Ordinance 025 Plat RequirementsORDINANCE 25
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• ORDINAPCE X25
AN ORDINANCE GF THE VILLAGE OF NORTH PALM BEACH, FLORIDA, REGULAT-
' ING THE PLATTING AND SUBDIVISION OF LAND WITHIN SAID VILLAGE AND REQUIRING AND
REGULATING THE PREPARATION AND PRESENTATION OF PRELIMINARY AND FINAL PLATS AND
DEVELOPMENT PLANS FOR SUCH PURPOSE; ESTABLISHING MINIMUM SUBDIVISION DESIGN
STANDARDS; PROVIDING FOR TBE ADMINISTRATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ORDINANCE;
AND PRESCRIBIPdG PENALTIES FOR' THE VIOLATION OF ITS PROVISIONS.
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BF IT ORDAINED BY THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF T;IE VILLAGE OF NORTH
PALM BEACH, FLORIDA, AS FOLLCK^75:
Section 1. Adopticn of State and Local Laws - That for purposes of
this Ordinance the provisions of Chapter 177, Florida Statutes, 1953, as amended,
and Chapter 31113, Special Acts, 1955, pertaining to the platting of lands within
the state and Palm Beach County respectively, are hereby adopted, and said
measures taken together with the provisions of this ordinance shall constitute
the regulations for the platting of land and development of subdivisions within
the territorial limits of the Village of North Palm Beach.
Section 2. Definitions.
' (1) Council. ,The term'bouncil" as used herein, refers to the Village
Council of the Village of North Palm Beach, Florida.
(2) Surveyor. The term "surveyor" as used herein, refers to a land
surveyor registered in Florida and engaged by the developer to survey and plat
the land proposed for subdivision.
(3) Developer's Engineer. The term "developer's engineer" as used
herein, refers to a professional engineer, registered in Florida and engaged by
the developer of the subdivision to plan and supervise the construction of the
work.
• (4) 47ork. The term "work" as used herein, includes all construction,
and facilities and features of every kind, in, under and over the dedicated
rights-of-way and drainage easements within and furnished in connection with the
' plat; except domestic water supply, gas, sanitary sewage, electric power, telephone
and street lighting facilities, and fire plugs, fire mains and related facilities.
(5) Primary Roads and Streets. The term "primary roads and streets"
as used herein, includes all existing and proposed roads and streets which are part
' of the primary road network of the County, or Village, and all other existing and
proposed roads and streets designated as primary roads by the Council.
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(5) r~mary Roads and Streets, The term "secondary roads and streets"
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as used herein, includes all existing and proposed roads and streets that are not
primary roads and streets,
' (7) State Road Department Specifications. The term 'State road
department specifications" as used herein refers to the latest current road and
bridge specifications adopted as standard by the State Road Department of Florida.
(8) Current. The term °current" as used herein with reference to
specifications, design standards, etc., refers to the time when a plat or develop-
went plan is presented for acceptance or approval.
(9) Dead-end. The term "dead end" as used herein refers to a road or
street that terminates within the subdivision, as distinguished from one that
• terminates at the subdivisions boundary.
Section 3. General Information.
(1) Overall requirements and Conditions. In order to file a plat for
any purpose except merely to record the boundaries of an ownership, the roads,
streets, alleys and publicly owned parking areas shall be paved according to the
Village requirements; all the requirements of these regulations shall be met.
The Village shall then maintain the completed work as herein defined.
(2) The V311age's Jurisdiction. All facilities and construction of
every kind built or performed within the public rights-of-way and drainage easements,
' including but not limited to clearing, grubbing, earthcaork, stabilization, bases,
prime coats, seal coats, asphalt surface treatment, asphalt pavement, concrete bases
and pavements, curbs, gutters, turnouts, sidewalks, sodding, landscaping, culverts,
storm sewers, side drains, inlets, catch basins, manholes, junction boxes, headwalls,
endwalls, retaining walls, bridges and bridge work of all kinds, seepage wells,
french drains, ditch paving, rip-rap and other erosion control facilities, swales,
ditches, canals, and the like shall be subject to the Village requirements in full.
