84-28-Ordinance-Street Construction Regulations-12/17/1984CITY OF SANGER., TEXAS
CITY SEC Y
ORDINANCE NO 84-28
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF' THE
CITY OF SANGER, TEXAS, TO ADD SECTION 13, CHAPTER 3,
ENTITLED STREET CUT EXCAVATION AND REPAIR STANDARDS;
ESTABLISHING A STREET CUT FEE AND PERMIT; PROVIDING
FOR REPEAL OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT; PROVIDING FOR
A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE;
AND PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY FOR VIOLATION,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY. OF SANGER, TEXAS:
SECTION I
THAT CHAPTER 3 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF SANGER,
TEXAS, IS HEREBY AMENDED TO ADD SECTION.13 ENTITLED STREET CUT
EXCAVATION AND REPAIR STANDARDS WHICH SHALL READ AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 13: STREET CUT EXCAVATION AND REPAIR STANDARDS
A. PERMIT AND FEE PAYMENT REQUIRED
Prior to the cutting of any streets the contractor shall file
a street cut permit with the city secretary describing the
location of the cut, anticipated width and Length, and stating
date work is to begin and finish, and pay a street cut fee in
the amount of $2.00.
B. GENERAL CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS
(l.) Repairs are to be made as rapidly as possible.. Use of
fast setting concrete and similar techniques are
encouraged. Completion of the job, including replace-
ment of pavement and cleanup, shall normally be accom
plished within(..48)for'ty,,eight,_working hourfs.=after: the
"repair work involving the cut is made.
(2.) In the event it is necessary to place a temporary
surface on any cut opening, it shall be composed
of permanent type paving material, specifically
excluding gravel or flexbase as the surface material,
unless approved by the owner. Temporary surfaces
shall be adequately compacted and sealed to prevent
degradation of the repair during the temporary
surface that fails to provide a nondegraded riding
surface shall be removed and replaced at the
contractor's expense.
(3.) Special care shall be exercised in removing the
existing concrete, pavement, sidewalk, driveway,
alley, curb, curb and gutter or waterway to avoid
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damage to that portion of the concrete to remain
in place. The existing concrete shall be sawed
to neat lines and any existing concrete beyond
the neat lines so established when damaged or
destroyed by these operations.shall,be replaced
at the Contractor's entire expense.
(4.) Backfill under the limits of roadway, streets or
any other paved surface shall be brought up to
the subgrade level with select material. Select
material shall consist of a free flowing material
such as: sandy loam, good sound earth from the
spoil bank, free from excessive clay.
The above backfill shall be brought up to subgrade
level in six (6) inch lifts compacted to 95% density.
The Contractor shall have the option of using
granular material (sand) in lieu of the above.
Jetting will be permitted upon approval of the
Director of Public Works.
(5.) The Contractor shall make every effort to complete
construction and allow immediate access to adjacent
property at all driveway entrances located along
the roadways or streets. Owners or tenants of
improvements where access and/or entrance drives
are located shall be notified at least eight (8)
hours prior to the time the construction will be
started at their drive-ins or entrances and informed
as to the length of time driveways will be closed,
which period shall not exceed six (6) hours.
(6.) The Contractor shall be responsible for all road
and entrance reconstruction, and repairs and
maintenace of same, for a period of one year from
the date of such reconstruction. In the event the
repairs and maintenance are not made immediately to
the satisfaction of the Director of Public Works,
and it becomes necessary for the City to make
such repairs, the Contractor shall reimburse the
City for the cost of such repairs.
REPLACING ASPHALTIC CONCRETE PAVEMENT ON A NATURAL SOIL BASE
Unless otherwise specified by the owner, the existing asphaltic
concrete shall be a saw cut back to .produce a verticle
edge for the full depth of the paving. The cut shall
extend 12 inches back of the firm banks of the trench.
The cut shall be replaced with reinforced concrete base.
The reinforcement shall be #3 bars on 24 inch centers,
lapping 30 diameters on splices. The concrete shall be
Class A. The concrete base shall be six inches thick.
The final 12 inches over the concrete base shall be
asphaltic concrete.
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D. REPLACING ASPHALTIC CONCRETE PAVEMENT ON A FLEXIBLE BASE
Unless otherwise specified by the owner, the existing
asphaltic concrete shall be sawed 12 inches back from
the firm banks of the trench. The cust shall be replaced
with a compacted flexible base to match the existing
thickness of the base, six inches minimum. The final
two inches over the flexible base shall be asphaltic
concrete.
SECTION II
A11 Ordinances or parts of Ordinances in conflict herewith
are, to the extent of such conflict, hereby repealed.
SECTION III
It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City
Council that the sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses,
and phrases of this Ordinance are severable and, if any
phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph, or section of this
Ordinance shall be declared unconstitutional by the valid
judgment or decree of any cou .t of competent jurisdiction,
such unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the re-
maining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs, and sections
of this Ordinance, since the same would have been enacted by
the City Council without the incorporation in this Ordinance
of any such unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence,
paragraph, or section.
SECTION IV
Whenever in this Ordinance an act is prohibited or is made
or declared to be unlawful or an offense or a misdemeanor,
or wherever in such Ordinance, the doing of an act is
required or the failure to do any act is declared to be un-
lawful, the violation of any such provision shall be punished
by a fine of not exceeding Two Hundred ($200.00) Dollars;
provided, however, that no penalty shall be greater or
Less than the penalty provided for the same or similar offense
under the laws of the State. Each day any violation of
this Ordinance shall continue shall constitute a separate
offense.
SECTION V
This Ordinance will take effect immediately from and after
its passage and the publication of the caption as the law
in such cases provides.
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PASSED AND APPROVED this _ day of 1984,
by the City Council of the City of Sanger, Texas.
ATTEST:
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APPROVED:
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