The City Engineer shall be responsible for inspecting
required improvements during construction to insure their satisfactory
completion and, upon such completion, shall furnish the Planning Board
with a statement to that effect. If the City 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 City Engineer to carry
out inspections of required improvements during construction shall
not in any way relieve the applicant or the bonding company of their
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 City Engineer
at least three working days prior to starting each of the following
states of construction:
(a)
Clearing and rough grading of site.
(b)
Installation of drainage and other underground
facilities to be installed.
(c)
Installation of gravel base for proposed streets
and private roads.
(d)
Installation of new curbing and sidewalks.
(e)
When each pavement course is being applied.
(f)
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 City Engineer or his duly authorized
representative. In the case of any other improvements, the City Engineer
shall inspect the work at such progressive stages as he shall specify,
and he shall certify to the Planning Board that the work was inspected
by him and was in accordance with the approved plans and specifications.
B. The applicant and/or contractor shall submit to the
City Engineer shop drawings and mix design certifications for all
materials to be used to construct project. The applicant shall furnish
a certification from the bituminous concrete supplier, and concrete
supplier, providing mix data, including aggregate source and grading,
quantities of all ingredients, critical temperatures, slump data,
and strength data for concrete.
C. Test specimens. When test specimens are requested
by the City Engineer or his duly authorized representative, the contractor
shall have an independent testing lab take the necessary samples selected
by the City Engineer. Costs of tests and reports shall be borne entirely
by the applicant.
D. Certificate of construction. At such time as the applicant
has completed construction of all required improvements, he shall
furnish to the City Engineer three copies of as-built plans and profiles
which show the actual location of all paved streets, private roads,
culverts, headwalls, drains, manholes, catch basins, sidewalks, curbs,
utility lines and equipment, monuments, street and private road signs,
street and private road trees, and all other required improvements,
as constructed, and all other pertinent information, such as cross
sections of the streets and private roads at intervals determined
by the City 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 filed 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
or release the bond until such situation is corrected.
E. Cost of
inspection. In all cases, the applicant shall be required to bear
the costs, including, but not limited to, technical consultants retained
by the City, incurred by the City in conducting inspections required
by the City Code. Prior to the issuance of a building permit, the
applicant shall be required to pay an inspection fee, payable to the
City of Beacon, in an amount equal to 6% of the estimated construction
cost as a condition of plat approval. The City may require a deposit
into an escrow account, in an amount to be determined by the City
Engineer, to be applied against any costs that exceed an amount equal
to 6% of the estimated construction costs. If an escrow account is
required and becomes depleted, it shall be fully replenished prior
to any additional work being performed by the City or a third party
for the City. Any unused escrow shall be returned within 60 days of
proof of compliance with this chapter. No certificate of occupancy
shall be issued if any inspection fee remains unpaid.
[Amended 5-17-2010 by L.L. No. 7-2010]
The Planning Board may waive, 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.
A certificate of occupancy shall not be issued
for a structure within a subdivision where the improvements are guaranteed
by a performance bond unless it is determined by the City Engineer
that both of the following conditions have been complied with:
A. Status of street and private road improvements. The
improvement of the street, streets, private road or private roads
giving access to the structure has progressed to a stage deemed adequate
by the City Engineer to render safe all-weather vehicular access for
both routing and emergency purposes.
B. Maintenance agreements. Written agreements satisfactory to the City Attorney have been filed providing for the maintenance of the bonded street or streets in such all-weather passable condition, including snow removal and sanding, during the period between the issuance of the certificate of occupancy and the acceptance of the fully completed street by the City Council. If the private road is not to be offered for dedication to the City, such an agreement will have been required in accordance with §
195-17D of this chapter.