In addition, the Village shall have jurisdiction over the location of poles, braces,
guy wires, meter boxes, valve boxes, light standards, fire hydrants, and the like,
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to the extent of requiring them to be in the area which would become the planting
space in the ultimately completed construction of primary roads and streets or within
one foot of the sidewalk as shown for ultimately completed secondary roads and streets,
' jurisdiction over the locations and elevations of water piping, sanitary sewers, fire
mains, underground cables and conduits, gas mains, and the like, to the extent of
zequiring that none of them be located under either present or future pavenent areas
except where it is necessary to cross under the pavements, in which case the minimum
cover from top of future pavement to top of the underground installation shall be at
' least 30 inches; jurisdiction of the top elevations of meter boxes, inlets, catch
basins, manholes, valve boxes and the like, to the extent of requiring that they be
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flush with the finished con struction surrounding them; jurisdiction over the scope
of utility installation to the extent of requiring that alI water, sewer, gas,
electric and communication stubs, and the like, which cross under the pavement,
' be prgvided as part of the subdivisfons development; and jurisdiction over-the
sequence of construction to the extent of requiring that all underground installa-
tions of every kind that come under the pavement or within,8 feet of its edges,
shall be installed prior to the stabilization of subgrade and construction of
' pavement, to the end that the subgrade or pavement shall not be cut after it is
built.
(3) Limitations as to Village Maintenance. Nothing in these regula-
tions shall be construed to mean that the Village Council shall take over for
Village maintenance any road, street, alley, public parking or other public area,
• or drainage facility related hereto, except those designed and built in accord-
ance with the Village requirements and taken over for Village maintenance by
specific Village Council Action. Nothing in these regulations shall be construed
as obligating the Village to drain any land, except that which lies in the public
rights-of-way and drainage easements.
(4) Administration of these Regulations. The Village Engineer shall
administer these regulations under the direction of the Village Council.
Section 4. General Procedure for Filing Plats.
(1) Preparing Plat and Development Plan. When land is to be sub-
divided, a plat. and a development plan shall be prepared. The plat shall be
prepared by a registered surveyor, and the development plan by a registered
engineer, all in accordance with these regulations, To aid in avoiding unnecessary
expense and delay, it is urged that the surveyor and the engineer furnish a tentative
plat and develoFanent plan to the Village Engineer for review and approval prior to
the preparation of final development plans and plat. As a further aid in the case
of large tracts which are to be developed in two or more increments, the Village
Engineer will review and give tentative approval of proposed plat and proposed
• development plans of the whoel of such tracts, whereupon the developer may proceed
with final plats, plans and development of the increments one at a time. Tentative
plats and tentative development plans will be reviewe3 for option holders, prospec-
' tive buyers, etc., as well as for owners.
(2) Review of Plat and Develotsnent Plan. The plat and one white print
of the development plan shall be submitted to the Village Engineer who shall review
them for conformity with these regulations. He shall furnish the developer's engineer
with a written approval of the development plan if it is found to comply with these
regulations, otherwise he shall furnish a written statement of its deficiencies. He
shall furnish the developer's surveyor with a caritten tentative approval of the plat
if it is found to comply, otherwise he shall furnish a written statement of its
deficiencies.
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(3) Construction of the Work. After the development plan has been
approved, the developer shall proceed according to one of the following
methods:
(a} The work shall thereupon be constructed under the supervision
of the developers engineer, or
(b) The developer shall furnish a surety company bond as hereinafter
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prescribed in Section 11 (1 ),, guaranteeing the completion of the work within
18 months, or
(c) The developer shall enter into engineering and construction
contracts for completion of t:he work within a realistic time limit specified
by the Village Council, but not exceeding 18 months, and place funds in
escrow to finance said contracts, all as hereinafter prescribed in Section 11 (2).
(4) Filing the Plat.
(a) Should the developer wish to construct the work without
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a bond or escrow agreement, i.n accordance with paragraph (3) (a) above, his
engineer shall, upon completion of the work, furnish the Village Engineer with
a written certificate of such completion, accompanied by certain records and
plans as hereinafter prescribed, whereupon the. Village Engineer shall recheck
the plat, and if same is found to comply with these regulations, the Village
Council shall, on the recommendation of the Village, accept the 'plat for filing
and accept the work for Village maintenance.
(b) Should the developer elect to furnish a bond guarantee-
ing completion of the work within 18 months, in accordance with paragraph
(3) (b) above, the Village Engineer shall recheck the plat, and if same is
foun3 to comply with these rEr,~ulations, the Board shall, on the recommendation
of the Village Engineer, accept the plat for filing contingent on the approved
bond being furnished within 1.0 calendar days. If the bond is not thus furnished
the acceptance of the plat shall automatically be voided, and the plat shall not
be filed. On completion of the work the developer's engineer shall furnish the
Village Engineer with a written certificate of such completion, accompanied by
certain records and plans as hereinafter prescribed, whereupon, the Village
Council, on the recommendation of the Village Engineer, shall accept the work
for Village maintenance and release the bond.
