[Ord. No. 3187 §1, 11-5-2014]
Where a proposed school, neighborhood park or recreation area
or public access to water frontage, shown on the official City plan,
is located in whole or in part in the applicant's subdivision, the
Planning Commission may require as a condition of final approval that
such space within the subdivision be reserved and not developed for
a period not to exceed one (1) year from the date of such final approval
so that within the period the appropriate public agency may acquire
the land in the manner provided by law and before it is developed
for some purpose not conforming to the official plan. If it is not
so acquired and no legal action is filed within such period, such
reservation shall be of no further effect and such lands then may
be used for other purposes.
[Ord. No. 3187 §1, 11-5-2014]
Where stormwater from adjacent areas naturally passes through
a subdivision, adequate provision shall be included in the grading
or construction in the subdivision for facilities similar to grass
swales or pipe sewers to route the stormwater through the subdivision
to its natural outlet.
[Ord. No. 3187 §1, 11-5-2014; Ord. No. 3559, 10-18-2023]
All plats shall comply with Section 400.485 of this Code.
[Ord. No. 3187 §1, 11-5-2014]
All subdivision boundary corners, street intersection corners
and points of tangency and curvature shall be marked with survey monuments
equivalent to concrete posts four (4) inches in diameter, three (3)
feet long, flush with the finished grade. All other lot corners shall
be marked with three-fourths-inch by twenty-four-inch iron pipe driven
flush with the grade.
[Ord. No. 3187 §1, 11-5-2014]
A suitable curb and gutter shall be constructed along the outside
lines of all street pavements. The type of curb and gutter shall be
subject to the approval of the Director of Public Works.
[Ord. No. 3187 §1, 11-5-2014]
Concrete sidewalks at least four (4) feet wide and five (5)
inches thick with a four-inch crushed stone base shall be constructed
on both sides of each street, provided that the Planning Commission
may recommend to the Council waiver or reduction of this requirement
if it is established that the reasonably anticipated growth of the
area and the probable nature of its development, its distance from
concentrated urban development and developments creating pedestrian
travel and the estimated volume of vehicular travel on the streets
make such sidewalks unnecessary for the protection of the public safety
and welfare.
[Ord. No. 3187 §1, 11-5-2014]
No topsoil shall be removed from the site or used as soil. Topsoil
removed during the course of construction shall be stored during construction
and redistributed so as to provide at least five (5) inches of cover
to all areas of the subdivision and shall be established by seeding,
sodding or planting.
[Ord. No. 3187 §1, 11-5-2014]
A.
Along Streets. The streets shall be provided with
two (2) hardwood nursery-grown shade trees having a trunk diameter
of two and one-half (2 1/2) inches measured at a height of six
(6) inches above the finished ground level. Street trees shall be
suitable for local soil and climate conditions and adapted to street
use and approved by the Tree Board.
B.
In Yards. One (1) shade tree having a trunk diameter
of two and one-half (2 1/2) inches measured at a height of six
(6) inches above the finished ground level shall be planted in the
front yard of each improved lot after which time maintenance shall
become the responsibility of the lot owner. Shade trees shall be so
located as not to interfere with buildings, utilities or sidewalks
and shall be placed from thirty-five (35) to forty-five (45) feet
apart. At street corners, trees shall be located a minimum of twenty-five
(25) feet back from the intersection of street right-of-way lines.
Yard trees shall be suitable for local soil and climate conditions
and approved by the Tree Board.
[Ord. No. 3187 §1, 11-5-2014]
An approved four-way metal street sign shall be installed at
each street intersection. The letters shall be at least three and
one-half (3 1/2) inches and conform to existing signs in design.
[Ord. No. 3187 §1, 11-5-2014]
All electric and telephone service for new subdivisions shall
be installed underground. This Section does not apply to transmission
lines that supply service to the subdivision.
[Ord. No. 3187 §1, 11-5-2014]
A.
Generally. A streetlight shall be provided at each
intersection of streets within a subdivision, at each intersection
of a street with a pedestrianway and at each circular turnaround,
but in no event shall there be fewer than one (1) streetlight for
each four hundred (400) linear feet or portion thereof of street frontage
between intersections or between a street intersection and the terminus
of a dead-end street. Lighting intensity of each streetlight shall
be equivalent to a six thousand eight hundred (6,800) mercury luminaire
lamp or a one-hundred-seventy-five-watt lamp, and the streetlight
posts shall be at least sixteen (16) feet in height. Equivalents to
these standards may be proposed and used when approved by the Director
of Public Works.
B.
Maintenance Agreement. Unless the Council hereafter
provides by ordinance for other procedures, the developer shall submit
to the Director of Public Works a maintenance agreement, a trust indenture
or other similar instrument setting forth the person, corporation,
trustees or other agency responsible for the assessment as well as
the collection of the monies necessary for the operation of the streetlighting
system within the subdivision and the methods of collection of said
monies.
