[Adopted 2-22-1971 by L.L. No. 1-1971 as Ch. 111, Art. I, of the 1971 Code]
A. 
Qualifications. No person not recognized by the Department of Public Works as a duly qualified sidewalk contractor shall be authorized to construct any sidewalk, curb or curb cut on or adjacent to any street, highway, public place or other Village properties; and such persons before engaging upon such work must first obtain from the Village Clerk a permit authorizing such construction.
B. 
Fees. At the time of making application to the Village for a permit to construct a sidewalk, curb or gutter, the owner or agent shall pay the Village the engineering costs for establishing line and grade for the proposed construction, such costs or charges to be at the levels fixed from time to time by resolution of the Board of Trustees of the Village of Rockville Centre.
[Amended 12-4-1972]
No permit shall be issued until the contractor shall file with the Village Clerk a certificate showing that said contractor carries workmen's compensation insurance to adequately cover all of said contractor's employees.
Each application for a permit shall further be accompanied by a certificate of insurance in form approved by the Village Counsel and issued by an insurance company authorized to do business in this state, running to the Village, guaranteeing that the applicant has provided public liability coverage of not less than $50,000/$100,000 and property damage insurance of $25,000/$50,000 to save the Village harmless from claims, actions and proceedings brought by any person for injury to person or property resulting from or occasioned by any fault or default of the person to whom the permit is issued or by anyone acting thereunder on his behalf.
No person shall construct or cause or permit to be constructed a curb or sidewalk unless the same shall be constructed in accordance with the grade which shall have been obtained from the Village Engineer.
A. 
Construction.
(1) 
All sidewalks shall be four feet in width in residential areas, and in business areas (including nonconforming business use areas) sidewalks shall be constructed so as to cover the full area between the curb and the property line, unless otherwise directed by the Superintendent of Public Works, and shall not be less than four inches thick in areas zoned for residential use and not less than five inches thick in areas zoned for business use. Sidewalks may be built in one or two courses. Where crossed by driveways, all sidewalks shall be not less than six inches thick through the width of the driveway.
(2) 
All curbs shall be 18 inches in depth and not less than six inches thick in residential areas and not less than eight inches thick in business areas and shall be built in one course.
(3) 
Concrete gutters shall not be less than 18 inches wide and six inches thick and shall be built in one course.
B. 
Excavation. All topsoil and loam or impervious material and all tree roots, stumps, rock, sod, broken concrete and like matters encountered in a subgrade must be removed for a depth of not less than four inches below the bottom grade of the proposed construction, and the excavation refilled with sand, gravel or cinders well tamped into place. No concrete shall be placed on a frozen subgrade or one which is soft or springy.
C. 
Composition.
(1) 
Mixture.
(a) 
The mixture for concrete in construction of sidewalks, curbs or gutters shall conform to the following specifications:
[1] 
One-course walks, curbs and gutters shall have a mixture of not less than one part of cement to two parts of clean sand to 3 1/2 parts of clean, sharp gravel or broken stone.
[2] 
Two-course walks for the base course shall have a mixture of one part of cement to two parts of clean sand to four parts of clean, sharp gravel or broken stone. The top course shall consist of one-inch thickness of mortar mixed in the proportions of one part of cement to two parts of clean sand.
(b) 
The base course shall be thoroughly tamped and the top course applied soon enough thereafter to insure complete bonding of courses.
(2) 
Cement. All cement shall conform to the standard specifications of the American Society for Testing Materials, Serial Designation C-9-30, or subsequent amendments thereto.
(3) 
Fine aggregate. Sand shall be clean, free of gravel, uncoated and shall not contain more than 3% by weight of clay or loam nor any vegetable matter, silt or other deleterious matters. Not more than 5% shall pass a one-hundred-mesh screen. Not more than 25% shall pass a fifty-mesh screen. One hundred percent shall pass a four-mesh screen.
(4) 
Coarse aggregate. Gravel or broken stone shall be clean, hard, durable and free of elongated, thin or laminated particles. It shall contain no vegetable or other deleterious substances. The sizes shall be well graded approximately as follows:
(a) 
Maximum size shall be one inch.
(b) 
Not more than 5% shall pass a four-mesh screen.
