A. 
Street names within the boundaries of a subdivision, shown on a final map, shall have been submitted to the Planning Commission for approval, and if any such name is duplicated elsewhere in the City or adjacent area, or is so nearly the same in spelling or pronunciation as another name as to cause confusion, some other name may be required. Unless a name is so duplicated or confusing, the name of any street with-in a subdivision shall be the same as the name of any street of which it is on a line of extension. The subdivider may be required to utilize certain street names, pursuant to any policy adopted by resolution of the City Council.
B. 
Streets (not including alleys and walks) extending approximately northerly and southerly shall be designated "avenue," and those extending approximately easterly and westerly shall be designated "street," except where such street is on a line of extension with a major or secondary highway which bears an established name not conforming to this requirement, in which case the established name may be approved by the City Engineer.
C. 
Streets which materially change direction shall bear the name and suffix designated by the City Engineer as most closely conforming to a suitable house numbering system.
D. 
The words "avenue," "boulevard," "place" or other designation shall be spelled out in full.
(Prior code § 26-7.4; Ord. 21-1722 § 2)
A. 
Public utility distribution lines, wires or cables, including, but not limited to, electric, communications, street lighting and cable television service, installed within and for the purpose of serving new subdivisions shall be placed underground. There shall be no holes, overload wires or associated overhead structures on any streets nor upon any easement within the subdivision except as hereinafter provided in this chapter.
B. 
The subdivider is responsible for complying with the requirements of this section and shall make all necessary arrangements with the utility companies involved for the installation of such facilities.
C. 
The provisions of this section requiring the installation of utility lines and facilities underground shall not apply to the following types of facilities:
1. 
Poles without overload wires, used exclusively for police and fire alarm boxes, traffic control facilities or any similar municipal equipment installed under the supervision of and to the satisfaction of the City Engineer;
2. 
Poles used exclusively for street lighting;
3. 
Electric distribution systems in excess of 15 kilovolts, unless the City Engineer determines that underground installation of such distribution system is feasible and practicable; and
4. 
Surface-mounted transformers, pedestal-mounted terminal boxes and meter cabinets and concealed ducts in an underground system.
D. 
If the enforcement of this section would result in undue hardship, due to topographical, soil or any other conditions making such underground installations unreasonable or impractical, the City Engineer may grant special exemptions on a permanent basis and upon such terms as the City Engineer may deem appropriate to any person or public utility company to erect, construct, install, maintain, use or operate poles and overhead wires and associated structures within a subdivision.
(Prior code § 26-7.6; Ord. 21-1722 § 2)
A. 
Connection to public sewer facilities is required unless the City Engineer determines that such connection is impractical and a proposed alternative means of sewage disposal is adequate.
B. 
If sewers are required for the general use of lot or parcel owners in the subdivision and such sewers are not to be installed by the subdivides in the streets of such subdivision, then the subdivider shall show upon the maps and dedicate necessary easements for such sewers. The extent and the location of such easements shall be subject to the approval of the City Engineer.
C. 
The subdivider shall tie in and connect the sewer to existing trunk or lateral sewers, unless excepted from this requirement upon such terms and conditions as the Planning Commission or City Council may impose.
(Prior code § 26-7.8; Ord. 21-1722 § 2)
A. 
Area and Width. Each lot or parcel in any subdivision shall have an area and width of not less than the required area and width for the zone in which the lot or parcel or any portion thereof is located; and, in zones where no area and/or width are specified, each lot shall neither have an average width of less than 50 feet nor contain an area of less than 5,000 square feet. Dedication in fee to the City for public purpose of undersize lots or parcels shall not be deemed a violation of the Zoning Ordinance.
B. 
Frontage.
1. 
The alignment of streets shall be such as to provide frontage for all lots or parcels in the subdivision, wherever possible, and failure of a map to show frontage on a public street for every lot or parcel shall be cause for disapproval of the subdivision.
2. 
Double-frontage lots or parcels shall be avoided wherever possible.
3. 
Where the rear of such lots or parcels borders a freeway or major or secondary highway, provision for prevention of unsightly rear yards of such lots or parcels shall be made.
4. 
Where a street or partial-width street is located at the rear of adjoining lots or parcels which have frontage upon another street and such lots or parcels have frontage upon another street and such lots or parcels have sufficient depth and are so developed or zoned that a future subdivision of the rear portions of such lots or parcels would best be served by locating a street or partial-width street along the rear lines of the lots or parcels, such double-frontage may be permitted.
