§ 247-13. Commencement of work; notice; backfilling and restoration of pavement; traffic.

[Amended 5-15-2017 by Ord. No. 012-2017]

   A.   No openings shall be commenced or completed on weekends, holidays, or outside the normal working hours of 7:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. without written permission of the Engineer, and/or Business Administrator, Police Chief or his/her authorized representative unless in case of emergency. Failure to provide notice as required as stipulated herein may result in revocation of the permit and issuance of a stop-work order. The applicant shall be responsible to pay for all overtime costs incurred for inspection of work and for all required traffic control.

   B.   Permits shall become null and void unless the work is commenced within 60 days of the issuance of said permit, unless an extension of time is granted by the Town Engineer.

   C.   The applicant shall give a forty-eight-hour notice to the Town Engineer or his/her duly authorized representative and the Hammonton Police Department prior to making any road openings, except in cases of emergency as provided for in § 247-10B. No opening shall be commenced on a Saturday, Sunday or a holiday unless in cases of emergency. The failure of an applicant to provide the notice required by this article shall authorize the engineer to direct that all work shall cease for a period of 48 hours to permit the engineer to assign an engineer to the project in question.

   D.   The applicant shall give twenty-four hour written notice to all residences, businesses, and property owners located within the work zone area, which includes any roadway section that will be closed to traffic (hereinafter referred to as the "affected property owners"), prior to making any road openings, except in cases of emergency as provided for in § 247-10B. The written notice shall provide the following information:

      (1)   Section of any roadways that will be closed;

      (2)   Reason for the roadway closures;

      (3)   Length of time the roadway closures will occur; and

      (4)   List of phone numbers and contact information to call in case of questions or emergency.

   The applicant shall provide a list of all notices provided in accordance with this § 247-13(D) to the Engineer, Business Administrator and/or designated Town Official prior to the commencement of any work. The failure of an applicant to provide the notice required by this Article shall authorize the engineer to direct that all work shall cease for a period of twenty-four hours to permit the applicant to provide the appropriate notices to all residences, businesses and property owners.

   E.   The applicant shall provide the Engineer, Business Administrator and/or designated Town Official, Police Chief, and all affected property owners twenty-four hour advanced written notice of the applicant's work schedule. The failure of an applicant to provide the notice required by this Article shall authorize the engineer to direct that all work shall cease for a period of twenty-four hours to permit the applicant to provide the appropriate notices to all residences, businesses and property owners.

   F.   The applicant, on the day of the actual road closure, road opening and/or commencement of any work, shall do the following:

      (1)   Knock on all resident and business doors within the work zone area to make people aware of any road closure, the proposed work, and shall provide the same information set forth in § 247-13(D) and § 247-13(E), and any other information that may be of benefit;

      (2)   Provide an explanation of any portion of any roadways that will be opened to local traffic only;

      (3)   Make sure the blockage of any driveways is avoided to the greatest extent possible;

      (4)   Make sure proper police traffic control, flaggers, etc., are placed at critical locations to keep the public informed of closures, access, etc. Flaggers are to be placed at all closures and intersections affected by the closure. Every reasonable effort is to be made to facilitate the residents and business requests during the closure;

      (5)   Make sure the Hammonton Public School Bus Coordinator, Toni Mazza [phone], is aware of any road closures particularly if access for school children at times of pick-up and drop-off are impacted;

      (6)   Emergency access to properties within the section of road closure must be provided;

      (7)   Avoid unnecessary idling of vehicles within the work zone area where possible;

      (8)   Proper advance warning signs, cones, barrels, lights, etc., must be provided to alert the general public of the work zone area and restrictions.

      (9)   The applicant's contractor is responsible to maintain a safe environment for workers and the general public;

      (10)   Pictures of the affected areas are to be taken by the applicant's contractor and provided to the Engineer, Business Administrator and/or designated Town Official, both before and after the work is completed to ensure the affected areas are returned to the same condition as before the work commenced.

      The applicant shall create a checklist out of the processes and procedures set forth in § 247-13(C), § 247-13(D), § 247-13(E) and this § 247-13(F), check off the items completed, sign and date the checklist and provide same to the Engineer, Business Administrator and/or designated Town Official on the day of the actual road closure and/or commencement of the work.

   G.   All openings must be backfilled immediately and temporary restoration completed unless otherwise approved to provide for safe passage and in accordance with applicable restoration standards of the ordinance or as directed by the Engineer.

   H.   No work areas shall be closed to traffic without the approval of the Town Engineer and approval from the Town Police Chief or authorized representative. Proper signage and detour routes must be approved by the Police Chief.

   I.   With the exception of an emergency, no permits will be issued for road openings or any permanent restoration completed between December 15th and March 15th or where conditions exist due to severe weather, freeze and/or frost without written permission from the Town Engineer and/or Public Works Manager or Business Administrator.

   J.   Should a roadway opening permit be required between December 15th and March 15th and during the months when Hot Mix Bituminous Concrete is commercially unavailable, the trench or excavation surface shall be temporarily restored using a sub-base, eight inches thick, of dense graded aggregate DGA and a temporary paved surface course with UPM brand, or approved, equal to a depth of six inches from the roadway surface and shall be graded and compacted to meet the existing roadway surface grades.