All public services shall be connected to approved public utilities systems where they exist. The distribution supply lines and service connections shall be installed underground, except that lots which abut streets with existing overhead electric or telephone lines may be supplied from those overhead lines but the service connections shall be installed underground. Should a road widening or an extension of service occur as a result of the development, any replacement, relocation or extension of existing overhead lines shall be underground.

All uses shall be provided with sewage disposal facilities by the required extension of sewer mains and connections as approved by the Municipal Engineer, serving authority and, if required by law, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.

Where required, new shade trees shall be installed on each lot. Trees shall have a minimum diameter of two and five-tenths (2.5) inches as measured three (3) feet above the ground and be one of the following species approved by the approving authority. Trees shall be planted thirty (30) feet apart along all streets and be located in the front of the lot in a line with other trees along the same side of the street, but be at least thirty (30) feet from streetlights and street intersections. Trees shall be balled and burlapped, nursery grown, free from insects and disease and true to species and variety. Stripping trees or filling around trees in the yard portion of a lot shall not be permitted unless it can be shown that grading requirements thinning necessitate removal of trees, in which case those lots shall be replanted to reestablish the tone of the area and to conform to adjacent lots. Planted trees that do not live shall be replaced by the developer during the next planting season. Parking lots shall be planted as required in 96A-44, Off-street parking and loading.

Sugar maple (Acer saccharum)

Red oak (Quercus borealis maxima)

Pin oak (Quercus palustris)

Ginkgo (male only), (Ginkgo biloba)

Thornless honey locust (Gleditsia triacanthos inermis)

London plane (Platanus acerifolia)

Willow oak (Quercus phellos)

Scarlet oak (Quercus coccinea)

Sweet gum (Liquidambar styraciflua)

Japanese pagoda tree (Sophera japonica)

Little leaf linden (Tilia cordata)

Sidewalks shall be installed in locations determined by the approving authority to be in the interest of public safety, considering the logical extension or improvement to existing sidewalks, probable volume of pedestrian traffic, the adjoining street classification, school bus stops and the general type of improvement intended. Where required, sidewalks shall be at least eight (8) feet wide in a commercial zone and four (4) feet wide in all other zones, four (4) inches thick, except at points of vehicular crossing, where they shall be at least eight (8) inches thick, of Class B concrete having a twenty-eight-day compressive strength of four thousand (4,000) pounds per square inch, and shall be air-entrained. Where sidewalks cross curbs, curb ramps shall be provided as outlined in g 96-38, Curbs and gutters. Preformed expansion joint material shall be placed at twenty-foot intervals and where sidewalks abut curbing or a structure.

See Section 96-7.7. Site Triangles, of the Zoning Ordinance of the Village of Ridgefield Park.

All major site plans and major subdivisions shall incorporate soil erosion and sediment control programs phased according to the scheduled progress of the development, including anticipated starting and completion dates. The purpose is to control soil erosion and sediment damages to promote the public safety, health, convenience and general welfare of the community. See 96-8.5 Floodplain regulations of the Zoning Ordinance of the Village of Ridgefield Park, and 96A-34, Drainage.

A. Data Required.

(1) A plan establishing the means for controlling soil erosion and sedimentation at the applicant's expense certified by the Soil Conservation District.

(2) The plan shall be prepared by a professional engineer licensed in New Jersey, except in instances where the preparation of a plan does not include or require the practice of engineering as defined in N.J.S.A. 45:8-28, and shall contain:

(a) Location and description of general topography and soil characteristics on and surrounding the site, including a copy of the Soil Conservation Service soil survey.

(b) Proposed changes to contours, showing existing and post-construction conditions.

(c) Proposed measures for controlling soil erosion and sediment during and after construction.

(d) The sequence of installing erosion and sediment control measures, including anticipated starting and completion dates.

B. General Design Principles.

(1) Guiding principles.

(a) Stripping of vegetation, grading or other soil disturbance shall be done in a manner which will minimize soil erosion.

(b) Whenever feasible, natural vegetation shall be retained and protected.

(c) The extent of the disturbed area and the duration of its exposure shall be kept within practical limits.

(d) Either temporary seeding, mulching or other suitable stabilization measures shall be used to protect exposed critical areas during construction or other land disturbances.

(e) Drainage provisions shall accommodate increased run-off resulting from modified soil and surface conditions during and after development or land disturbance.

(f) Water run-off shall be minimized and retained on site, wherever possible, to facilitate groundwater recharge.

(g) Sediment shall be retained on site.

(h) Diversions, sediment basins and similar structures shall be installed, where required, prior to any on-site grading or land disturbance.

(2) Grading and filling.

All fill shall be clean fill and/or topsoil. Grading shall be limited to areas shown on an approved plat. Any topsoil disturbed during grading operations shall be redistributed throughout the site.

(3) Soil removal and redistribution.

