§ 54-94. Cleanup and restoration.

(a)

Restoration. Unless the Village chooses to require the payment pursuant to subsection 54-94(d), the utility shall restore the right-of-way as provided herein. A utility shall remove all excess material and restore all rights-of-way, turf and terrain and other property within five days after any portion of the rights-of-way are disturbed, damaged or destroyed due to construction or maintenance by the utility to a condition substantially equivalent to that which existed prior to the commencement of the project and is approved by the engineer. Restoration work may include repairing entrances and side streets, backfilling, regrading, reseeding, and resodding. All restoration work shall be approved by the engineer.

(b)

Restoration specifications. Restoration of rights-of-way surfaces shall be made using materials and methods provided in this subsection or otherwise approved by the Engineer.

(1)

Streets. Restoration of streets shall be as follows:

a.

The utility shall construct a permanent patch consisting of a minimum of eight inches of PCC for concrete streets and four inches of bituminous concrete for bituminous surfaced streets on all excavation openings. In general, the utility shall construct a permanent patch consisting of a minimum of eight inches of PCC for concrete streets and four inches of bituminous concrete for bituminous surfaced streets on all excavation openings. The surface shall have a minimum two percent transverse slope. The surface shall be of positive drainage and no standing water shall exist. Any patch over 50 feet long shall be completed with a paving machine.

b.

If surface repairs constitute more than 50 percent of a 50-foot segment of a street as measured from the beginning of any repair to the end of any other repair, the utility, at its expense, shall resurface that section of the street. The section of the street to be resurfaced shall be determined by the Village Engineer based on the disturbance: at the minimum it shall mean the full width of the traffic lane or to the seam of the original overlay; at the maximum it shall mean the entire width of the street. Resurface shall mean a minimum of 1.5" mill and 1.5" hot mix asphalt resurface. Resurfacing shall be completed with a paving machine. The surface shall have a minimum two percent transverse slope. The surface shall be of positive drainage and no standing water shall exist.

c.

If more than three pavement repairs are made in any 100-foot section of a street, the utility, at its expense, shall resurface that section of the street. The section of the street to be resurfaced shall be determined by the Village Engineer based on the disturbance: at the minimum it shall mean the full width of the traffic lane or to the seam of the original overlay; at the maximum it shall mean the entire width of the street. Resurface shall mean a minimum of 1.5" mill and 1.5" hot mix asphalt resurface. Resurfacing shall be completed with a paving machine. The surface shall have a minimum two percent transverse slope. The surface shall be of positive drainage and no standing water shall exist.

(2)

Sidewalks. Restoration of sidewalks shall consist of a minimum of a four-inch aggregate base course under a minimum of four inches of PCC.

(c)

Extension. The time period provided in this Section may be extended by the Engineer for good cause shown.

(d)

In the event the Village plans a future improvement to the right-of-way, the Village has the option to require the utility to make a payment to the Village, rather than performing the restoration. The amount of such payment shall be the amount of the cost estimate obtained from a contractor of the Village's choice, plus engineering costs equal to ten percent of the cost estimate.

(Ord. No. 1572, § 3(q), 8-14-2008; Ord. No. 1667, § 2, 11-8-2012; Ord. No. 1741, §§ 2, 3, 7-11-2016)