(c) Should the developer elect to enter into engineering and construc-
tion contracts for completion of the work within a realistic time limit specified
by the Village Council, but not exceeding 18 months, and place funds in escrow
to finance said contracts, in. accordance with paragraph (3) (c) above, the Village
Engineer, after the required contracts and escrow agreements have been made and
approved, shall recheck the plat, and, 3f same is found to comply with these
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• regulations, the Village Council shall on the recommendation of the Village
Engineer, accept the plat for filing, and upon completion of the work the
developer's engineer shall furnish the Village Engineer with a written
' certificate of such completion, accompanied by certain records and plans
as hereinafter prescribed, whereupon the Village Council, on the recommenda-
tion of the Village Engineer, shall authorize final payments from escrow on
the contract, release the escrow agreement, and shall accept the work for
Village maintenance, provided the developer's engineer and contractor have
' been paid in full.
(d) The above bond and escrow zequirements may be waived by the
Village Council where it is determined by the Council that the financial
resources are satisfactory and acceptable.
• Section 5. Requirements Pertaining to the Plat.
(1) Applicable Laws. A plat shall be furnished, prepared by a
registered surveyor. It shall comply with Chapter 177, Florida Statutes,
1953, and amendments thereto, and Chapter 31113, Special Acts, 1955, and with
the requirements ttiatfollow:
(2) Dedicator Shall Own the Land. The dedicator of the plat shall
be the owner of record of the land at the time the plat is accepte3 for filing.
(3) Taxes Shall be Paid. All due taxes shall have been paid at
' the time the plat 3s accepted for filing.
(4) Positive Drainage Required. The developer shall provide such
facilities as may be needed to drain the subdivision to positive outlets that
can be legally maintained in permanent use, or into a public drainage system
of adequate capacity which discharges into such positive outlets, including
all rights-of-way, easements and necessary construction, at no expense to
the Village. Side ditches along public roads shall not necessarily be con-
sidered as such public drainage systems or positive outlets.
(5) Dedications to Public Required. Rights-of-way for roads,
• streets and alleys, easements for utilities, and rights-of-way and easements
for drainage shall be dedicated to the public. The following widths shall be
required:
' (a) State Roads: Right-of-way widths shall be determined separately
in each case by the Council after coordination with the State Road Department.
(b) Primary Roads and Streets. Right-of-way width shall be at least
80 feet, 40 feet each side of center line; provided however, that width in
addition to the above required widths shall be provided if necessary to accomodate
' drainage.
(c) Secondary Roads and Streets. Right-of-way width shall be 60 feet,
30 feet each side of center line, except dead end roads which may be 50 feet;
25 feet each side of center line.
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(d) Alleys: Right-of-way width shall be 20 feet, 10 feet
each side of center line.
(e) Utility Easements: Utility easements shall be 5 feet
' wide on each side of center line, parcel, and shall be identified on the
plat as utility easements.
(f) Drainage Easements and Rights-of-tday: Easements and
right-of-way for drainage shall be of.snch widths as to adequately accomodate
' the drainage facilities to-.be put on them. Drainage easements shall be
identified as such on the plat,
(6} Existing F.oads and Streets Shall be Continued. Primary roads
and streets on the plat shall be located so as to provide continuations and
• extensions of exfsting primary roads and streets in adjoining subdivisions,
(7} Access Required. Roads and streets shall provide access to
adjoining land at intervals of not over 1/4 mile unless blocked by natural
obstacles, Every parcel of land in a subdivision shall have access to a
public road or street,
(8) Alleys Required. Alleys shall be provided behind all property
zoned, restricted or used for other than residences, and may be provided behind
residences,
(9) Restrictions against Construction or Easements, The plat shall
' contain a restriction prohibiting the placing of buildings on utility easements,
It shall contain a restriction prohibiting buildings or anp kind of construction,
or the planting of shrubs, or trees, or drainage easements.
(10) Minimum Lot Size Required. Lots zoned, restricted, used or
intended for use for residences shall have a width of not less than 75 feet at
the setback line and an area of not less than 7500 square feet. Corner lots
shall have a width of not less than 90 feet at the setback line and an area of
not less than 9000 square feet.
(11) P-laximum Block Size Permitted. Maximum block size, as measured
• between center lines of bounding roads and streets, shall be nominally 2000 feet.
Any deviation from the above must have the approval of the Council.
(I2) Canal Width. Canals used for boating shall have a minimum width
' of 80 feet.
(13) Radii Shall be Provided at Intersections. Block corners at road
and street intersections shall be rounded otf if necessary to such radii as to
enable adherance to the design standards'of the American Association of State
Highway Officials both currently and when the intersection is ultimately completed.
