In undertaking any work of demolition as defined in this chapter any general or demolition contractor during his or her entire employment under a contract, whether public or private, shall be responsible and liable for:
(A) Faithful compliance and adherence to all federal, state, and local laws and regulations relating to safe demolition and construction processes and procedures including equipment, apparel, and individual protective device regulations;
(B) Securing all necessary licenses, permits, easements, and rights-of-way;
(C) Early and adequate notice to the village and utility companies for appropriate disconnections and the safeguarding thereof;
(D) Early and adequate notice to adjoining property owners;
(E) The protection and safeguarding of adjacent property and public passers-by;
(F) Damages resulting from the extension of explosion waves into adjacent property;
(G) Minimization of air pollution and contamination through wetting, soaking, and other dust and debris settling techniques;
(H) Installation, erection, and maintenance of barricades, warning lights, and signals, pedestrian cautions and walkways in accordance with safety codes, regulations, and ordinances. When necessary for the public protection, the contractor shall employ guards and watchmen;
(I) Unless the contract or orders of the village provide otherwise, total removal of the structure to the actual building and property line;
(J) Provision of proper drainage in the subsoil conditions. Percolation shall be provided in basement slabs by breaking or by drilling holes through the slabs, approximately six feet on center in all directions and connecting drain tile into existing storms where necessary for proper drainage. All floor slabs, under which a pit, well, cistern, tank, or void exists, shall be broken or removed. All drains not removed shall be sealed with masonry or with precast clay or concrete stoppers;
(K) Complete removal from the demolition site of all organic materials, including wood, plastics, old plaster, floor tile, and similar rubble. Masonry, stove concrete, the bank-run gravel, and compacted earth are permitted fill materials;
(L) Adjoining and party walls, as follows.
(1) If one of two back-to-back or adjoining walls, each of which is built along a common property line of two different ownerships, is required by order to be demolished with the rest of the structure, the contractor shall be responsible for the adjacent or adjoining property wall for repair or defects occasioned by the contractor, to the extent that the same shall be repaired or reconditioned as needed with suitable construction materials and procedures to ensure that the remaining wall is as free from defects, and safety, fire, and health hazards, as it would have been had the wall not been demolished.
(2) Where the back-to-back or adjoining wall of the structure to be demolished is not required to be demolished, the contractor shall ensure that the wall does not create or constitute a health, fire, or safety hazard. When the wall exposes a variety of materials such as brick, stone, plaster, or block, a cement or latex paint specifically prepared for masonry walls shall be applied to the exposed surface; provided that other means may be utilized when prior approval of the means has been granted by the Village Administrator.
(3) The contractor shall ensure that party walls are structurally sound and do not create or constitute a health, fire, or safety hazard. When the party wall exposes a variety of materials such as brick, stone, plaster, or block, a cement or latex paint specifically prepared for masonry walls shall be applied to the exposed surface; provided that other means may be utilized when prior approval of the means has been granted by the Village Administrator.
(M) Ensuring that any remaining walls, whether adjoining, party or back-to-back, have all openings, crevices, gaps, fissures, joist slots, and the like plugged and carefully tamped or sealed with some suitable material against the weather, elements, fowl, rodents, and other wildlife, so as to render them free of health, safety, and fire hazards;
(N) Maintaining established property lines and grades at the original lines and grades. Backfill when necessary shall include structures suitable to retain the original grades. Where vertical walls have been removed from stone retaining walls, these retaining walls may be retained if suitable backfill is provided to furnish sufficient side load to retain the original support of the property. The premises shall be graded to prevent water from unnecessarily draining onto adjacent premises;
(O) Construction of damaged or destroyed curbs, gutters, and sidewalks with new four-inch concrete improvements in accordance with village specifications;
(P) Filing with the Village Administrator a sketch plan of any foundations, walls, or other pertinent data relating to the site which have been buried by backfill;
(Q) Continuity of service to adjacent property by the replacement or repair of overhangs, cornices, downspouts, and the like, which overhang from adjacent property and which have been removed or damaged by the contractor; and
(R) The replacement and repair of damaged or destroyed curb boxes and utility entrance service.
(Ord. 34-04, passed 5-17-2004)