No person shall commence installation of any
improvements required to be installed in a subdivision except upon
at least two business days' prior written notice to the Building Department,
except with the written permission from the Code Enforcement Officer.
Any openings made in the streets of a subdivision
after said streets have been paved in accordance with the requirements
of this Code, but prior to acceptance by the Village of any offer
of dedication of said streets, shall be repaired in accordance with
specifications for the repair of street openings established by the
Board of Trustees.
Belgian block curbs and gutters are required
on all streets and shall conform to details as shown on Roadway Detail
No. 4. Where the Planning Board authorizes the use of integral curb
and gutter, the same shall conform to details as shown on Roadway
Detail No. 2.
All street paving, curbs, gutter slabs, sidewalks
and driveway aprons shall be constructed in accordance with Village
specifications.
All designs (specifications) for all utility
services and appurtenances and a site utility plan shall be submitted
to the Village Engineer for approval before installation. All wires
shall be underground.
The applicant shall install traffic signals
and signs to provide for the orderly flow of traffic in streets in
or adjacent to the subdivision, as may be required by the Board, and
shall bear the reasonable costs of such installation.
Street signs shall be placed at all intersections
and shall be constructed in accordance with Village specifications.
Monuments shall be of reinforced concrete or
stone and shall be four inches square with a depth of at least 36
inches and shall be imbedded their full depth.
The applicant shall furnish and plant in the
right-of-way, between the curbline and the sidewalk, shade trees of
at least two inches in caliper. One tree shall be planted for each
40 feet of street frontage or major fraction thereof, and the type
of tree arrangement and planting shall be approved by the Code Enforcement
Officer. The applicant shall guarantee to the Village, in writing,
and shall file an appropriate maintenance bond that said trees shall
live for a period of at least one year (or such other period as may
be established by the Planning Board) after having been planted. If
any tree shall fail to survive said period, it shall be replaced by
the applicant with a tree having the same specifications and covered
by the same guaranty.
The applicant will be required to install facilities
for drainage of stormwater as approved by the Nassau County Department
of Public Works (where applicable) and the Village Engineer. All recharge
basins and other drainage facilities required by the Board shall be
constructed and completed prior to the installation of any other improvements.
All such drainage structures shall be maintained in good operating
condition until such time as the bond required by this regulation
has been discharged.
A. Permits. No construction of any stormwater drainage
or storage basins, required to be constructed by the Board as a condition
of approval of a subdivision plat, shall be commenced without first
notifying the Village as provided herein.
B. Fences. No excavation for the pit in such a stormwater
drainage or storage basin shall be made unless and until there shall
be constructed a permanent fence entirely surrounding the proposed
excavation, built in accordance with the specifications of the Nassau
County Department of Public Works (if applicable) and the Code Enforcement
Officer.
C. Safety. On and after the time of the commencement
of the excavation on the site of the stormwater drainage of storage
basin and until such time as the Village shall have accepted title
to the plot on which it is located or otherwise certified to the completion
of improvements, the applicant shall:
(1) Provide a watchman or guard or such number of them
as shall be necessary at all times when work is being performed on
the site in order to protect the public.
(2) At all other times, keep all entrances or means of
ingress or egress in the fence closed and securely locked.
D. Liability insurance. No permit shall be issued by
the Clerk to commence work on such a stormwater drainage or storage
basin unless the applicant shall have filed with the Clerk a certificate
from an insurance company licensed to write insurance in the State
of New York certifying that there is in effect a public liability
insurance policy insuring the Village of North Hills and the applicant,
covering the operation of such applicant and the construction of such
stormwater drainage or storage basin, with limits of at least $1,000,000
combined single limits for bodily injury, including death, and $100,000
for property damage. Such insurance shall continue in force until
the performance bond has been discharged. The form of such certificate
or policy shall bear the approval of the Village Attorney.
The applicant shall complete all the improvements
required herein within two years from the final endorsement of the
map of the subdivision by the Board. Such period may be extended upon
such terms and conditions as the Board may determine, after written
application setting forth the reasons for the extension request.