(14) Tdames of Subdivisions, Roads and Streets. Namea previously used
for subdivisions in the Village shall not be given to a new subdivision. Roads and
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• streets which form extensions or are located along the general projections of
existing roads and streets, shall be named after the existing roads and
streets; otherwise new roads and streets shall not be named after existing
' roads and streets.
(15) Dead-end Roa<is and Streets.
(a) There shall be no dead-end alleys and no dead-end primary
roads and streets. Secondary roads and streets, if dead-ended, shall terminate
' in a circle having a radius of not less than 50 feet to the right-of-way Line.
The right-of-way line around the circule shall be joined to the right-of-way
along the street by curves having at least a 15 foot radii. At least 100 feet
shall intervene between the right-of-way of the circle and right-of-way of the
• nearest road or street or the nearest plat boundary.
{b) As exc:eptions to paragraph (a) above, dead-end roads
and streets may be as long as necessary to properly serve narrow island or
narrow peninsulas bounded by watercourses, canals,or other bodies of water the
crossing of which would require a bridge; and dead-end roads and streets may be
as long as necessary to properly serve other narrow land areas formed by such
water or waterways in combination with permanent obstructions such as railroads,
sewage treatment plants, limited access hightaays, and the like,
Section 6. Design Requirements.
' (1) Use of Enaineering Principles. The design of the work shall be
in accordance with accepted engineering principles. Certain limiting criteria
affecting design shall anply as follows:
(2) Subdivision Shall Not Flood After Development. Such filling shall
be done as may be needed in conjunction with an adequate drainage system, to make
the subdivision immune to flooding.
(3) Prima Road Bind Street Pavements. Primary roads and streets
shall be paved at least 24 .feet i+ride. The pavement shall consist of any 8 inch
compacted thickness base topped with an asphalt prime coat and seal coat with 1-Q
• inches of asphaltic concrete. The base shall consist of an approved lime rock,
shell or any other material meeting the State Road Department specifications, and
shall be 2 ft. wider than the paving. The shell shall be capable of obtaining a
' density of 125 lbs. per cubic ft. as determined by the modified AASHO maximum
density procedure. Laboratory test data shall be submitted and approval received
before shell is placed on subgrade. The shell shall be compacted to 100% of
maximum density as determined by the modified AASHO maximum density procedure.
The base shall be thoroughly compacted and smoothly finished to the grades and
' cross sections shown on the plans. The prime coat shall consist of cutback
asphalt or tar uniformly applied over the completed and dried base, at the rate
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0.15 gallons per square yard, covered with clean sand, allowed to cure under
traffic, then swept clean. (The rate of prime coat application shall be 0.25
gallons per square yard if a shell base is used.) The previously prepared
base shall be primed and a tack coat applied in accordance with the provisions
of Section 100 of the Florida, State Road Department Specifications and the
surface course shall consist of a 1~ inch thick Asphaltic Concrete Surface
Course, Type II, applied in ome course, in accordance with the provisions
of Section 120 of the Florida State Road Department Specifications.
(4) Secondary Road and Street Pavement. Secondary roads and streets
shall be paved at least 20 feet wide, to the same specifications in all respects
as primary roads and streets, except that the thickness of the asphaltic con-
crete shall be 1 inch and the base shall be 2 feet wider than the wearing
surface.
(5) Alternate Tunes of Pavement and Subgrade. Alternate types of
pavements and subgrades which., in the opinion of the VillageEngineer, are
equal or superior to those specified in paragraphs (4) and (5) above, may be
approved. Applications for such approval shall be accompanied by written data,
calculations and analyses which show by accepted engineering principles that
the alternate types are equal or superior to the specified types.
(a) Where a previously built pavement on primary roads and
streets is being improved under the provisions of this sub-paragraph, the
thickness of previously laid asphalt tops of all kinds shall be counted as
part of the thickness of the base, except that the thickness of previously
laid hot mix asphaltic concrete tops in condition substantially as good as
new may be counted as part of the thickness of the new asphaltic concrete
surface course. Deficiency in base thickness may be made up by a corresponding
increase in thickness of the new asphaltic concrete surface course. A prime
coat shall not be required where the top of the base consists of previously
laid asphalt. The prime coat, otherwise required, shall consist of cutback
asphalt or tar uniformly applied over the completed and dried base, at the
rate of 0.15 gallon per square yard, covered .with clean local sand, allowed
to cure under traffic, then swept clean. (The rate of prime coat application
shall be 0.25 gallon per square yard if the base consists of approved local
shell.) The tack coatkshall consist of cutback asphalt, asphaltic cement of _
emulsified asphalt uniformly applied over the cured and swept primed base at
the rate of 0.1 gallon per square yard. The 1 1/2" asphaltic concrete surface
course shall be Asphaltic Concrete Surface Course, Type II, meeting State Road
Department Specifications amended to provide that its thickness shall be
determined from the lengths of cores bored or punched from the pavement at
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regular intervals of not more than 200 feet a{ various points on the cross
section, and that the asphaltic .concrete surface course on a given road or
street shall be acceptable provided all cores measure at least 1 1/4 inches
' in length, and provided the average of all core lengths is at least 1 1/2
inches, allowing only 1 3/4 f.nches for cores over Z 3/4 inches long.
