A subdivision plan shall conform to the official plan of streets. In the absence of an official plan of streets and highways, there shall be substantial conformance to the master plan. In the absence of a master plan, the street system in a proposed subdivision shall relate to the existing streets in the area adjoining the subdivision.
A. 
Right-of-Way Widths. Streets designated on the master plan of arterial highways shall have the following right-of-way widths:
1. 
Major Highways. One-hundred twenty feet of right-of-way improved with a six-lane divided or undivided highway and service roads. Vehicular access from abutting properties may be restricted.
2. 
Primary Highways. One hundred feet of right-of-way improved with a six-lane divided or undivided highway. Restricted vehicular access from abutting properties.
3. 
Secondary Highways. Eighty feet of right-of-way improved with a four-lane highway. Limited vehicular access from abutting properties.
4. 
Local Streets. Sixty feet of right-of-way.
5. 
Minor Streets. Sixty feet of right-of-way.
6. 
Cul-de-sac Streets. Cul-de-sac streets shall not be less than forty-eight feet wide or more than five hundred feet in length. The radius at the terminus of the cul-de-sac shall not be less than forty-four feet. Stub streets or rights-of-way may be required to the edge of the subdivision.
7. 
Alleys. Twenty-five feet of right-of-way.
8. 
State Highways. Per California Department of Transportation standards.
B. 
Centerlines.
1. 
Curved major and primary streets shall have a centerline radius of not less than one thousand four hundred feet, unless a different radius is specifically approved by the city engineer.
2. 
Curved secondary streets shall have a centerline radius of not less than one thousand two hundred feet, unless a different radius is specifically approved by the city engineer.
3. 
Curves on other streets shall have a centerline radius of not less than two hundred fifty feet, unless a different radius is specifically approved by the city engineer.
C. 
Related Conditions.
1. 
No streets shall have a grade of more than six percent or less than two-tenths of one percent, unless because of topographical conditions or other exceptional circumstances the city engineer determines that a grade in excess or less than the above requirements is necessary.
2. 
Street corners shall have a curb radius of not less than thirty-five feet for streets connecting with arterial highways. All property lines shall have a curb radius of twenty-five feet where local or minor streets intersect surface roadways.
3. 
Street intersections shall be as near a 90 degree angle as practicable. In no case shall the angle be less than forty-five degrees.
4. 
Streets that are a continuation of streets in contiguous territory shall be so aligned as to assure that their centerlines coincide. In cases where straight continuations are not physically possible, such centerline shall be continued by curves.
D. 
Areas Not Covered by Master Plan. In areas not covered by the master plan, the layout of all improvements including roadways, curbs and gutters, street lights, parkways, parkway trees, dividing strips, sidewalks, sewer lines, storm drains and water mains within the rights-of-way of all highways, streets, alleys and public alleys and public easements shall be in accordance with standards established by the city council, and where no such standards have been adopted, the arrangements shall be subject to approval by the planning commission and the city council.
(Prior code § 8113.1; Ord. 1875 § 1, 1979; Ord. 2198 § 2, 1993)
All streets, highways and parcels of land shown on the final tract map or final parcel map and intended for public use shall be offered for dedication for public use and shall be properly noted in the owner's certificate on the title page of the final map. This provision shall not apply to easements for public utilities.
A. 
Streets and Public Rights-of-Way. Streets or portions of streets may be offered for future dedication where the immediate opening and improvements are not required but where it is necessary to ensure that the city can later accept dedication when said streets are needed for the further development of the area or adjacent areas.
1. 
The subdivider shall improve, or agree to improve, all land dedicated for streets, highways, public ways and easements as a condition precedent to acceptance and approval of the final tract or parcel map when:
a. 
The areas of abutting lots are one acre or less;
b. 
Such improvements may be required if the areas of abutting lots exceed one acre.
2. 
