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;
H. 
Street trees;
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)