The Village Engineer or his designee shall be
responsible for inspecting required improvements during construction
to ensure their satisfactory completion and, upon such completion,
shall furnish the Planning Board with a statement to that effect.
If the Village Engineer determines that any of the required improvements
have not been constructed in accordance with the approved plan, the
applicant shall be responsible for properly completing said improvements.
Failure of the Village Engineer to carry out inspections of required
improvements during construction shall not in any way relieve the
applicant of his responsibilities related to the proper construction
of such improvements.
A. Inspection of stages of construction.
(1) To facilitate inspection of required improvements
during construction, the applicant shall notify the Village Engineer
or his designee at least three working days before reaching each of
the following stages of construction:
(b)
Drainage and other underground facilities installed,
but prior to backfilling.
(c)
After gravel base is spread and compacted.
(d)
When such paved course is being applied.
(e)
After completion of all improvements.
(2) The applicant shall not proceed to work on any stage
subsequent to the first stage until the work of the previous stage
has been inspected and approved by the Village Engineer or his designee.
In the case of any other improvements, the Village Engineer or his
designee shall inspect the work at such progressive stages as he/she
shall specify and shall certify to the Planning Board that the work
was inspected by him/her and whether it was in accordance with the
approved plans and specifications.
B. Certificate of construction. At such time as the applicant
has completed construction of all required improvements, the applicant
shall furnish to the Village Engineer three copies of as-built plans
and profiles which show the actual location of all paved streets,
culverts, headwalls, drains, manholes, catchbasins, sidewalks, curbs,
utility lines and equipment, monuments, street signs, street trees
and all other required improvements, as constructed, and all other
pertinent information, such as cross sections of the streets at intervals
determined by the Village Engineer, the culvert and drain grades,
sewer grades, sidewalk and curb grades and invert elevations at manholes.
Such plans and profiles shall bear a dated certification by a professional
engineer or licensed surveyor to the effect that the data shown thereon
was accurately determined by field survey. If the location or accuracy
of improvements does not, in the opinion of the Planning Board, fully
comply with the approved construction plans and specifications, the
Planning Board shall have the right to refuse to sign the final plat
until such situation is corrected.
C. Inspection fee. To offset the costs incurred by the
village in conducting inspections, all applicants for approval of
submissions involving the construction of streets and/or other improvements
shall be required to submit an inspection fee, payable to the Village
of Woodsburgh, as shown on the fee schedule adopted by the Board of
Trustees.
D. Maintenance of improvements. The applicant shall be
required to maintain all improvements and provide for snow removal
on streets and sidewalks, including the cost of streetlighting, if
required, until acceptance of said improvements by the Board of Trustees.
If there are any certificates of occupancy on a street not dedicated
to the village, the village may plow the street or effect emergency
repairs and charge the same to the applicant. The applicant shall
be required to file a maintenance letter of credit with the Board
of Trustees, prior to dedication, in an amount considered adequate
by the Planning Board and in a form satisfactory to the Village Attorney
in order to assure the satisfactory condition of the required improvements
for a period of two years after the date of their acceptance by the
Board of Trustees and dedication of the same to the village.
The Planning Board may waive or vary, subject
to appropriate conditions, the provision of any or all such improvements
and requirements as, in its judgment of the special circumstances
of a particular plat, are not requisite in the interest of the public
health, safety and general welfare or which, in its judgment, are
inappropriate because of inadequacy or lack of connecting facilities
adjacent or in proximity to the subdivision.
When it is deemed necessary by the Planning
Board to defer the construction of any improvement required herein
because of incompatible grades, future planning, inadequate or lack
of connecting facilities or for other reasons, the applicant shall
pay his share of the costs of the future improvements to the village
in escrow prior to signing of the final subdivision plat. The village
shall refund any funds so paid if not used for their intended purpose,
and refund shall be made when the Board of Trustees determines said
funds shall not be so used.
In the approval of a final subdivision plat,
the Planning Board may require the construction of buildings on individual
lots in a specified sequence where the Board finds that such staging
is related to the public health, safety and welfare.
If, at any time, either before of during the
course of construction of the required improvements, it is determined
by the Planning Board that unforeseen conditions make it necessary
to modify the location or design of any improvements, the Board may
modify the terms and conditions of the approval so as to require such
changes as may be necessary to comply with the spirit and intent of
the Board's original approval and to conform to accepted engineering
practices.