Construction and improvements installation, inspection and approval of all streets and roads submitted in accordance with Article
VI of this chapter shall be as follows:
A. Construction responsibility. In all cases the applicant shall be responsible for the proper construction and installation of improvements of all proposed streets and roads subject to the inspection of the construction and improvements installation by the Township Roadmaster, the Township Engineer and/or the Township Planning Commission consultant and in the manner specified in Article
V of this chapter.
B. Notification of construction. The applicant shall be
required to notify the Township at least two days prior to the starting of
any construction and shall keep the Township apprised of the progress of the
construction by also notifying the Township prior to the start of the various
stages of construction, including placing of embankments, placing of stone
base material and macadam surfacing of the travelway of any portion of the
proposed street or road in order to afford an opportunity for the Township
to inspect the work prior to and during the construction process.
C. Improper or poor construction and/or improvements installation.
If the Township Roadmaster, the Township Engineer and/or the Township Planning
Commission consultant determine by site inspections or other means that the
street or road is not being constructed or improved in the manner and to the
requirements of this chapter or according to the approved plans and the applicant
does not take steps to rectify the items involved, the Township shall notify
the applicant in writing, stating the problem and giving the applicant 15
days to resolve the items found defective or improper by the Township.
(1) If at the end of the specified 15 days a site inspection
determines that the noted items have not been corrected or the problems addressed
by the applicant, the Township shall be relieved of any and all obligations
to ordain or take over the street(s) or roads(s) as public thoroughfare(s).
(2) If the applicant later corrects the specified items,
he may inform the Township that the corrections have been made and request
a reinspection of the involved items.
(a) The applicant shall perform any and all tests and furnish
any and all certifications the Township deems advisable or necessary in connection
with the reinspection.
(b) The request for a reinspection shall be in writing and
shall be accompanied by the appropriate fee as set forth by the Board of Supervisors.
D. Method of approving street or road construction and improvement
installation. The following procedures shall be followed by the applicant
in requesting an inspection of any and all construction or improvements completed
and by the Township in inspecting and approving or disapproving such requests:
(1) Partial construction or improvements approval. The applicant
may request, from time to time as work progresses, the approval of such portion
of the street or road construction and/or improvements as may be completed
or as required by this chapter.
(a) All such requests shall be in writing addressed to the
Board of Supervisors.
(b) The Board of Supervisors shall within five days of receiving
such request direct and authorize the Township Roadmaster, the Township Engineer
and/or the Township Planning Commission consultant to inspect the portion
of the street or road as requested.
[1] If the Township should find the submitted construction
and/or improvements not completed or not completed as required by the approved
plans or by this chapter, it shall notify the applicant of the deficiencies
found.
[2] The notification of deficiencies shall set forth the
items found not complete or unsatisfactorily installed.
[3] The notification of deficiencies shall be forwarded to
the applicant within 30 days from the date the inspection request was received.
If the Township fails to act and notify the applicant of any and all deficiencies,
the submitted portion of the street or road shall be deemed approved.
E. Final approval of a completed street or road. When the
applicant has completed the street or road construction and/or improvements
installation, he shall notify the Township and request an inspection of the
completed street or road.
(1) All such requests shall be in writing addressed to the
Township Board of Supervisors.
(a) The Board of Supervisors shall, within 15 days of receipt
of such request, direct and authorize the Township Roadmaster, the Township
Engineer and/or the Township Planning Commission consultant to inspect the
street or road.
(b) When the inspection is made by the Township Roadmaster,
he shall report directly to the Board of Supervisors at a public meeting with
his report being made part of the minutes of the meeting.
(c) When the inspection is made by the Township Engineer
and/or the Township Planning Commission consultant, he shall thereupon file
a report, in writing, with the Board of Supervisors.
[1] The inspection shall be made and the report filed within
30 days after receipt of the aforesaid authorization from the Township and
shall indicate the final status and condition of all construction and/or improvements.
[2] If the street or road or any portion thereof is found
unsatisfactory, the report shall contain by reference to the section or sections
of this chapter or by reference to the approved plans a statement of reasons
for such findings.
(2) The Board of Supervisors shall act upon the report of
the Township Roadmaster, the Township Engineer and/or the Township Planning
Commission consultant and shall notify the applicant of its action within
60 days after the applicant's official letter of notification to the Board
of Supervisors of his completion of the street or road.
F. Testing for depth of the finished base course of a street
or road prior to placement of the pavement. The depth of the finished base
course shall be determined, when required by the Township, by cutting or digging
holes to the full depth of the completed base course.
(1) One depth measurement shall be made for each quarter
mile of roadway, or less if so specified by the Township.
(2) The depth measurement shall be made under the direct
supervision of the Township Roadmaster, the Township Engineer and/or the Township
Planning Commission consultant who shall check and record the measurements.
(3) Any section in which the base is one inch or more deficient
in specified depth shall be scarified to a depth of at least three inches,
blended with the necessary additional material and then compacted to the required
density and depth or otherwise satisfactorily corrected. When a section is
determined to be deficient in the specified depth, test holes shall be dug
or cut at fifty-foot intervals each direction to determine the extent of the
deficiency.
G. Testing for depth of the finished pavement course. The
depth of the finished pavement course shall be determined, when required by
the Township, by coring or cutting holes to the full depth of the completed
pavement.
(1) One depth measurement shall be made for each 500 feet
of roadway, or less if so specified by the Township.
(2) The depth measurement shall be made by the contractor
under the direct supervision of the Township Roadmaster, the Township Engineer
and/or the Township Planning Commission consultant who shall check and record
the measurements.
(3) Any section in which the pavement is 1/4 inch or more
deficient in specified depth shall be corrected by adding an additional one
inch or more of pavement material to the deficient areas.