Excavation of soil, other than as required to construct approved structures and facilities, shall be prohibited. Any application proposing the disturbance of more than five thousand (5,000) square feet of surface area of land as defined in the Soil Erosion and Sediment Control Act P.L. 1975, c.251, shall include the following: the means to control or prevent erosion; providing for sedimentation basin(s) for soil that does erode due to water; controlling drainage, dust and mud on the premises as well as on abutting lands; preserving soil fertility and the ability of the area to support plant and tree growth by maintenance of adequate topsoil consisting of at least six (6) inches of the original layer; maintaining necessary lateral support and grades of abutting lands, structures and other improvements; preventing pits and declivities which are hazardous or which provide insect-breeding locations; and not altering the physical limitations and characteristics of the soil in such a way as to prevent the use to which the land may lawfully be put.

C. Maintenance.

All erosion and sediment control measures shall be maintained for two (2) years after completion or until such measures are permanently stabilized as determined by the Municipal Engineer, whichever is longer.

D. Exemptions.

The following are exempt from the soil erosion and sediment control provisions:

(1) Land disturbance associated with the construction of a single-family dwelling unit unless such unit is a part of a proposed subdivision, site plan, zoning variance or building permit application involving two (2) or more such single-family dwelling units.

(2) Land disturbance of five thousand (5,000) square feet or less of the surface area of land for the accommodation of construction for which the Standard Building Code of the State of New Jersey would require a building permit.

(3) Agricultural use of lands when operated in accordance with a farm conservation plan approved by the local Soil Conservation District or when it is determined by the local Soil Conservation District that such use will not cause excessive erosion and sedimentation.

(4) Use of land for gardening primarily for home consumption.

(5) Percolation tests and/or soil borings.

A. All developments shall be served by paved streets. Streets not shown on the Master Plan or Official Map shall provide for the appropriate extension of existing streets, conform to the topography as far as practical and allow for continued extension into adjoining undeveloped tracts.

B. Residential development bounded by any arterial or collector street shall control access to said streets by having all driveways intersect minor streets. Where circumstance(s) may dictate that a driveway enter an arterial or collector street, the lot shall provide on-site turnaround facilities and abutting lots may be required to use one (1) curb cut. All lots with reverse frontage shall have an additional twenty-five (25) feet of lot depth to provide a buffer area, which shall be planted with nursery grown trees or, where topography permits, earthen berms may be created. Berms shall not be less than five (5) feet in height, shall be stabilized by ground cover and be planted with evergreens and deciduous trees according to a landscaping plan and 96A-46.

C. Street rights-of-way shall be measured from lot line to lot line. No continuation of an existing street shall be continued at a width less than the existing street, although a greater width may be required in accordance with the following schedule:

D. No reserve strips shall be approved except where the control and disposal of land comprising such strips has been given to the governing body.

E. Where a development adjoins or includes existing streets that do not conform to widths shown on the Master Plan or Official Map or the requirements of this chapter, additional land along both sides of said street sufficient to conform to the rights-of-way requirements shall be either dedicated or anticipated in the development design by creating oversized lots in a subdivision as well as increased building setbacks to accommodate the widening at some future date. The additional widening may be offered to the village and, if offered, shall be expressed on the plat as follows: "Street right-of-way easement granted to the Village of Ridgefield Park." If the subdivision is along one (1) side only, one-half () the required extra width shall be anticipated.

F. Local streets shall be designed to discourage through traffic and grades shall not exceed ten percent (10%). On arterial and collector streets, grades shall not exceed four percent (4%). The minimum grade shall be seventy-five hundredths percent (0.75%). Maximum grade on any street within one hundred (100) feet of an intersection shall be four percent (4%).

G. No local streets shall be part of a four-way intersection. Intersecting street center lines shall be as nearly at right angles as possible and in no case shall they be less than seventy-five degrees (75). Approaches to all intersections shall follow a straight line for at least one hundred (100) feet, measured from the curbline of the intersecting street to the beginning of the curve. No more than two (2) street center lines shall meet or intersect at any one (1) point, and center-line offsets of less than one hundred twenty-five (125) feet shall be prohibited intersections shall be rounded at the curbline, with the street having the highest radius requirement as outlined below determining the minimum standard for all curblines: arterial at forty (40) feet, collector at thirty (30) feet and local streets at twenty (20) feet.

H. Sight triangles shall be provided as required in 96-7.7 of the Zoning Ordinance of the Village of Ridgefield Park.

I. Curved streets shall have a radius conforming to standard engineering practice so that the minimum sight distance within the curbline shall be one hundred sixty (160) feet for a local street, three hundred (300) feet for a collector street and five hundred fifty (550) feet for an arterial street.

J. Changes in horizontal and vertical alignment where the algebraic difference "A" exceeds one percent (M) shall be connected by a curve having a length equal to thirty A (30 A) for local streets and fifty A (50A) for collector and arterial streets.

K. Dead-End (Cul-De-Sac) Streets.

(1) Dead-end streets of a permanent nature (where its extension is impractical or impossible) or of a temporary nature (where provision is made for the future extension of the street) shall provide a turnaround at the end with a right-of-way radius of not less than fifty (50) feet and a curbline radius of not less than forty (40) feet. The center point for the radius shall be on the center line of the associated street or, if offset, to a point where the curbline radius is tangent to the curbline of the approaching street.

