Street Signs. Approved street signs shall be installed at all street intersections and shall be of a type specified by the Borough.

Walkways. The developer shall construct a concrete sidewalk, four feet in width located no less than three feet from the side line of the roadway but within the right-of-way. Sidewalks or additional walkways may be required in residential, business or industrial areas and shall be determined on an individual basis by the approving authority and shall in all cases be sufficient in width to accommodate pedestrian traffic and shall be constructed in accordance with the construction standards and specifications of the Borough.

Street Lighting. Appropriate street lights shall be installed where designated by the approving authority.

Topsoil Protection. No topsoil shall be removed from the site or used as spoil or fill. Topsoil removed during the course of construction shall be redistributed in the site as to provide equal distribution of cover to all areas of the subdivision and shall be stabilized by seeding and planting.

Monuments. Monuments of the size and shape required by Section 4 of Chapter 358 of the Laws of New Jersey of 1953, as amended, shall be placed in accordance with the statute, as amended, in subdivisions.

Drainage. Drainage shall be provided so that surface water will not flow either over private property, unless the course of the natural drainage by existing ditch is indicated, or over any street so as to erode same. The method of disposal of surface waters must be satisfactory in the opinion of the Borough Engineer. In the case of a major subdivision, or site plan, the drainage plan for the entire subdivision including the street or streets, must be submitted with the tentative plans at the time of the request for tentative approval of the approving authority. There must be sufficient drainage to intercept any water seepage so as to overcome unfavorable subgrade conditions. Underground service connections are to be completed before the placing of any pavement construction material. All driveways from house to street shall be in such a manner as not to interfere with the flow of water in the road or drainage ditches along the public road. The Stormwater Control Ordinance under Section 22-101 of the Borough Code of North Plainfield provides necessary and additional information regarding drainage that must be reviewed and observed in addition to this section.

New Roads. In all subdivisions, the subdivider shall construct paved roadways with curbing. The paved roadway shall be constructed of a compacted five inch bituminous concrete stabilized base and be covered with a two-inch FABC machine-laid bituminous concrete surface. All materials used on road construction and methods and work procedures shall be in accordance with the standard form of specifications for New Jersey State Highways, and in accordance with Standard Construction Details on file in the office of the Borough Engineer.

Sanitary Sewage. Sanitary sewers shall be installed in areas which are accessible to a public sewage system and shall be installed in accordance with specifications approved by the Borough Engineer. If a public sewer system is not accessible, a sewage disposal system shall be installed in accordance with the requirements of the State Department of Health and subject to the approval of the Borough Engineer and the Borough Council.

Utilities. The developer shall install its distribution supply lines, services and street lighting supply facilities underground in accordance with the serving utilities' specifications and with the provisions of the applicable standard terms and conditions incorporated as a part of its tariff as the same are then on file with the State of New Jersey Board of Public Utility Commissioners, provided however, that for good cause shown the Planning Board may waive this requirement and provided further that lots which, in such subdivisions or site plans, abut existing streets where overhead electric or telephone distribution supply lines have heretofore been installed on any portion of the street involved, may be supplied with electric and telephone service from those overhead lines or extensions thereof, but the service connections from the utilities' overhead lines may be installed underground.

Earth Removal. No change shall be made in the elevation or contour of any lot or site by removal of earth to another site except when approved by the Borough Engineer. All changes in elevation and contours approved by the Borough Engineer shall be shown on the preliminary plat and profiles.

Shade Trees. Where required by the approving authority, two new shade trees shall be installed on each lot on the owner's property so as not to interfere with utilities, roadways or walkways and sidewalks. Trees shall be two inches or more in diameter, eight feet or more in height and of the following types, but not limited to; evergreen or silver linden; London or Oriental plane; Norway, Schwedler's or sugar maple; chestnut; red, pin, black or scarlet oak.

Parking Areas. Multi-level parking structures are encouraged to be used rather than surface lots in nonresidential zones, where practicable. In all zones, shared parking, where practical, is encouraged.

