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West Long Branch City Zoning Code

§ 18-13.18

Design of Improvements.

[Ord. #513; Ord. #O-08-07, S XII]
Improvements for residential developments shall be designed and constructed in accordance with the Residential Site Improvement Standards (N.J.A.C. 5:21 et seq.). All other development shall be designed and constructed in accordance with the requirements herein. Should improvements be required which are not provided for within the particular sections of this Chapter, they shall be designed and constructed in accordance with sound and accepted engineering practices and recognized design standards. The developer (or his engineer) shall submit detailed design calculations and construction specifications in each such instance. Prior to the completion of such specialized design the particular standards to be utilized shall be submitted for review by the Planning Board and Borough Engineer.
a. 
Type of Pavement. All parking areas, passageways and driveways shall be constructed with either bituminous concrete flexible pavement structure or a Portland cement concrete rigid pavement structure. Only one type of pavement shall be utilized throughout any site. Semi-pervious surface materials may be utilized under special conditions, as approved by the Planning Board Engineer.
b. 
Pavement Structure Design. The pavement structure design for each particular site utilizing either a flexible or rigid pavement type shall be the responsibility of the developers (or his engineer). The pavement design shall be based upon traffic loading projections and field sampling and laboratory analysis of the subgrade soils to be encountered in roadway areas in the site and shall follow current design recommendations of the Asphalt Institute, Portland Cement Concrete Association or such other generally recognized standards as may be acceptable to the Planning Board. As a minimum requirement rigid Portland cement paving shall be expansion joint type paving utilizing joints similar to Type A expansion joints, according to the Standard Construction Detail of the New Jersey Department of Transportation; shall be reinforced, constructed with Class B air entrained concrete and shall have a minimum thickness of six (6") inches. Flexible bituminous concrete pavements shall consist of at least four (4") inches of hot mix bituminous stabilized base course and a minimum wearing surface of not less than one and one-half (1 1/2") inches of pavement, Type FABC-1, (minimum total pavement thickness: five and one-half (5 1/2") inches) or other appropriate pavement composition determined as previously enumerated in this section, all in accordance with the applicable requirements of the Standard Specification.
c. 
Sidewalks and Curbing. Sidewalks with a minimum width of four (4') feet and a minimum thickness of four (4") inches shall be provided in all parking areas for five or more vehicles, between parking areas and principal structures, along aisles and driveways, and wherever pedestrian traffic shall occur. Sidewalks must be raised and curbed six (6') inches above the parking area except where crossing streets or driveways, and wherever pedestrian traffic shall occur. Sidewalks and parking areas must be arranged to prevent cars from overhanging or extending over sidewalk areas. All sidewalk construction shall be in accordance with the applicable requirements of the Standard Specification. Sidewalk areas crossing driveways shall be six (6") inches reinforced with welded wire fabric (66-12) or equivalent approved by the Borough Engineer.
d. 
Topsoil Preservation. No topsoil shall be removed from the site or used as spoil. All topsoil moved during the course of construction shall be redistributed on all regraded surfaces so as to provide an even cover and shall be stabilized by seeding or planting. All regraded areas shall be covered with a four (4") inch minimum thickness.
e. 
Tree Removal. No tree of eight (8") inch caliper or more, located on a lot between the borders of the lots and building setback line, shall be removed except for the installation of a driveway aisle or parking area unless such approval is in accordance with a plan approved by the Planning Board.
f. 
Specifications. All planting, clearing, selective thinning, topsoiling, seeding and other landscaping work shall conform to the applicable requirements of the Standard Specifications.