[Adopted 8-22-1977 by L.L. No. 3-1977]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings herein ascribed to them:
APPROVAL, APPROVED, ACCEPTED or WORDS OR TERMS OF SIMILAR MEANING
Written approval of the Director of Public Works.
[Amended 3-27-2006 by L.L. No. 1-2006]
BASE COURSE
The granular material placed on the subgrade.
DEDICATION ACCEPTANCE
The acceptance by the Village Board of transfer of the highway to the Village of Skaneateles.
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS
The Village of Skaneateles Director of Public Works or his duly appointed agent.
[Amended 3-27-2006 by L.L. No. 1-2006]
FINAL ACCEPTANCE
Written approval by the Director of Public Works of the completed construction.
[Amended 3-27-2006 by L.L. No. 1-2006]
FINE GRADE
Grading to a tolerance of 1/2 inch in 10 feet.
NYSDOT SPECIFICATIONS
New York State Department of Transportation standard specifications as adopted from time to time and addenda thereto issued to and including the date of approval of plans for the highway construction.
[Amended 3-22-2004 by L.L. No. 1-2004]
PLANNING BOARD
The Village of Skaneateles Planning Board.
RIGHT-OF-WAY
The total width of property to be deeded to the Village, a minimum of 60 feet wide.
ROAD SECTION
The entire area disturbed for highway construction, from top of slope to toe of slope, including ditches.
ROADWAY
That portion of the highway included between the outside edges of the pavement or inside curbing.
SUBGRADE
The bottom of the granular base material.
SURFACE COURSE
The pavement on which traffic travels.
TESTS
All tests, cores and inspections mentioned in this article shall be performed without cost to the Village of Skaneateles and written results of the same shall be filed with the Village.
TOP COURSE
The granular material placed on the base course.
A. 
Plans showing original and finished center-line profiles, typical cross sections and proposed drainage facilities shall be submitted to the Planning Board and the Director of Public Works before final subdivision plat approval can be given. No construction shall be commenced until approval of the plans has been given. After approval, the Director of Public Works shall be furnished with five sets of plans. After construction and before acceptance, the Director of Public Works shall be furnished with three sets of as-built plans.
[Amended 3-27-2006 by L.L. No. 1-2006]
B. 
The road section sheets for residential, industrial and commercial, attached to this article, are incorporated herein as minimum standards.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The road section sheets are on file at the Village offices.
A. 
Generally. The roadway shall be graded to subgrade as shown on the approved plans by excavating the areas above the approved grades, including ditch lines and back slopes, and by filling the areas below the approved grades. The fill material shall consist of material from the excavated areas after removal of all boulders, topsoil, stumps, roots or other deleterious material or from approved borrow pits.
B. 
Stripping. Prior to the commencement of excavation or filling, stripping shall be conducted to remove all topsoil, stumps, roots, organic matter or other deleterious material for the full width of the road section. Stripping is not required under fills where the original grade is more than five feet below finished center-line grade if the construction is sufficiently stable, as approved by the Director of Public Works.
[Amended 3-27-2006 by L.L. No. 1-2006]
C. 
Excavation. The excavation shall be executed in a workmanlike manner keeping the ditch lines below the cut to provide positive drainage at all times throughout the excavating operation.
D. 
Embankment. The material for embankment shall come either from the cuts or approved borrow pits. The material shall consist of natural soil, free from boulders, topsoil, stumps, roots or other deleterious material, and shall be of such gradation and moisture content that it is capable of being compacted to the required density. The embankment shall be built in a workmanlike manner. No embankment shall be placed on frozen earth. Embankment shall be placed in horizontal layers, not deeper than six inches after compaction, to allow proper compaction and of such cross section as to permit proper drainage. "Proper compaction" is defined as an embankment which does not weave, rut or displace in any manner under three consecutive passes of a ten-wheel (three-axle) self-propelled dump truck loaded to the maximum legal load traveling at a maximum speed of five miles per hour. No stones over six inches in maximum dimension will be allowed in the embankment closer than four feet to surface line finish grade.
E. 
Preparation of subgrade. The subgrade shall be constructed to the cross sections and grades shown on the approved plans. The Director of Public Works shall be notified at least five days prior to the placing of any granular material above the subgrade. He or his agent will be present, and the entire roadway shall be tested for proper compaction as hereinbefore defined. Any areas in either cut or fill which weave, rut or distort shall be repaired until they do not weave, rut or distort. When the subgrade is satisfactory to the Director of Public Works, he will issue a written approval. No base course shall be placed above subgrade until this written approval is obtained.
[Amended 3-27-2006 by L.L. No. 1-2006]
F. 
Culverts and subsurface drainage and underground facilities. All underground utilities, culverts and storm sewers, except driveway pipes, shall be installed prior to placing the base course. All culverts crossing the center line of the roadway shall be of a size 18 inches in diameter or larger. The material for all pipes shall conform to the NYSDOT Specifications and shall be installed according to the manufacturer's specifications. Where catch basins, drop inlets or manholes are called for, they shall be constructed of concrete or masonry conforming to the NYSDOT Specifications and shall be of sizes shown on their standard sheets. Frames and grates or covers shall conform to NYSDOT Specifications. Manufacturers' certificates that all pipe meets these specifications shall be given to the Director of Public Works before final acceptance of the road. All pipes must be laid so that they have positive drainage as shown on the approved plans.
[Amended 3-27-2006 by L.L. No. 1-2006]
(1) 
Where the approved plans call for underdrain, or field conditions require the installation of the same, the underdrain shall be six-inch steel perforated pipe meeting the NYSDOT Specifications. The underdrain pipe shall be surrounded by a minimum of six inches of filter material, consisting of one part concrete sand, one part No. 1 stone and one part No. 2 stone uniformly mixed together, or material conforming to the NYSDOT Specifications for underdrain filter materials.