(c) 
Intermediate sizes shall not have been removed and shall be well proportioned between maximum and minimum size limitations.
(d) 
The use of pit or bank-run gravel will be permitted at the discretion of the Village where the ratio of fine materials to coarse is approximately that required for the specified mix.
(5) 
Water. Water used shall be free of oil, alkali, acid or vegetable matter.
(6) 
Mixing and placing. Ingredients of the concrete shall be measured separately in approved receptacles. All materials shall be thoroughly mixed for not less than one minute in an approved mechanical mixer. Mixing by hand will not be accepted except in an emergency, the repair or replacement of an existing sidewalk or curb of not more than 25 linear feet, and in the case of other minor repairs. A minimum of water shall be used and the concrete when in place shall be thoroughly worked to expel the air, fill voids and secure continuous contact with the forms. All voids or honeycomb appearing after forms are removed shall be plastered with mortar. Concrete shall not be allowed to stand more than 20 minutes before being placed between the forms. Retempering and remixing are expressly forbidden. Care shall be exercised in placing concrete to prevent any segregating of materials.
(7) 
Joints.
(a) 
Sidewalk shall be cut into rectangular sections. No plain concrete section shall be longer than six feet on any one side. Where division plates have been used, they shall be removed after the concrete has hardened sufficiently to avoid breaking the edges or corner of the slabs. Where division plates have not been used, the partially set concrete shall be cut through to the subgrade.
(b) 
All surface edges of concrete slabs shall be tooled so as to be rounded to a radius of approximately 1/4 inch.
(c) 
Expansion joints shall be constructed for the full depth of the concrete. They shall not be less than 1/2 inch wide and spaced not more than 20 feet apart. Expansion joints shall also be provided at intersecting sidewalks or curbs and along the curb in business areas where the sidewalk extends from the building line to the curb.
(d) 
Curbs shall have dummy joints at intervals not exceeding 10 feet and expansion joints at intervals not exceeding 20 feet. Expansion joints shall not be less than 1/2 inch wide and shall extend clear through the concrete so as to completely separate adjoining sections.
(e) 
Gutters shall have dummy and/or expansion joints as directed by the Engineer, rules for which are not set forth herein. Persons desiring to construct gutters will be required to abide by specifications which will be prepared by the Village Engineer to fit the conditions. All requirements set forth herein are minimum.
D. 
Finishing. All sidewalks and gutters shall be struck off true to line and grade and finished with a wooden float leaving a smooth but nonslippery surface. Troweling will be permitted on the surface of curbing. Special type of finishes must have the approval of the Village Engineer, who may require a prepared sample.
E. 
Protection. The contractor shall protect the concrete from damage by all elements, including rain, freezing, pedestrians, animals, falling leaves, etc. Suitable methods shall be employed to cover the work and to erect barricades and lighted red lights at night.
F. 
Cleaning up. Upon completion the contractor or owner must remove all forms, neatly fill the space occupied by the forms and remove all excess dirt. Where the ground adjoining the sidewalk is high or low, the contractor shall leave an earth or other ramp to provide safe access to and from the walk. The entire site shall be left in a clean, orderly manner, all obstructions removed and the work be made otherwise safe for pedestrian movement.
The following restrictions shall apply to curb cuts unless otherwise approved by the Superintendent of Public Works:
A. 
No curb cut shall be made within 15 feet of the intersection of street property lines.
B. 
No curb cut shall exceed 20 feet in length.
C. 
There shall be a minimum of 25 feet between curb cuts.
D. 
On state and county roads, approval of the appropriate authority, if required, must be presented before a permit be issued for a curb cut.
E. 
No permit for a curb cut from a public street and/or parking field into a private driveway and/or private lot situated in a commercial area will be issued unless such private driveway and/or private parking lot has been paved in accordance with the requirements set forth in Article IX, § 287-21, of this chapter and provision made or proper drainage to prevent the accumulation of water.
[Added 10-6-1980 by L.L. No. 11-1980]
Each permit issued in pursuance of this article shall at all times be in the personal possession of the parties actually prosecuting the work, and available for inspection.
Every person who constructs a sidewalk or curb shall guard any excavation or work by guardrails, red signal lights or any other means as may be necessary to warn pedestrians and others of the danger to be approached.