Street Patching

All streets with a pavement rating greater than 6 and all arterial streets of any rating require a pavement patch the extends beyond the limits of excavation.  The guidelines below determine the required pavement patch width and length if pavement is disturbed with an Excavation in the Right-of-Way Permit.

Streets with pavement rating > 6

Arterial Streets

  1. Length of Patch
    1. Minimum 50 feet long
    2. Minimum of 15 feet beyond the excavation
    3. Where multiple patches are created and the separation between them is less than 100 feet, the patches shall be combined into a single patch.
    4. The patches shall be adjusted in the field to meet special conditions such as previous paving or patching limits.
  2. Width of Patch (all dimensions are curb face to face)
    1. All Streets except divided or one-way roadways
      1. Street width of 0 - 24 feet wide: Patch entire street width
      2. Street width of 25 to 37 feet wide: Patch one-half the street width (curb to centerline of roadway). Note: Utility Engineer may adjust paving limit to correspond with a painted centerline in situations where the painted centerline is not in the center of the street.
      3. Street width 38 feet and up: Patch width of entire lane for each lane which was disturbed by the excavation.
        1. If the lane is adjacent to a bike lane, include the bike lane (except when there is a parking lane between the bike lane and the curb).
        2. If the lane is a bike lane and adjacent to a parking lane, include the parking lane.
        3. If the lane is a bike lane and not adjacent to a parking lane, include the adjacent travel lane.
    2. Divided Roadways and One-Way Streets
      1. Street 0 to 19 feet wide: Patch entire street width.
      2. Street width 20 feet and up: Patch width of entire lane for each lane which was disturbed by the excavation.
        1. If the lane is adjacent to a bike lane, include the bike lane (except when there is a parking lane between the bike lane and the curb).
        2. If the lane is a bike lane and adjacent to a parking lane, include the parking lane.
        3. If the lane is a bike lane and not adjacent to a parking lane, include the adjacent travel lane.