The planning commission is made the advisory agency of the council, as such advisory agency is defined and established by the Subdivision Map Act.
(Prior code § 9504.020)
A.
Maps filed pursuant to the Subdivision Map Act and this title shall show all dedications or offers of dedication thereon. The city council may require that such dedications or offers of dedication be made by deed in lieu of or in addition to appearing on the map.
B.
Dedication Regulations for Streets, Alleys, Etc. As a condition of approval of a map, the subdivider shall dedicate, or make an irrevocable offer of dedication of, all parcels of land within the subdivision that are needed for streets, alleys, including access rights and abutters' rights, drainage, public utility easements and other public easements. In addition, the subdivider shall improve or agree to improve all streets, alleys, including access rights and abutters' rights, drainage, public utility easements, and other public easements.
C.
Waiver of Direct Street Access. The planning commission and the city council may impose a requirement that any dedication or offer of dedication of a street shall include a waiver of direct access rights to such street from any property shown on a final map as abutting thereon, and that if the dedication is accepted, such waiver shall become effective in accordance with the provisions of the waiver of direct access. Also, the planning commission may require a waiver of access to an existing street which abuts a subdivision if it determines that a safety hazard would be created as a result of direct access.
(Prior code § 9504.030)
A.
Improvements Required.
1.
The subdivider shall improve or agree to improve all streets, highways, alleys, ways or easements required in connection with, or as part of, a subdivision or a division of land created by a parcel map as a condition precedent to acceptance thereof and approval of the final map. Such improvements shall be installed at lines and grades, and in accordance with plans, standards and specifications approved by the city engineer, and shall include:
a.
Grading, drainage and drainage structures necessary to proper use and to the public safety;
b.
Curbs and gutters, storm drains and culverts;
c.
Sidewalks of a width and quality suitable for the local neighborhood use;
d.
Pavement of a width and quality suitable for local traffic;
e.
Adequate domestic water supply, including the relocation or replacement of all water mains, irrigation lines and appurtenances to the satisfaction of the city engineer;
f.
Sanitary sewer facilities and connections for each lot;
g.
Services from public utilities where provided and from sanitary sewers shall be made available for each lot in such manner as will obviate the necessity for disturbing the street pavement, gutter, curb and sidewalk when service connections are made;
h.
Street parkway trees;
i.
Street name signs and traffic regulatory signs;
j.
Streetlights, including the relocating or replacement of all utility lines and poles to the satisfaction of the city engineer;
k.
Permanent subdivision survey monuments.
2.
In addition to the aforesaid minimum improvements, the planning commission shall recommend and the council may require such additional improvements and facilities, or such modifications in the standards of minimum improvements as special conditions may cause the planning commission or council to make a special finding of need.
3.
If such improvement work is not completed satisfactorily before the final map is approved, the owner of the land to be subdivided shall offer to enter, as contractor, into an agreement with the council. In the event an agreement or contract is entered into for the improvement of the streets or easements, the governing body shall require that the agreement or contract shall be secured by a good and sufficient improvement security.
B.
Standards of Design. The following shall be the standards of design, except in those cases where the city planning commission or the city council determines that the size or shape of the land, topographical conditions or proposed land use make compliance therewith impractical. In reviewing tentative subdivision maps or tentative parcel maps preparatory to making a recommendation to the council, the planning commission will require:
1.
Dedications of land for streets, alleys, floodways and easements for:
a.
Major streets and thoroughfares for opening or widening as shown on the major street plan.
b.
i.
Local streets shall not be less than 60 feet in width or to complete dedication to that width of previously dedicated portions of streets, and located to provide natural drainage with no drainage pockets and adjusted to the topography, minimum number of intersections with major streets or thoroughfares, and blocks not less than 600 feet in length. All street intersections shall have corner cutoffs of not less than a radius of 15 feet at the property line.
ii.
Short 50 feet in width (special approval required).
iii.
Steep hillsides 40 feet in width for grades over 10 percent.
iv.
When one or more streets or alleys are dedicated or proposed to be dedicated as a part of a subdivision or parcel map, such streets and alleys shall conform to, and as near as possible be in alignment with, either the other established or dedicated streets or alleys, or the herein referred to master plan.
2.
Cul-de-sacs shall be terminated by a turnaround area not less than 100 feet in diameter.
3.
Alleys shall be required at the rear of all lots which front on any state highway, all streets classified as arterial routes on the select system of city streets and all streets for which a right-of-way width of 80 feet or greater is required by the general plan. The width of all alleys shall be not less than 20 feet, unless approved to be of a lesser width for reasons proved to be impractical or impossible. All alley intersections shall have corner cutbacks of not less than a 15-foot radius. All alley corners intersecting with streets shall have a minimum curb radius of not less than eight feet.
4.
Easements for flood channels at 40 feet in width along the west wash of Cucamonga Channel south of 14th Street, and at such width as the county flood officer or the city engineer may indicate for other channels.
5.
Pedestrian ways may be required near the middle of long blocks, and at the ends of certain cul-de-sacs.
6.
