All streets and highways shall be graded, have rock base, and be paved or surfaced to widths and grades as provided herein and in accordance with the approved improvement plan submitted by the subdivider. The subdivider shall make application with the City Manager for an encroachment permit to do work within the rights-of-way of existing City streets.
(Ord. 447 § 3.1(a), April 17, 1956; Ord. 493, July 6, 1960)
Retaining walls may be required whenever topographic conditions warrant or where necessary to retain fill or cut slopes within the rights-of-way or slope easements.
(Ord. 447 § 3.1(e), April 17, 1956)
Provisions shall be made for such domestic water supply as may be necessary to protect public health by connection to a public utility. A letter from the public utility company shall be submitted showing its ability to serve the proposed subdivision and evidence indicating that a satisfactory agreement has been entered into for the installation of such service. This service shall provide water connection for each lot and fire hydrants spaced not over 600 feet apart.
(Ord. 447 § 3.1(f), April 17, 1956)
Provisions shall be made for adequate sewage disposal by:
A. 
Connection to sanitary sewer when available.
B. 
Individual or community septic tanks or other approved community disposal systems in which cases detailed plans shall be submitted to the City Council. No construction shall be commenced upon any such systems until the same have been approved in writing by said City Council, provision has been made for future maintenance and the subdivider has given such guarantee or posted a bond as deemed necessary to insure the installation of proper facilities within the proposed subdivision, and provision has been made for future connection to City sewer lines when available.
(Ord. 447 § 3.1(g), April 17, 1956)
Provisions shall be made for the adequate supply and distribution of electrical energy and service, including telephone and telegraph service, by connection to a public utility. A letter from the public utility company shall be submitted showing the company's ability to serve the proposed subdivision, together with evidence indicating that a satisfactory agreement has been entered into for the installation of such service. The City may require that installation of such service within the subdivision shall be by underground wires, cables, or other distribution lines. "Underground" for the purposes of this section may include an electrical distribution system consisting of metal poles supporting high voltage wires transformers, and street lights with all other facilities and wires for the supplying and distribution of electrical energy and service placed underground. The subdivider shall compensate the utility for the difference in cost between the overhead and underground installation and shall make the necessary arrangements with the utility. Industrial subdivisions are excluded from the provisions of this section.
(Ord. 566 § 1, August 19, 1963)
Provision shall be made for any and all railroad crossings necessary to provide access to or circulation within the proposed subdivision, subject to approval by the Public Utilities Commission of the State of California.
(Ord. 447 § 3.1(h), April 17, 1956)
Where there are insufficient natural trees, the Planning Commission may require the location and planting of street trees, of approved types, except where the planting of said trees might impair solar access of the southwall or southroof of buildings. (For definitions refer to: Solar Access, Section 20.08.162; Southwall, Section 20.08.166; Southroof, Section 20.08.165.)
(Ord. 999 § 7, November 15, 1982)
All underground utilities, sanitary sewers and storm drains installed in streets, service roads, alleys or highways shall be constructed prior to the surfacing of such streets, service roads, alleys or highways. Service connections for all underground utilities and sanitary sewers shall be extended so as to eliminate the necessity for disturbing the street or alley improvements when service connections thereto are made.
(Ord. 447 § 3.1(l), April 17, 1956)
In all cases, materials used, preparation of base, methods of placing materials, workmanship, grading and tests of materials shall not be less than those standards required by the most recent Standard Specifications of the State of California, Department of Public Works, Division of Highways, except where special provisions are required.
(Ord. 447 § 3.2(a), April 17, 1956)
The roadbed shall be designed according to soil tests of the subgrade material and such design shall be based on "R" value of the subgrade and base material together with the application of the appropriate traffic index applying to the particular class of street as established in Table 1, and in accordance with the standard procedure used by the California Division of Highways in the design of roads under their jurisdiction or by such other method as is in general use and considered sound practice.
There shall be a minimum of two inches of plant mix surfacing, with a seal coat.
