Design And Construction Standards
This section defines the general requirements for improvements to be built by the developer, sub-divider, owner or contractor for all types of construction, (to include residential, commercial, industrial and professional office). The improvements shall include all street improvements in front of all lots and along all dedicated streets to a connection with existing improvements of the same kind or to the boundary of the subdivision nearest existing improvements. Layout must provide for future extension to adjacent development and to be compatible with the contour of the ground for proper drainage. All water lines, sewer lines, and any other buried conduit shall be installed to the boundary lines of the subdivision or development
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Ord. 539, 6/17/2020
Ord. 545, 3/17/2021
Requirements for the concept plan shall conform to the current Carbon County Development Code 6.3.2.
The developer shall then prepare a concept plan and shall submit (2) copies of the same to the Zoning Administrator, along with payment of zoning fees, not less than fourteen (14) days prior to the next regularly scheduled Planning Commission meeting. Said plan shall be prepared in accordance with County standards.
Where a developer owns or controls more land than he proposes to submit for preliminary approval, the Planning Commission may require that a concept plan for the larger area be submitted. Said plan shall indicate the portion proposed to be submitted initially for preliminary approval and the portion to be held for future submission.
Said plan shall contain at a scale of not less than one inch equals fifty (50) feet:
The Zoning Administrator may require that the concept plan be prepared by a Utah Licensed Professional Land Surveyor, (P.L.S.).
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Ord. 539, 6/17/2020
Ord. 545, 3/17/2021
Requirements for the preliminary plan shall conform to the current Carbon County Development Code 6.3.5.
Upon approval of the concept plan by the Planning Commission, the developer shall submit not less than two (2) copies of a preliminary plan of the subdivision prepared by a Utah licensed P.L.S. along with payment of zoning fees, to the Zoning Administrator not less than fourteen (14) days prior to the next regularly scheduled Planning Commission meeting.
Said plan shall contain:
All plan documents and other data shall be prepared in accordance with County standards. Failure to submit all required material prepared in accordance with said standards shall be grounds for denial.
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Ord. 539, 6/17/2020
Ord. 545, 3/17/2021
Requirements for the final plan shall conform to the current Carbon County Development Code 6.3.7.
Upon approval of the preliminary plan by the Planning Commission, the developer shall prepare the final plat, engineering drawings and documents and shall submit at least two (2) copies of the same, along with payment of zoning fees, to the Zoning Administrator no less than fourteen (14) days prior to the next regularly scheduled Planning Commission meeting.
Said plats, drawings, and documents shall include:
The required copies of the final plans, plats, and documents shall be prepared in accordance with County standards, (see Section 5). Failure to submit the final material in accordance with said standards shall be grounds for denial of further action by the County.
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Ord. 539, 6/17/2020
Ord. 545, 3/17/2021
It shall be the responsibility of the developer to connect to any utilities or improvements wherever they are located and extend those improvements to and through the development as shown on the approved construction drawings.
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Ord. 539, 6/17/2020
Ord. 545, 3/17/2021
The developer shall provide on-site facilities for a 25-year 1-hour storm event and piping and appurtenances to convey the highest intensity 25-year 1-hour storm to the on-site retention facilities. Additional piping and appurtenances shall be required to convey the 25-year historical discharge from the on-site retention facility to a storm water facility. The minimum storm drain pipe size shall be 18 inches.
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Ord. 539, 6/17/2020
Ord. 545, 3/17/2021
Alleys- Alleys shall have a minimum width of twenty (20) feet. Alleys may be required at the rear of business lots, but will not be accepted in residential blocks except under unusual conditions where such alleys are considered necessary by the Planning Commission.
Common/Private Drives- Common or private drives shall be permitted in all residential zones for lots that do not abut on a designated County road or public way when all of the following conditions can be met:
Cul-de-sac- Cul-de-sacs shall be approved only where conditions exist which make other designs undesirable. Each cul-de-sac shall have a turnaround of not less than one hundred (100) feet in diameter. Surface water must drain away from the turnaround, except where surface water cannot be drained away from the turnaround along the street due to grade, catch basins, drainage structures, drainage easements shall be recorded and designated on the subdivision plat.
Divided Lots- Where the land covered by a subdivision included two or more parcels in separate ownership and the lot arrangement is such that a property ownership line divides one or more lots, the land in each lot so divided shall be transferred by deed to single ownership before approval of the final plat, and such transfer recorded in the County Recorder's Office before being certified to the Planning Commission by the subdivider.
