Borough of Beach Haven, NJ Article VII Improvements

§ 179-13 Required improvements.

A. Prior to the granting of final approval, the subdivider shall have installed or shall have furnished performance guaranties for the ultimate installation of the following as may be required by the Planning Board and governing body:

(1) Grading and paving of streets. All streets shall be constructed in accordance with official grades established by the Borough Engineer and shall conform to the minimum specifications as commonly utilized by the municipality and county unless specifications for thicker or stronger streets shall be set by the Borough Engineer and required by the Planning Board and governing body due to special soil or other conditions in the area concerned. No street shall be accepted unless all utilities available for each prospective lot have been installed to a point inside the curbline.

(2) Curbs and gutters. Combined concrete curbs and two-foot-wide gutters, shall be installed on both sides of all streets unless specifically excepted. The top of the curb shall be at least six inches wide. The gutter shall be 24 inches wide and six inches in depth at its intersection with the curb. The gutters shall have a minimum of six inches in depth. Curbs and gutters shall be monolithic. They shall be cut into separate sections and not exceeding 10 feet in length and shall have division plates, extending entirely through the concrete. Premolded joint materials conforming to requirements as recommended by the Borough Engineer shall be used in curbs at intervals not in excess of 50 feet.

(3) Sidewalks. Concrete sidewalks four feet in width and four inches thick shall be installed on both sides of all streets. The sidewalks shall be made of or cut into squares not exceeding five feet in length with division plates extending through the concrete. Premolded joint material conforming to requirements as recommended by the Borough Engineer shall be used at intervals not in excess of 50 feet. Such premolded joint materials shall also be used where curbs and sidewalks join each other. Where crossed by a driveway, the sidewalk shall be six inches thick. The sidewalk shall have a slope of 1/4 inch per foot toward the street.

(4) Bridges shall meet with the approval of the Borough Engineer.

(5) Sanitary sewers and appurtenances, storm sewers and appurtenances and water mains shall meet with the approval of the Borough Engineer and shall conform with comprehensive plans for these facilities in the Borough of Beach Haven.

(6) Streetlighting shall be installed in accordance with the "Recommended Practice of Street and Highway Lighting" of the Illuminating Engineering Society (latest edition) or as required by the Borough Engineer along the streets within and abutting the subdivision.

(7) Street signs and other signs. Street signs, curve signs, school crossing signs and other signs needed to regulate traffic or for warning purposes shall be installed as specified by the Borough Engineer and Borough Manager, of the same or equal quality, size and style as those being erected by the municipality at the time of the approval of the subdivision.

[Amended 9-13-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-20]

(8) Gas mains shall conform with the standards and specifications of the public utility serving the Borough and with the recommendations of the Borough Engineer.

(9) Fire hydrants. Fire hydrants and control valves shall be installed not more than 600 feet apart at proper locations to be determined by the Borough Engineer and shall be painted in such colors so as to conform with existing hydrants in the Borough or as specified by the Borough Secretary.

(10) Monuments, to be of the size and shape required by Section 4 of Chapter 358 of the Laws of 1953, as amended and supplemented, and shall be placed in accordance with said statute.

(11) Fire alarm systems where they can be connected either by wire or electronically to an existing system.

(12) Native vegetation. Whenever any native vegetation, such as bayberry bushes or trees, cedar trees, holly trees, beach plums, etc., exists at the time of application for a subdivision, such native vegetation will be left intact insofar as is possible, consistent with the intended construction on or use of the tract following subdivision. This shall not be construed to prohibit the normal maintenance of the grounds, so as to render the tract or portion thereof in a pleasing state of appearance to both owner and community.

B. All of the above-listed improvements shall be constructed in accordance with the requirements of the Borough of Beach Haven and in a manner satisfactory to the Borough Engineer.

§ 179-14 Completion of improvements or performance guaranty required prior to approval of final plat.

A. No final plat shall be approved by the Planning Board until the completion of such required improvements has been certified to the Planning Board by the Borough Engineer, unless the subdivision owner shall have filed with the Borough a performance guaranty sufficient in amount to cover the cost of all such improvements or uncompleted portions thereof as estimated by the Borough Engineer, and assuring the installation of such uncompleted improvements on or before an agreed date. Such performance guaranty may be in the form of a performance bond which shall be issued by a bonding or surety company licensed to do business in New Jersey, and approved by the governing body; a certified check, returnable to the subdivider after full compliance; or any other type of surety approved by the Borough Attorney.

B. The performance guaranty shall be approved by the Borough Attorney as to form, sufficiency and execution. Such performance guaranty shall run for a period to be fixed by the Planning Board, but in no case for a term of more than three years. However, with the consent of the owner and the surety, if there be one, the governing body may, by resolution, extend the term of such performance guaranty for an additional period not to exceed three years. The amount of the performance guaranty may be reduced by the governing body by resolution when portions of the required improvements have been installed.

C. If the required improvements have not been installed in accordance with the performance guaranty, the obligor and surety shall be liable thereon to the Borough for the reasonable cost of the improvements not installed, and upon receipt of the proceeds thereof, the Borough shall install such improvements.