Design & Construction Specifications - Town of Kernersville

STREETDESIGN STANDARDSGENERAL:For approval of street design, a North Carolina Registered Professional Engineer mustseal all construction plans and revisions submitted to the Engineering Division of thePublic Works Department, with the exception that the Town will accept for approval,street designs sealed by a North Carolina Registered Professional Land Surveyor inthose circumstances allowed by North Carolina General Statutes. A digital copy indrawing file (*.dwg) format of the “Record Drawing” of the development must besubmitted before final acceptance and maintenance of any streets and storm drainagesystems. The digital files must be tied to the State Plane Coordinate System using twoTown of Kernersville or NCGS Monuments.All proposed public streets shall be designed to become part of the overall street systemand be identified as such on all adopted plans. All streets and roads shall align withother designated roadways for continuity in the Town's street system.All single family residential subdivisions shall be accessed by public streets exceptthose wherein private streets have been approved in accordance with the provision ofthe Unified Development Ordinance (UDO).Dedication of additional right-of-ways, easements, construction of turn-lanes, roadwaywidening, or other improvements to existing public streets upon which the propertyfronts or which provide access to new developments may be required as provided for inthe UDO. In some cases the proposed development may be adjacent to roadways,utilities, drainage systems, etc. in which, a large scale infrastructure improvementproject may be needed. In such cases, the Town may elect to collect a fee "In-lieu-ofInfrastructure Improvements" to be used on a larger scale improvement project adjacentto the development. This process is encouraged on high volume roads where smallpiecemeal improvements may result in poor construction methods, ride quality, andexcessive inconvenience to the motoring public.CORRELATION, INTERPRETATION AND ORDER OF PRECEDENCE:If there be any conflicting term or requirements between this manual and the UDO theUDO shall govern.The latest revision of the "NCDOT Standard Specifications for Roads and Structures"and the "NCDOT Design Manual" shall apply to all roadway and storm drainageconstruction unless otherwise specified herein this manual.