As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
OWNER
The developer, applicant, agent, attorney, engineer or other
person representing the legal owner, including any person having an
agreement to purchase property in the Borough.
[Amended by Ord. No. 975]
A. The Mayor and Council shall not accept and take over
any street as a Borough road unless it complies with the specifications
and requirements set forth in this section. No map submitted to the
Mayor and Council for approval showing a street shall be approved
unless compliance with the following specifications and requirements
is clearly shown on the map. Where it is not possible to clearly show
compliance with the following specifications and requirements on the
map submitted to the Mayor and Council, the applicant or owner shall
be required to furnish a guaranty of compliance by bond or such other
surety as the Council shall approve. Where it is determined by the
Mayor and Council that it is necessary to conduct core borings on
any road to determine whether or not the road meets the Borough's
specifications, the Mayor and Council may require that core borings
be taken at the direction and under the control of the Borough Engineer.
All expenses related to core borings shall be borne by the developer,
including engineering fees.
B. The specifications and requirements for streets are
the New Jersey State Highway Specifications for Road and Bridge Construction
(1961 Edition, as amended), except those portions specifically not
adopted or otherwise modified, amended or supplemented herein, hereby
incorporated in this article as fully as if set forth at length. Three
copies of the specifications hereinbefore referred to shall be placed
on file in the office of the Borough Clerk and shall remain on file
in the office as long as this article remains in effect for use and
examination by the public.
(1) The width of right-of-way on newly laid out and constructed
roads shall be at least 50 feet.
(2) The minimum graded width of the right-of-way referred to in the preceding Subsection
B(1) shall be 50 feet. Slopes outside of the fifty-foot width shall be properly graded and stabilized in accordance with the requirements of the Borough Engineer.
(3) The minimum paved width of the right-of-way shall
be 30 feet and shall be curbed with Belgian block curb unless concrete
curb is approved by the Planning Board, and the curb shall be constructed
as herein specified. The required width of pavement shall be measured
from face to face of curbs, except at street intersections where the
minimum curb radius shall be 35 feet. The top of the curb shall be
set at an elevation of two inches higher than the center line of the
pavement and shall have an exposed face of six inches.
(a)
Specifications for construction of granite Belgian
block curb. The curbs and headers shall be set with the top surface
at the required grade for concrete curbs. Joints shall not be more
than 1/4 inch wide for dressed and 3/8 inch wide for quarry
split curbs and headers. The joints shall be pointed with one-to-one
cement/sand mortar. Between granite curbs and adjacent concrete surfaces
and base courses, which shall be Class C concrete, expansion joints
shall be provided and filled with 1/4 inch preformed bituminous
joint sealer. Curbing shall have a six-to-one batter with a six-inch
curb face. All granite blocks shall be four inches to eight inches
by six inches by 12 inches. Concrete joints shall be open joint every
10 feet. Overall height shall be a minimum of 18 inches from the bottom
of the footing to the top of the curb. The roadway surface course
shall cover the concrete footing. The finished curbs and headers shall
be neat in appearance, installed in a workmanlike manner and shall
not vary from the prescribed line and grade more than 1/4 inch
at any point.
(b)
Specifications for construction of concrete
curb. With prior application to and written approval of the Planning
Board, concrete curb shall be an acceptable alternate design to Belgian
block curb. However, Belgian block curbs will be required by the Planning
Board unless it is shown that they would be inappropriate, aesthetically
or otherwise, or that the use of Belgian block curbing would create
a substantial hardship for the applicant. The curb shall be six inches
wide at the top, nine inches wide at the bottom and 20 inches in depth.
Materials and workmanship shall be in accordance with the applicable
specifications of the New Jersey State Highway Department Standard
Specifications for Road and Bridge Construction, 1961 Edition, as
amended. The concrete shall be Class B, 4,000 pounds per square inch.
(c)
Specifications for pavement of roads. The roadway
shall be paved from face to face or curb as follows:
[1]
The area to be paved shall be graded and compacted
as specified in Section 203 of the New Jersey Department of Transportation
Standard Specifications for Road and Bridge Construction, 1989 Edition
as amended.