(b) Where a previously built pavement on secondary roads
and streets is being improved under the provisions of this sub-paragraph,
the thickness of previously ].aid asphalt tops of all kinds shall be counted
as part of the thickness of the base, except that the thickness of previously
laid hot mix asphaltic concrete tops in conditions substantially as good as
new may be counted as part of the thickness of the new asphaltic concrete
surface course. Deficiency i.n base thickness may be made up by a correspond-
ing increase in thickness of the new asphaltic concrete surface course. A
prime coat shall not be required where the top of the base consists of pre-
viously laid asphalt. The prime coat, otherwise required, shall consist of
cutback asphalt or tar uniformly applied oyez the completed and dried base,
at the rate of 0.15 gallon per square yard, covered with clean local sand,
allowed to cure under traffic, then swept clean. (The rate of prime coat
application shall be 0.25 gallon per square yard if the base consists of
approved local shell.) The track coat shall consist of outback asphalt,
' asphaltic cement or emulsified asphalt uniformly applied over the cured and
swept primed base at the rate of 0.1 gallong per square yard. The 1"
asphaltic concrete surface course shall be Asphaltic Concrete Surface Course,
Type II, meeting State Road Department specifications amended to provide
that its thickness shall be determined from the lengths of cores bored or
punched from the pavement at regular intervals of not more than 200 felt
at various points on the cross section, and that the asphaltic concrete
surface course on a given road or street shall be acceptable provided all cores
measure at least 3/)t inches, in length, and provided the average of all core
• lengths i.s at least 1 inch, allowing only 1 1/!t inches for cores over 1 1/!a
inches long.
(6} Radii at Pavement Intersections. Intersecting pavement edges
shall be joined by circular returns of such radii as to meet the current design
' standards of the American Association of State Highway Officia]s. Flush curb
shall be installed around a17. radii at intersections. Flush curb shall be
considered as part of, and included with, required pavement width.
(7) Alleys. Alleys behind other than residences shall be paved 12
' feet wide to the same specifications as primary roads and streets, except aubgrade
stabilization shall not be required.
(8) Publicly Owned Parking Area. Publicly owned parking areas, except
road shoulders and parking lanes along streets, shall be .paved to such dimensions
• as properly fit the publicly owned area to be used for parking, and in all other
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. respects they shall comply with the requirements for paving secondary roads
and streets. They shall have slopes not flatter than 0.003 foot per foot in
the direction of flow.
(9) Drainage. A complete system shall be provided for draining the_
' roads, streets, alleys and other publicly owned areas in the subdivision, and
for handling drainage runoff that comes into or across the subdivision from the
outside. The system shall be designed by accepted engineering principles for
rainstorms of the maximum intensity predicted for the Palm Beach County area
' at 3 year intervals according to current State Road Department charts and data.
The hydraulic gradient may be assumed at the bottom o£ the inlet grate. The
water in the Swale may flow to the edge of the pavement. The runoff coefficients
used shall be those which will be applicable to the areas involved in the calcu-
• lotions after complete development has occurred. The drainage systems shall be
designed for long life, low maintenance cost, and ease o£ maintenance by normal
maintenance methods. The following specific criteria and requirements shall apply.
(a} Roadside Ditches and Swales. Swales and small ditches within
the rights-of-way, and Swales and small ditches of similar size and capacity
elsewhere, shall have slopes not flatter than 0.001 foot per foot in the direction
of flow. Ditch payment or other adequate permanent protection against scour shall
be provided where necessary. Runoff may be accumulated and carried in the Swales
or ditches in the right-of-way along primary roads and streets up to but not above
' the point where flooding of the pavement or flooding of roadside property occurs;
and runoff may be accumulated and carried in the Swale in the right-of-way along
each side of a secondary road or street until the quantity is such as to result
in a wetted area of 3.75 square feet or until the quantity is such as to result
in flooding of roadside property after ultimate completion of the road or street,
whichever quantity is the least. Water in excess of these quantities shall not
be carried in the roadside Swales or ditches in the rights-of-way, but shall
instead be diverted therefrom and carried away in storm sewers, or in outfall
• ditches or by other approved means separate from the roads or streets. All
swales shall be solid sodded with St, Augustine bitter blue grass sod. No
planting other than grass inside right-of-way except by Village.