(2) If a dead-end street is temporary, provisions shall be made for removal of the turnaround and reversion of the excess right-of-way to the adjoining properties as an off-tract responsibility of the developer creating the street extension when the street is extended.

(3) A dead-end street shall serve no more than twenty (20) lots or dwelling units nor exceed a length of five hundred (500) feet.

L. No street shall have a name which duplicates or so nearly duplicates in spelling or phonetic sound the name of existing streets as to be confused therewith. The continuation of an existing street shall have the same name. The names of new streets shall be approved by the approving authority.

M. Streetlighting.

In all major developments, streetlights shall be installed at street intersections and approximately two hundred (200) feet apart along one (1) side of all streets. All service connections shall be underground. The design and type shall conform to recent installations and be approved by the Engineer before installation.

N. Streets shall be constructed in accordance with the standard specifications of the New Jersey Department of Transportation. Pavement thicknesses shall be not less than the following:

(1) Arterial and collector streets.

(a) Bituminous stabilized base course: six (6) inches compacted thickness.

(b) FABC, two-surface course: two (2) inches compacted thickness.

(2) Local streets.

(a) Bituminous stabilized base course: five (5) inches compacted thickness.

(b) FABC, one-surface course: one and one-half (1) inches compacted thickness.

(3) Where subbase conditions are wet, springy or of such nature that surfacing would be inadvisable without first treating the subbase, these areas shall be excavated to a depth of at least twelve (12) inches below the proposed subgrade and filled with a suitable subbase material as determined by the Municipal Engineer. Where required by the Engineer, a system of porous concrete pipe subsurface drains shall be constructed beneath the surface of the paving and connected to a suitable drain. After the subbase material has been properly placed and compacted, the surfacing material shall be applied.

No topsoil shall be removed from the development site or used as spoil or fill. In addition, topsoil removed during the course of construction shall be redistributed in the development so as to provide equal distribution of cover to all areas of the development and shall be stabilized by seeding and planting. At least six (6) inches of topsoil shall be provided on all areas not occupied by buildings or walks.

Where water is accessible from a servicing utility, the developer shall arrange for a connection to the system to serve each use.

All amendments to this chapter which form a part of the Development Regulations of the Village of Ridgefield Park shall be adopted in accordance with the provisions of the New Jersey Municipal Land Use Law.

(1) Any person or entity who violates any provision of this ordinance shall be punished by a fine not exceeding One Thousand and 00/100 Dollars, or by imprisonment in a place provided by the municipality for the detention of prisoners not exceeding ninety (90) days, or by a period of community service not exceeding ninety (90) days. Any person who is convicted of violating this ordinance within one year of the date of a previous conviction of the same ordinance, and who was fined for a previous violation, or was sentenced to a term in jail or to community service, shall be fined by the court to an additional fine, or jail sentence, or community service as a repeat defender. The additional penalty shah not be 'less than Ore Hundred and 00/100 ($100.00) Dollars and shall not exceed the sum of One Thousand and 00/100 ($1,000.00) Dollars, or imprisonment for a term not to exceed ninety (90) days, or the person may be required to perform community service for a term not to exceed ninety (90) days, or the person may be required to perform community service for a period not to exceed ninety (90) days.

(2) In the event a person cannot pay the fine, the court may provide, in default of the payment of the fine, imprisonment in the County jail for a term not to exceed ninety (90) days. The person may be required to perform ninety (90) days of community service. All penalties for a violation of this Ordinance shall be in accordance with N.J. S.A. 40:49-5, and the Code of the Village of Ridgefield Park. In addition to the foregoing penalties, the municipality may enforce this Act for any violation of Ordinance in accordance with N.J.S.A. 40:55D-18 which action shall be in the Superior Court of the State of New Jersey. Each day a provision of this ordinance is violated shall constitute a separate and distinct violation.

It is hereby declared to be the intention of the Board of Commissioners that the sections, paragraphs, clauses and phrases of this ordinance, when adopted, are severable, and if any sections, paragraphs, clauses, sentences or provisions of this ordinance as adopted shall be declared unconstitutional or otherwise invalid, same shall not affect any of the remaining sections, paragraphs, clauses and phrases of this ordinance.

All ordinances or parts of ordinances contrary to or inconsistent with this ordinance are hereby superceded. Any and all ordinances or parts thereof in conflict or inconsistent with any of the terms and provisions of this Ordinance are hereby repealed to such extent as they are so in conflict or inconsistent.

This Ordinance is being published in accordance with the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40:49-2 and N.J.S.A. 40:55D-62 et. seq. Three copies of this Ordinance as introduced have been placed on file in the Village Clerk's Office and are available for public inspection until final action is taken on the Ordinance. Copies of these Development Regulations upon publication shall be available to any members of the public who request the same. This Ordinance shall become effective upon final publication in accordance with the laws. A copy of this Ordinance shall also be filed or adopted by the Bergen County Planning Board.