[2]
The first course of pavement shall be a six-inch
thick layer of dense graded aggregate base course. Material and workmanship
shall comply with Sections 301 and 901 of the New Jersey Department
of Transportation Standard Specifications for Road and Bridge Construction,
1989 Edition as amended.
[3]
The second course shall be a four-inch thick
layer of bituminous stabilized base course, Mix I-2. Material and
workmanship shall comply with Sections 304 and 904 of the New Jersey
Department of Transportation Standard Specifications for Road and
Bridge Construction, 1989 Edition as amended.
[4]
The third final course shall be a layer of bituminous
concrete surface course, Mix I-5, 1 1/2 inches thick. Material
and workmanship shall comply with Sections 404 and 904 of the New
Jersey Department of Transportation Standard Specifications for Road
and Bridge Construction, 1989 Edition as amended.
(4) The width of the sidewalk area shall be five feet
in residential areas, eight feet in business or industrial areas and
10 feet in all other areas except in such places as material or structural
barriers or trees make such width unadvisable, but in no instance
shall a sidewalk with a width less than four feet be permitted. A
sidewalk shall be graded at 1/4 of an inch to one foot toward
the top of the concrete curb.
(5) A drainage system approved by the Borough Engineer
sufficient to handle all drainage at all times and to prevent the
collection of water in puddles on the right-of-way must be provided,
and the location of catch basins, drainage outlets and other parts
of this drainage system must be distinctly shown on the surveys or
maps on file with the Borough. Materials and workmanship shall be
in accordance with the applicable specifications of the New Jersey
State Highway Department Standard Specifications for Road and Bridge
Construction, 1961 Edition, as amended; provided, however, that all
inlets and catch basin grates, either concave or flat, shall have
oval-shaped reticular openings as shown in the Campbell Foundry Catalog,
Pattern Nos. 2501, 2523, 3304, 3421, or equal; and further provided
that the interior wall surfaces of all inlets, catch basins and manholes
shall be treated with anti-hydro-coal tar epoxy coating, or equal,
to be applied in accordance with the manufacturer's specifications
and instructions.
(6) All outlets, and structures used by them in the right-of-way
must be accurately and clearly designated on the map or survey.
(7) If any natural watercourse or stream crosses the right-of-way,
proper provision for carrying it must be made and shown on the map
or survey. If the stream is such as to come under the jurisdiction
of the Board of Chosen Freeholders of the County of Bergen, its written
consent to the location of the street must be provided, and the map
or survey must show what type of structure, culvert or bridge will
be provided for the watercourse or stream.
(8) At least five copies of a survey or map of the street
shall be filed with the Borough Council when the application is made
for the Borough to take over the road.
(9) The survey or map showing the location and setting
of monuments, grading and contours must have the approval of the Borough
Engineer or the Borough Council.
(10) The location and termini of the right-of-way must
be such as to conform and not interfere with other streets of the
Borough, and such as not to seriously interfere with the access to
a through street or highway or any abutting property owner; and when
any road is parallel, or nearly so, to the property line of an abutting
property owner, it must run along the line or be at least 150 feet
from the line at its nearest point.
(11) The title to the right-of-way must be approved by
the Borough Attorney, and any deeds of dedication, releases of mortgages
or other liens must be provided whenever required by the Borough Attorney.
In the case of used roadways serving houses
at least one year old, the Mayor and Council may modify the specifications
and requirements set forth in this article in order to avoid any hardship
on individual property owners.
All applications for the approval of maps or
plats must comply with the laws of the State of New Jersey relative
to approval by the Bergen County Planning Board.
When maps are approved, the applicant must bind
himself, in such manner as the Borough Council may require, to erect
signs at all intersections conforming with the street signs erected
by the Borough.
Notwithstanding compliance with all of the provisions
of this article, the Mayor and Council shall have the right to refuse
to approve or accept any street when, in its judgment, it is not advisable
to grant such acceptance. The Mayor and Council may approve variations
when, in its judgment, variations are advisable.