(A) Required improvements. On notice from the Village Engineer that work on any improvements is being prosecuted contrary to the provisions of the subdivision code or any other ordinance of the village, and not in compliance with the plans or specifications as previously approved by the Village Engineer, or that the work is being performed in an unsafe and dangerous manner, the work shall be immediately stopped. The stop work order shall be in writing from the Village Engineer, and shall be given to the owner of the property involved, or to the owner’s agent, or to the person doing the work; and shall state the conditions under which work may be resumed. Any person who shall continue any work in or about the improvement after having been served with a stop order by the Village Engineer, except such work as he or she is directed to perform to remove the violation or unsafe conditions, shall be liable to a fine under the general penalties of the code of ordinances of the village.
(B) Notification. Before commencing the construction of any improvements, the engineer for the subdivider shall ascertain what persons or governmental agencies, in addition to the Village Engineer, are to be notified and shall be responsible for the notification in compliance with permits issued for construction.
(C) Reports. Any inspection which requires the presence of the Village Engineer, the village, or other governmental agency or an authorized representative, shall also be attended by the engineer of the subdivider. The subdivider’s engineer shall be responsible for submitting a report on the inspection with copies to each in attendance.
(D) Subdivider’s responsibility. Regardless of contracts, agreements or inspections performed, final responsibility for the installation of all improvements, in accordance with the applicable standards, rests with the subdivider.
(E) Approval and acceptance.
(1) When all improvements and all appurtenances thereto, based on approved plans, have been constructed or installed, the engineer for the subdivider shall provide the Village Engineer with a letter certifying completion of improvements in substantial compliance with the plans and specifications therefor.
(2) On receipt of the letter of completion, the Village Engineer shall schedule a final inspection of the improvements installed at which representatives of the engineer for the subdivider, the Village Engineer, Superintendent of Public Works and any other agency having jurisdiction over construction shall be present. When the Village Engineer is satisfied that the improvements have been satisfactorily installed in substantial compliance with the plans and specifications therefor, he or she shall address a letter stating such to the President and the Board of Trustees.
(3) The letter shall not constitute acceptance by the public; it shall be the responsibility of the agency intending to maintain and operate the facility to provide the developer with a letter of acceptance.
(4) All improvements and all appurtenances thereto shall be guaranteed by the developer and contractor against defects and workmanship for one year, subsequent to the date of acceptance by the village by motion adopted at a meeting of the President and the Board of Trustees.
(5) Sewer mains shall be inspected by closed circuit television within two months of the end of the final guarantee period. Inspection shall be at the subdivider’s expense, with detailed report in triplicate to the Board of Trustees prior to termination of the one year guarantee. Pictures shall be included in the report.
(6) Three copies of the “as built” drawings for all utilities installed shall be submitted to the Village Engineer before the Village Engineer writes his or her letter recommending acceptance.
(7) Prior to acceptance by the village, the engineer for the subdivider shall be responsible for the completion, execution and submission of the necessary final documents required by governmental agencies who have issued permits for the improvements, and a copy of the documents approved by the cognizant agency must be furnished to the village and the Village Engineer.
(2000 Code, § 155.071) (Ord. 876, passed 8-4-1975; Ord. 891, passed 1-19-1976) Penalty, see § 154.999