A. 
The subdivider shall construct or install all improvements in streets, alleys, pedestrian ways, channels, easements, biking and golf paths when required, and other rights-of-way as are necessary for the general use of residents of the subdivision, whether created by a parcel map or final map, and to meet all local traffic and drainage needs in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
B. 
All improvements shall be designed and constructed in accordance with the most current improvement standards.
(Ord. 2747 § 1, 1993)
A. 
Improvement plans shall be prepared by or under the direction of a registered civil engineer and shall show full details of all improvements required to be installed by the provisions of this title, and of all other improvements proposed to be installed by the subdivider within any street, alley, pedestrian way, easement or other public area or right-of-way. Full details shall include cross sections, profiles, estimated costs and specifications.
B. 
The form, layout, scale and other particulars of the plans, and the number of copies to be provided, shall be in accordance with the requirements of the city engineer.
(Ord. 2747 § 1, 1993)
Improvement plans shall have been approved by the city engineer prior to the commencement of construction or installation of any improvements within any street, alley, pedestrian way, easement or other public area or right-of-way.
(Ord. 2747 § 1, 1993)
A. 
Improvements shall be constructed and installed in accordance with the approved plans and in accordance with the applicable standards, specifications and permit procedures established by this title.
The general plan, any applicable specific plan, the Zoning Ordinance, the Roseville Municipal Code, and the most current improvement standards.
B. 
Improvements shall be constructed and installed to permanent line and grade satisfactory to the city engineer.
(Ord. 2747 § 1, 1993)
In all portions of a subdivision, utility lines, including, but not limited to, electrical, natural gas, telephone, cable television and street lighting service lines, shall be placed underground; provided, however, that incidental, appurtenant equipment such as transformers, terminal boxes and meter cabinets may be placed above ground.
(Ord. 2747 § 1, 1993)
In addition to permanent improvements, temporary improvements may be required to be made prior to, or concurrent with, permanent improvements.
(Ord. 2747 § 1, 1993)
A. 
All improvements shall be constructed under the inspection of the city engineer, and the subdivider shall cause all such improvement work to be inspected at all times as the city engineer may establish.
B. 
The subdivider shall pay a non-refundable plan check and inspection fee as established by resolution of the city council.
(Ord. 2747 § 1, 1993)
All work and improvements contemplated by the provisions of this title shall be accomplished to minimize interference with and coordinate with other construction and/or development activities, by or on behalf of, the city and nearby private development.
(Ord. 2747 § 1, 1993)
The improvements required by this chapter shall consist of all of the following work, and such other work as may be required as a condition of approval of a tentative map, in accordance with the city improvement standards:
A. 
Grade and fill to approved grade, and construct all necessary grade crossings, culverts, bridges and other related works;
B. 
Construct and install all drains, drainage facilities, channel improvements and other drainage works required to provide adequate drainage for the subdivision and to protect all lots from flood or overflow by storm or floodwater in accordance with the approved plans for drains and drainage works;
C. 
Construct and install concrete curbs, gutters and sidewalks;
D. 
Install or provide for the installation of water mains, sanitary sewer, storm drains, necessary appurtenances, and all laterals required to serve each lot;
E. 
Relocate or provide for the relocation of any underground or overhead utility, including irrigation lines and traffic signal lines, the relocation of which is necessitated by development of the subdivision;
F. 
All underground utilities, sanitary sewers, storm drains, and other facilities installed in streets or alleys, shall be constructed prior to the paving of each street or alley. Service connections for all underground utilities and sanitary sewers shall be laid to such lengths as will obviate the necessity for disturbing the street or alley improvements when service connections thereto are made;
G. 
Install asphaltic concrete pavement, base material, and seal coat in all existing or dedicated streets, or portions thereof;
H. 
Install Portland cement concrete sidewalks; install Portland cement concrete or asphaltic concrete pavement in all existing or dedicated alleys; and install Portland cement concrete pavement for pedestrian ways and bikeways; provided, however, pedestrian ways and bikeways may be improved with asphaltic concrete pavement with the consent of the city engineer;
I. 
Install or provide for the installation of street lighting facilities of approved design and illumination in the locations and manner approved by the electric utility director;
J. 
Install all required street signs, including temporary street name signs, warning signs and devices and regulatory signs where required;
K. 
Construct and install street barricades, guardrails, retaining walls and safety devices, where required;
L. 
Construct such acceleration and deceleration lanes and traffic channelization devices in streets as are deemed necessary by the city engineer;
M. 
Where any boundary line of a residential subdivision is adjacent to or across a public street, alley or pedestrian way from an open and unfenced canal, railroad, quarry, airport or other hazardous facility, construct a six-foot woven wire fence or masonry wall along such subdivision boundary line, or construct the equivalent length of fence or wall along the nearest right-of-way line of such canal, channel, railroad, quarry, airport or other hazardous facilities;
N. 