Such improvements to dedicated land may be required by ordinance or deemed by the city council to be necessary for the general use of the lot owners in the subdivision and local neighborhood traffic and drainage needs. The improvements shall include:
a. 
Grading;
b. 
Surfacing;
c. 
Curbs, gutters and sidewalks;
d. 
Ornamental street lights;
e. 
Culverts and bridges;
f. 
Storm drains;
g. 
Water mains and individual service connections to the property line with cutoff valves;
h. 
Sanitary sewers.
3. 
Costs of flood control work may be prorated, as determined by the city engineer.
(Prior code § 8113.2; 1875 § 1, 1979; Ord. 2198 § 2, 1993)
The plans and profiles of all improvements required by this section, as well as other improvements proposed to be installed by the subdivider, shall be submitted to the city engineer.
A. 
Filing Requirements. Any estimate of the quantities for bid items shall be tabulated on Sheet 1 of the improvement plans.
1. 
In all cases where the topography controls the design, all details, plans and profiles of improvements required by the city engineer must be submitted at the time of filing the final tract or parcel map.
2. 
The plans of the proposed improvements shall be furnished to the city engineer and shall be approved by the city engineer before the map shall be submitted to the city council.
a. 
The final tract or parcel map may be submitted for checking only, prior to submitting the improvement plans.
b. 
Such plans and profiles shall show full details of the proposed improvements that shall conform to the standards of the city.
B. 
Improvement Security. To assure the city that required improvements will be completed and lien holders paid, a bond equal to the estimated cost of the improvements shall be furnished prior to recordation of the final map guaranteeing faithful performance and guaranteeing payment for labor and materials. The amount of such bond shall be determined by the city engineer and approved as to form by the city attorney, except in cases where a cash deposit is made.
(Prior code § 8115.16; Ord. 2198 § 2, 1993)
A. 
The minimum improvements that the subdivider will be required to make or enter into an agreement to make in the subdivision prior to the acceptance and approval of the final tract or parcel map by the city council shall be:
1. 
Water shall be provided from the water system of the city or other approved source. Water mains shall be constructed to serve each lot within the subdivided area. Service connections shall be laid to the property line prior to the surfacing of the street. Meters shall be installed on each lot before water service is established. All water lines, meters and appurtenances shall be dedicated to the city.
2. 
Sewage collecting system where main lines of an adequate disposal system are available;
3. 
Adequate drainage of the subdivision streets, highways, ways and alleys;
4. 
Adequate grading and surfacing of streets, highways, ways and alleys;
5. 
Concrete curbs, gutters and cross gutters;
6. 
Concrete sidewalks;
7. 
Survey monuments;
8. 
Fire hydrants at locations designated by the fire chief and city engineer;
9. 
Street name signs, two to each intersection;
10. 
Traffic control devices;
11. 
Necessary barricades and safety devices;
12. 
Parkway trees;
13. 
Ornamental street signs;
14. 
All street, vehicular and pedestrian ways within a condominium project shall be improved to meet the same city standards for structural sections as is required for public streets, and associated improvements;
15. 
Utility facilities including, but not limited to all facilities, wires, cables and ducts for supplying and distributing electrical energy and service, street lighting, communication, and cable television shall be required to be placed underground in any new subdivision or in any revised or reactivated subdivision;
16. 
Fees for, or dedication of, park and recreation facilities;
17. 
Intersection widening;
18. 
Highway safety lighting;
19. 
Turnout bays;
20. 
Median islands.
B. 
For the purpose of this section, appurtenances and associated equipment such as, but not limited to, surface-mounted transformers, meter cabinets and pedestal terminal boxes and concealed ducts in an underground system may be placed aboveground, out of any required front yard or street side yard setback, to the satisfaction of the city engineer.
C. 
The subdivider shall make the necessary arrangements with the utility companies for the installation of such facilities. It shall also be the responsibility of the subdivider to establish to the satisfaction of the city engineer that the necessary arrangements with the utility companies have been made.
