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1 New york city Department of Transportation highway rules Title 34 Chapter 2 rules of the city of New york August 7, 2016 i Title 34 Department of Transportation 8/7/16 Chapter 2 highway rules CONTENTS 2-01 Definitions Compliance with the Manual on Uniform Traffic Devices 2-02 Permits (a) Initial permit application (b) General conditions for all permits (c) Display of permits and signs at worksite (d) Corrective action request (e) Orders (f) Fees (g) Notice of street operations (h) Work site safety (i) Waivers (j) Suspension of application review (k) Permit revocation and refusal to renew permit (l) Refusal to issue permit (m) Embargo periods (n) Voiding and reissuing of permits 2-03 Schedule of fees 2-04 Canopies (a) Permit required (b) Permit fees (c) Conditions (d) Maintenance (e) Permit expiration, renewal and transferability (f) Placement of canopies (g) Design criteria (h) Application (i) Removal of unauthorized canopies (j) Miscellaneous 2-05 Construction activity (a) Permit required (b)

2 Permit requirements (c) Conditions (d) Conditions for the placement or storage of construction material and equipment (other than cranes) on the street (e) Temporarily closing sidewalk (f) Temporary pedestrian walkway in roadway (g) Temporarily closing roadway (h) Placement of shanties or trailers on the street ii (i) Crossing a sidewalk (j) Placement of cranes and derricks on street (k) Format to be used for irrevocable stand-by letter of credit (l) Crane restricted area (m) Pedestrian Traffic Managers 2-06 Land contour work (a) Permit required (b) Conditions (c) Exceptions (d) Application (e) Approval required 2-07 Underground street access covers, transformer vault covers, and gratings (a) General conditions (b) Maintenance requirements (c) Work in critical roadways 2-08 Newsracks (a) Definitions (b) Placement (c) Unlawful locations (d) Size, shape and appearance (e) Maintenance (f) Indemnification and insurance (g) Violations and removal (h)

3 Notices 2-09 Sidewalk, Curb and Roadway Work (a) Compliance with requirements (b) Professional self-certification (c) Coordination with capital projects all city , state and federal agencies and public authorities (d) Required submissions (e) Waiver (f) Sidewalk (g) Curb (concrete, steel faced, stone) (h) Roadway 2-10 Temporary Installations for Flood Mitigation and Security Purposes (a) Permit required (b) Permit requirements (c) Definitions (d) Temporary Security Structures (e) Flood Mitigation Systems 2-11 Street openings and excavations (a) Permit required (b) Permit requirements (c) Conditions (d) Application iii (e) Excavation and restoration requirements (f) Excavations and street openings in protected streets (g) Emergency street openings and excavations 2-12 Vacant lots (a) Property owners' responsibility (b) Failure to comply (c) Reinspection (d) Permit requirements 2-13 Vaults (a) Vault defined (b) Exceptions (c) License required (d) Permit required (e) Applications (f)

4 Adjustments to license fee (g) Limitations (h) Curb (i) Arched or covered vault (j) Hoistway openings (k) Boiler room exit (l) Sidewalks over vaults (m) Doors and gratings (n) Defective covers (o) Abandoned vaults (p) Historic districts 2-14 Miscellaneous (a) Public pay telephones (b) Banners (c) Bandstands and temporary platforms (d) Helicopter lifts (e) Temporary festoon/holiday lighting and/or other temporary lighting (f) Commercial refuse containers (g) Storage boxes (h) No smoking in pedestrian plazas (i) Flagpole sockets 2-15 Removal of unauthorized encroachments 2-16 Street closings lasting more than 180 days 2-17 Adjudications 2-18 Newsstands 2-19 Bicycle access in office buildings (a) Definitions (b) Bicycle access plan (c) Amendments to plan iv (d) Exceptions (e) Inspection and determination (f) Posting (g) Filing of bicycle access plan and subsequent amendments with the Department 2-20 Street Light and Power (a) General requirements (b) Shunts.

5 Overhead, street and wrap-around shunts (c) Electrical traffic control devices (d) Cable guards and standpipes/overhead wiring (e) Conductors-Aerial/Overhead (f) Cross arms (g) Electrical construction (h) [Intentionally left blank] (i) Overhead distribution structures (j) Equipment and equipment repairs (k) Conduits (l) Grounding (m) Work site safety (n) Guys and anchors (o) [Intentionally left blank] (p) Insulators (q) Pole installations (r) Persons installing, relocating, removing/replacing street light poles and/or installing/removing temporary pole taps (s) Service conductors, supply or communication (t) Service connections for exterior electrical installation (u) [Intentionally left blank] (v) Supports (w) Tests, including stray voltage tests (x) Transformers and cable boxes (y) Vertical supply conductors 2-21 Adopt-a- highway Program (a) Purpose (b) Definitions (c) General Requirements (d) Permits (e) Levels of service (f) Work areas (g)

6 Sponsors and maintenance providers (h) Volunteers (i) Changing adopted segments (j) Reserving segments (k) Sharing segments (l) Adopt-a- highway Signs (m) Field inspections of adopted segments (n) Voiding and revoking permits 2-22 Adopt-a-Greenway Program (a) Purpose v (b) Definitions (c) General Requirements (d) Permits (e) Levels of service (f) Work areas (g) Sponsors and maintenance providers (h) Volunteers (i) Changing adopted segments (j) Reserving segments (k) Sharing segments (l) Adopt-a-Greenway Signs (m) Field inspections of adopted segments (n) Voiding and revoking permits 2-23 Microtrenching (a) Incorporation (b) Microtrenching 1 Section 2-01 DEFINITIONS Administrative Code.

7 The term "Administrative Code" means the Administrative Code of the city of New york . Block Segment. The term "Block Segment" means the linear stretch of the street between the curblines of the cross streets that intersect such block. city Electrical Equipment. The term " city electrical equipment" means city property to which electrical connections can be made, including but not limited to, electrical devices, wood poles and metal street light/lampposts. city Property. The term " city property" means, for the purpose of this section, real property and physical structures owned by the city of New york and subject to Department of Transportation jurisdiction, including but not limited to, roadways, sidewalks, street furniture and electrical equipment.

8 Commissioner. The term "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the Department of Transportation or his or her authorized designee. Corrective action request or CAR. The term "corrective action request" or "CAR" means a formal notice by the Department that work performed and/or a condition created or maintained on a street is in violation of these rules or other applicable law with a request that action be taken by the person to whom such notice is addressed to correct the work and/or the condition so described. Department . The term " Department " means the Department of Transportation .

9 Designated field headquarters. The term "designated field headquarters" means an office maintained at the work site, unless some other location is approved by the Department . Embargo period. The term "embargo period" means a period of time designated by the OCMC during which there shall be a temporary suspension of work (except for emergency work) due to a holiday, special event or emergency. Emergency. The term "emergency" means a situation endangering the public safety or causing or likely to cause the imminent interruption of service required by law, contract or franchise to be continuously maintained.

10 Emergency work. The term "emergency work" means work necessary to correct a situation endangering the public safety or causing or likely to cause the imminent interruption of service required by law, contract or franchise to be continuously maintained, for example, by a gov