[Ord. No. 3187 §1, 11-5-2014]
A.
When the subdivision is located within the service area of a public
water supply system, water mains not less than six (6) inches in diameter
shall be constructed throughout the entire subdivision in such manner
as to serve adequately all lots and tracts with connection to such
public system together with shut-off valves and fire hydrants.
B.
Fire hydrants shall be installed throughout the entire system at
intervals of approximately four hundred (400) feet if within the service
area of a public water supply system.
[Ord. No. 3187 §1, 11-5-2014]
A.
Permit Required For Construction. Before starting
construction on a sanitary sewerage system in a development, the developer
shall first obtain a written permit signed by the Director of Public
Works. Construction drawings and specifications, together with such
design calculations as may be required, prepared by a professional
engineer registered by the State shall be submitted to the Director
of Public Works for review at the time of request for a permit.
B.
Existing Service Area.
1.
Where an approved publicly or privately owned sanitary sewer
system is located within two hundred (200) feet and reasonably accessible
and meets the requirements of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources
and the Department of Public Works, the developer shall connect with
such sanitary sewer and provide an adequate service connection to
each lot. Sewer connections and subdivision sewer systems shall comply
with the regulations of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources,
Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District (MSD), within its limits and
the Department of Public Works and shall be constructed under the
observation and inspection of MSD, when within its limits, or the
Department of Public Works, where applicable, and shall be approved
by same or a privately owned sewer company, when applicable.
2.
Where an approved publicly or privately owned sanitary sewer
is not reasonably accessible, but where plans for installation of
sanitary sewers in the vicinity of the subdivision have been prepared
and approved by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources and the
Department of Public Works and MSD within its boundary limits, the
developer shall install sewers in conformity with such plans, although
a connection to an existing main may not be immediately practicable.
In such cases and until a connection is made with an approved publicly
or privately owned sewer system, the use of a sewage treatment facility
will be permitted, provided that such disposal facilities are constructed
in accordance with the regulations and requirements of the Missouri
Department of Natural Resources and the Zoning Ordinance and constructed
under the observation and inspection of MSD, when within its limits,
or the Department of Public Works.
3.
Where no sewers are accessible and no plans for same have been
prepared, the developer shall install sewer lines and a disposal system
in accordance with the requirements of the preceding Subsection. A
developer may install an individual sewage disposal system for each
lot, if the following criteria are met:
a.
If the lots have been created after the adoption of this Section,
they must have MSD approval when within its limits;
b.
The lots must have a minimum width of one hundred (100) feet
and contain a minimum area of one hundred thirty thousand six hundred
eighty (130,680) square feet when no public water system is available;
sixty-five thousand three hundred forty (65,340) square feet where
public water is available;
c.
The individual sewage disposal system shall comply with the
regulations and requirements of the Missouri Department of Natural
Resources:
d.
Each disposal system shall be constructed under the observation
and inspection and approval by the Department of Public Works, by
MSD when within its operating limit and other applicable agencies;
e.
Individual sewage disposal systems shall not be used in a subdivision
containing more than ten (10) lots, except in large-lot subdivisions,
nor allowed within MSD limits unless approved by MSD.
4.
In no event shall any residence or non-residential improvements
be occupied nor shall an occupancy permit be issued until such residence
or non-residential improvements are connected to sanitary sewage facilities
conforming to this Section and all other governing ordinances and
laws.
C.
New Construction. All subdivisions developed in
the future within the City shall, at the expense of the subdivider,
be provided with a sanitary sewerage system that shall be connected
to the municipal sewerage system. After completion of construction
and after inspection and acceptance by the Director of Public Works,
the system shall be dedicated to the City and shall become a part
of the municipal sewerage system.
D.
Placing Lines Under Concrete Pavements. Main, trunk
or collector sewers constructed by developers shall not be constructed
under concrete street pavements, except where crossing under such
pavements. Where such crossings are made, they shall be made perpendicularly,
or as nearly perpendicularly as practicable, to the longitudinal center
line of the street pavement. If undue hardship is occasioned to the
developer by such prohibition, the sewer may be constructed under
the concrete street pavement, provided that written permission to
do so is secured from the Director of Public Works.
[Ord. No. 3187 §1, 11-5-2014]
The detailed plans for the proper disposal of stormwater affecting
the proposed subdivision shall show the location of all open drainage
channels, together with such improvements which may be necessary,
such as widening, straightening, surfacing or other improvements of
such channels, reconstruction or construction of new bridges, culverts
and the construction of all grass swales and underground enclosed
pipe sewers and surface accessories necessary to efficiently carry
off the stormwater and prevent ponding on the surface of the proposed
subdivision and adjacent properties. The plans for these facilities
shall be shown both in plan and profile with details of all necessary
accessories. The data regarding the area to be served by the facilities
and the estimated runoff, based on local criteria, from the area tributary
to the facilities beyond the subdivision shall accompany the detailed
plans.
