During the entire period of construction, the
applicant shall keep the site in a neat and orderly condition and
shall immediately comply with the directives of the Village and all
pertinent laws of the Village.
All work related to improvements required by
these regulations or for the development of any subdivision or site
plan shall be performed only between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00
p.m. on weekdays, excluding legal holidays. No work shall be permitted
on Saturday, Sunday or legal holidays, except by express permission
of the Board of Trustees or in case of emergency. The Code Enforcement
Officer is empowered to have work stopped if it is being performed
at other than the permitted hours. Any additional costs incurred by
the applicant attendant to complying with this regulation shall be
borne by the applicant.
A.
The applicant shall provide sufficient and suitable
toilets, well secluded, constructed and maintained in conformance
with the local, county and state sanitary laws, for use of all workmen
employed on the site.
B.
On or before the completion of the work, the applicant
shall remove all of the temporary buildings and structures used for
this purpose.
C.
All organic waste shall be removed from the property
and disposed of in accordance with applicable sanitary regulations.
A.
The flow of traffic or the safety thereof on any public
street or highway within the Village shall not be restricted or endangered
in any way by construction operations, equipment, vehicles or materials
connected with the construction or sales operations of a subdivision.
B.
The applicant shall provide for off-street parking
space for all vehicles used in connection or sales operations. Equipment
or materials shall not be stored within the right-of-way lines of
any public street or highway.
All roads within a subdivision which are used
by contractors or others and which have not been surfaced shall be
treated effectively with calcium chloride or other materials which
have dust-laying qualities.
A.
Rainfall runoff from developments during construction
operations must be confined to the site unless an adequate stormwater
drainage system exists.
B.
Methods of providing for temporary drainage shall
be approved by the Village Engineer.
C.
Stormwater runoff disposal onto existing roads, streets
or private property is prohibited without the express written consent
of the owner thereof.
All drainage facilities shall be maintained
in a clean condition until time for use as directed by the Village.
Personnel engaged in construction of site improvements,
buildings or structures shall be qualified and shall perform their
duties in a manner satisfactory to the Village. In the sole opinion
of the Code Enforcement Officer or the designee of the Code Enforcement
Officer, if such person proves to be unqualified or not sufficiently
responsible in the performance of such person's duties, such person
shall be immediately replaced by the applicant upon request of the
Village and shall no longer be permitted to work at such site.
A.
The applicant is responsible for keeping all roads,
streets and public and private property free of debris and damage
caused by construction operations or by stormwater runoff from the
subdivision. Any damage so caused shall immediately be repaired by
the applicant at the applicant's sole expense.
B.
If, after due notice from the Village, the applicant
does not proceed within a period of time specified by the Code Enforcement
Officer to make necessary repairs or to remove debris and to complete
the same, the Village may take necessary corrective measures. The
costs of any such corrective measures shall be paid by the applicant
as part of the improvements to be performed and prior to issuance
of any certificate of completion or occupancy.
In any emergency arising during construction
where the applicant or the applicant's representative is not immediately
available to take responsible charge, the Village may take such measures
and render such decisions as may be necessary to control the situation.
Any resultant costs shall be borne by the applicant at no expense
to the Village.
The developer shall proceed with and perform
all work in accordance with the best construction practice and take
all necessary measures for the protection of the public health, safety
and welfare.
A.
No topsoil shall be removed from the area within the
boundaries of the map except by special written permission of the
Board upon proof that an excess exists and that the final plat has
been filed with the Clerk. Such proof shall be in the form of a written
affidavit submitted by a licensed surveyor, licensed landscape architect
or professional engineer and shall be subject to verification by the
Village.
B.
No excess shall be deemed to exist until at least
eight inches of topsoil is provided for in all disturbed portions
of the development area, with the exception of those areas set aside
for paved streets, driveways, walks and recharge basins.
C.
Permission for removal of topsoil shall be valid for
a period of time to be established by the Board, not to exceed 12
months.
D.
Such permission for removal of topsoil shall be subject to the payment to the Village of a fee, for the purposes of supervision and regulation of the topsoil removal, as set forth in Chapter 130, Fees. The Board may also require the applicant to post a maintenance bond guaranteeing to the Village the maintenance and restoration of all streets to be used by trucks or other equipment in connection with the removal of topsoil, said bond to be from a surety company authorized to do business in the State of New York and to be approved by the Village Attorney as to form and manner of execution.[1]
E.
