§ 50-172. General.

(a)

Scope.

(1)

The contractor shall furnish all materials (unless otherwise agreed upon), labor and equipment necessary to construct the sewers, and appurtenances indicated or shown on the drawings. The work shall include all necessary diking, pumping, bailing, draining, flushing, testing and erosion and sedimentation control. These specifications cover water mains and water service connections complete.

(2)

The contractor shall so arrange his work as to cause a minimum of interference with pedestrian and vehicular traffic and to protect and maintain power and telephone lines, gas and water piping, fences, building, drainage pipes and other structures, all as specified.

(3)

The lines and grade of the sewer and the position of all manholes and other appurtenances are as shown on the drawings. The grade line as shown means the invert, or bottom of the inside of the pipe or manhole. The work shall be laid out by the contractor using bench marks and the other control points.

(4)

The contractor shall be responsible for removing all water from excavations and trenches whether from surface or ground sources.

(5)

Changes to the standard specifications for sanitary sewers may be made by the city at any time.

(6)

The contractor shall guarantee all materials and workmanship for a period of one year from the date of final acceptance of the work. Per stipulations as stated in section 50-89(a), if during this period any material or workmanship, etc., proves defective, the developer or contractor shall repair same to the satisfaction of the city at their own cost and expense.

(7)

In order to be sure that the developer, owner, contractor, or any combination thereof, can actually perform and will actually perform the warranty required under this division, the developer, owner, or contractor, or any combination thereof, shall agree to and provide either a guaranty agreement, a surety agreement, an escrow agreement, a cash bond, a letter of credit or other acceptable financial instrument, that obligates the warranting party to correct any defects in design, materials or workmanship during the 12-month period, and obligates a sum for said repairs during the period of at least equal to 20 percent of the cost of constructing and installing said line or lines. Said guaranty agreement, surety agreement, escrow agreement, cash bond, letter of credit or other financial instrument, shall be reviewed and approved by the city attorney, prior to acceptance If an issue arises as to the amount of costs that are to be warranted under said financial instrument, then the city engineer shall provide an estimated cost that shall be used as the basis for said agreements.

(8)

Changes to the standard specifications for sewer may be made by the city at any time.

(b)

Related work.

(1)

Subdivision IV: Excavation, Trenching and Backfilling.

(2)

Subdivision V: Site Preparation, Restoration and Related Work.

(c)

Applicable specifications and standards. The latest editions of the following specifications, standards and publications setting minimum requirements for quality, safety and performance of work and materials form a part of this specification as though fully repeated herein:

(1)

ASTM American Society of Testing Materials.

(2)

ANSI American National Standards Institute.

(d)

Record drawings.

(1)

The contractor shall be responsible for maintaining a set of the approved design drawings which have been marked to reflect as-built conditions. These record drawings shall be kept at the site during working hours and shall be made available to the city inspector upon request.

(2)

The record drawings shall show the as constructed locations of (but not be limited to) all manholes, stub-outs, service materials, cleanouts air release valves, etc.

(3)

Final acceptance of sewer construction will not be granted until as-built drawings have been received by the city.

(4)

Appurtenance locations shall be dimensioned to three permanent fixtures or objects.

(Ord. No. 404, att. A(§ 3, pt. 1), 7-1-2009)