Easements- Where alleys are not provided, utility easements of not less than seven (7) feet on each side lot and ten (l 0) feet on each rear lot lines shall be recorded and designated on the subdivision plat. Easements of greater width may be required along property lines where necessary for surface overflow or for the extension of main sewers or similar utilities.
Relation to Adjoining Street Systems- The arrangement of streets in new subdivisions shall make provision for the continuation of the existing streets in adjoining areas (or their proper projection where adjoining land is not subdivided) at the same or greater width (but in no case less than the required minimum width) unless variations are deemed necessary by the Planning Commission.
Reverse Curves- Reverse curves shall have a tangent of at least one hundred (100) feet, unless in the opinion of the County Engineer and Road Department such is not necessary.
Street Curves- Where the street lines within a block deflect from each other at any one point more than ten (10) degrees, there should be a connecting curve. Toe radius of the curve for the inner street line should be not less than 350 feet for a major collector, 250 feet for a minor collector, and 100 feet for local roads.
Street Dedication- All County accepted streets shall be dedicated for public use. The dedication of half streets in any subdivision is prohibited, except on the borders.
Street Grades- The maximum grade shall be 7 percent for collector streets and 10 percent for local streets. Where the observance of this standard is unfeasible, with a recommendation from the County Engineer and the Road and Planning Departments, the Planning Commission shall have the power to grant an exception when special pavement surfaces and adequate leveling areas are installed and in the opinion of the Planning Commission the best subdivision of the land is thereby secured.
Street Intersection- Streets shall intersect each other as nearly as possible at right angles. Minor streets shall approach the major or collector streets at an angle of not less than eighty (80) degrees. Offsets in street alignment of more than ten (10) feet or less than one hundred twenty (120) feet shall be prohibited.
Street Names- New street names should not duplicate those already existing. A street that is obviously a continuation of another already in existence, should bear the same name. Before the street is named, the proposed name must be submitted to and approved by Carbon County GIS and Road Departments.
Street Width- The minimum right-of-way widths of proposed public streets in subdivisions, unless a greater width is required or deemed necessary by the Planning Commission after recommendation for the County Engineering and Road Department, shall be as follows:
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Ord. 539, 6/17/2020
Ord. 545, 3/17/2021
Length- The maximum length of blocks, generally, shall be thirteen hundred (1,300) feet and the minimum length of blocks shall be five hundred (500) feet. In blocks over eight hundred (800) feet in length, the subdivider may be required to dedicate a walkway through the block at approximately the center of the block. Such walkway shall not be less than ten (10) feet in width.
Use- Blocks intended for business or industrial use shall be designated especially for such purposes with adequate space set aside for off-street parking and delivery facilities.
Width- The width of blocks generally shall be sufficient to allow two (2) tiers of lots.
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Ord. 539, 6/17/2020
Ord. 545, 3/17/2021
Angle of Lots- Side lines of lots shall be approximately at right angles, or radial to the street line, except where topographic conditions make it advisable to have side lot lines deflect at sharper angles.
Building Sites- The lot arrangement, design, and shape shall be such that lots will provide satisfactory and desirable sites for buildings and be properly related to topography and confom1 to the requirements set forth herein. Lots shall not contain peculiarly shaped elongations solely to provide necessary square footage which would be unusable for normal purposes.
Corner Lots- Comer lots shall have extra width sufficient for maintenance of required building lines on both streets.
Lot Sizes- All lots shown on the subdivision plat must conform to the minimum requirements of the Zoning Ordinance for the zone in which the subdivision is located.
Lots Must Abut On Public Street- Each lot shall abut on a street dedicated by the subdivision plat or an existing publicly dedicated street, or on a street which has become public by right of use and is at least fifty (50) feet wide, except when approved by the Planning Commission as a mountain home or planned unit development. Interior lots having frontage on two streets shall be prohibited, except where topographic conditions make such design desirable.
Parts of Lots- All remnants of lots below minimum size left over after subdividing of a larger tract must be attached to adjacent lots rather than allowed to remain as unusable parcels.
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Ord. 539, 6/17/2020
Ord. 545, 3/17/2021
The Pre-Construction meeting shall be held to review the project requirements with the Developer and its Contractors. The meeting will be held at the Carbon County offices and shall include, at the Director of Planning's discretion:
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Ord. 539, 6/17/2020
Ord. 545, 3/17/2021
All construction work involving the installation of improvements in subdivisions shall be subject to inspection by a qualified third party testing agency at the cost of the developer. The developer shall be responsible to ensure inspection and certified reports are obtained and maintained on record and are provided in the as-built subdivision packet as required in Carbon County Development Code section 6.11.5. The records shall include the following inspections:
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Ord. 539, 6/17/2020
Ord. 545, 3/17/2021
Certain types of construction shall have continuous inspection while others may have only periodic inspections. It is the responsibility of the developer/subdivider to ensure that all contractors give the county appropriate notice of all construction work set forth in section 12.9.3 below to allow scheduling of said inspections.
