Prior to the granting of final approval, the
developer shall have installed improvements required by the Planning
Board or have posted a performance guaranty or surety sufficient to
cover the costs of said improvements. The Planning Board may solicit
local, county, state, federal, public or semipublic agencies and knowledgeable
individuals on what improvements shall be required. Improvements recommended
by other agencies, such as a utilities authority, county, state or
other governmental agencies, may be required by the Planning Board
as a condition of final approval. The following construction standards
and improvements are necessary to protect the health, safety, welfare
and convenience of the residents and public as well as needed to meet
local, county, regional, state and national goals and objectives.
It is recognized, however, that in peculiar situations, all of the
improvements listed below may not be appropriate or needed.
[Amended 7-25-1983 by Ord. No. 83-19; 3-26-1984 by Ord. No. 84-8; 10-29-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-26]
A. Prior to starting any construction of the required improvements, the developer must submit final detailed construction plans to the Township Engineer for the Township Engineer's review and approval, and shall pay to the Township Treasurer, by cash or certified check, the inspection fee as stated in Chapter
82, Fees, for both private and public improvements.
B. Prior to the proposed start of the various phases of the work, and
after the submission of final constructions plans and posting of inspections
fee, the developer shall request and the Township Engineer shall arrange
a project pre-construction conference between the developer, contractors,
and Township Engineer, and in the case of public sewer improvements,
the Director of Public Works. The Township Engineer shall be notified
by the developer in writing at least five days in advance of the start
of construction following the successful completion of the pre-construction
conference.
C. All of the required public improvements for a development, during
and upon completion of their construction, shall be subject to inspection
and approval by the Township Engineer, who shall be notified by the
developer in writing at least five days prior to the initial start
of construction. On-site private improvements relating to stormwater
management, drainage, landscaping and circulation as shown on an approved
final development plan shall also be subject to inspection and approval
by the Township Engineer.
D. No underground installations shall be covered until inspected and
approved by the Township Engineer. If such installation is covered
prior to inspection, it shall be uncovered or another means of inspection
acceptable to the Township Engineer, such as closed circuit television
inspection, shall be used, and all costs for same are to be borne
by the developer.
E. At a minimum, the Township Engineer will make the following inspections:
(1) Roadway subgrade prior to placing subbase material and/or bituminous
stabilized base course material.
(2) The bituminous stabilized base course material during installation
and compaction and prior to applying bituminous material tack coat
for the bituminous concrete surface course.
(3) Bituminous concrete surface course materials while it is being laid.
(4) Finished bituminous concrete surface course pavement.
(5) Concrete curb and sidewalks, when the forms are laid and the subgrade
is leveled and compacted prior to placing concrete, also during the
placing and finishing of the concrete.
(6) Such inspections as the Township Engineer shall deem necessary of
the pipe drains, inlets, municipal utilities lines and appurtenances,
etc., while pipes, etc., are being laid and prior to backfilling trenches,
inlets and manholes while being constructed.
(7) Stormwater management improvements provided to address development
stormwater quantity control, stormwater quality control and groundwater
recharge, both during their construction as well as post-construction
and prior to release of performance guarantee.
(8) Landscape planting materials on site, but before installation, and
finished landscape plantings.
(9) Approval or reasons for withholding approval for either public or
private improvements shall be given promptly, and in any event within
45 days after inspection. If work proceeds without such approval or
not in compliance therewith, the Township Engineer, in addition to
any other remedies available to the Township, may issue an order requiring
immediate cessation of the affected work and prohibiting resumption
thereof until approval is obtained or noncompliance corrected.
F. Inspection not to be deemed acceptance. Inspection of work by the Township Engineer shall not be considered to be final acceptance or rejection of an improvement, but shall only be considered to be a determination of whether or not the specific improvement work observed was performed in accordance with Township specifications, or other prevailing standards, at the time of inspection. Any subsequent damage to such improvement, or defect that makes itself apparent, or other unforeseen circumstances due to weather, other construction work, settlement, etc. between the time of observed installation and the time of request of release of performance guarantee shall be the full responsibility of the developer. No work shall be considered accepted until release of all guarantees required under Chapter
200, Land Use, Article
XVII, Improvement Guaranties.
[Amended 6-25-1990 by Ord. No. 90-18]
A. Prior to the release of a performance bond covering
any public or private improvements within a subdivision, there shall
be filed with the Township Engineer a deed of dedication containing
a metes and bounds description of all easements, two paper prints
plus one reproducible Polyester Film tracing (matte finish) (base
thickness, 0.003 inches) and as-built plans and profiles drawn to
a scale of one inch equals five feet vertically, which plans and profiles
shall be based on a final survey and shall be in the United States
Coast and Geodetic Control Survey datum. Such drawing shall show how
streets and other improvements were actually constructed or installed.
The following data must be shown with measurements from the property
lines:
(1) Plans and profiles of the streets showing elevations
as constructed and reference bench marks.
(2) Plans and profiles of sanitary and storm sewers showing
elevations of inverts of manholes and catch basins and elevations
of inlet gratings and manhole rims; also locations of sanitary sewer
laterals dimensioned from main and reference dimensions to T or V
connections from manholes.
[Amended 4-20-1990 by Ord. No. 90-12]
B. Upon the submission of the following documents and
the approval thereof by the Township Engineer and the Township Attorney,
the Township shall accept those streets, rights-of-way and other public
improvements in a subdivision by resolution:
[Amended 10-16-1995 by Ord. No. 95-42]
(1) Satisfaction of all items set forth in Subsection
A of this section.
(2) Deeds of dedication with metes and bounds descriptions
for all easements, detention basins, greenbelts or other public improvements
other than streets and rights-of-way intended to be owned by the Township.
(3) Final plat filed with the Mercer County Clerk's Office
showing all streets, rights-of-way, easements, detention basins, greenbelts
or other public or quasi-public improvements.
(4) All applicable streets, rights-of-way and/or other
public improvements have been inspected and have received final approval
by the municipal engineer.
[Added 10-16-1995 by Ord. No. 95-42]
(5) Posting of the required maintenance guaranties with
the Township and approved by the Township prior to acceptance by the
Township Council of the applicable streets, rights-of-way and/or other
public improvements, in an amount provided by law.
[Added 10-16-1995 by Ord. No. 95-42]
[Added 7-25-1983 by Ord. No. 83-17]
A. Until such time as the streets are accepted by the governing body in accordance with §
200-93, the developer shall be obligated to perform all maintenance, including but not limited to snowplowing, on said streets.
B. In the event that the developer fails to maintain
the streets and thereby creates a hazard, the Township may perform
such maintenance as is necessary to remove the hazard. The costs incurred
by the Township shall be billed to and paid by the developer. Emergency
maintenance work performed by the Township as a result of the developer's
failure to properly maintain shall not constitute an acceptance of
the streets.
C. With regard to snow and ice removal, the developer
shall cause the removal of snow and ice within 24 hours after the
snow has ceased.
[Added 2-28-1994 by Ord. No. 94-05]
D. Any developer violating provision of this section shall be subject to all the available penalties established in Chapter
1, General Provisions, Article
II, Penalty.