Morrisville Engineering, Design, and Construction Manual - July 2016

Section 1: General Provisions 1.1 Introduction 1.3.1 Review Authority

Section 1: General Provisions

1.1. INTRODUCTION The Town of Morrisville Engineering Department is responsible for distributing and implementing this Engineering, Design, and Construction Manual (EDCM) to help design professionals, developers, contractors, property owners and residents comply with the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) and other Federal, State, and Local laws, regulations. The Town owns, operates, and maintains public infrastructure systems for the benefit of its citizens. These systems include streets, sidewalks, greenways, storm drainage and water quality systems, and other ancillary systems. The Town also enforces certain development standards for quality and appearance for the Town on both public and private development projects. Proper construction of these systems is needed to insure the safety of the citizens and save unnecessary expenditures of public funds, during both initial construction and future operation and maintenance. As such, this Manual has been created to provide minimum criteria for the design and construction of new infrastructure and development within the Town, while balancing the needs, rights, and expectations of private property owners, the citizens, and the general public. Ultimately, it is the responsibility of the Licensed Design Professionals (Engineer, Landscape Architect, Surveyor, etc.) to confirm submittals meet all applicable regulations, requirements and professional standards. 1.2. APPLICABILITY All private and public construction projects shall conform to the requirements and dimensions on the construction plans and the requirements in the UDO, this Manual (EDCM), and the Town Code of Ordinances. In case of conflict between requirements, the more restrictive standard shall control. The provisions of this Manual shall apply to all public and private properties, unless specifically exempted by State or Federal law, or otherwise indicated. They shall apply to the applicant of a development permit or approval, any contractor or subcontractor working on the development, and the owner of the property or development site. Hereinafter, such persons shall be referred to as the “developer.”

1.3. ADMINISTRATION

Review Authority

1.3.1.

The Town Engineer is the Town official responsible for administering provisions of this Manual. The Town Engineer may delegate any review or decision-making authority to any professional-level staff in the Engineering Department and may delegate clerical authority to any staff in the Engineering Department. This manual may not cover all aspects of plan review or design requirements and references only the common design elements and procedures. Some development applications may require additional information in order to comply with the UDO, Code of Ordinances, Town policies, conditions of Council/Board approval, Federal or State requirements, and/or to address public safety concerns, during any stage of the project.

Interpretation

1.3.2.

The Town Engineer shall be responsible for all interpretations of the text of the EDCM. A developer may request to use alternative standards in accordance with Section 1.3.3, Alternative Standards.

Alternative Standards

1.3.3.

Purpose An alternative standard is intended to provide sufficient flexibility through the design process to encourage independent designs tailored to particular situations. The intent is to provide relief where

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