C. 
Side Lot Lines. The side lines of lots or parcels shall be approximately at right angles to the street line on straight streets and shall be approximately radial on curved streets.
D. 
Blocks. Block lengths in excess of 1,320 feet shall not be permitted. Extremely short blocks shall be avoided wherever practicable.
E. 
Lot Depth Lots or parcels having a depth of less than 100 feet shall be avoided wherever possible.
F. 
Improvement Plans.
1. 
Improvement plans shall be prepared by a registered civil engineer and shall be completed by the subdivider prior to acceptance of the final map.
2. 
The subdivider shall pay a fee to the City Engineer, equal to five percent of the estimated cost of improvements, prior to the City's commencement of improvement plan checking.
(Prior code § 26-7.14; Ord. 21-1722 § 2)
A. 
Each final map shall show durable monuments found or set at or near each boundary corner and at intermediate points, approximately 1,000 feet apart, or at such lesser distances as may be made necessary by topography or culture to ensure accuracy in the reestablishment of any point or line without unreasonable difficulty. The precise position and the character of each such monument shall be shown on such map. Such durable monument shall be not less substantial than an iron pipe having a two inch outside diameter, not less than two feet in length, with plug and tack, and set at least two feet into the ground, or shall be of such other character and stability as may be required or approved by the City Engineer. For the purposes of this title, a lead and tack set in permanent concrete or masonry shall be considered as a durable monument.
B. 
Centerline monuments shall be set to mark the intersections of streets, and intersections of streets with the subdivision boundary, and to mark either the beginning and end of curves or the points of intersection of tangents thereof, or other intermediate points. Each such monument shall be not less durable and substantial than:
1. 
In cement concrete pavements, a lead and tack.
2. 
In asphaltic concrete, a spike and washer.
3. 
In surfaced, graveled, or oiled surfaces, a two-inch diameter iron pipe set not less than 12 inches below the surface.
4. 
In bituminous macadam pavements, a spike not less than six inches long.
C. 
For each centerline intersection monument set, the engineer or surveyor under whose supervision the survey has been made shall furnish to the City Engineer a set of notes showing clearly the ties between such monument and four durable, distinctive reference points or monuments. Such reference points or monuments may be leads and tacks in curbs or sidewalks, or two-inch diameter pipes set back of the curb line and below the surface of the ground, or such substitute therefor as appears to the City Engineer to be not more likely to be disturbed.
D. 
Such set of notes shall be of such quality, form, and completeness, and shall be on paper of such quality and size, as necessary to conform to the standardized office records of the City Engineer. All such notes shall be indexed and filed by the City Engineer as a part of the permanent public records of his or her office.
E. 
All boundary monuments set as required herein shall be permanently and visibly marked or tagged with the registration or license number of the engineer or surveyor under whose supervision the survey was made.
F. 
In the event that any or all of the required monuments are to be set subsequent to recordation of the final map, the map shall show which monuments are to be so set. Prior to the approval of the final map by the City, the subdivider shall execute a written agreement, approved as to form and substance by the City Engineer, in which he or she agrees that the monuments so deferred will be set within a specified time and that the notes required by this section will be furnished within a specified time.
G. 
All monuments shall be subject to inspection and approval by the City Engineer.
(Prior code § 26-8.2; Ord. 21-1722 § 2)
The design of a subdivision shall provide, to the maximum extent feasible, for future passive or natural heating or cooling opportunities in the subdivision, as required by California Government Code Section 66473.1.
(Prior code § 26-8.3; Ord. 21-1722 § 2)
Any act or obligation required as a condition of the approval of a final map, parcel map waiver, lot merger or lot line adjustment, which act or obligation has not been completed prior to final approval, shall be guaranteed by execution of a suitable agreement in a form prescribed herein and approved by the City Attorney; and the agreement shall include the following minimum terms and conditions:
A. 
Construction of all improvements in accordance with the approved plans and specifications.
B. 
The maximum period within which all improvements shall be completed to the satisfaction of the City Engineer.
C. 
In the case of a deferred improvement agreement for any final map, designated remainder parcel, parcel map waiver, lot line adjustment or lot merger, provision in such agreement for the commencement of construction of all required improvements within 90 days of receipt of a notice to proceed from the City, upon a finding by the City Engineer that fulfillment of construction requirements is immediately necessary for reasons of:
1. 
The public health and safety; or
2. 