(Ord. 447 § 3.2(b), April 17, 1956)
Required fill shall be of suitable filling material and placed in such a manner as to insure that the finished elevation of all lots and roadway areas will be adequate to protect the subdivision from floods and in any event no less than an elevation of eight feet on the standard mean sea level datum as established by the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, and then only where there is an adequate provision for the passage of stormwater run-off and after settlement and compaction. No building or construction on filled land shall be commenced until satisfactory evidence has been submitted that the required elevation has been obtained and that the fill will provide a stable base for the construction proposed. Such evidence of satisfactory fill shall be submitted to the City Engineer and the approval for construction of improvements upon said fill shall be granted by the City Engineer.
(Ord. 447 § 3.2(d), April 17, 1956)
Provisions for drainage and flood control shall be established on the following basis:
A. 
Major drainage channels or conduits are those which have a drainage area of two square miles or more and shall have sufficient capacity to contain the highest known run-off based on a 100 year rainfall experience.
B. 
Secondary drainage channels or conduits are those which have a drainage area of less than two square miles and more than 10 acres, and shall have sufficient capacity to contain the highest known run-off based on a 50 year rainfall experience.
C. 
Minor drainage channels, conduits and inlet facilities are those which have a drainage area of 10 acres or less, and shall have sufficient capacity to contain the highest known run-off based on a 25 year rainfall experience.
Design of drainage and flood control works, structures, channels, conduits, pondage, etc., shall conform with good engineering practice.
(Ord. 447 § 3.2(e), April 17, 1956)
Easements must be provided to carry off concentrated drainage water from areas having a higher elevation. In subdivisions of five lots or more, a drainage system composed of mains and gathering lines running parallel to City sewer lines and of a sufficient size to meet the rainfall conditions as set forth in the foregoing Section 21.12.180, shall be installed and shall be subject to the approval of the City Engineer.
(Ord. 447 § 3.2(e), April 17, 1956; Ord. 485, January 20, 1960)
After the approval of the tentative map, and before the starting of any construction work, or before the filing of a final map, the subdivider shall submit to the City Engineer an improvement plan consisting of: a complete grading plan of the entire subdivision; profiles drawn to scale showing center line, ground and grade elevations of all streets, highways, ways, alleys, sanitary and storm sewers and drainage ways; other profiles and cross sections as required by the City Engineer; detailed plans and specifications for curbs, gutters and sidewalks; plans and specifications for drainage structures and flood control provisions; plans and specifications for sewer lines where not located in a regularly constituted sanitary district or sanitation district and water lines where not in a public utility district; and plans and specifications for any community sewage disposal system.
All elevations shall be referred to datum as established by the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey where elevations are below 20 feet on the standard mean sea level datum of said Survey.
Accompanying such improvement plan will be such engineering data and computations as are necessary to check the adequacy of the proposed improvements.
The City Engineer shall inspect the improvement plan for compliance with the provisions of this title, standard engineering practices, and any other requirements of the City. The City Engineer shall secure from the proper authority written approval or disapproval of plans and specifications for sewer lines and sewage disposal systems which shall be made a part of his or her approval or disapproval of the improvement plan. Within 10 days after the receipt of the improvement plan the City Engineer shall approve or disapprove the same. Such action shall be in writing.
(Ord. 447 § 3.3, April 17, 1956)
The City Engineer shall make such inspections as he or she deems necessary to insure that all construction is in accordance with the approved improvement plan and in no case shall such inspection be less than:
A. 
Preparation of benches to receive side hill compacted fills.
B. 
The finished graded and compacted surfaces of all roads before placing base material.
C. 
All roadside bases.
D. 
All asphaltic or concrete bases.
E. 
All structural forms including forms for curbs and gutters.
F. 
All concrete pours of any nature.
G. 
All sewer work and manhole work before back filling.
H. 
All drainage lines before back filling.
I. 
The back filling of all ditches including compaction.
J. 
Mechanical equipment of any nature in operation, including pump lines and street lights.
K. 
Hydrostatic tests on all sewer lines when required.
L. 
A final inspection upon completion of all improvements.
