Q. BUILDING REQUIREMENTS DURING CONSTRUCTION

1. Please notify the Community Services Office at (757) 258-4230 at least three business days prior to commencement of lot clearing or construction.  Project Maintenance will mark private street light underground wire prior to driveway installation. The Property Owner/Builder must also call Miss Utility to mark public utilities. The Property Owner/Builder is responsible for damage to private and public utility lines and pedestals, as well as any damage to the common area that results from connecting to or installing new utility connections.2. Approval permits may be posted on the building site on the construction sign provided by Ford’s Colony. No other signage, including advertisement signage of any kind, is permitted.

3. Drainage culverts must be installed immediately when clearing of the lot begins. A temporary culvert is recommended for use during construction. Culverts shall be the proper diameter and set at the correct height for drainage flow. Owners may be required to reset the culvert, even after the concrete is set, if the culvert size, position, or height is not correct. Owners/Builders should consider the use of an elliptical culvert to reduce the overall height of the driveway across the drainage ditch.  Culverts shall be screened with flow lines protected from erosion and siltation prior to landscaping.  See examples for types of screening.

4. A gravel base, running the full length and width of the driveway including flared ends, as well as the back up pad, as approved on the site plan, must be put down in the driveway construction entrance immediately after clearing to minimize the tracking of dirt onto streets. As a minimum control measure, a sufficient gravel base must be maintained, to keep from tracking mud onto the street, until the permanent driveway is complete. The use of siltation fabric under the stone, running the full length of the driveway is required to reduce the need to supplement the gravel base. The ARC may require additional control measures during construction, including work stoppage, if the construction entrance is insufficient to control dirt transport, or to reduce dirt or mud tracking onto the street. Minimizing the erosion of dirt off the jobsite is important to road maintenance, aesthetics, impact on neighbors, and protecting the environment.

5. Erosion controls, such as silt fence, diversion berm, straw bales, straw matting and seeding or sodding, must be used immediately after site clearing to prevent the washing of dirt into ditches, lakes, neighboring property, and ravines, during and after construction. A four-foot orange safety fence, plastic or webbed, must be installed immediately after site clearing and maintained around the limits of construction or clearing.

6. Builder must provide a suitable receptacle for personal trash which should be cleaned up daily. All exterior building sites as a minimum must be clear of daily trash, litter, and building scraps by each Friday afternoon during the construction phase. Builders may use a dumpster, but shall also have a weekly cleanup. Ford’s Colony Security and the ARC Inspector will monitor jobsite cleanliness. Jobsites may be closed to construction until jobsite cleanliness is satisfactory to the Security/ARC Inspector.

7. Construction work hours will be normally limited from 7 AM to 7 PM Monday thru Saturday. Access to the jobsite for deliveries and materials will normally be denied after 6:30 PM, unless prior arrangements are made with the ARC. Construction is not normally allowed on Sundays or National Holidays.  The ARC may allow very limited construction activity on a Sunday, such as interior painting just prior to closing if there is no external noise or nuisance. Owners/Builders must obtain permission from the ARC by noon on the Friday before, when wishing to work on a Sunday. 

8. Construction traffic should routinely enter and exit the Ford’s Colony site through the maintenance gate at Manchester Drive. Construction traffic will not normally be permitted to use the John Pott Guard gate for access and in no event prior to 8:00 AM. Construction traffic includes those delivering materials, equipment, and supplies as well as vehicles operated by construction personnel.

9. Construction vehicles shall not be parked in any area other than on the building site or on the roadway of the construction site. Vehicles will not be permitted to obstruct traffic flow and mail box access. Vehicles shall not park in the roadside shoulder or drainage ditch. The Property Owner/Builder must repair any damage to the road, shoulder, or drainage ditch caused by vehicles and equipment working at the construction site.

10. If log piles are to be left on the lot, they should be sawn and neatly stacked behind the building line.

11. The Builder must provide adequate outside portable toilet facilities and trash receptacles for construction workers during construction. Portable toilets shall be placed on the construction lot with the door oriented away from neighboring view. Please consider the neighbor when locating the toilet.

12. Electric generators may be used only if temporary electric power is not available near the jobsite. A temporary power meter must be activated with Dominion Virginia Power as soon as possible and prior to framing the house.  Arrangements for temporary power should be made sufficiently in advance to avoid the need for generators. Loud music is not permitted. Electric generators and loud music are very noisy and are a nuisance to neighbors.