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Ord. 539, 6/17/2020
Ord. 545, 3/17/2021
Inspection shall be required on the following types of work:
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Ord. 539, 6/17/2020
Ord. 545, 3/17/2021
Inspection made by the county to determine compliance with the specifications does not imply acceptance of the work. The county requires completion of all facilities before any are finally accepted to start the warranty period established by this code or otherwise by development agreement. Final acceptance of improvements will be made at an inspection by the county at the completion of all improvements. All improvements shall be free from defects or damage at the time of inspection. Specifically, the following are required:
HISTORY:
Ord. 539, 6/17/2020
Ord. 545, 3/17/2021
Requests for inspection shall be made to the county by the person responsible for the construction. Requests for inspection on work requiring inspection shall be made three working days prior to the commencing of the work. The county shall provide written confirmation e-mail for all scheduled inspection appointments.
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Ord. 539, 6/17/2020
Ord. 545, 3/17/2021
This section covers the requirements for trenching and backfilling for underground utilities. Unless otherwise shown or ordered, utilities shall be laid in an open trench. All incidental clearing, preliminary grading, structure removal, and benching shall be considered a part of the trenching operation.
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Ord. 539, 6/17/2020
Ord. 545, 3/17/2021
Barriers shall be placed at each end of all excavations, and at such places as may be necessary along excavations, to warn all pedestrians and vehicular traffic of such excavations and to prevent persons from walking into, falling into, or otherwise entering those excavations.
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Ord. 539, 6/17/2020
Ord. 545, 3/17/2021
All trenches shall be kept free from water during excavation, fine grading, pipe laying and jointing, and pipe embedment operations. Where the trench bottom is mucky or otherwise unstable because of the presence of groundwater, and in all cases where the static groundwater is above the bottom of any trench or bell hole excavation, such groundwater shall be lowered to the extent necessary to keep the trench free from water and the trench bottom stable when the work within the trench is in progress. The discharge from excavation dewatering shall be conducted to natural drainage channels, gutters, drains, or storm sewers. The discharge from excavation dewatering shall be filtered through straw bales or other median, to remove silts and debris prior to entering natural drainage channels, gutters, drains, or storm sewers. No sanitary sewer shall be used for disposal of trench water. Surface water shall be prevented from entering trenches.
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Ord. 539, 6/17/2020
Ord. 545, 3/17/2021
Excavation for pipelines shall be located as shown on the drawings or as staked in the field. Trenches shall be excavated to the depths and widths required to accommodate the construction of the pipelines, as follows:
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Ord. 539, 6/17/2020
Ord. 545, 3/17/2021
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Ord. 539, 6/17/2020
Ord. 545, 3/17/2021
Before laying pipes that are to be in fill or embankment areas, the embankment shall first be placed and compacted to the specified density to a depth of not less than two feet (2') above the top of the proposed pipe. After placing and compacting the embankment, the trench for the pipe or conduit shall be excavated through the fill and fine graded and the pipe installed as specified.
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Ord. 539, 6/17/2020
Ord. 545, 3/17/2021
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Ord. 539, 6/17/2020
Ord. 545, 3/17/2021
The bottom of the trench shall be accurately graded and prepared to provide uniform bearing and support on undisturbed soil or compacted granular bedding at every point along the entire length of the pipe. Bell holes shall be hand excavated after the trench bottom has been fine graded. Bell holes shall be only large enough to permit making the joints and to assure that any portion of the joint or bell does not support the pipe.
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Ord. 539, 6/17/2020
Ord. 545, 3/17/2021
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Ord. 539, 6/17/2020
Ord. 545, 3/17/2021
Imported granular material for foundation, bedding, and backfill shall be cleaned crushed rock or gravel, free from sod, vegetation, and other organic or deleterious material. Slag will not be allowed in the pipe embedment.
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Ord. 539, 6/17/2020
Ord. 545, 3/17/2021
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Ord. 539, 6/17/2020
Ord. 545, 3/17/2021
Final backfill shall be from twelve inches (12") above the top of the pipe to the level shown on the drawings. Excavated materials consisting of fines, sand, and gravel shall be used for final backfill. No oil cake, bituminous pavement, concrete, rock, or other lumpy material shall be used in the final backfill unless these materials are scattered and do not exceed six inches (6") in any dimension. Perishable or spongy material shall not be used in final backfilling.
