DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS SECTION 7 – MISCELLANEOUS STANDARDS 5 13. Monument Protection: The Developer shall use special care to protect existing survey monuments or control points and it is the obligation of the Developer to notify the City engineer of the possibility of them being disturbed by his work. The Developer shall comply with monumentation plan (see Street Standards, Monument Protection Plan). 14. Control of Material: All materials shall be per approved plans and specifications, and the most current version of the City of Ellensburg’s Public Works Development Standards. If material is not specified in the Plans, Specifications, Development Standards, or Standard Details the Developer or Contractor shall submit the special item or shop drawings to the City Engineering Department for approval prior to shipment. 15. Utility Pipe Storage: All pipe or other material strung along City right of way must be placed a safe distance from the traveled roadway in such a manner as to avoid rolling onto the roadway, or creating a traffic hazard. 16. Inspection: The Department of Public Works (509-962-7230) shall be notified a minimum of two working days prior to starting any type of construction including clearing and grubbing, sanitary sewers, storm sewers, water mains, fire protection services and/or supply mains, illumination systems, curb and gutters, sidewalks, driveways, street grading, paving, and other surface improvements. The need for City inspection outside of normal working hours (7:30a.m. to 4:30p.m.), on holidays, or on weekends, may require the Contractor/Owner to reimburse the City for overtime costs plus administration fees. 17. Construction Encroachments into City Right-of-Way: The Public Works Department shall be notified at least two working days prior to commencing construction, and all work shall be in accordance with these Public Works Development Standards. All materials for improvements on City right-of-way shall be readily available to the job site and provisions shall be made to complete the construction in one continuous operation. Failure to comply shall result in excavation being halted until such time as the conditions are corrected. 18. Development Cleanup: Final cleanup shall include complete restoration of shoulders and behind sidewalks, cleaning of ditches, culverts and catch basins, and removal of loose material from back slopes of ditches, etc. shall not exceed 500 lineal feet behind excavating operations. Street surfaces shall be kept cleaned at all times with the use of a power broom or other approved means. No excess material or unsuitable material shall be wasted on City right of way without the express written consent of the City Engineer. 19. Yard Improvements: Yard improvements within the right of way shall be restored to as close to original condition as feasible. This includes but is not limited to features such as landscaping, rockeries, lamp post, mailboxes and fences. This permit does not authorize or regulate work on private property, private easements or vacated and "ancient" rights of way without public easements. Any private property damages or liability incurred are the sole responsibility of the Contractor. 20. Equipment on City Streets: No equipment, except equipment with rubber tires or approved road tracks, shall be permitted to operate on any road. Damage to any road will be repaired by the Developer, at his expense, to restore the road to the original condition. 21. Damage and Vandalism: The Contractor shall be responsible for repairing or replacing any damaged work until the date of acceptance of the project, and shall take necessary precautions to prevent vandalism or defacement of wet concrete sidewalks and similar facilities under the above provision. 22. Defective Materials and Workmanship: Materials, work or workmanship which, in the opinion of the City Engineer, do not conform to the specifications and plans, or these Public Works Development Standards, or fail to meet the tests herein described, or are not equal to the samples submitted to and approved by the City Engineer, or are in any way unsatisfactory or unsuited to the purpose for which they are intended will be rejected. The Contractor shall remove from the work and its vicinity without delay all rejected materials.
