The subdivider shall improve, or agree to improve, all streets,
thoroughfares, public ways or easements in the subdivision and adjacent
thereto required to serve the subdivision. No permanent public improvement
work shall be commenced until improvement plans and profiles have
been approved by the city engineer and necessary bonds and insurance
have been posted. Improvements shall be installed to permanent line
and grade and to the satisfaction of the city engineer and in accordance
with the standard specifications and details unless modified by the
planning commission at the time of approval of the tentative map.
The minimum improvements which the subdivider normally shall make,
or agree to make at the cost of the subdivider, prior to acceptance
and approval of the final subdivision map by the city shall be:
A. Grading, curbs and gutter, paving, drainage and drainage structures necessary for the proper use and drainage of streets, highways and ways for the public safety (subject to maximum obligations set forth in Section
19.36.050 of this code);
B. Site
grading and drainage, taking into consideration the drainage pattern
of adjacent improved and unimproved property, treating upstream areas
as though fully improved and with downstream facilities adequate to
accommodate the design flow. Natural and artificial watercourses shall
be placed in closed conduits where the flow requires a 48-inch concrete
pipe or less. All permitted ditches and channels shall be fenced with
chain link fence unless specifically exempted. Design of access bottom
width and shoulder width shall be such that the drainage facility
may be adequately and efficiently maintained. Channels shall be lined
when required by the city engineer;
C. Street
name and traffic control signs as determined by the city engineer;
D. Sidewalks
where required;
E. Fire
hydrants and water system with mains of sufficient size and having
a sufficient number of outlets to furnish an adequate water supply
for each lot or parcel in the subdivision and to provide adequate
fire protection;
F. Sanitary
sewer facilities and connections for each lot;
G. Street
lighting facilities, as determined by the planning commission at the
time of approval of the tentative map;
I. Public
utilities: communications, electric power and light. All telephone,
telegraph, communications, electric power and light utilities shall
be installed underground with pad-mounted transformers for electric
power, and all such installations shall be in the public street right-of-way
or public service easement, unless another method of installation
is approved by the planning commission at the time of approval of
the tentative subdivision map. Such determination by the planning
commission may be initiated either by the planning commission or the
subdivider, and the findings of the planning commission shall be based
upon economic and practical feasibility and the best interests of
the public health, safety and welfare;
J. Landscaping
of the dividing island between thoroughfare and frontage road and
between thoroughfare and back-up lot fence, including an adequate
permanent system for continued irrigation;
K. Provisions
shall be made for any and all railroad crossings necessary to provide
access to or circulation of all documents necessary for application
to the California State Public Utilities Commission for the establishment
and improvement of such crossings.
(Prior code § 2-4.14)
A complete improvement plan as-built shall be filed with the
city engineer upon completion of the improvements, the as-built plans
to be in duplicate tracings on cloth at a scale of one inch equals
40 feet, or one inch equals 50 feet, on 24-inch by 36-inch sheets
with two-inch left margin. Upon receipt and acceptance of the as-built
plan, the city engineer will recommend formal acceptance by the city
council.
(Prior code § 2-4.15)
Elevations on city datum shall be shown on the as-built improvement
plans for all monuments in the subdivision.
(Prior code § 2-4.16)
Services from public utilities where provided and from water
mains and sanitary sewers shall normally be made available for each
lot in such manner as will eliminate the necessity for disturbing
the street pavement, gutter, sidewalk and curb when service connections
are made.
(Prior code § 2-4.17)
As provided by the Map Act, the city may require that improvements
installed by the subdivider for the benefit of the subdivision contain
supplemental size, capacity, number, or length for the benefit of
property not within the subdivision, and that those improvements be
dedicated to the public.
In the event of the installation of improvements required by
this section, the city shall enter into an agreement with the subdivider
for reimbursement for that portion of the costs of those improvements,
including an amount attributable to interest, in excess of the construction
required for the subdivision.
(Ord. 2065 § 1, 2013)