A.
Required, Amount. Every person, firm, partnership,
corporation or association using the public streets of the City in
connection with the improvement of real or personal property, including
the erection and construction of buildings in the City, or any person,
firm, partnership, corporation or association engaged in the establishment
and construction of public or private streets or driveways entering
into existing public streets of the City shall deposit with the City,
in addition to any permit fees or other deposits, cash in the amount
of five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each new single-family residence.
B.
When Paid. Any deposit required under the provisions
of this Section shall be made at the time of application for any permit
which may be required for such improvement, construction, project,
endeavor or enterprise; or, in the event no permit is required, at
least twenty-four (24) hours prior to the time such improvement, construction,
project, endeavor or enterprise is begun.
C.
Prerequisite For Building Permit. No building permit
shall be valid unless the cash deposit required under the provisions
of this Section has been made and a receipt therefor attached to or
noted upon such building permit.
D.
Additional To All Other Fees, Etc. These provisions
are not intended to nor shall they supplant any existing ordinance
of the City but shall be complementary to all other ordinances of
the City.
E.
Exemptions. The provisions of this Section shall
not be applicable to any construction, improvement, project, endeavor
or enterprise, under the direction of City officials, by employees
of the City or by any contractor of the City performing work for and
on behalf of the City.
F.
Security For Performance.
1.
Such deposit shall serve as security for the repair of any damage
to or clean up of any litter upon the public streets in the City caused
by the depositor's employees, agents, contractors, subcontractors
or material men, either directly or indirectly, in connection with
the construction of the depositor's street, driveway or other improvements.
2.
All such damage done to City streets during the progress of
depositor's construction, project, endeavor or enterprise shall be
repaired by the depositor. Materials and standards for such repair
shall conform to the requirements of any applicable City Code ordinance
or specification. If the depositor, after request by the Director
of Public Works, fails within seventy-two (72) hours to furnish the
necessary labor and materials for such repair, the Director of Public
Works is empowered to cause the necessary labor and materials to be
furnished by the City, and the cost thereof shall be charged against
and paid for out of the deposit required and established under the
provisions of this Section.
3.
As any improvement, construction, project, endeavor or enterprise
progresses, all streets shall be thoroughly cleaned of all rubbish,
ice, earth, mud, rocks, gravel, sand, cement, concrete, mortar, plaster
or any other construction materials or debris resulting from such
work. All cleanup operations shall be done by and at the expense of
the contractor or the person by whom or for whose benefit the improvement,
construction, project, endeavor or enterprise has been undertaken.
All cleanup operations shall be completed to the satisfaction of the
Director of Public Works. Cleanup operations shall be done from time
to time as may be ordered by the Superintendent of Public Works and
in any event shall be done daily. Upon a failure to clean up after
notification to do so has been given by the Director of Public Works,
such cleanup may be done by City employees and the cost thereof shall
be charged against and paid for out of the deposit required under
the provisions of this Section.
G.
Separate Account Required. Cash deposits required
to be made under the provisions of this Section shall be turned over
to the City Treasurer who shall deposit them in a separate account
established to receive only such deposits.
H.
Refund. Any such deposit or the residue thereof,
in the event of deduction for damage to or cleanup of public streets,
shall be returned to the depositor upon order of the Council following
application therefor in writing by the depositor after the completion
of the depositor's improvement, construction, project, endeavor or
enterprise and after certification in writing by the Director of Public
Works that all repairs or cleanup required of the depositor has been
satisfactorily completed.
I.
Violation, Penalty. Any person, firm, partnership,
corporation or association convicted of violating the provisions of
this Section by commencing, entering into or proceeding with any improvement,
construction, project, endeavor or enterprise without making the required
cash deposit shall be subject to a fine of one hundred dollars ($100.00);
and each day that work or effort upon such improvement, construction,
project, endeavor or enterprise continues without the required deposit
being made shall constitute and be deemed a separate offense.
[Ord. No. 3187 §1, 11-5-2014]
A.
Time Limit. Building construction must commence
within a ninety-day period after the foundation is poured on any residential
lot within the City.
B.
Extension. Upon a showing of good cause, the Council
may grant the developer an extension of the aforementioned ninety-day
time limit for commencing of construction.
C.
Restoration. If construction is not commenced within
the ninety-day period and an extension of time has not been granted
by the Council, the developer must return the ground to its original
state by filling in the excavation and appropriate landscaping.
D.
Penalty. Each day after the ninety-days or such
time as extended by the Council that such ground is not returned to
its original state shall constitute a separate violation.
