Municipal Code

CHAPTER 1022 Culverts, Laterals, Catch Basins and Driveways

1022.01 Culvert required prior to excavation or construction; permit required.
1022.02 Permit application.
1022.03 Responsibility of Village Engineer; Engineer's fee; permit fee.
1022.04 Culvert specifications.
1022.05 Driveways.
1022.06 Access of machinery, equipment and materials.


1022.07 Storage of machinery, equipment and materials.
1022.08 Corrections and revisions.
1022.09 Exceptions to chapter.
1022.10 Compliance; refund of bond; issuance of occupancy permit.
1022.11 Violations.



CROSS REFERENCES
Excavations - see M.C.L.A. 554.251 et seq.
Street construction generally - see S.U. & P.S. Ch. 1020
Sewer connections - see S.U. & P.S. 1042.06, 1042.09, 1042.16



1022.01 CULVERT REQUIRED PRIOR TO EXCAVATION OR
CONSTRUCTION; PERMIT REQUIRED.
After the effective date of this chapter, no person shall proceed with any excavation or construction within the Village, or move any machinery, equipment or materials over an existing ditch onto property preparatory to such excavation or construction, until a culvert shall have been installed and covered as hereinafter described, pursuant to a permit as hereinafter provided for.
(Ord. 8. Passed 11-21-60.)

1022.02 PERMIT APPLICATION.
Application for the permit required by Section 1022.01 shall be made to the Village Clerk on a form to be provided by the Village, which form shall contain an acknowledgment of the receipt of a copy of this chapter. The permit fee shall be paid at the time of application in the amount established in the master fee schedule adopted by resolution of the Village Council. No person shall proceed with any excavation or construction without the permit herein provided for.
(Ord. 8. Passed 11-21-60.)

1022.03 REVIEW BY VILLAGE ENGINEER.
(a) The applicant shall engage a registered Engineer to determine the size and location of the culvert and stake such location on the property. The applicant shall provide an engineering design certified by the applicant’s engineer to the Village Clerk who shall forward it to the Village Engineer for review.
(b) The cost of the engineering review provided for in subsection (a) hereof shall be one hundred ten percent (110%) of the amount charged to the Village by the Village Engineer for the review and oversight. The Village may required an escrow deposit for this purpose in accordance with Village Code Chapter 210..

1022.04 CULVERT SPECIFICATIONS.
(a) Sizing.
(1) Culverts shall be of sufficient size to carry the design flow of the available grade.
(2) Culverts shall be a minimum of twelve inches in diameter and a minimum of eighteen feet long.

(b) Grade. Culverts shall be laid on ditch grade.

(c) Materials. Sixteen gauge corrugated, hot-dipped galvanized, copper-bearing steel pipe, or C 75 reinforced concrete pipe, shall be used.

(d) Joints.
(1) Sections of galvanized pipe shall be connected with bolted No. 16 gauge galvanized standard connecting bands not less than one and one-half inches wide.
(2) Joints in concrete pipe shall be sealed according to Michigan Department of Transportation Standard Specifications.

(e) Laying.
(1) Six inches of sand bed must be placed beneath the culvert to insure uniformity of the bed.
(2) The culverts shall have not less than a six-inch cover of 22A gravel, slag or crushed stone.
(3) Riprap shall be placed in the ditch at each end of the culvert if required by the Village Engineer. Six-inch minimum stone size shall be used and riprap shall conform to the flow line of the ditch.

(f) End Protection.
(1) All culverts shall be fitted with concrete rings per Michigan Department of Transportation Standard Specifications.
(2) Headwalls may be substituted for rings, provided they conform to the Michigan Department of Transportation Standard Specifications for such headwalls
(3) In lieu of the rings and headwalls provided in paragraphs (f) (1) and (2) hereof, the exposed ends of a culvert may be protected with cement-bonded riprap (six-inch minimum stone size) or brick, provided that the riprap or brick extends not less than four inches thick at the invert, not less than eight inches thick from the invert to and over the top of the culvert, and not less than twelve inches along the length of said ends.
(4) Other forms of culvert end protection may be accepted if approved in writing by the Road Administrator.

