Chapter 16.36
IMPROVEMENTS – GENERAL PROVISIONS AND FEES
Sections:
16.36.010 General requirements.
16.36.020 Standards – Conformance.
16.36.080 Construction inspection fees.
16.36.010 General requirements.
A. The land divider shall construct or agree to construct all of the improvements as specified in this title and such other structures or improvements as may be required by ordinance or deemed by the City to be necessary for the use of the general public, owners in the land division, and local neighborhood. No certificate of use and occupancy will be issued on any structure until all required improvements have been completed or a guarantee has been received by the City for all off-site improvements.
B. Subdivision. All of the required fees shall be paid and all of the required improvements shall be constructed or an agreement, along with the appropriate security, shall be entered into with the City for their construction prior to the recordation of the tract map.
C. Minor Land Division. All of the required fees shall be paid prior to the recordation of parcel map. All of the required improvements within or adjacent to each lot or parcel of the minor land division shall be constructed as a requirement of the building permit for that lot or parcel.
The City Council reserves the right to require a portion or all of the required improvements to be construction or an agreement, along with the appropriate security shall be entered into with the City for their construction prior to the recordation of the parcel map. [Ord. 529 § 6.1, 1973].
16.36.020 Standards – Conformance.
A. General. All improvements installed in land divisions, whether such work is required by the City or is done at the option of the land divider, shall be constructed in full conformance with the improvement standards and specifications of the City.
B. Absence of a Standard. In the absence of a standard for an improvement, the City Engineer shall establish a standard in keeping with good construction and engineering practices. [Ord. 529 § 6.2, 1973].
16.36.030 Plans.
All improvements, constructed or installed in land divisions, shall be done in accordance with detailed plans and specifications prepared by a registered civil engineer in accordance with the standard plans and specifications as adopted by the City Council and in accordance with standard engineering practice, and shall be submitted to the City Engineer, and shall be approved by him before a final map is submitted to the City Council for approval. The plans shall be legibly drawn with India ink on linen, cloth, or polyester base film and to scale as approved by the City Engineer. [Ord. 529 § 6.3, 1973].
16.36.040 Improvement work.
No improvement work shall commence until the improvement plans and specifications for such work have been approved by the City Engineer.
All of the improvement work shall be constructed under the inspection of and to the approval of the City Engineer. [Ord. 529 § 6.4, 1973].
16.36.050 Easements.
All improvements shall be constructed or installed within the street right-of-way or within approved easements which have been dedicated for such use. [Ord. 529 § 6.5, 1973].
16.36.060 Cost estimate.
A cost estimate for the construction of the improvements shall be approved by the City Engineer. The cost estimate shall be submitted at the same time the improvement plans are submitted to the City for checking. [Ord. 529 § 6.6, 1973].
16.36.070 Plan-checking fees.
At the time the improvement plans are submitted to the City for checking and approval, the land divider shall deposit with the City a plan-checking fee in an amount as shown on a schedule established by resolution of the City Council.
The fees shall be paid prior to any checking of the plans by the City and such fees shall be nonrefundable. [Ord. 529 § 6.14, 1973].
16.36.080 Construction inspection fees.
The land divider shall deposit with the City construction inspection fees for the inspection of the construction of the improvements in an amount as shown on a schedule established by resolution of the City Council.
A. Subdivision. The construction inspection fees shall be paid prior to recordation of the tract map.
B. Minor Land Division. The construction inspection fees shall be paid as a requirement of the building permit for each lot.
In the case where the City Council requires that a portion or all of the required improvements be constructed prior to the recordation of parcel map, such construction inspection fees shall be also required prior to recordation of the parcel map. [Ord. 529 § 6.15, 1973].