1. 
These requirements may be waived by the city council if topographical, soil or other conditions make such underground installations unreasonable or impractical.
D. 
The subdivider may make application for exception from the provisions of this section in the following manner:
1. 
A written application shall be filed with the public works director. Within thirty days, the public works director shall file a report on the appeal to the city council.
2. 
Such application shall include all information necessary to properly apprise the city council of the circumstances existing that require such an exception.
3. 
Within thirty days after the filing of such application, the city council shall conduct a hearing on the application. The city council may then grant, partially grant or deny the application.
(Prior code §§ 8115.17 and 8115.18; 1875 § 1, 1979; Ord. 2198 § 2, 1993)
In making the survey for the subdivision, sufficient monuments shall be set so that the survey or any part thereof may be readily retraced.
A. 
Location of Monuments. Monuments shall be set for each tract or parcel map in accordance with the provisions of the Subdivision Map Act and the rules and procedures approved by the city engineer.
1. 
Monuments shall be spaced at block corners, angle points, points or curves, on the exterior boundary lines of the tract at intervals of not more than approximately one thousand three hundred twenty feet; and as may be required by the city engineer.
2. 
Monuments shall be placed at intersections of centerlines of streets and at the beginning of curves and end of curves on centerlines.
B. 
Monuments Characteristics.
1. 
Monuments, when located in a surfaced street, may consist of a spike and washer and a sufficient number (normally four) of durable distinctive reference points.
a. 
Such reference points may be lead and tacks, or three-quarter-inch iron pipe not less than sixteen inches long in which is secured a tag bearing the surveyor's or engineer's registration number; and
b. 
The monuments shall be set twelve inches below the surface of the ground, or such substitute which is not likely to be disturbed, and is approved by the city engineer.
2. 
Monuments, when not located in a surfaced street area, shall be not less than an iron pipe with a two-inch outside diameter, not less than eighteen inches in length in which is secured a tag bearing the surveyor's or engineer's number, in a lead plug or Portland cement, the top set twelve inches below the surface of the ground.
3. 
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 and nature of such monument.
a. 
Such set of notes shall be of such quality, form and completeness and shall be on paper of such quality and size as may be necessary to conform to the standardized office records of the city engineer.
b. 
All such notes shall be indexed and filed by the city engineer as a part of the permanent records of the city engineer's office.
4. 
Lot corners shall be marked with three-quarter-inch galvanized iron pipe not less than sixteen inches long in which is secured a tag bearing the surveyor's or engineer's registration number, and shall be driven not less than six inches below finished grade.
5. 
Four chisel marks in the rim of a manhole is an acceptable monument, when properly referenced.
(Prior code § 8115.11; Ord. 2198 § 2, 1993)
A fee as established by resolution of the city council, for the checking of tentative tract or parcel maps, grading plans, street plans, drainage plans, or any other type of improvement or subdivision plan, shall be paid to the city.
(Prior code § 8115.15; Ord. 1875 § 1, 1979; Ord. 2198 § 2, 1993)
Whenever a subdivider or other developer installs waterlines or other facilities as a condition precedent to the acceptance of a final tract or parcel map or permission to develop property when no subdivision is involved; and where, in the opinion of the city council, it is necessary that waterlines or other facilities be constructed which can be, or will be, used for the benefit of property not within the subdivision; and such waterlines or other facilities are dedicated to the city, the city council may, by contract with the subdivider or developer, agree to reimburse and may reimburse the subdivider or developer for such waterline or other facility. Such contract shall provide that the city council may collect from any person using such waterline or other facility for the benefit of property not within such subdivision or not being so developed, a reasonable charge for such use. Such reimbursement agreement may provide for said reimbursement upon such terms and conditions as the city council deems proper.
(Prior code § 8113.6; Ord. 1875 § 1, 1979; Ord. 2198 § 2, 1993)