(2) 
All exposed ends of pipes 12 inches or larger, including driveway pipes, shall have end sections conforming to NYSDOT Specifications. All driveway pipes shall have a minimum diameter of 12 inches.
(3) 
All pipes and drainage structures are to be protected and maintained and, if necessary, shall be cleaned, repaired or replaced before final acceptance.
G. 
Base course. Before any base course material is placed on the subgrade, the subgrade shall be shaped to the cross sections shown on the approved plans and rolled with a flat-wheel roller to seal the surface. At any time that the subgrade becomes rutted or out of shape ahead of the placing of the base course, it shall be reshaped and sealed before any base material is placed upon it.
(1) 
Material. The granular material acceptable for this course may be run-of-bank gravel or processed material complying with NYSDOT Specifications Section 304 and as follows: all particles shall pass a four-inch square hole, not less than 30% by weight shall pass the one-fourth-inch sieve, not more than 70% by weight shall pass the No. 40 mesh sieve and not more than 10% by weight shall pass the No. 200 mesh sieve as determined by washing through the sieve in accordance with ASTM Designation D422. The particles retained on the one-fourth-inch sieve shall have a loss, after four cycles of the magnesium sulfate soundness test, not exceeding 30% by weight. The particles passing the No. 40 mesh sieve shall have a maximum plasticity index of five.
(2) 
Construction.
[Amended 3-27-2006 by L.L. No. 1-2006]
(a) 
The material shall be spread so that no appreciable segregation of particle sizes occurs. The material shall be placed in horizontal layers not exceeding six inches in thickness after compaction for a total thickness of 14 inches. Compaction may be done with approved vibrating compaction equipment, a flat-wheel roller weighing approximately 10 tons or rubber-tired rollers or equipment if approved by the Director of Public Works. Each layer shall be compacted to at least 95% of the maximum density determined in accordance with ASTM D1557.
(b) 
Before the top course is placed on top of the base course in place, samples shall be taken under the direction of the Director of Public Works and tested by an approved testing laboratory to determine that the material passes the gradation and compaction requirements. Certification of results of these tests shall be given to the Director of Public Works before final acceptance. Any material not meeting the specifications shall be removed and replaced. No material shall be placed when either fill material or the previous layer is frozen. In the event that any fill which has already been placed or the subgrade shall become frozen, it shall be scarified and recompacted or removed, to the approval of the Director of Public Works.
H. 
Top course.
(1) 
Material. The material acceptable for this course shall be run-of-crusher hard, durable limestone complying with the NYSDOT Specifications Section 703 and shall be size designation No. 2.
(2) 
Construction.
(a) 
The installation of this course shall take place immediately preceding the installation of the surface course. The base course shall be clean and free of objectionable material. Objectionable base course material shall be removed and replaced with suitable material.
(b) 
Construction of this course shall be the same as the base course, except that the minimum thickness shall be four inches. Before the surface course is placed, in-place samples of the top course shall be taken under the direction of the Director of Public Works and tested by an approved testing laboratory. Certification of the results of these tests shall be filed with the Director of Public Works before final acceptance. Material not meeting the specifications shall be removed and replaced.
[Amended 3-27-2006 by L.L. No. 1-2006]
I. 
Surface course. After the top course is completed to a tolerance of 1/2 inch in 10 feet as shown on the approved plans and cross sections and sealed with a flat-wheel roller weighing approximately 10 tons and approved by the Director of Public Works, the surface course shall be applied.
[Amended 3-27-2006 by L.L. No. 1-2006]
(1) 
Material. The surface course shall consist of two-course bituminous concrete plant mix complying with NYSDOT Specifications Section 403, Type 1A Binder and Type 1AC Top.
(2) 
Construction. The bituminous concrete plant mix shall be placed with an approved spreader to the thickness shown on the approved plans. Immediately following placing of the hot mix, it shall be rolled with a flat-wheel roller weighing approximately 10 tons, equipped with a device to keep the rollers wet so that no mix adheres to the rollers. The rolling shall continue until the roller does not leave any ruts or tracks. Bituminous concrete pavement shall have a crown of 1/4 inch per foot. No bituminous concrete paving shall be done over a wet surface or when the temperature is below 50º F. All bituminous concrete pavement shall be cored under the direction of the Director of Public Works. The cores shall be taken at not more than five-hundred-foot intervals. Any core found to be more than 1/8 of an inch short of the specified thickness shall be unacceptable and the area represented by it shall be covered with another layer of bituminous concrete.
J. 
Curbs, curbs and gutters, or gutters. Curbs, curbs and gutters, or gutters shall be installed where shown on the approved plans. Curbs, curbs and gutters, or gutters shall have a six-inch perforated underdrain if specified. The flow line of the underdrain shall be a minimum of four inches below subgrade at the edge of the shoulder and must drain to a positive drainage system. All curbing shall be of cement construction.
All areas beyond the base course which have been disturbed by the construction shall be prepared and seeded (including fertilizing) according to NYSDOT Specifications Section 610. Plantings, if specified on the approved plans, shall be accomplished according to NYSDOT Specifications Section 611 unless otherwise specified.
A street, in order to be generally acceptable for a Village street, must be:
A. 
Spacious, with a minimum width of 60 feet, with curbing.
B. 
Properly planned and constructed.
C. 
Equipped with adequate draining facilities, including catch basins and surface water sewers, properly located.
D. 
Equipped with adequate sanitary sewers, properly located.
E. 
Equipped with an adequate water supply system, for water distribution and consumption, and fire protection with hydrants.