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Ord. 539, 6/17/2020
Ord. 545, 3/17/2021
Backfill shall be compacted by means of sheepsfoot rollers, vibrating rollers, mechanical tampers, or industry standard mechanical means.
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Ord. 539, 6/17/2020
Ord. 545, 3/17/2021
During the progress of the Work, the Developer/Contractor shall clean up all construction debris, excess excavation, and excess materials, and shall restore all fences, irrigation structures, ditches, culverts, and similar items. The Developer/Contractor shall stockpile the excavated trench material so as to do the least damage to adjacent grassed areas, or fences, regardless of whether these are on private property or public rights-of-way. All excavated materials shall be removed from grassed and planted areas and these surfaces shall be left in a condition equivalent to their original surface and free from all rocks, gravel, boulders, or other foreign materials.
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Ord. 539, 6/17/2020
Ord. 545, 3/17/2021
The Developer/Contractor will be responsible to see that the backfilling and compaction are properly and adequately done. Settlement of trenches within a period of one year (1) year after final acceptance of the project shall be considered incontrovertible evidence of inadequate compaction, and the Developer/ Contractor shall be responsible for correcting the condition in accordance with the provisions of these specifications. This includes the replacement of side-walk, curb and gutter, and other surface improvements.
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Ord. 539, 6/17/2020
Ord. 545, 3/17/2021
Temporary turnarounds shall be required on all streets which are intended to be extended in the future and which exceed three hundred lineal feet (300') from the centerline intersections of the closest intersecting street.
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Ord. 539, 6/17/2020
Ord. 545, 3/17/2021
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Ord. 539, 6/17/2020
Ord. 545, 3/17/2021
Responsible development practices require that developers evaluate and mitigate impacts to adjacent properties and systems that are attributable to their development.
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Ord. 539, 6/17/2020
Ord. 545, 3/17/2021
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Ord. 539, 6/17/2020
Ord. 545, 3/17/2021
Any such letters are required to be signed and notarized and included in an appendix to the report.
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Ord. 539, 6/17/2020
Ord. 545, 3/17/2021
The Hydrology Study/ Drainage Concept Plan (Study) will be required to determine adequate facilities to convey pre-development flows while mitigating increases due to development. The Study will compare pre-development and post-development conditions for a NOAA 25-year 1-hour rainfall event. Increased storm-water runoff due to development must be mitigated prior to discharge from the proposed development. Flows must be discharged to adjacent properties without increasing peak runoff, without diversion of flow and without changing runoff characteristics (i.e. concentrated flow, sheet flow etc.)
Often part of the mitigation includes the construction of a detention or retention basin, and the County Engineer may require the construction of such basin in conjunction with approval of the hydrology drainage study. The design, calculations and drawings are to be included in the required report.
The following is a list of basic requirements that should be used in a basin design. Each site is unique and additional requirements may be necessary as determined by review. The report should include, but not be limited to the following critical elements:
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Ord. 539, 6/17/2020
Ord. 545, 3/17/2021
Culverts shall be a minimum of 18 inches unless approved by the County Engineer and County Road Supervisor.
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Ord. 545, 3/17/2021
This work shall consist of the shaping and compacting of the subgrade in accordance with these specifications and in conformity with the lines, grades, and typical cross sections shown on the drawings or as established by the County Engineer and Road Department.
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Ord. 539, 6/17/2020
Ord. 545, 3/17/2021
Remove between four (4) and six (6) inches of topsoil and organic material then the surface shall be scarified to a depth of six (6) inches and compacted to the equivalent of ninety-six (96%) percent of the maximum dry density. No organic material, soft clay, spongy material or other deleterious material will be permitted in this scarified subgrade layer. Rough subgrades shall be shaped and graded wo within a tolerance of 0.15 feet of design grade and drainage shall be maintained at all times. The developer shall provide to the County Engineering or his designee the results of a sub-surface investigation performed by the developer's Engineer and the recommendation as to whether existing material is adequate for road construction.
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Ord. 539, 6/17/2020
Ord. 545, 3/17/2021
Removal of wet and spongy soils shall be mitigated. After removing the material, the ground shall be proof rolled a minimum of three (3) times.
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Ord. 539, 6/17/2020
Ord. 545, 3/17/2021
All fill imported shall have density testing conducted in one (1) foot lifts, and not to exceed fifty (50) feet in length.
