Escalon Municipal Code Art. III Construction Standards

All work shall be performed in a neat and workmanlike manner and so scheduled as to cause a minimum of interference with traffic and inconvenience to the public. Said work shall be coordinated whenever possible with other projects in the area to the end that the public convenience is least impaired to the satisfaction of the director.

(Ord. 266 § 4(A), 1986)

The permittee shall obey and enforce all safety orders, rules and regulations of the Division of Industrial Safety of the state applicable to the work, and the permittee shall comply with all applicable state and local laws, ordinances, codes and regulations.

(Ord. 266 § 4(F), 1986)

A. Any iron pin, brass cap, concrete monument, or permanent monument for the purpose of locating or preserving the lines and/or elevation of any public street or right-of-way, property, subdivision, or a precise point of reference shall not be disturbed or removed without first obtaining the written permission of the director and the city engineer.

B. Replacement of removed or disturbed monumentation shall be done by the city engineer and the permittee shall pay all charges incurred, plus overhead and administrative costs, for the work involved.

(Ord. 266 § 4(K), 1986)

The permittee shall provide free and unobstructed access to all mailboxes, fire hydrants, water valves, manholes, drainage structures, and property that may be required for emergency use. Permittee shall not remove such public service facilities and property or relocate same without proper approval and coordination with the authorities charged with control and maintenance of same.

(Ord. 266 § 4(B), 1986)

A. Temporary roadways, driveways, walks, and rights-of-way for vehicles and pedestrians shall be constructed and maintained where required.

B. Temporary walkways shall be not less than four feet in width and shall be designated for a uniform live load of at least 150 pounds per square foot. Suitable ramps or stairs shall be provided with a handrail not less than three feet high along each side, or with a railing on one side and a fence on the other, as the case may require. Said walkway around street cut shall be located as close to the area formerly used for pedestrian travel as possible.

C. The permittee shall construct and maintain in good condition such detours, detour bridges, and temporary crossings for public use as are deemed necessary for the proper execution of the work, or when same are ordered by the director.

(Ord. 266 § 4(C), 1986)

The director may grant written permission to close or cause to be closed, for limited periods, city streets, alleys, driveways or areas not under the control of the State Department of Transportation or the county, if, in the opinion of the director, the public interest can best be served thereby.

(Ord. 266 § 4(D), 1986)

A. The permittee shall provide and maintain, during the performance of the work, to ensure public safety, such fences, barricades, warning and directional signals, flares, lights, watchmen and flagmen, as are or may be required by law or regulation or as may be deemed necessary by the director.

B. In the event the permittee fails to provide for the safety of the public as provided herein, the city may provide, or cause to be provided, whatever facilities are necessary and charge the permittee a reasonable fee for the work involved.

(Ord. 266 § 4(E), 1986)

A. The permittee shall backfill and compact all trenches and excavations in streets, within the curblines, in such a manner as to obtain relative compaction of the entire backfill as required by city standards. If the excavated material will not give the required relative compaction, an imported granular material that will give such compaction shall be used. The use of water for compaction purposes is strictly forbidden.

B. In trenches or excavation in unpaved parking strips or sidewalk planting strip areas, backfill shall be compacted to a relative compaction of at least 10 percent greater than the undisturbed native soil.

C. Testing of backfill compaction shall be in accordance with State of California Test Method 231. The number and location of compaction tests, if so required, will be determined by the director. The permittee shall be responsible for obtaining and paying for all compaction tests stipulated in the permit or as required by the director.

D. The permittee shall notify the director upon completion of the backfill. Upon receipt of such notice, the director shall cause an inspection of the backfill to be made and, if satisfactory, an approval to be issued.

(Ord. 266 § 4(H), 1986)

Upon approval of the backfill, asphaltic concrete pavement shall be replaced by the permittee in accordance with the city standards.

(Ord. 266 § 4(I), 1986)

Curbs, gutters, sidewalks, survey monuments, sewers, drains, waterlines, structures, conduits, cables, and all other improvements damaged, disturbed, or removed during the progress of the work shall be restored to a condition as good as, or better than, existed prior to the work performed by the permittee. Restoration of such improvements shall be in accordance with the city standards.

(Ord. 266 § 4(J), 1986)

If the work is unduly delayed by the permittee and if the public interests reasonably so demand, the director shall have the authority, upon written notice to the permittee, to complete, or cause to be completed, the work or any portion thereof and to charge the permittee a reasonable fee for the work involved.

(Ord. 266 § 4(G), 1986)

A. After completion of the work, the permittee shall exercise reasonable care in inspecting for and immediately repairing and making good any injury or damage to the street resulting from defective work done under the permit. The obligation of the permittee to inspect and repair work done under the permit shall continue for a period of one year following completion and approval for said work by the director, or in the event of repairs thereto, one year from the date of said repairs.

B. The permittee shall, upon notice from the director, immediately repair any injury or damage to the street occurring as a result of the work done under the permit.

C. In the event such repairs are not made by the permittee within 48 hours after notice, the director is authorized to make such repairs and charge all costs, plus overhead and administrative costs, to the permittee. By acceptance of the permit, the permittee agrees to comply with all conditions of the permit.

(Ord. 266 § 4(L), 1986)