(Ord. 447 § 3.4(a), April 17, 1956)
Where adequate inspection is not provided by other agencies, sewage facilities and structures shall be inspected by the City Engineer on a schedule approved by said Engineer.
(Ord. 447 § 3.4(b), April 17, 1956)
Upon acceptance of tentative maps and approval of construction drawings and specifications for public improvements, the subdivider shall deposit with the City an amount equal to three percent of the total estimated cost of the public improvements by submission of estimates and approval of the same as to amount by the City Engineer. Said deposit shall constitute the cost of inspection by a duly appointed inspector working for the City. The fee shall cover inspection over a period of not to exceed four months. If said public improvement is not completed within four calendar months, the subdivider shall deposit an additional fee of two percent of the entire cost of the public improvement to reimburse the City for the cost of additional inspection beyond the four-month period.
(Ord. 447 § 3.4(c), April 17, 1956; Ord. 571; Ord. 580, November 18, 1963)
The subdivider shall notify the City Engineer or his/her representative upon the completion of each stage of construction as outlined above, and he or she shall not proceed with further construction until he or she has received authorization from the City Engineer or his/her authorized representative. No work will be accepted unless inspected. The subdivider shall notify the duly appointed inspector for the City at least 24 hours in advance of inspection service requirements.
(Ord. 447 § 3.4(d), April 17, 1956)
In the event the improvements are not completed prior to the filing of a final map, then the improvement bond shall include an amount to cover the estimated cost of inspection.
(Ord. 447 § 3.4(e), April 17, 1956)
If the improvement work required under Chapter 21.12 of this title is not completed satisfactorily before the final map is filed, the owner or owners of the subdivision shall, concurrently with the approval of such map, enter into an agreement with the City Council, agreeing to have the work completed within the time specified in said agreement, and specifying that should such work not be satisfactorily completed within the time limit, the City may complete all specified improvements and recover the cost thereof from the subdivider. Said agreement may provide for the improvements to be installed in units, for extensions of time under specific conditions, or for the termination of the agreement upon a reversion of the subdivision or a part thereof to acreage. Such agreement shall be secured by a good and sufficient bond or cash deposit, which bond or cash deposit shall be in an amount to cover the estimated cost of improvement. However, the subdivider in lieu of the agreement to construct improvements and the bond or cash deposit to secure it, may enter into a contract with the City Council, secured by a faithful performance bond or cash deposit by which he or she agrees within such time as may be provided in the contract, to initiate and to consummate proceedings under an appropriate special assessment act for the formation of a special assessment district covering the subdivision or part thereof, for financing and construction of the designated improvements.
(Ord. 447 § 3.5, April 17, 1956)
A. 
Fee for Drainage Facilities. As a condition of approval of any final subdivision map the City Council may require the subdivider to pay the City a fee which shall be used for the purpose of defraying the actual or estimated costs of constructing planned drainage facilities for the removal of surface and stormwaters from local or neighborhood drainage areas.
B. 
Facilities Must Conform. The drainage facilities herein contemplated shall conform to the drainage element of a General Plan adopted by the City pursuant to Section 65469 of the Government Code, which plan shall contain an estimate of the total cost of constructing the local drainage facilities required by said plan.
C. 
Fees Deposited in Fund. All fees collected by the City pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be deposited in a fund entitled "Planned Local Drainage Facilities Fund," which fund is hereby established. The monies in said fund shall be expended solely for the construction or reimbursement for construction of local drainage facilities within the planned local area from which the fees comprising the fund were collected. The City may accept cash or other consideration in lieu of the payment of fees by said subdivider.
D. 
Advance of Funds. The City shall have power to advance money from its general fund to pay the costs of constructing drainage facilities within a local drainage area and reimburse the general fund for such advances from the planned local drainage facilities fund for the local drainage area in which the drainage facilities were constructed.
E. 
May Incur Indebtedness. The City shall have power to incur an indebtedness for the construction of drainage facilities within a local drainage area, provided the sole security for repayment of such indebtedness shall be monies in the planned local drainage facilities fund.
(Ord. 447 § 3.6, April 17, 1956; Ord. 485, January 20, 1960)