[Amended 11-4-1987 by Ord. No. 5215-87; 6-19-2007 by Ord. No. 6669-07]
A. In any public street, avenue, alley and lane in the
City of Clifton the grade of which has been established or which may
hereafter be established, curbs shall be set or reset and sidewalks
shall be laid, relaid, altered, repaired and maintained at the expense
of the abutting property owner, as now provided by law and the provisions
of this article.
B. Maintenance of the street between the property line
and curb. Every owner, occupant or person having charge and control
of property in the City on any street that is open shall maintain
and be responsible for the proper upkeep of that part of the street
between the property line and curb which abuts the property, including
corner areas adjacent to corner lots, whether within or without the
property line. Such upkeep shall include the proper maintenance and
repair of the sidewalk and curb.
C. Installation and repair of connection between property
and sewer lines. Every owner, occupant or person having charge and
control of property in the City shall be responsible for the proper
installation, repair and upkeep of all connections between his property
and the main sanitary or industrial sewer line and all connections
between his property and the main storm drain, catch basin or gutter
into which such connections discharge.
D. Installation of individual connection between property
and municipal sewer. Every owner or person having charge and/or control
of construction of new buildings in the City shall be required to
install an individual sanitary sewer lateral between each building
and the municipal sewer. Installation of septic pits is prohibited.
E. Every owner, occupant or person having charge and/or
control of existing buildings in the City shall be required to install
an individual sanitary sewer lateral for each building if and when
it becomes known that a building is connected to a common sanitary
sewer lateral with another building or buildings or to a septic pit.
The individual connections are to be provided within 30 calendar days
of notice.
F. The fee for all sewer lateral repair inspections or
connection inspections shall be $75.
All curbs or sidewalks hereafter set, reset,
laid, relaid, altered or repaired shall be done in compliance with
the regulations of the Municipal Council of the City of Clifton and
under the supervision of the City Engineer.
[Amended 10-7-1947 by Ord. No. 2385; 7-16-1991 by Ord. No. 5519-91]
No existing curbs or sidewalks, nor any curbs
or sidewalks hereafter set or laid, shall be constructed, installed,
removed, reset, replaced or reconstructed without first obtaining
a permit therefor from the City Engineer. Application for such permit
shall be made, in writing, upon forms furnished by the City Engineer.
Where a curb is to be constructed, set, reset or reconstructed in
order to provide a driveway across a sidewalk, the width of which
driveway shall be 10 feet or more, application for a permit shall
be accompanied by a survey and plan showing the proposed work and
shall state the name and address of the person, firm or corporation
which is to do the work. No permit shall be issued until such survey
and plan have been approved by the City Engineer. The City Engineer
shall charge and receive a fee of $25 for every permit issued for
the construction or reconstruction of a curb and sidewalk for the
purpose of a driveway across a sidewalk where the driveway shall be
10 feet or more in width. No fees shall be charged for permits issued
in accordance with this article, except as aforesaid.
[Amended 8-4-87 by Ord. No. 5190-87]
A. All sidewalks, curbs, driveways and aprons in any
street, avenue, alley or land, or section thereof, in the City of
Clifton, where the grade has been or may hereafter be established,
shall be constructed and installed to such width of such material
as shall be shown in specifications prepared by the City Engineer,
in addition to other specifications prepared or which may have been
prepared by the City Engineer, not inconsistent with those herein
provided, and approved by the Municipal Council.
B. The ingredients of the concrete of every sidewalk
shall be only portland cement, clean sharp sand and clean broken stone
or gravel. No cinders or ashes shall be used in concrete. No concrete
shall be used that does not contain at least one part portland cement
in every six parts of the whole, or as hereinafter specified.
C. Concrete shall be constructed with Type II, air-entrained
cement and shall develop a compressive strength of 4,000 pounds per
square inch at 28 days. Air-entrainment shall not be less than 3%
nor more than 6%.
D. Concrete shall be finished with floats and straightedges.
Just before the concrete obtains its initial set, it shall be finished
with a wooden float and brushed with a wet soft-haired brush. Surfaces
shall drain completely at all times. Concrete sidewalks shall be sloped
toward the street at a grade of one-fourth (1/4) inch per foot. All
edges shall be finished and rounded with an edging tool having a radius
of one-fourth (1/4) inch.
E. Expansion joints shall be one-half (1/2) inch wide
placed at intervals of approximately 20 feet and shall be filled with
performed expansion joint filler. Traverse construction joints shall
be one-eighth (1/8) inch thick placed midway between expansion joints.
Blind joints shall cut midway between the expansion and contraction
joints. Expansion joints shall be placed between the sidewalk/driveway
and all appurtenances, such as manholes, utility poles, curb, etc.
An expansion joint shall be placed between sidewalk and concrete apron
and/or concrete driveway. Expansion joint filler shall be performed
bituminous conforming to AASHTO M33, M153 Type II and M213.
F. Concrete shall be placed on a firm, compacted subgrade.
All concrete sidewalks shall be at least four feet wide and shall
be four inches thick, except at driveways, in which case sidewalks,
aprons and driveways shall be six inches thick.
G. At the intersection of two streets or where required
by federal or state statutes or City of Clifton ordinances, handicap
ramp curbs and sidewalks shall be constructed in accordance with the
prevailing requirements of Subchapter 7 (Barrier Free) of the Uniform
Construction Code of New Jersey.
H. Concrete paver driveway aprons
shall be constructed as follows: Precast concrete pavers shall be
of standard size, approximately four inches wide by eight inches long
by 2.375 inches +/- 0.125 inches thick, and reasonably uniform in
size and shape, with a minimum compressive strength of 8,000 PSI and
a water absorption maximum of 5%. Concrete pavers shall exceed the
standards of ASTM C-936-82. No pavers shall be set in the sidewalk.
