(a) 
The city engineer is hereby authorized and directed to promulgate rules, regulations, standards and specifications for construction, installation, design, location and arrangement of street, gates for utility easements, sidewalks, water supply and water distribution systems, fire hydrants, sewage disposal systems, water wells, monuments, criteria for drainage easement requirements, drainage facilities and crosswalk ways. He shall file same with the planning commission for approval, and thereafter file with the city council, and they shall become effective upon their adoption by the city council. He may amend the same from time to time, upon the approval of the planning commission, and such amendment shall be filed with the city council, and the amendments shall become effective upon their adoption by the city council.
(b) 
No such rules, regulations, standards and specifications shall conflict with this or any other ordinance of the city. All such improvements shall be constructed, installed, designed, located and arranged by the subdivider in accordance with such rules, regulations, standards and specifications.
(1999 Code, art. 9.800)