Chapter 17.24
DEDICATIONS, IMPROVEMENTS, AND IMPROVEMENT PLANS
Sections:
17.24.010 Dedications—Streets, highways and public parcels.
17.24.020 Water lines and easement dedications.
17.24.030 Sewer lines and easement dedications.
17.24.040 Drainage rights-of-way-dedications.
17.24.050 Flood control, channel dedication.
17.24.060 Future drainage rights-of-way dedications.
17.24.070 Underground water rights dedication.
17.24.080 Improvements required.
17.24.090 Inspection fees for improvements.
17.24.100 Existing city roads improvement.
17.24.110 Improvement plans and profiles—Preparation.
17.24.120 Fees for improvement plans and profiles.
17.24.010 Dedications—Streets, highways and public parcels.
All streets, highways, and public parcels, such as alleys, ways, easements, right-of-way, and parcels of land shown on the final map and intended for public use shall be offered for dedication for public use by an appropriate certificate on the title sheet of the tract map. (Ord. 182 § 6.01A, 1966)
17.24.020 Water lines and easement dedications.
The domestic water for a subdivision shall be supplied by the city or approved source and the water distribution system, supply and appurtenances thereto shall be dedicated to the city together with the easements within which they are located. (Ord. 182 § 6.01B, 1966)
17.24.030 Sewer lines and easement dedications.
The sanitary sewer system for a subdivision shall drain into the sewer system of the city. The sanitary sewer system and appurtenances for a subdivision shall be dedicated to the city together with the easements within which they are located. (Ord. 182 § 6.01C, 1966)
17.24.040 Drainage rights-of-way-dedications.
When storm drains are necessary for the general use of lot owners in the subdivision and such storm drains are not to be installed in the streets, alleys or ways of such subdivision, then the subdivider shall offer to dedicate upon the final map thereof the necessary rights-of-way for such drainage facility. (Ord. 182 § 6.01D, 1966)
17.24.050 Flood control, channel dedication.
Where the property being subdivided, or any portion thereof, is traversed by a flood control channel, or any lateral thereto, either existing and requiring additional right-of-way or proposed and requiring full right-of-way, which has been approved by the city council or the Los Angeles County flood control district, the subdivider shall dedicate such right-of-way. Such rights-of-way shall be shown as lots lettered alphabetically on the map. Such dedication shall be offered by appropriate certificate on the title page of the map. In conformance with the policy of the city, the city council may elect to enter into a reimbursement agreement on the right-of-way. (Ord. 182 § 6.01E, 1966)
17.24.060 Future drainage rights-of-way dedications.
When the property being subdivided or any portion thereof is so situated as to be in the path of the natural drainage from adjoining unsubdivided property and no street, alley or way within the subdivision provides for the drainage of such adjoining property, the subdivider shall dedicate future drainage rights-of-way adequate to provide for the ultimate drainage of the adjoining property. Such rights-of-way shall be shown as lots lettered alphabetically on the map. (Ord. 182 § 6.01F, 1966)
17.24.070 Underground water rights dedication.
The subdivider shall dedicate to the city on the final map all rights to subsurface water, without the right to surface entry for purposes of developing the water. (Ord. 182 § 6.01G, 1966)
17.24.080 Improvements required.
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 map. Such improvements shall include as a minimum, grading, surfacing, sidewalks, curbs, gutters, cross gutters, storm drains, culverts, bridges, appurtenant storm drain structures, street lights with underground service suspended from masonry poles, underground telephone lines, street name and traffic control signs, barricades and safety devices, street trees of a type and size specified by the city engineer, monuments, fencing of flood control channels and freeways, fire hydrants and valves, meters, water mains, individual water service connection and appurtenances to the property line, sanitary sewer mains, sewer manholes, house laterals, appurtenant sewer structures, and such other structures or improvements as 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, sewage, water and drainage needs. (Ord. 182 § 6.02A, 1966)
17.24.090 Inspection fees for improvements.
All construction of improvements required as a condition of acceptance of the final map shall be subject to inspection by the city engineer and the subdivider shall arrange for such inspection prior to the starting of construction of the improvements. Before filing of the final map, the subdivider shall deposit with the city fees in the following amounts or as same may hereafter be established by resolution of the city council.
Two hundred and fifty dollars plus four percent of the estimated value of the work for the first one hundred thousand dollars, three and one-half percent for the next one hundred thousand dollars and three percent thereafter.
The city engineer shall make an estimate of these improvement costs. The unit prices used in such estimate shall be the prevailing construction costs in Los Angeles County over the past year and these unit costs shall be periodically reviewed and brought up-to-date. No adjustment in or refund of such fees shall be made once such fees have been paid. (Ord. 182 § 6.02B, 1966)
17.24.100 Existing city roads improvement.
Where a subdivision or any part thereof lies along an existing improved public highway or road, the subdivider shall improve or agree to improve the area of such highway or road lying from the center line to the gutter line as the gutter line is established by the city engineer. Such improvements shall be in accordance with the standard typical street sections and in accordance with city standard plans and specifications and shall include necessary transitions to join existing pavement.
If the improvement to be performed is upon a portion of a highway which the city is contemplating improving, the city may elect to improve the portion thereof, otherwise required to be improved by the subdivider; in such event, the subdivider shall, prior to the approval of the final map, pay to the city in full discharge of the subdivider’s obligation herein provided for a sum equal to the estimated cost to the city performing the improvements required to be performed by the subdivider. The improvement to be performed by the city shall be done at the time the city improves the highway.
The city engineer may require that a sum of money which he determines to be sufficient to furnish and install street trees, to be paid to the city in lieu of the provisions and installation of the trees by the subdivider. The city shall then install such trees at the time or times the city engineer deems in the best interest of the city. (Ord. 182 § 6.02C, 1966)
17.24.110 Improvement plans and profiles—Preparation.
Plans, profiles, specifications and all necessary details of the proposed improvements of all streets, highways, alleys, and ways, including structures incidental thereto, shall be prepared in accordance with the standard plans and standard specifications adopted by the city council. These improvement plans shall show the proposed improvements for water system, sewer system and drainage. The plans and profiles shall show the location of all surface and subsurface structures found or needed to be located to make the improvement shown on such plans and profiles. All improvement plans shall be submitted to and checked and approved by the city engineer, not later than the time of submitting the final map for acceptance by the council.
The improvement plans shall be prepared in India ink on good quality linen tracings or other such method approved by the city engineer. (Ord. 182 § 6.03A, 1966)
17.24.120 Fees for improvement plans and profiles.
At the time of submission of the record map and improvement plans to the city engineer for checking, a fee to cover the cost of processing, review, checking, and street light layout shall be paid to the city. This fee shall be as follows or as hereafter established by resolution of the city council: two hundred fifty dollars plus two and one-half percent of the first fifty thousand dollars of estimated improvement costs, two percent for the next one hundred thousand dollars of estimated improvement costs and one and one half percent thereafter. The fees shall not be charged for a subdivision consolidating properties into one lot or for a subdivision for the purpose of reversion to acreage. (Ord. 182 § 6.03B, 1966)