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It is the policy of the town to regulate construction activities and their disruption of rights-of-way, private property and property survey monuments among other items, and thus require the following:

A. Right-of-Way Permit: If construction activities to be performed on an applicant's private property shall in any way encroach upon a public right-of-way, including staging of vehicles and materials, or subject said right-of-way to any subsequent damage, or if an applicant proposes to construct in, on, or beneath any public right-of-way the applicant shall obtain right-of-way permit prior to beginning the work. Permit application and an accompanying engineered sketch plan shall be submitted to the town engineer for approval of any excavation in the public right-of-way including the installation of water, sewer, electrical, natural gas, telephone, and cable television mains or service laterals.

B. Disruptions: Whenever it becomes necessary to physically disrupt the surface or subsurface of any public street, or through the course of construction the surface of the road is significantly deteriorated, the roadway shall be restored to its original condition or an improved condition by the developer in accordance with the provisions of the engineering regulations and the specific requirements of the town right-of-way permit issued for the project.

C. Surface Rehabilitation: All surface disruptions associated with the installation of utilities shall be returned to the natural or naturally appearing grade, shall be properly treated for the surface discharge of water, and shall be revegetated with grasses or other suitable ground cover at a minimum. Paved and other similar surfaces shall be returned to their prior condition.

D. As-Built Construction Drawings: As-built construction drawings of all utility installations which are located in municipally owned areas or in areas to be dedicated to the town shall be submitted to the town in both .pdf and .dwg formats prior to issuance of a certificate of occupancy by the town.

E. Property Survey Monuments: Prior to submitting an application for final review, the applicant shall submit a certificate signed by a registered land surveyor attesting that the subject property corners have been established and monumented in the field. These property corners shall be shown on the final site plan map and the structure or structures shall be referenced from at least one (1) of these corners. Said reference corner shall be established as the vertical control bench mark for the entire project. All property corners shall be in place prior to issuance of a certificate of occupancy.

F. Public Right-of-Way Survey Monuments: Prior to submitting an application for a building permit, the applicant shall verify with the town engineer that any primary or secondary monuments (e.g., right-of-way monuments, permanent subdivision corners, etc.) which exist in the construction vicinity, and which may be disturbed during any phase of the construction process, have been located in the field and have been cross referenced by a registered land surveyor. The applicant shall submit a certificate signed by a registered land surveyor that the monuments have been located in the field and stating the cross reference data being used by the surveyor. If in fact a monument has been disturbed, the replacement of the disturbed monument shall be at the expense of the developer.

G. Periodic Compliance Review: The department of community development or any other town department may elect to require site compliance inspections during the course of building department inspections. These inspections may be required prior to the finalization of a particular construction phase and shall be incorporated into the building department inspection process.

H. Construction: Storage of all construction material and parking of employee vehicles shall be within the legal boundaries of the project or an approved alternate site. None of the aforementioned shall be placed on public right-of-way without an approved right-of-way permit, or block access to the project, particularly access by emergency vehicles. A plan shall be submitted, indicating compliance with this requirement prior to issuance of a building permit.

I. Temporary Construction Trailers: Temporary construction trailers may be utilized for storage or office uses during the construction of a permanent project within the town. The construction trailer's location, size and general design shall be disclosed to the town as a component of the construction staging plan as required by this section. Construction trailers shall not be placed on site prior to the issuance of a building permit and shall be removed upon issuance of a certificate of occupancy. (Ord. 19, Series 1988; amd. Ord. 10, Series 2014; Ord. 1, Series 2019; Ord. 3, Series 2022)