The purposes of this article are:
A. To establish and define the public improvements which
will be required to be constructed by the subdivider as conditions
precedent to final plat approval;
B. To outline the procedures and responsibilities of
the subdivider and the various public officials and agencies concerned
with the administration, planning, design, construction and financing
of public facilities; and
C. To further establish procedures for assuring compliance
with these requirements.
Every subdivider shall be required to install
the public and other improvements provided for in this article in
accordance with the conditions and specifications set forth in this
article.
Monuments shall be set in accordance with the
Subdivision Control Act, Act 288 of the Public Acts of 1967, as amended,
and the rules of the Michigan State Department of Treasury.
All streets and alleys shall be constructed
in accordance with the standards and specifications adopted by the
City Engineering Department.
Curbs and gutters shall be required on all neighborhood
access streets and minor streets and shall be constructed in accordance
with the standards and specifications adopted by the City Engineering
Department.
All driveway openings in curbs shall be as specified
by the City Engineering Department.
When a proposed subdivision is to be serviced
by a public water supply system, fire hydrants and other required
water system appurtenances shall be provided by the subdivider.
Street name signs shall be installed in the
appropriate locations at each street intersection in accordance with
the requirements of the City Engineering Department.
All public utility companies, as set forth in
this chapter, are required to provide their utility for underground
installation.
Streetlights may be required to be installed
at intersections only throughout the subdivision. In these cases,
a subdivider shall conform to the requirements of the City and the
public utility providing such lighting.
With respect to financial guarantees, the approval
of all final subdivision plats shall be conditioned on the accomplishment
of one of the following:
A. The construction of improvements required by these
Subdivision Regulations shall have been completed by the subdivider
and approved by the Council.
B. A surety acceptable to the City shall have been filed
in the form of a cash deposit, certified check, negotiable bond, irrevocable
bank letter of credit or surety bond.
A special agreement shall be entered into between
the subdivider and the Council where street trees and streetlights
have been required by the Council.
Before approving a final plat and construction
plans and specifications for public improvements, an agreement between
the subdivider and the Council shall be made to provide for checking
or inspecting the construction and its conformity with the submitted
plans.
In the event that a subdivider shall, in any
case, fail to complete work within a period of time required by the
conditions of the guarantee for the completion of public improvements,
it shall be the responsibility of the Council to proceed to have such
work completed. In order to accomplish this, the Council shall reimburse
itself for the cost and expense thereof by appropriating the cash
deposit, certified check, irrevocable bank letter of credit or negotiable
bond, which the subdivider may have deposited in lieu of a surety
bond, or may take such steps as may be necessary to require performance
by the bonding or surety company and as included in a written agreement
between the Council and the subdivider.