The term "topsoil" shall mean the upper layer or layers
of the ground consisting of organic matter, in which layer or layers
pasture grass will readily grow and be sustained, as distinguished
from subsoil.
F.
Any person who is found guilty of having removed topsoil
without a permit as required by this section or having removed topsoil
in violation of any permit issued pursuant to this section shall be
subject to a fine not to exceed $25 for each cubic yard of topsoil
so removed or $5,000, whichever is more, or imprisonment for not more
than 15 days, or both such fine or imprisonment. Each day on which
topsoil is removed in violation of this section shall constitute a
separate violation.
In all subdivisions the available topsoil shall
be evenly distributed over all plots, and in no case shall the minimum
depth be less than six inches at the time of placement. If required,
the applicant shall bring in topsoil to comply with this requisite,
except in areas where natural vegetation has not been disturbed.
Specifications for materials and methods of
construction will conform to the Nassau County Standard Specifications
for Construction of Highways and Bridges or any amendment or substitute
thereto utilized by the County of Nassau, as in effect on the date
of approval of the plans for such work.
A.
Minimum pavement cross sections for residential and
commercial or industrial streets are shown on the Roadway Detail No.
1.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Roadway Detail No. 1 is included at the end of this chapter.
B.
Subgrade.
(1)
The roadway subgrade shall be prepared in accordance
with the Nassau County Standard Specifications for Highways and Bridges.
(2)
After the subgrade is compacted and shaped to the
approved profile and before any base course material is placed, one
of the following testing procedures must be performed and minimum
acceptable test values achieved:
|
Test
|
Minimum Acceptable
Test Value
| |
|---|---|---|
|
Benkleman beam
|
0.080 inches (characteristic deflection)
| |
|
California bearing ratio (CBR)
|
10
| |
|
Plate bearing test
|
50 pounds per square inch (12-inch-diameter
plate, 0.2-inch deflection, 10 repetitions)
| |
|
Resistance value (R)
|
45
|
A.
Portland cement concrete and asphaltic concrete.
(1)
All portland cement concrete and asphaltic concrete
shall conform to New York State Department of Transportation Specifications
(Section 400 and Section 500), including but not limited to composition
of mixtures, weather and seasonal limitations, plant requirements,
conditions of existing surfaces and method of placement. All portland
cement concrete and asphaltic concrete shall be subject to laboratory
tests to determine if they conform to said specifications.
(2)
The developer shall provide the Village Engineer with
a construction schedule so that plant computer tickets for materials
and adequate samples for all required tests may be obtained.
Belgian paving block curb and Belgian paving
block curb and gutter shall meet the following specifications for
acceptance by the Village:
A.
Materials.
(1)
Blocks shall be sound bluestone, sandstone or granite
from an approve source and shall be subject to approval by the Village
Engineer.
(2)
Concrete shall be Class A transit-mixed concrete having
a strength of 3,000 pounds per square inch with a maximum slump of
three inches.
(3)
Sand or gravel for block base under the gutter sections
shall be clean and free from deleterious material.
B.
Construction details.
(1)
The area to receive the curb or curb and gutter shall
be excavated to the required depth, and the subbase shall be thoroughly
compacted using an approved vibrating plate tamper.
(2)
Stone used for curbing shall be completely cleaned
prior to setting into the concrete and shall be set to a true line
and grade while the concrete is wet.
(3)
The curbing shall be backfilled only when the concrete
is set and no sooner than 24 hours after the concrete has been placed.
(4)
Curbing or curbing and gutter shall be installed prior
to the paving of the roadway section. Care shall be taken to guarantee
that the curb or curb and gutter are not disturbed during the paving
operations.
(5)
Stones used to construct curbing or curbing and gutter
shall be placed tight to each other with as small a space between
stones as practicable.
(6)
Any curb or curb and gutter section that does not
present a smooth and constant profile, has protruding stones, or is
not constructed in a workmanlike manner, as determined by the Village
Engineer, will not be accepted by the Village.
