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Pave cuts necessitated by the Township sponsored public improvements will be on a nonfee basis but limited to a specific contract area. Work done outside a project area will be handled under § 21-111, and will require a permit fee. A list of noting exact locations and dimensions of all such cuts shall be submitted to the Department of Public Works at the completion of work. Notification will be required for any pave cuts made in state highways located within the Township for which a highway occupancy permit has been issued.
(Ord. 8/24/1988, § 118)
1. The applicant shall protect, defend, indemnify and save harmless the municipality, its officers and/or agents thereof, from all claims, suits, actions and proceedings of every nature and description which may be brought against the municipality, its officers or agents thereof, for or on account of any injuries or damages to persons or public or private property, because of any materials or appliances used in the work, or by or on account of improper materials or workmanship, or for or on account of any accident or any other act, negligence or omissions of said applicant, or his or her agents, servants or employees, and the municipality shall not, in any way, be liable therefor during the period of the work progress and for the period following the completion of the work until the street is resurfaced or reconstructed by the municipality.
2. Minimum insurance shall be:
A. Five hundred thousand dollars liability per individual with a limit of $1,000,000 for each occurrence for bodily injury.
B. Five hundred thousand dollars liability for property damage.
C. Evidence of insurance in the form of a certificate or letter executed by a duly authorized representative of the applicant’s insurance carrier shall be submitted to the Engineer each January 15. Said evidence of insurance must include the provision that the Township shall be given proper advance notice of at least 30 days of cancellation or any material alteration in the applicant’s policy.
(Ord. 8/24/1988, § 120; as amended by Ord. 2015-2, 5/14/2015, § 120)
During the progress of work the applicant shall provide and maintain such barricades, warning signs and flagpersons as may be deemed necessary by the Township to prevent accidents to the public and/or adjoining tenants. Minimum precautions must include, but should not be limited to, advance warning signs on all approaches to the work, safe crossing for pedestrians each 300 feet, barricades with flashers on each exposed side at 50-foot intervals. All precautions shall be in accordance with the “Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices” as adopted by USTA 1972 and current update.
(Ord. 8/24/1988, § 121)
No street in the Township of Plains may be completely closed to traffic at any time. One lane of traffic must be able to pass unobstructed at all times. Flagpersons must be posted at the limits of work at all times to direct traffic through the work area, and all established traffic patterns must be maintained at all times. If all other means of traffic control have been exhausted, the Township may permit a road to be completely closed temporarily only with the consent of the Township Fire Chief and the Township Police Chief. When an emergency exists the Police and Fire Departments shall be notified. An application form for a permit to close a street will be available from the Township Zoning Officer. The completed application bearing the signatures of the before mentioned officers shall be returned to the applicant and shall constitute a permit. A penalty shall be imposed for failure to notify the Chiefs of the Fire and Police Bureaus. (See Fee Schedule.)
(Ord. 8/24/1988, § 122)
For small area pave cuts, the utility or contractor shall be required to complete the temporary restoration within 48 consecutive hours of the initial cuts during the normal working week excluding holidays and weekends. Extension time may be allowed upon appeal to the Township Engineer, provided the contractor substantiates sufficient reasons for the extension required. Work on long cuts, those over 25 feet in length, shall proceed in a continuous manner in accordance with § 21-116, Safety Precautions. Permits for long cuts or capital improvements will not be granted during the months of November through March except by written permission from the Township Engineer. The utility or contractor shall coordinate planned cuts in the Township streets with the paving program of the Township. A construction schedule comprised of planned cuts shall be submitted to the Township Engineer as it become available. The Township will provide a paving program for a one-year period to the utilities prior to February 15. Changes in the utilities schedule of planned cuts shall require confirmation from the Township Engineer. Changes in the Township paving program shall be submitted to all utilities at the earliest possible date to permit the utilities to adjust their respective schedule.
(Ord. 8/24/1988, § 123; as amended by Ord. 2015-2, 5/14/2015, § 123)
1. All excavations shall be commenced and completed by the use of a reasonable work force. In congested areas and the central business district, the municipality may limit work to other than normal daytime working hours. At the cessation of work, adequate steel plates shall be placed over the excavation while it is not being worked to ensure full traffic flow. The maximum length of any opening in the roadway shall be 200 feet, unless otherwise permitted, in writing, by the Municipal Engineer.
2. In accordance with the Pennsylvania One Call System, those individuals or entities making pave cuts shall be required to mark said cuts with the following colors:
A. Red: electric power lines, cables, conduit and lighting cables.
B. Yellow: gas, oil, steam, petroleum or gaseous materials.
C. Orange: communications, alarm or signal lines, cables or conduit.
D. Blue: water, irrigation and slurry lines.
E. Green: sewers and drain lines.
F. Pink: temporary survey markings.
G. White: proposed excavation.
(Ord. 8/24/1988, § 124; as amended by Ord. 2015-2, 5/14/2015, § 124)
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