Prior to the granting of final approval, the subdivider shall have installed
all improvements or shall have furnished performance guaranties for the ultimate
installation of all improvements, including:
F. Shade trees, to be located on the street line so as not
to interfere with utilities or sidewalks.
G. Topsoil protection. No topsoil shall be used as spoil
or removed from the site. Topsoil moved during the course of construction
shall be redistributed so as to provide at least six (6) inches of cover to
all areas of the subdivision and shall be stabilized by seeding, sodding or
planting on slopes of less than twelve percent (12%) as shown on the final
grading plan and shall be stabilized by sodding on slopes of twelve percent
(12%) or over as shown on the final grading plan.
H. Monuments, to be of the size and shape required by N.J.S.A.
46:23-9.11, as amended, and shall be placed in accordance with said statute.
I. Water mains, culverts, storm sewers and sanitary sewers.
All such installations shall be properly connected with an approved system
and shall be adequate to handle all present and probable future development.
L. Drainage structures, erosion controls and sedimentation
control devices.
M. Public improvements of open space.
All of the above-listed improvements shall be subject to inspection
and approval by the City Engineer who shall be notified by the subdivider
at least twenty-four (24) hours prior to the start of construction. No underground
installation shall be covered until inspected and approved. The city may charge
the subdivider an inspection fee not to exceed the costs incurred in performing
the inspection.
No final plat shall be approved by the Planning Board until the completion
of all such required improvements has been certified to the City Council by
the City Engineer, unless the subdivider shall have filed with the city a
performance guaranty as hereinafter provided.
If the required improvements have not been installed or corrected in
accordance with the performance guaranty, the obligor and surety, if any,
shall be liable thereon to the city for the reasonable cost of the improvements
not installed or corrected and, either prior to or after receipt of the proceeds
thereof, the city may complete such improvements. Such completion or correction
shall be subject to the public bidding requirements of the Local Public Contracts
Law (N.J.S.A. 40A:11-1 et seq.).
For all improvements not owned by a governmental agency or public utility
and not covered by a maintenance guaranty to another governmental agency,
a maintenance guaranty shall be posted with the city by the subdivider for
a period not to exceed two (2) years after final acceptance of the improvements,
in an amount not to exceed fifteen percent (15%) of the cost of the improvements,
which cost shall be determined by the Municipal Engineer according to N.J.S.A.
40:55D-53.4.