17B.10.118 Inspections, Right of Entry, Access.
A. Authority. The County Engineer is authorized to make such inspections and take such actions as may be required to enforce the provisions of this Title.
B. Right of Entry. Whenever necessary to make an inspection to enforce any of the provisions of this Title, or whenever the County Engineer has reasonable cause to believe that violations of this Title are present or operating on a subject property or portion thereof, the County Engineer may enter such premises at all reasonable times to inspect the same or perform any duty imposed upon the County Engineer by this Title; provided that, if such premises or portion thereof is occupied, the County Engineer shall first make a reasonable effort to locate the owner or other person having charge or control of the premises or portion thereof and demand entry.
C. Access. Proper ingress and egress shall be provided to the County Engineer to inspect or perform any duty imposed upon the County Engineer by this Title. The County Engineer shall notify the responsible party in writing of a failure to provide access. If the responsible party fails to respond within seven days from the receipt of notification, the County Engineer may order the work required completed or otherwise address the cause of improper access. The obligation for the payment of all cost that may be incurred or expended by the County in causing such work to be done shall be imposed on the person holding title to the subject property.
D. Inspections.
1. On all private road, shared access facilities, and alleyway construction, on all road construction proposed to be dedicated to public roads, and on all proposed improvements within an existing County right-of-way, the applicant will be responsible for retaining an engineer to conduct inspections. Unless otherwise instructed by the County, inspections will be made as follows:
a. Inspection No. 1: Clearing and grubbing, embankment and excavation, underground drainage, at that state where trenching and placing of pipe are complete but prior to backfilling, and temporary water detention/retention and siltation control in accordance with the approved plans.
b. Inspection No. 2: General roadway/shared access facility/alleyway, at that state where the drainage system, underground utilities, and roadway/shared access facility/alleyway grading to suitable subgrade is complete, including gravel ballast if required. This inspection shall include proof rolling and/or compaction testing to verify that the subgrade has been properly prepared.
c. Inspection No. 3: General roadway/shared access facility/alleyway, at that state where the crushed gravel surfacing has been placed.
d. Inspection No. 4: General roadway/shared access facility/alleyway, while the paving is in progress.
e. Inspection No. 5: Overall roadway/shared access facility/alleyway, after paving, cleaning of drainage system and all necessary clean-up, striping, buttoning, monumentation, and all roadway delineation work.
2. The engineer shall perform required testing and inspections and document the findings in the Engineer's Inspection Report Form. The form is available on the Pierce County website.
3. The County may perform inspections in addition to the inspections performed by the engineer. The contractor must contact the County inspector prior to beginning construction to coordinate any County inspections.
4. If adequate inspection is not called for before completion of the roadway/shared access facility/alleyway construction, the engineer or the County may require core drilling and testing to be performed to assure acceptable roadway quality.
5. Certification.
a. Upon completion of construction, the engineer must provide a stamped certification to the County. By the act of providing the certification the engineer will be verifying:
(1) That the public road, private road, shared access facility, and/or alleyway has been constructed in accordance with the engineer's design and the standards established by this Title.
(2) That the road signs are in place (private roads, shared access facilities and alleyways only).
(3) The gate (if applicable) has been installed in conformance with the requirements of this Title.
(4) Bridge record (as-built) drawings must be prepared by and signed by a licensed structural engineer.
b. The certification shall be stamped, signed, and dated by the engineer and shall be submitted as part of Attachment G, Engineer's Inspection Report Form, of the Pierce County Stormwater Management and Site Development Manual.
6. The County may perform additional inspections prior to acceptance of the letter of certification and the County reserves the right to reject the letter of certification and construction when deficiencies are noted.
E. Materials Acceptance List. It shall be the engineer's responsibility to provide the County with a materials acceptance list for all materials used on the project when required by the County. The materials acceptance list shall confirm, by supplier's verification, materials testing reports or reports stamped and signed by the engineer that the particular item(s) meet County and/or State specifications.
F. Substitutions. When substituting existing material for Gravel Base Class "B," the County may require a report from a materials testing laboratory verifying the quality of the material.
G. All reports, materials verifications, or other documents submitted to the County for acceptance shall be stamped and signed by the engineer.