(b} Open Chaimels. Outfall ditches and other open channels
' shall be designed so they will not overflow their banks; and if practicable
they shall be designed for flow velocities that will not cause scour. Where
higher velocities must be used, ditch pavement or other adequate permanent
protection against scour sha:Ll be provided.
(c) Imrerted Siphons. Inverted siphons, if used, shall be
' designed for a low velocity sufficient to scour sand up and out of their down-
stream ends, and they shall not cause ponding in the roadside Swales or ditches
which will produce wetted areas or conditions in excess of those allowed in
• paragraph (10) (a) above.
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(d) Bridges. Bridges shall be designed in general accord with
current State Road Department; practices. They shall be of reinforced concrete,
or reinforced concrete and structural steel, with R-15-Lt~t loading, and clear road-
' way width between curbs and shall be at least as wide as the paving approaching
it, They shall have sidewalks at least 36 inches wide on one side and 12 inches
safety curb on the other side.
(e} Miscellaneous Drainage Structures. Drainage piping o£ all
kinds shall be fitted with headwalls, endwalls, inlets, or other appropriate
' terminating or intermediate structures; except 12 inch and smaller pipes under
turnouts may be left with unprotected ends, The design of headwalls, inlets,
endwalls, catch basins, manholes, ditch paving, box culverts, and minor drainage
an related structures in general, shall broadly follow current State Road Depart-
ment practices.
(f) Bulkheads. Bulkheads along navigable waterways .shall have
a minimum top elevation of ~,5 feet and shall be of reinforced concrete design.
The design shall conform to good engineering practice and shall meet the approval
of the Village Engineer.
The minimum concrete cover over reinforcing steel shall be
2 inches.
Walls used merely as a line of demarkation of the shore line,
' need not comply with the above, except that they shall meet the approval of the
Village Engineer.
(10) Miscellaneous Roadway Structures. Curbs, gutters, sidewalks, and
all other construction in the rights-of-way and easements pertaining to roads,
streets, alleys and publicly owned areas, including the drainage thereof, shall
be designed in accordance with accepted engineering principles. Flush curbs
shall be of concrete, 12 inches wide and l0 .inches thick. Raised curbs, if -
provided, shall be o£ concrete, approximately 7z inches wide, approximately 17
inches high, and standing approximately 6 inches above the gutter. Sidewalks
• shall be 1t inches thick, with outside edge along the right-of-way line. They
shall be 5 feet wide.
(11) Pro er Use of Easements. Utilities shall not be placed on
drainage easements or rights-of-way, and visa versa,.
(12} Street Markers. Concrete street markers of standard design
shall be provided at all intersections.
Section 7. Development Plan Requirements.
(1) General Description. The development plan shall be prepared by
a registered engineer. It shall consist of a set of engineering drawings which
show the roads, streets, alleys, publicly owned parking areas and other publicly
owned areas, and the drainage facilities relating thereto, plus certain other
facilities, all of which are i;o be constructed in, or in connection with, the
• subdivision. It shall be accompanied by a copy of the engineering data, calcu-
lations and analyses upon which the drainage and other important features of
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design are based. It shall consist of one or more sheets, each 23 inches by 36
inchea in outside dimensions; and insofar as lot, block, easement, right-of-way
and boundary lines are concerned, and natural topographic features, it shall
coincide exactly with the plat, though it may be drawn to different and various
scales as appropriate. It shall have a title, and shall show such general and
detailed drawings of the entire work, including dimensions, elevations, and
other data, as will enable a qualified contractor, working in accordance with
the plans and these regulations under competent engineering supervision, to
construct the roads, streets, alleys, and publicly owned parking areas, together
with all related drainage facilities in entire compliance with the Villages
requirements. The plan shall include all facilities needed to drain the sub-
division to positive outleta that can be legally maintained in permanent use,
or into a public drainage system of adequate capacity which discharges into such
positive outleta.
(2} Contours to be Shown. The development plan shall show, at one
foot intervals, using United States Coast and Geodetic Survey datum, MSh, the
contours existing after development. All elevations on the development plan
shall refer to the above referenced datum.