(g) Maintenance. Culverts shall be maintained in satisfactory condition by the property owner at all times. (Ord. 8. Passed 11-21-60.)

1022.05 DRIVEWAYS.
When driveways are constructed they shall conform to the following specifications:
(a) A driveway shall be constructed and flared, if possible, to meet the road at the shoulder edge elevation and to accommodate vehicle turning movements.
(b) A driveway shall be constructed in such a manner that all water run-off from said driveway shall be diverted into the road ditch and at no time allowed to run onto the roadway. This may be done by a flare or other approved means at the property line.
(c) Driveways shall not lead into street intersections.
1022.06 ACCESS OF MACHINERY, EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS.
(a) All machinery, equipment and materials that must gain access or be delivered over or across a ditch shall do so via the completed culvert and approach. In no instance shall machinery, trucks or other equipment be moved through unprotected ditches to gain access to any construction site.


(b) An exception to subsection (a) hereof may be made in writing by the Road Administrator during periods when frozen ground makes it impractical or impossible to install permanent culverts properly. Under such conditions, timber bridges may be installed, but only in such a manner as not to impair or interfere with the proper drainage or run-off of water in such ditches.
(Ord. 8. Passed 11-21-60.)

1022.07 STORAGE OF MACHINERY, EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS.
No machinery, equipment or materials shall be stored, stacked or piled on roadway shoulders, ditches or other public property. It is understood that public property includes the area commonly identified as the platted right-of-way as indicated on the registered plat and accepted by action of the Franklin Village Council.
(Ord. 8. Passed 11-21-60.)

1022.08 CORRECTIONS AND REVISIONS.
(a) Where culverts have not been provided for access to improved property, or where culverts, driveways and driveway approaches have been improperly constructed adjacent to improved property, either under this chapter or under prior ordinances in effect at the time, corrections may be required by the Road Administrator to maintain proper road maintenance and drainage control.

(b) Corrections to comply with this chapter may be done by the Village, at the property owner's expense, only with the property owner's written authorization.

(c) In the event that a property owner has an acceptable culvert and the Village revises the ditch or watercourse so as to require the installation of a larger culvert, said culvert shall be installed by the Village at no cost to the property owner, except that the Village shall be obligated only to repair the gravel surface of the owner's driveway, and not any asphalt or other surface of such driveway.

(d) When a new ditch is constructed in a location which did not previously require a culvert, and a culvert is then requested for such location, the property owner shall provide the culvert, as designated, at his or her expense, in accordance with Section 1022.04(a). (Ord. 8. Passed 11-21-60.)

1022.09 EXCEPTIONS TO CHAPTER.
(a) Culverts need not be installed:
(1) Where there is no ditch required by the Road Administrator.
(2) Where access is obtained from adjacent property which complies with the provisions of this chapter.

(b) The exceptions provided in subsection (a) hereof shall in no way prevent the Village from requiring culverts if and when any of the above conditions for exception change, either by the Village or by the property owner's action.
(Ord. 8. Passed 11-21-60.)

1022.10 COMPLIANCE; REFUND OF BOND; ISSUANCE OF OCCUPANCY PERMIT.
The cash building bond paid to the Building Department at the time a building permit is obtained may not be refunded, nor may an occupancy permit be given, until after full compliance with this chapter. It shall be the duty of the Building Officer to approve compliance.

1022.11 VIOLATIONS.
A refusal to comply with this chapter shall be deemed to exist if the property owner has not complied with this chapter within thirty days of the time a registered or certified letter, notifying him or her of the violation, has been mailed to him or her at his or her last known address. (Ord. 8. Passed 11-21-60.)

1022.99 PENALTY.
(EDITOR'S NOTE: See Section 202.99 for general Code penalty if no specific penalty is provided.)