(A) No grading or construction shall start until:
(1) Detailed plans have been approved by the city engineer.
(2) Water management and sediment control plan has been approved by the planning commission.
(3) Deposit has been made for inspection as mentioned in § 150.41 (B).
(4) An electronic copy of the detailed improvement plan shall be submitted to the building department (.pdf or .tif file types acceptable).
(B) Specifications and standard drawings.
(1) Streets shall be constructed in accordance with the State of Ohio Department of Transportation, "Construction and Material Specifications," including amendments thereto, in effect on the date of approval of the preliminary plan, unless otherwise stated in these rules.
(2) Standard drawings shall be either Ohio State Department of Transportation standards, Hamilton County standards, or city standards, all of which are on file in the office of the city engineer.
(C) Inspection. The developer, his engineer, or his contractor shall give notice to the public works inspector at least 2 working days in advance of any construction of physical improvements, including clearing and grading of such public improvements.
(D) Testing.
(1) All necessary testing of materials will be done by an approved testing laboratory at no cost to the city. It is customary for the contractor to be billed by the testing laboratory for any testing of material or existing conditions.
(2) Any evidence of fills having been made in areas of future pavement or sewers without supervision by the city inspector shall be cause for compaction tests to be made, and a report sent to the city engineer at no cost to the city.
(E) Crossovers - sewer, water, and utility. Sewer and water line house connections or utility crossovers within the right-of-way shall be installed before the paving of the streets, unless written permission has been obtained from the city engineer to do otherwise.
(F) Compaction of trenches or excavation.
(1) All excavations for any purpose within the street or road right-of-way shall be backfilled with granular material and properly compacted.
(2) No paving operations will be permitted until proof is supplied that trenches have been properly backfilled by one of the following methods.
(a) Inspector's report shows that trenches have been properly backfilled.
(b) Compaction tests; number of tests determined by extent of work.
(c) Opening a section or sections of trench in presence of designated representatives of the city engineer.
(G) Pavement coring. All pavements shall be cored every 400 feet with at least one core per street. The city engineer reserves the right to order more cores if conditions warrant. The cost of these cores shall be borne by the contractor.
(Ord. 26-1978, passed 6-21-78; Am. Ord. 40-2010, passed 12-15-10)