be no larger than two inches
in any dimension.
B.
The material shall be capable of passing through:
(1)
A six-inch sieve size, 100% by weight;
(2)
A No. 4 sieve size, 35% to 95% by weight;
(3)
A No. 40 sieve size, 5% to 50% by weight;
(4)
A No. 200 sieve size, not more than 8% by weight.