A sound-reduction barrier shall be constructed along any portion of a subdivision which abuts upon a freeway, or officially adopted freeway route, an arterial or selected arterial route, collector or collector route, or other actual or potential noise-generating sources specified in the general plan or any specific plan. The barrier shall be designed in accordance with the improvement standards and any related specific plan design guidelines;
O. 
Metal posts or other facilities designed to inhibit the passage of vehicles through the pedestrian ways shall be installed in accordance with the improvement standards;
P. 
Where required, golf cart or biking paths shall be improved with adequate fencing designed in accordance with the improvement standards.
(Ord. 2747 § 1, 1993)
As a condition of approval of a tentative map, it may be required that improvements installed by the subdivider for the benefit of the subdivision be of a supplemental size, capacity or number for the benefit of property not within the subdivision, and that the improvement be dedicated to the public. If such condition is imposed, provision for reimbursement to the subdivider, in the manner provided by Section 66486 of the Subdivision Map Act, shall be contained in the subdivision improvement or reimbursement agreement.
(Ord. 2747 § 1, 1993)
If the required improvements are not satisfactorily completed before a final map or parcel map is filed with the city engineer, the subdivider shall enter into an agreement with the city to make all improvements as may be required upon approval of such map.
(Ord. 2747 § 1, 1993)
A. 
The improvement agreement shall be in writing, shall be approved as to form by the city attorney, and shall be secured and conditioned as provided in this chapter. The agreement shall be recorded simultaneously with the final map or parcel map.
B. 
The improvement agreement shall be complete, subject to council approval, and on file with the city engineer before the final map or parcel map is accepted for approval. The term of each improvement agreement, filed pursuant to the provisions of this section, shall begin on the date of filing and end upon the date of completion or fulfillment of all terms and conditions contained therein, to the satisfaction of the city engineer.
(Ord. 2747 § 1, 1993)
Said agreement shall include the following provisions as minimum terms and conditions of the agreement:
A. 
Mutually agreeable terms to complete all required improvements at the subdivider's expense;
B. 
A provision that the subdivider shall comply with all requirements of this title, of the Roseville Municipal Code, and of other applicable laws, and with all terms and conditions of required improvement permits;
C. 
A statement indicating a period of time, satisfactory to the city engineer, within which the subdivider shall complete all improvement work;
D. 
A provision that, if the subdivider fails to complete the work within the specified period of time, or any extended period of time that may have lawfully been granted to the subdivider, the city may, at its option, complete the required improvement work and the subdivider and his surety shall be firmly bound, under a continuing obligation for payment of the full cost and expense incurred or expended by the city in completing such work;
E. 
Provision for the repair and replacement of defective material and workmanship of said improvements by the subdivider for a period of 12 months after the improvement acceptance date;
F. 
A provision guaranteeing payment to the city for all engineering and inspection costs and fees not previously paid and all other incidental costs incurred by the city in enforcing the agreement.
(Ord. 2747 § 1, 1993)
The improvement agreement may also include the following provisions and such other additional terms and conditions as may be required upon approval of the tentative map, or as are determined necessary by the city engineer to carry out the intent and purposes of these regulations:
A. 
Provision for the repair, at the subdivider's expense, of any damage to public streets which may reasonably be expected to result from hauling operations necessary for subdivision improvements required by these regulations, including the importing or exporting of earth for grading purposes;
B. 
Mutually agreeable terms to acquire public easements which are outside the boundaries of the subdivision, at the subdivider's expense;
C. 
Mutually agreeable terms to improve, at some undetermined future date, easements offered and reserved for future public use at the subdivider's expense; and providing, that such improvements shall be secured by separate cash bond in the manner prescribed by Section 18.20.160 et seq.; and further providing, that the requirements of this provision shall not delay the release of any other improvement security provided pursuant to Section 18.20.190 et seq.;
D. 
Provision for reimbursement to be paid the subdivider under the provisions of Section 66486 of the Subdivision Map Act;
E. 
Provision for the setting of required monuments after the recordation of the final map or parcel map.
(Ord. 2747 § 1, 1993)
A. 
General. An improvement agreement, contract, or act required or authorized by the Subdivision Map Act or this title for which security is required shall be secured in accordance with Section 66499, et seq., of the Subdivision Map Act as provided in this section.
B. 
Amount of Security.
1. 
The subdivider shall provide a performance bond or other security in the amount of 100 percent of the total estimated construction costs to guarantee the construction or installation of all improvements. An additional amount of 100 percent of the estimated construction costs shall be required to guarantee payment to the subdivider's contractor, subcontractors, and to persons furnishing labor, materials, or equipment for the construction or installation of improvements. As part of the obligation guaranteed by the security, and in addition to the full amount of the security, there shall be included costs and reasonable expenses and fees, including attorney's fees, incurred by the city in enforcing the obligations secured.