A recycling plan, if required pursuant to Section 22-82 hereinbelow.

All construction stakes and grades thereon shall be set by professional engineer or land surveyor in the employ of the developer or his contractor, and a duplicate copy of the notes made therefrom shall be filed with the Borough Engineer.

No construction work shall commence without the Borough Engineer being properly notified. Such notice shall be given at least one week before the commencement of work.

"Standard Construction Details-Borough of North Plainfield" are hereby adopted as presently on file in the office of the Borough Engineer, and the Standard Construction Details with any amendments thereto or revisions thereof presently existing or to be made in the future shall govern the construction and installation of all the above improvements. Failure of the developer, his contractor or agents to conform to the specifications will be just cause for the suspension of the work being performed.

The subdivision plat shall conform to design standards that will encourage good development patterns within the Borough. The subdivision shall conform to the proposals and conditions shown on the Official Map of the Borough and the Master Plan. The streets, drainage rights-of-way, school sites, public parks and playgrounds shown on an officially adopted Master Plan or Official Map shall be considered in approval of subdivision plats.

The arrangement of streets not shown on the Master Plan shall be such as to provide for the appropriate extension of existing streets. Whenever a cul-de-sac is permitted, the subdivider shall dedicate a parcel of land 50 feet wide to be used as a future street and running from the cul-de-sac to any adjoining land not fronting on a street as defined in this chapter, whether such adjoining land is owned by the subdivider or not.

Minor streets shall be so designed as to discourage through traffic.

Subdivisions abutting arterial streets shall provide a marginal service road or reverse frontage with a buffer strip for planting or some other means of separation of through and local traffic as the approving authority may determine appropriate.

The right-of-way width shall be measured from the lot line and shall not be less than the following:

No subdivision showing reserve strips controlling access to streets shall be approved.

Subdivisions that adjoin or include existing streets that do not conform to widths as shown on the Master Plan, or the street width requirements of this chapter shall dedicate additional width along either one side only, 1/2 of the required extra width shall be dedicated.

Street Grades. Grades of through and main traffic streets shall not exceed 12%, except under special conditions which may be approved by the approving authority. No streets shall have a minimum grade of less than 1/2 of 1%.

Street intersections shall be laid out as nearly at right angles as possible and in no case shall be less than 60°. The block corners at intersections shall be rounded at the curbline with a curve having a radius of not less than 20 feet.

A tangent at least 100 feet long shall be introduced between reverse curves.

When connecting street lines deflect each other at any one point by more than 10° and not more than 45°, they shall be connected by a curve with a radius of not less than 100 feet for all streets.

All changes in grade shall be connected by vertical curves of sufficient radii to provide a smooth transition and proper distance.

Connecting streets shall be planned wherever possible. Dead-end streets, where planned shall not be longer than 1,000 feet, excepting where unusual circumstances require granting additional footage at the direction of the approving authority and shall provide a turn around at the end with a radius of not less than 50 feet and tangent wherever possible to the right side of the street. If a dead-end street is of a temporary nature, a similar turnaround shall be provided and provision made for future extension of the street and reversion of the excess of right-of-way to the adjoining properties.

No street shall have a name which will duplicate or so nearly duplicate as to be confused with the names of existing streets. The continuation of an existing street shall have the same name. All street names shall be approved by the approving authority.

Blocks.

Lots.

Utility Easements; Drainage Rights-of-way; Preservation of Natural Features.

MULTIFAMILY HOUSING - Shall mean a building containing three or more dwelling units occupied or intended to be occupied by persons living independently of each other or a group of such buildings.

RECYCLING AREA - Shall mean allocated for collection and storage of source separated recyclable materials.

A detailed analysis of the expected composition and amounts of solid waste and recyclables generated at the proposed development; and,

Locations documented on the application's site plan that provide for an indoor or outdoor recycling area for the collection and storage of residentially-generated recycling materials.