Street corners shall have a minimum 25-foot curb radius, with the property line designed so as not to reduce the parkway widths.
7.
All street connections or intersections shall be made at approximate right angles.
9.
Lots and blocks with dimensions suitable to the land uses proposed and in no case less than the minimum sizes specified in this title.
a.
Lot sizes in residential zones shall be not less than 60 feet wide measured at the building line, and 65 feet deep with 65-foot minimum width for corner lots. When large lots are proposed, the shapes and building locations may be required to be so established as to permit later practical resubdivision. No reserved lots or strips will be permitted.
b.
Blocks shall ordinarily be two lots depth in width, and not over 1,400 feet in length. If shown at greater width or length, the planning commission may require easements or other assurances to permit later practical resubdivision.
(Prior code § 9504.040)
A.
Reservations for Public Facilities. Areas of real property within a subdivision may be reserved for parks, recreational facilities or other public facilities subject to the following conditions:
1.
The requirement is based upon an indication on the general plan of the city showing that facility in that area.
2.
The reserved area is of such size and shape as to permit the balance of the property within which the reservation is located to develop in an orderly and efficient manner.
3.
The amount of land reserved will not make development of the remaining land held by the subdivider economically unfeasible.
4.
The reserved area shall be in multiples of streets and parcels as to permit an efficient division of the reserved area in the event that it is not acquired within the prescribed period; in such event, the subdivider shall make those changes as are necessary to permit the reserved area to be developed for the intended purpose consistent with good subdividing practices.
B.
Agreement Required for Acquisition of Reservations. The city shall, at the time of approval of the final map or parcel map, enter into a binding agreement to acquire such reserved area no later than six months following the time of completion and acceptance of all improvements, unless such period of time is extended by mutual agreement. The purchase price shall be the market value thereof at the time of the filing of the tentative map plus the taxes against such reserved area from the date of the reservation and any other costs incurred by the subdivider in the maintenance of such reserved area, including interest costs incurred on any loan covering such reserved area. If the city does not enter into such binding agreement, the reservation of such area shall automatically terminate.
(Prior code § 9504.050)
Filing and Checking Fees. The subdivider shall pay the city fees for filing, processing and checking all tentative subdivision maps, final subdivision maps, tentative parcel maps, final parcel maps, street improvement plans, sanitary sewer plans and utility plans. The fees for these services shall be set by resolution of the city council of Upland.
(Prior code § 9504.060)
A.
The city may require the subdivider to install improvements for the benefit of the subdivision which may contain supplemental size, capacity, number or length for the benefit of property not within the subdivision as a condition of the approval of a tentative subdivision map.
B.
In the event that improvements of a supplemental size, capacity, number or length are required above and beyond what is necessary to serve the needs of the subdivision, the city shall, at the developer's request, enter into a reimbursement agreement with the subdivider pursuant to Sections 66486 and 66487 of the Subdivision Map Act.
C.
Upon subsequent collection of moneys from other owners or developers with benefiting properties for the additional size, capacity, number or length beyond what is necessary to serve the subdivision, the city shall remit such funds to the appropriate party(ies) in accordance with the reimbursement agreement.
D.
Supplemental size, capacity, number or length shall not be construed to include the dedication or improvement of streets or intersections, or dedication for drainage, adjacent to or within the subdivision to the ultimate right-of-way as indicated on the adopted general plan, master plan of highways, or master plan of drainage.
E.
All costs associated with the establishment of the reimbursement agreement shall be borne by the developer.
F.
The city may not approve a reimbursement agreement after the date construction begins on the improvements unless specifically approved by the city council.
(Prior code § 9504.070)
A.
Soils Report Required. A preliminary soils report, prepared by a civil engineer registered in this state and based upon adequate test borings, shall be submitted to the city engineer for every subdivision.
1.
Waiver. A preliminary soils report may be waived by the city engineer providing the city engineer finds that due to the knowledge the city has as to the soils in the subdivision, no preliminary analysis is necessary.
2.
Critical Conditions. If the city has knowledge of, or the preliminary soils report indicates, the presence of critically expansive soils or other soil problems, which if not corrected would lead to structural defects, a soils investigation of each lot in the subdivision may be required by the city engineer. Such soils investigation shall be done by a civil engineer registered in this state, who shall recommend the corrective action which is likely to prevent structural damage to each structure proposed to be constructed in the area where such soil problem exists.
B.
Grading and Erosion Control. Every map approved pursuant to this title shall be conditioned on compliance with the requirements for grading and erosion control, including the prevention of sedimentation or damage to off-site property, set forth in Chapter 15.52 of the Upland Municipal Code, and in the latest edition of the Uniform Building Code.
(Prior code § 9504.080)
At the time of making the survey for the final map, the engineer or surveyor shall set sufficient durable monuments to conform with the standards described in Section 8771 of the Business and Professions Code, so that another engineer or surveyor may readily retrace the survey. He or she shall also set any additional monuments as may be set forth on those standard drawings which the city engineer may prepare for the purpose of identifying subdivision monumentation requirements of the city of Upland.
(Prior code § 9504.100)