[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.