[Amended 2-4-2020 by Ord. No. 7561-20]
(1) The concrete pavers shall be laid on a base consisting of two-inch
4,000 PSI concrete on top of four-inch-thick densely graded aggregate
(quarry process stone) compacted and rolled. The pavers are to be
set to the correct position and grade with a rubber mallet. All cuts
of the pavers are to be made to an even and straight line with a carborundum
disk wet saw. After all the pavers are in position, sand shall be
swept over the surface completely, then using a plate compactor to
tamp the pavers to a uniform level. Two or three passes of the compactor
shall be made to bring the pavers to their final level. Tamping shall
be done in both directions. After each area of pavers is compacted,
clean masons sand is to be sandswept in all directions into the intermittent
joints between the pavers. Vehicle traffic shall not be allowed on
paved surface until sweeping is completed.
I. After forms are in place and prior to pouring concrete
and setting pavers, the applicant shall call the Clifton Engineering
Department for an inspection of the forms. No concrete is to be poured,
and no pavers are to be set without inspection and approval by the
City Engineer or his representative.
[Amended 2-4-2020 by Ord. No. 7561-20]
J. The City
assumes no responsibility upon or by virtue of the issuance of the
sidewalk, curb or driveway permit.
[Added 2-4-2020 by Ord. No. 7561-20]
[Amended 10-5-1993 by Ord. No. 5652-93]
The owners or occupants of any dwelling house,
store or other building, or of a lot or lots of ground fronting or
abutting on any public street, avenue, alley or lane in the City of
Clifton, the grade of which has been or may hereafter be established,
shall, at his, her or their own cost and expense, well and sufficiently
lay the sidewalks in front of said premises, according to the specifications
of the City of Clifton, and shall keep and maintain said sidewalks
in good repair.
[Amended 10-5-1993 by Ord. No. 5652-93]
A. The City of Clifton shall cause a notice in writing
to be served upon the owners or occupants of any land abutting on
any public street, avenue, alley or lane requiring said owner, owners,
or occupants to set curbs and lay sidewalks or cause the existing
curbs or sidewalks to be reset, relaid, altered or repaired within
a period of not less than 90 days after the date of service of said
notice. Whenever any lands are unoccupied and the owner cannot be
found within the City of Clifton, notice may be mailed, postage prepaid,
to his or her post office address, if the same can be ascertained.
In case such owner is a nonresident of the City or his or her post
office address cannot be ascertained, then the notice may be inserted
for four weeks, once a week, in some newspaper of the City of Clifton.
In case the owners or occupants of said lands shall not comply with
the requirements of such notice, the City of Clifton may, upon filing
due proof of service or publication of the aforesaid notice, cause
the required work to be done by the Street Department of the City
of Clifton, under the supervision of the City Engineer, and the cost
thereof shall be certified by the City Engineer to the Receiver of
Taxes, and, upon the filing with him of such certificate, the cost
shall become a lien upon said abutting lands in front of which such
work was done to the extent that assessments for local improvements
are liens, and shall bear interest from the date such certification
is made to the Receiver of Taxes at the same rate of interest as other
assessments, and, in addition thereto, the City may maintain an action
at law to recover said amount against said owner or owners of said
lands in any court having competent jurisdiction thereof.
B. Notwithstanding the provisions of §§
395-5 and
395-6A hereof, the owner or occupant of any land as set forth above may apply to the Board of Adjustment for a waiver of the requirement for the installation of sidewalks or location of the sidewalk elsewhere than the normal location for a sidewalk. The request shall be received by the Zoning Administrator who shall forward each request for a waiver to the City Engineer. Upon report of the City Engineer and certification by him that there exists exceptional topographic conditions or other exceptional situation(s) relating to any physical condition(s) of the land and the construction of a sidewalk is impractical or will extract undue hardship and that such sidewalk is not necessary for the protection of the public health and safety, the Board of Adjustment may, by resolution, waive the requirement to install a sidewalk or a portion thereof if it is determined that a sidewalk is not necessary for the protection of the public health or safety. Said resolution shall set forth the reasons for waiver. A copy of the resolution shall be forwarded to the City Engineer.
C. Upon a granting of a waiver as set forth in Subsection
B immediately above by the Board of Adjustment, the property owner shall consent to the public having the right to use that portion of the property that would normally be the location of the sidewalk for those purposes normally permitted if a sidewalk had been installed.
Any person, firm, association or corporation
violating any provision of this article shall be subject to a penalty
not to exceed $25 for each offense, and each day during which any
of the provisions of this article shall be violated shall constitute
a separate offense, punishable as aforesaid.
From and after the passage of this article,
the Municipal Council shall, in each year, include in its annual budget
an appropriation for sidewalk and curb repairs, out of which appropriation
the cost of repairing sidewalks and curbs during the current year
may be charged. All moneys recovered or paid to the City under the
provisions of this article shall be credited to the account out of
which the cost of such work is paid.
[Added 10-7-47 by Ord. No. 2385]
No driveway across any sidewalk into any lot,
tract or parcel of land shall be wider than 20 feet. Where more than
one driveway is desired to serve the same premises, a space of 60
feet shall be left between driveways. No driveway across any sidewalk
shall be located closer than (10) feet from the point of intersection
of the curblines of any intersecting streets. No driveway across any
sidewalk, where such driveway exceeds 10 feet in width, shall be located
closer than five feet from any adjoining property line.