2. 
The estimate of improvement costs shall be as approved by the city engineer and shall provide for, but not limited to:
a. 
Ten percent of the total construction cost for contingencies;
b. 
Increase for projected inflation computed to the estimated midpoint of construction; and
c. 
All utility installation costs.
(Ord. 2747 § 1, 1993)
The form of security shall be one or a combination of the following at the option and subject to the approval of the city:
A. 
A bond by one or more duly authorized corporate sureties. The form of the bond or bonds shall be in accordance with Sections 66499.1, 66499.2, 66499.3 and 66499.4 of the Subdivision Map Act;
B. 
A deposit, either with the city or responsible escrow agent or trust company, at the option of the city, of money or negotiable bonds of the kind approved for securing deposit of public monies;
C. 
An irrevocable letter of credit from one or more financial institutions regulated by the state or federal government pledging that the funds necessary to carry out the act or agreement are on deposit and guaranteed for payment and will only be released upon receipt of written instruction from the city. The form of the letter must be approved by the city attorney;
D. 
An instrument of credit from an agency of the state, federal, or local government for which said agency provides at least 20 percent of the financing of the portion of the project requiring security;
E. 
Any other comparable form of security, acceptable to the city, as provided in Section 66499 of the Subdivision Map Act.
(Ord. 2747 § 1, 1993)
Upon acceptance of the subdivision improvements by the city, the subdivider shall provide security in the amount as required by the city engineer, but in no case less than 10 percent of the total cost of improvements, to guarantee the improvements against any defective work or labor done or defective materials used in the performance of the improvements throughout the warranty period. The warranty period is one year following completion and acceptance of the improvements, unless a longer warranty period is required by the city engineer. At the discretion of the city, the city may retain the improvement security for warranty security.
(Ord. 2747 § 1, 1993)
If the required subdivision improvements are financed and installed pursuant to special assessment proceedings, upon the furnishing by the contractor of the faithful performance and payment bond required by the special assessment act being used, the improvement security of the subdivider may be reduced by the city engineer by an amount corresponding to the amount of such bonds furnished by the contractor.
(Ord. 2747 § 1, 1993)
A. 
The improvement security may be released upon the final completion and acceptance of the work; provided, however, such release shall not apply to the required guaranty and warranty period, nor to the amount of security deemed necessary by the city engineer for such guaranty and warranty period, nor to costs and reasonable expense fees, including reasonable attorney's fees.
B. 
The city engineer shall accept and certify to the satisfactory completion of improvement work prior to any release of improvement security covering such work. The certificate of completion signed by the city engineer shall authorize the release of the improvement security in the manner provided by law.
(Ord. 2747 § 1, 1993)
No building permit or other similar entitlement shall be issued for the development of any lot within a subdivision until all required improvements are deemed "substantially complete" by the city engineer. Improvements shall be deemed substantially complete when all required subdivision improvements have been installed, with the exception of minor corrections which do not pose a safety hazard.
(Ord. 2747 § 1, 1993)
An exception to Section 18.20.210 may be made for the issuance of building permits for lots which have been approved for model homes pursuant to the Zoning Ordinance. In such instances, building permits for model homes may be issued if the following criteria are satisfied:
A. 
The pad grades have been certified by a registered civil engineer or a licensed land surveyor and approved by the city engineer for the model home lots; and
B. 
All property corners for each of the model home lots shall be staked with permanent markers to the satisfaction of the city engineer; or as an alternative, curb and gutter, and sidewalk if it is poured monolithically, have been installed to the satisfaction of the city engineer; and
C. 
Access to the model homes from future streets within the subdivision or from an approved alternative access does not cross the alignment of any future utility to be installed with the subdivision improvements, as determined by the city engineer; and
D. 
Fire hydrants are located within 500 feet of all combustible materials and are capable of delivering adequate fire flows to the satisfaction of the fire marshal; and
E. 
All utilities, utility crossings and utility extensions to each model home lot, located within the roadway and/or within the public utility easement (PUE), shall be installed. All utility water valves and manholes shall be raised and paved. Utilities include, but are not limited to: natural gas, electric, cable, telephone, water, sewer and storm drain; and
F. 
For every issuance of model permits access to the model homes must be paved and connected to a maintained public street to the satisfaction of the city engineer.
G. 
If the subdivider intends to obtain an alternative access to the model homes from an adjacent maintained public street, then the subdivider shall obtain an encroachment permit from the city engineer.
The city engineer may require all work and construction on the model homes to cease at any time until all or additional portions of the subdivision improvements are finished, in order to protect the health, safety or welfare of the public.
(Ord. 2747 § 1, 1993.; Ord. 3732 § 6, 2001; Ord. 5946 § 1, 2018)