(3) Water Supply and. Sewage Disposal. The development plan shall
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show a statement as to the type of water supply and type of aewage disposal
proposed for the subdivision.
(!~) Design Data. The engineering data, calculations and analyses
shall cover important features affecting design, and important features of con-
struction for which commonly accepted standards are not used, including but not
limited to high water, subsurface soil data in mucky areas, drainage facilities
of all kinds, radii at intersections when the minimum standards of the American
Association of State Highway Officials are inadequate, and alternate pavement
and subgrade types (in which ease similar and comparable data, calculations
and analyses shall also be supplied for the specified types.) The Village
Engineers decision shall be final as to what data, calculations and analyses
will be required; and they shall be sufficiently clear, concise and complete as
to readily enable conclusive review by a registered engineer without further
research, investigations or calculations on his part.
Section 8. Materials.
(1) State Road Department Specifications Govern. Except as listed in
the succeeding paragraphs of this Section, all materials used in the work shall
meet State Road Department specifications. 0£ the materials included in said
specifications, those selected for use shall be the ones appropriate for the
intended purpose.
(2) Metal Pipe. Corrugated metal pipe shall not be used, except for
culverts and shall be bituminous coated.
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strength of not less than 2,500 p.s.i., or Portland cement concrete meeting
State Road Department specifications, shall be used for construction such as
but not limited to inlets, catch basins, manholes, sidewalks, curbs, gutters,
' gravity type headwalls, gravity type retaining walls, concrete turnout and
roadway pavements, ditch paving, riprap, sign posts and right-of-way markers.
Portland cement concrete meeting State Road Department specifications shall b®
used for structures such as but not limited to contilever headwalls, contilever
' retaining walls, concrete culverts, concrete piling, concrete beams, structural
columns and slabs made of concrete, and concrete bridges.
Section 9. Construction Methods.
(1) State Road Department Specifications Govern. Construction methais
• shall be those prescribed in State Road Department specifications, except as
follows:
(2) Compaction o£ Flexible Bases. Flexible bases shall be compacted
in two layers, each approximately !t inches thick, by one o£ the following methods:
(a) By moistening the leveled out 1a inch layer of material and
rolling with a 3 wheeled or tandem roller wi;ighing not less than 8 tons, at a
rate not faster than one hour o£ rolling per 11.40 square yards o£ area.
(b} By any method which, as measured by engineering tests, produces
the density required by State Road Department specifications.
' Section 10. Supervision of Construction
(1) Registered Engineer Shall Supervise. The work shall be constructed
under the supervision o£ the developer's engineer, who shall be authorized to require
and who shall require that it be constructed in accordance with the development
plan and the requirements. He shall have authority to make minor changes in the
development plan consistent with the requirements, but major changes shall not be
made without the prior approval o£ the Engineer.
(2} Measurements and Tests Required. During construction the developer's
engineer shall cause to be made field and laboratory tests as are needed to assure
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that the work and materials conform with the development plan and these regulations.
The results of these tests shall be submitted to the Village Engineer in duplicate.
Road subgrades shall be sampled at 100 foot intervals and tested for the Florida
' Bearing Value. T£ a shell base is used field density tests shall be taken at 100
foot intervals to determine the in place dry density. The methods o£ testing sha71
be those prescribed by the State Road Department or the AASHO.
(3) Ins ection by Village Engineer. The Village Engineer shall make such
inspections as may be needed, before, during and after the construction of the work,
to keep informed of the status of the development, and to generally assist all
agencies involved in the work in maintaining the standards envisioned by these
regulations.
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(!~) Completion Certificate. On completion of the work the developer's
engineer shall furnish the Pillage Engineer with a certificate stating that the
work has been entirely completed, that it was constructed under his supervision,
and that it conforms to the development plan and these regulations.
' (5) Final Project Records. Accompanying the completion certificate
required by paragraph (!t) above, the developer's engineer shall also furnish the
following:
{a) One white print of the development plan, corrected to show the
work and all other facilities in the rights-of-way and drainage easements as actually
built.
( {b} A copy of the results of the measurements and tests made on the
work and materials to assure that they complied with the development plan and the
. County's requirements.
(6) Completion Certificate and Final Project Records Required: The work
shall not be considered complete until the completion certificate and the final pro-
ject records called for in paragraphs (1~) and (5} have been furnished.
Section 11. Bonds, Escrow Agreements.
