Chapter 14.12.010
General Provisions
Sections:
14.12.010.010 Title.
This division is known as the “Dedication and Improvement Requirements Ordinance” of the City of Vacaville.
(Ord. 1972, Repealed and Replaced, 02/22/2022)
14.12.010.020 Purpose.
The purpose of this division is to define certain policies, requirements, and procedures for the development of property and construction of public improvements in order to:
A. Implement the goals, objectives, and policies of the City’s General Plan and any adopted specific plan or policy plan.
B. Establish the minimum standards for dedications and improvements that need to be provided with the development of any property within the City. These standards will be the “baseline” for evaluating development projects in terms of what the amount of dedication and what level of improvements will be needed with the project.
C. Ensure that appropriate land is dedicated for public facilities and utilities and adequate improvements are constructed to serve property being developed.
D. Ensure that necessary public improvements will be constructed and operational when needed to accommodate the demands of new development.
E. Protect public health, safety and welfare through proper engineering design and construction.
F. Establish procedures for the proper review of improvement plans and inspection of public improvements.
G. Establish minimum standards for the design and construction of public improvements which will be accepted by the City for ownership, operation, and maintenance, in accordance with the City’s facility and utility master plans.
(Ord. 1972, Repealed and Replaced, 02/22/2022)
14.12.010.030 Definitions.
The definitions contained in this division govern the construction and interpretation of the provisions of this division unless the context requires otherwise. The definition of a word or phrase also applies to any variation of the word or phrase. Other general terminology shall have the definitions assigned to them in Division 14.02.
A. “Dedication” means the granting of property, in fee title or an easement, to the City for public purposes or an equivalent action, as determined by the City Council, which meets the needs of protecting the public improvements.
B. “Improvements” means the publicly owned and maintained facilities which include, but are not limited to, streets and their related utilities, water mains, sewer mains, pump stations, reservoirs, landscaping, walls and fences, and drainage facilities. The term “improvements” also include utilities such as telephone, electrical, natural gas, and cable television, or other facilities owned and operated by private companies but which are located within public rights-of-way through franchise agreements with the City.
C. “Irrevocable offer of dedication” means an offer, which is recorded and cannot be revoked, to dedicate land in fee title, or to grant an easement to the City for future public right-of-way or other public use, or an equivalent action, as determined by the City Council, which meets the needs of protecting the public improvements.
D. “Master facility plan” means a plan adopted by the City Council which identifies the type and location of public facilities needed on a City-wide or area-wide basis. Examples of master facility plans include those for parks and recreation, water system, sewer system and drainage system.
E. “Plan line” means a preliminary alignment and street geometrics of a street, or a portion thereof, which has been adopted by the City Council.
F. Tentative Map. The purpose of this division is inclusive of a tentative subdivision map or vesting tentative map and a tentative parcel map or a vesting tentative parcel map, as described in the relevant California Government Code sections.
(Ord. 1972, Repealed and Replaced, 02/22/2022)
14.12.010.040 Applicability.
A. This division is intended to supplement the regulations of the California Planning and Zoning Laws and the Subdivision Map Act regarding the dedication and improvement requirements for development projects. The provisions of this division apply to private and public construction projects which have received an entitlement through the approval of a tentative map or land development permit. These provisions do not apply to public improvements or maintenance work under the direction of the Director of Public Works within street rights-of-way or public easements.
B. The standards for dedications and improvements established by this division are minimum requirements and shall not be construed to prevent the City Council, Planning Commission, or the Director of Public Works from imposing, as part of a project approval, specific requirements which may be more restrictive, in order to meet the intent of these regulations.
Additional requirements for other dedications or improvements may be applied by the decision maker if the requirements are reasonably related to and roughly proportionate to the impacts of or the need for public improvements generated by the subject development project or subdivision.
(Ord. 1972, Repealed and Replaced, 02/22/2022)
14.12.010.050 Authority.
The City’s authority to require dedication of land, reservation of sites or to require the design and construction of improvements, as well as other powers stipulated in this division is based on the City’s General Plan, the Subdivision Map Act and the general police powers of the City.
(Ord. 1972, Repealed and Replaced, 02/22/2022)