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Ord. 539, 6/17/2020
Ord. 545, 3/17/2021
Following roadway excavation the subgrade shall be proof rolled by running moderate weight rubber tire mounted construction equipment uniformly over the surface at least three times. During the rolling operation moisture content of the subgrade layer shall be maintained at not less than 97% or more than 105% of the optimum moisture content. Testing will be required to ensure compaction is 96% or greater. Rolling shall be continued until the entire roadbed is compacted to the specified density to a minimum depth of 8 inches.
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Ord. 539, 6/17/2020
Ord. 545, 3/17/2021
Prior to acceptance of all subgrade preparation, density and testing reports shall be submitted before granular borrow and any other material placed.
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Ord. 539, 6/17/2020
Ord. 545, 3/17/2021
Granular borrow material shall consist f well graded granular bank run natural aggregate material with a maximum size of 6 inches and less than 15% passing a No. 200 sieve or as approved by the County Engineer and Road Department. The material shall meet the following gradation:
Sieve Size
Percent Passing
No. 10
50% max
No. 40
30% max
No. 200
15% max
The granular borrow material shall be compacted to not less than 96% maximum dry density as determined by AASHTO T-99. Granular foundation borrow shall be compacted to not less than 95% of maximum dry density as determined by ASTM D1557. Surfaces shall be true to the established grade with thickness being not less than 1/4 inch from the required layer thickness and with the surface elevation varying not more than 3/8 inch in ten feet from the true profile and cross section.
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Ord. 539, 6/17/2020
Ord. 545, 3/17/2021
The base course shall be made, placed, graded and compacted in accordance with the Utah Chapter of the American Public Works Association (APWA) Manual of Standard Specification, latest edition including latest addendum, Section 32 11 23 Aggregate Base Course. APWA Target Gradation shall be Grade 1. Placement shall be per the APWA Standard or as approved by the County Engineer and Road Department.
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Ord. 539, 6/17/2020
Ord. 545, 3/17/2021
The bituminous asphalt shall be mixed and placed in accordance with the Utah chapter of the American Public Works Association (APWA) Manual of Standard Specification, latest edition including latest addendum. The following sections shall apply, with the exception of asphalt thickness shall not be less than 3 inches:
The County Engineer and Road Department will approve the Developer/Contractor with the current approved mix design from the APWA manual. Each paving job will require a ticket or chart from the asphalt plant showing the content of each load of asphalt.
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Ord. 539, 6/17/2020
Ord. 545, 3/17/2021
Contact surface of curbing, gutters, waterways, manholes and other structures, shall be painted with tack coat consisting of a cut back asphalt grade RC250 or SS-1 immediately before the paving materials are placed against them. Care should be taken during application to prevent the tack coat from being applied to exposed concrete above the contact surfaces.
Any overlay of existing asphalt with or without paving fabric shall have a tack coat applied prior to application of any bituminous asphalt material.
Immediately adjacent to gutters, manholes and other structures, the bituminous surface course shall be spread uniformly high, so that after compaction it will be slightly above the edges of such structures. Along curbs, gutters, manholes and other places inaccessible to the roller, the materials shall be thoroughly compacted with hand tampers, but extreme care shall be exercised to prevent damaging the adjacent surfaces.
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Ord. 539, 6/17/2020
Ord. 545, 3/17/2021
This section covers the requirements for adjusting manholes and valves to final grade. The adjustment shall be made with cast iron ring inserts, concrete grade rings or cast-in-place concrete rings or squares. Cast-in-place concrete rings or squares shall be constructed after the asphalt surface has been placed.
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Ord. 539, 6/17/2020
Ord. 545, 3/17/2021
The asphalt surface treatments shall be mixed and placed in accordance with the Utah Chapter of the American Public Works Association (APWA) Manual of Standard Specification, latest edition including latest addendum. The following sections shall apply:
The County Engineering and Road Department will provide the Developer/Contractor with the mix design from the APWA manual based on location and time of year placed.
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Ord. 539, 6/17/2020
Ord. 545, 3/17/2021
Street and informative signs dealing with traffic control and information shall be designed with cooperation between the developer and the County.
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Ord. 539, 6/17/2020
Ord. 545, 3/17/2021
The layout, design and requirement for all street signage will be determined during platting or site plan design portion of a project. The requirement for caution, hazard, speed and other information signs will also be determined during the project review process.
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Ord. 539, 6/17/2020
Ord. 545, 3/17/2021
The Developer/Contractor for any given project is responsible for the procurement of all street signage required within a project area or outside of a project area if the need for the sign is determined to be due to the nature of the project being developed.
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Ord. 539, 6/17/2020
Ord. 545, 3/17/2021
The following landscape provisions shall be adhered to by all land uses unless otherwise noted:

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