A. Off-street rights-of-way shall be improved to the following standards:
(1) Fill.
(a) Fill shall be clean with no organic content and free of roots, stumps, clay, or similar material capable of providing a stable compacted trench area as per NJDOT standards.
(b) Fill shall be compacted with proper equipment over fill areas and regraded to the prior surface grade or sub-base grade.
(2) Lawn Surface. Lawn surface area shall be returned to its original grade and condition by replacing topsoil four inches thick, seeding, sodding, planting and/or compacting, as required by the Town Engineer to the satisfaction of the affected property owner.
B. Bituminous concrete streets shall be improved to the following standards:
(1) Fill.
(a) Fill shall be clean with no organic content and free of roots, stumps, clay or similar material capable of providing a stable compacted sub-base as per NJDOT standards.
(b) Eighty-five-percent compaction shall be provided in fill areas through:
[1] One-foot fill over underground utilities and hand or mechanical tamping as required along the sides of any pipe installation proper for a stable sub-base as per NJDOT standards.
[2] One-foot lifts individually compacted by hand or mechanical tamping as per NJDOT standards.
(2) Sub-base. Gravel or dense graded aggregate (DGA) sub-base shall be eight inches thick of compacted road aggregate, Type 2, Class A, Class B or dense graded aggregate (DGA) compliant with NJDOT standards.
(3) Temporary pavement restoration.
(a) The temporary patch pavement restoration shall be at least six inches thick measured after rolling, of cold patch, Type R-R, applied in one layer and rolled to compaction.
(b) The type of material used for the temporary patch restoration shall be Hot Mixed Asphalt (HMA) 19M64 or an equivalent base course.
(c) The finished grade shall be brought to the original street grade or slightly above same to allow for trench settlement.
(d) The temporary pavement restoration shall remain in place for a minimum of three months, at which time the level of temporary restoration shall be removed or cut back or milled to a depth of two and one half inches below the original street grade and section to allow for the permanent pavement restoration.
[Amended 3-26-2018 by Ord. No. 012-2018]
(4) Permanent pavement restoration.
(a) The temporary patch pavement restoration shall remain in place for a minimum of four months, at which time the level of cold patch temporary restoration shall be removed or cut back or milled to a depth of two and one half inches below the original street grade and section to allow for the permanent pavement restoration.
(b) The width of the permanent pavement restoration shall be extended for a minimum of one foot on each side beyond the limits of the temporary pavement restoration and shall be saw-cut or milled to form straight stable edge of the existing bituminous surface.
(c) All struck edges and the overlapping surface edge shall be coated with an asphaltic cement to bind the bituminous concrete to the surrounding existing bituminous concrete.
(d) The permanent pavement restoration shall be HMA 95M64, 12M64 or an equivalent surface course applied as specified by the Town Engineer.
(e) Newly restored bituminous surfaces shall be at least two and one half inches thick following compaction and level with the original grade and section.
(f) All saw-cut edges of the existing bituminous surface shall be tact coated and sealed to form a water tight flexible seal between the two roadway surfaces.
(5) Concrete Curb/Sidewalk/Driveway Restoration.
(a) All concrete restoration work shall comply with applicable standards of the Town Ordinance for said concrete construction and in accordance with NJDOT standards.
(6) Lawn Surface. Lawn surface area shall be returned to its original grade and condition by replacing with topsoil four inches thick, seeding, sodding, planting and/or compacting as required by the Town Engineer to the reasonable satisfaction of the affected property owner.