(1) Bond. After the development plan has been approved, and after the
Board has accepted the plat for filing contingent on an approved bond being furnished
within 10 calendar days, the developer shall so furnish a surety company bond sat-
' isfactory to the Board, guaranteeing that within eighteen (18) months the work shall
be entirely completed in full accordance with the approved development plan and
these regulations, copies of both of which shall be attached to and constitute a
part of the bond agreement. If the bond is not thus furnished, the acceptance of
the plat shall automatically be voided, and the plat shall not be filed. Extensions
of the bond may be granted at the discretion of the Board.
(2} Escrow Agreement. After the development plan has been approved the
developer shall enter into a written contract with a registered engineer to perform
all required engineering services in connection with the construction, completion
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and acceptance of the work, and bonded written contract with a qualified contractor
for the construction of the work within a time 'limit specified by the Council, both
in full accordance-with the approved development plan and these regulations. The
' construction contract time limit shall be realistic with respect to the work to be
done, but shall not exceed 18 months. Both contracts shall be satisfactory to the
Council, shall be subatanti.ally definite in the amount rather than on a cost-plus
or other indeterminate basis, and shall be made with the developer and the Pillage,
both jointly and separately, but shall expressly relieve the Village from paying
' for any of the services of work except with funds supplied by the developer. The
Contractor's Surety Bond shall be satisfactory to the Council, shall be in the
full amount of his contract, shall bind the surety to the developer and the Council,
both jointly and separately, to complete the work in full accordance with the
contract in case the contractor defaults. An executed copy of the complete engineer-
ing contracts, and an executed copy of the complete construction contract including
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bond, shall be filed with the Village Engineer. The developer shall deposit in
escrow, in a depository satisfactory to the Council, an amount equal to the sum
of the engineering and the construction contracts, plus an additional amount for
contingencies which shall be 10 per cent of the sum of the engineering and con-
struction contracts; the condition of the escrow agreement being that the deposited
fund shall be released to the developer's engineer and contractor only upon written
approval of the Council, which, during the course of construction, shall approve
the release of portions of the fund not more often than twice each month, to the
developer's engineer and contractor, on the recommendation of the Village Engineer,
in the amounts due each for work done to date, based on the per cent completion of
the work multiplied by the respective contract price less 10 per cent; and further,
that upon completion of the vrork the Council shall approve releases to the
Developer's engineer and contractor, on the recommendation of the Village Engineer,
of amounts sufficient to pay them in full, and shall then approve the release o£
any remainder to the developer. In case there shall be a deficiency of funds on
completion of the work, the Council shall on the recommendation of the Pillage
Engineer, authorize the release of the entire remaining fund to the developer's
engineer and the contractor i.n such amounts that each shall have been paid the
same per cent of the total due him, in which event the developer but not the
Council shall owe the developer's engineer and contractor the remaining unpaid
balances.
(3) The above bond. requirements and escrow agreements may be waived
by the Village Council where it is determined by the Council that the financial
resources are satisfactory and acceptable.
Section 12. Maintenance.
(1) Village shall maintain completed work. Upon its completion in
accordance with the development pale and these regulations, the work shall be
taken over for maintenance by the Village.
(2) Constructive Assumption of Maintenance. During the course of
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construction the Council at its discretion may designate completed sections of the
work as eligible for Village :Maintenance, with such maintenance to actually begin
only when the entire work is completed, and with the developer fully responsible
in the menatime for proper maintenance of the designated section at his expense,
and far turning it over to the Village in condition equal to new when the entire
work is completed.
Section 13. Enforcement, Violations and Penalties.
{1) No plat of any subdivision shall be entitled to record in the office
of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Palm Beach County or have any validity until
it shall have been approved in the manner herein prescribed.
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(2) Any person, j'irm or corporation convicted of violating this ordinance
or any provision oi~ section hereof, shall be punished by a fine not to exceed
Five Hundred (500.00} Dollars or imprisonment for a period not to exceed sixty
(60) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
(3) Until the development plan and plat, are submitted and approved, and
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the plat authorized to be filed for record in the office of the Clerk of the Circu$
Court of Palm Beach County, Florida, no building in such development or subdivision
shall be erected or commenced, and no building permit shall be issued by the Village
or in its name.
Section ].lG.
If any section, part of section, paragraph or clause o£ these regulations
shall be held to be unconstitutional or void, the remaining provisions of these
regulations shall neverthe3ess remain in full force and effect.
Section 15.
This ordinance shall take effect upon its passage and approval as provided
by law.
FIRST READING the 12th. day of November , 1957.
SECOND, FINAL READING AND PASSAGE the 10th. day of December.
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S/ Richard E. Ross
Mayor
(SEAL)
Attest:
S/ Robert C. Tuf£ord
Village Clerk
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