1. All work done or improvements installed within South Jordan City including but not limited to excavation, construction, roadwork and utilities shall conform to the South Jordan City Construction Standards and Specifications, City Municipal Code, the latest edition of the APWA Manual of Standard Specifications and Manual of Standard Plans, the latest edition of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) and any state or federal regulations and permit requirements of various governing bodies. The contractor is responsible to have a copy of these specifications and to know and conform to the appropriate codes, regulations, drawings, standards and specifications. 

 

2. The existence and location of any overhead or underground utility lines, pipes, or structures shown on these plans are obtained by a research of the available records. Existing utilities are located on plans only for the convenience of the Contractor. The contractor shall bear full responsibility for the protection of utilities and the engineer bears no responsibility for utilities not shown on the plans or not in the location shown on the plans. This includes all service laterals of any kind. The Contractor shall, at his own expense, locate all underground and overhead interferences, which may affect his operation during construction and shall take all necessary precautions to avoid damage to same. The Contractor shall use extreme caution when working near overhead utilities so as to safely protect all personnel and equipment, and shall be responsible for all cost and liability in connection therewith.

 

3. The Contractor shall take all precautionary measures necessary to protect existing utility lines, structures, survey monuments and street improvements which are to remain in place, from damage, and all such improvements or structures damaged by the Contractor’s operations shall be repaired or replaced satisfactory to the City Engineer
and owning utility company at the expense of the Contractor.

 

4. All construction shall be as shown on these plans, any revisions shall have the prior written approval of the City Engineer.

 

5. Permits are required for any work in the public way. The Contractor shall secure all permits and inspections required for this construction.

 

6. Curb, gutter, and sidewalk, found to be unacceptable per City Standards and APWA shall be removed and replaced.

 

7. Contractor shall provide all necessary horizontal and vertical transitions between new construction and existing surfaces to provide for proper drainage and for ingress and egress to new construction. The extent of transitions to be as shown on plans.

 

8. Any survey monuments disturbed shall be replaced and adjusted per Salt Lake County Surveyors requirements.

 

9. All privacy walls, new or existing, are only shown on civil plans for the purpose of reviewing grading relationships; flood control and sight distance at intersections. All walls shall have a minimum 2 ft x 2 ft x 30 inch deep spot footings. Bottom of all footings on all walls shall be a minimum of 30 inches below finished grade. Walls greater than 6 feet require a separate permit and inspection by the Building Department.

 

10. All construction materials per APWA must be submitted and approved by the City Engineer prior to the placement of asphalt within City Right of Way.

 

11. Request for inspection by the City of South Jordan engineering dept. shall be made by the contractor at least 48 hours before the inspection services will be required, except in an emergency as defined by the South Jordan City Municipal Code § 12.08.010.

 

12. Work in public way, once begun, shall be prosecuted to completion without delay as to provide minimum inconvenience to adjacent property owners and to the traveling public.

 

13. The contractor shall take all necessary and proper precautions to protect adjacent properties from any and all damage that may occur from storm water runoff and/or deposition of debris resulting from any and all work in connection with construction.

 

14. Power poles and/or other existing facilities not in proper location based on proposed improvements shown hereon will be relocated at no expense to the City of South Jordan. Power lines and all other aerial utilities are to be buried and poles removed as determined by the City Engineer.

 

15. Curb and gutter with a grade of less than four-tenths of one percent shall be constructed by forming. Each joint shall be checked for a grade prior to construction and water tested as soon as possible after construction.

 

16. Contractor to follow Salt Lake County Noise Ordinance Standards.

 

17. Contractors are responsible for all OSHA requirements on the project site.

 

18. A UPDES (Utah Pollutant Discharge Elimination System) permit is required for all construction activities as per state law as well as providing a Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan to the City.

 

19. Developer is responsible for locating and repairing all underground streetlight wires, water lines, storm drain lines and irrigation lines until 90% of the bond has been released.

 

20. All City maintained utilities including; waterline, fire hydrants, streetlight wiring, and storm drain must be in public right of way or in recorded easements.

 

21. Contractor shall work South Jordan City regular working hours of Monday through Friday 7:00 am to 4:00 pm. If Contractor permits overtime work or work on a Saturday, Sunday or any legal holiday, Contractor shall receive prior approval by City Engineer. Contractor shall obtain all permits and pay Overtime Inspection Fee’s to The City of South Jordan on the Thursday prior to the Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday requested. This applies to all work within the public right of way including traffic control and access.

 

22. Prior to 90% bond release, a legible as-built drawing must be submitted to the City of South Jordan stamped and signed by a professional engineer. As-builts must show all changes and actual field locations of storm drainage, waterlines, irrigation, street lighting, and power. As-builts will be held to the same standard as approved design drawings, no “redlined plans” allowed. In the absence of changes, copies of the approved drawings will be required stating “installed as per drawings”. As-built drawings for new developments shall be submitted to the City in the following formats and quantities prior to the 90% bond release: 1 .dxf copy, 1 .pdf copy.

 

23. Filter fabric wrapped around an inlet grate is not an acceptable inlet sediment barrier. See Chapter 9 of South Jordan City Construction Standards and Specifications for details of approved storm water BMPs.

 

24. Asphalt paving between October 15 and April 15 is not allowed without a written exception from the Engineering Department.

 

25. To ensure proper planting, protection and irrigation of trees, mitigating risk of tree failure or future damage to infrastructure, contractors are required to follow the standards and specifications of the ISA – International Society of Arboriculture.

 

26. All small cell construction must follow the South Jordan City Small Cell Infrastructure Design Guidelines.

 

27. All construction of Low Impact Development (LID) must follow the South Jordan City Low Impact Development Handbook 2020. With the development of any residential subdivision that proposes LID in public park strips, the developer must construct/install such to completeness, including but not limited to vegetation and landscape irrigation. The developer is responsible to maintain the LID (including landscape) until such time the developer connects any LID landscape irrigation to owner’s irrigation of the respective building lot. Developer’s LID maintenance responsibilities include but not limited to cleaning, repairing, protecting and clear of any debris. The building lot owner shall maintain in perpetuity any LID constructed anywhere on the building lot, including the park strip area within public right of way.

 

28. When a proposed development borders a collector, minor collector or arterial street and is required to construct collector street fencing along the back of sidewalk, the development shall also be required put in a concrete mow strip from the back of sidewalk to underneath the fence panels. Concrete mow strips shall also be required between the sidewalk and fencing along the rear of double frontage lots.

 

29. One-way valves are required on residential land drain lines that go from a foundation drain on a home to a public storm drain system.