The required construction being a necessary prerequisite to the orderly development of the surrounding area.
D. 
Provisions for inspection of all improvements by the City Engineer and payment of fees by the subdivider for the cost of such inspection and all other incidental costs incurred by the City in enforcing the agreement.
E. 
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 or her 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, including interest from the date of notice of such cost and expense until paid.
F. 
That, in event of litigation occasioned by any default of the owner or subdivider, his or her successors or assigns agree to pay all costs involved, including reasonable attorneys' fees, and that the same may be recovered as part of a lien against the affected real property.
G. 
That the agreement shall bind not only the present owner, subdivider or developer, but also his or her heirs, successors, executors, administrators and assigns so that the obligations run with the affected real property.
H. 
All such agreements to be executed by the owner, developer, or subdivider of the property or land being divided, with all signatures acknowledged before a notary public. Where required by the City Attorney, the agreement shall be recorded in the office of the County Recorder at the expense of the owner, subdivider or developer.
I. 
Additional terms or provisions, as may be necessary, pertaining to the forfeiture, collection and disposition of improvement security upon the failure of the contracting party to comply with the terms and provisions thereof or with the terms and provisions of this title.
(Prior code § 26-9.1; Ord. 21-1722 § 2)
Except as provided in California Government Code Section 66499.3(c), improvement securities shall be required to be posted as a guarantee of the performance of any act, improvement or obligation required as a condition of approval of any final map, parcel map waiver, lot line adjustment or lot merger. Unless otherwise provided herein, all such improvement securities shall be provided in one of the following forms, at the option of and subject to the approval of the City Engineer and/or City Attorney:
A. 
A bond or bonds by one or more duly authorized, incorporated sureties, substantially in the form prescribed by the Subdivision Map Act and subject to the approval and acceptance of the City Attorney and City Council.
B. 
A deposit with the City of cash or negotiable bonds.
C. 
A lien upon the property to be subdivided, created by contract between the owner of the property and the City, when the City finds that it is not in the public interest to require installation of the required improvement(s) sooner than two years after recordation of the map.
D. 
Any other form of security, including security interests in real property, which the City Engineer and/or City Attorney shall determine to be equivalent to the foregoing forms of security.
Any written contract or document creating security interests established pursuant to subsections C and D of this section shall be recorded with the County Recorder. From the time of recordation, a lien shall attach to the real property described therein, which lien shall have the priority of a judgment lien in the amounts specified. The City, may, at any time, release all or any portion of the property subject to any such lien or security interest, or may subordinate the lien or security interest to other liens or encumbrances, provided that the City Council determines that security for performance is sufficiently secured by a lien on other property or that the release or subordination of the lien will not jeopardize the completion of agreed-upon improvements.
(Prior code § 26-9.3; Ord. 21-1722 § 2)
Security to guarantee the performance of any act or agreement shall be in the following amounts:
A. 
An amount determined by the City Engineer equal to 100% of the total estimated cost of the improvement or the act to be performed, conditioned upon the faithful performance of the act or agreement. The total estimated cost of the improvement shall provide for increase due to projected inflation computed to the estimated midpoint of construction.
B. 
An amount equal to 25% of the estimated cost of the improvements for the guarantee and warranty of the work for a period of one year following the completion and acceptance thereof against any defective work or labor done or defective materials furnished.
(Prior code § 26-9.4; Ord. 21-1722 § 2)
Improvement security may be released upon the final completion and acceptance of the act or work; provided, however, that such release shall not apply to the amount of security deemed necessary by the City Engineer for the guarantee and warranty period, nor to costs and reasonable expense fees, including reasonable attorneys' fees, incurred by the City in enforcing any improvement agreement. When deemed appropriate by the City Engineer, such release shall be recorded in the office of the County Recorder.
(Prior code § 26-9.5; Ord. 21-1722 § 2)
In addition to any other remedy provided by law, upon the failure of the subdivider to complete any improvement, acts, or obligations within the time specified in the improvement agreement, or upon failure of the subdivider to faithfully comply with the terms and provisions of this title or any improvement security given hereunder, the City Council may, upon notice in writing of not less than 10 days, served upon the person responsible for the performance thereof, or upon notice in writing of not less than 20 days, served by registered mail, addressed to the last known address of such person, determine that the foregoing have not been complied with or that such work has not been completed, and may cause to be forfeited to the City such portion of the improvement security given for the performance of the foregoing.
(Prior code § 26-9.6; Ord. 21-1722 § 2)