Belvedere Municipal Code Ch. 18.12 Improvements

Sections:

• 18.12.010 Compliance with Marin County Uniform Construction Standards required.

• 18.12.020 Construction data—Approval and authorization to commence work required.

• 18.12.030 Connection to sewage disposal system rewired.

• 18.12.040 Water supply.

• 18.12.050 Streets and other public ways—Subdivider duties.

• 18.12.060 Streets and other public ways—minimum requirements.

• 18.12.070 Inspection requirements.

• 18.12.080 Improvement agreement required when—Bond.

A. All of the subdivision improvements required in this Title shall be constructed or installed in full compliance with the specifications contained in the most recent edition of the Marin County Uniform Construction Standards, published by the County of Marin Public Works Department.

B. Nothing in these specifications shall be construed to prohibit the subdivider from constructing improvements of higher quality than herein specified. (Ord. 89-2 § 2, 1989; Ord. 66 NS § 4, 1950; prior code § 20-24.)

A. Before beginning construction, three complete sets of plans, profiles, cross-Sections and other drawings for all improvements shall be submitted to the City Engineer for approval, and if approved, the subdivider shall furnish to the City without cost, one or more complete, reproducible sets as required.

B. No work shall commence unless authorized by the City. (Ord. 89-2 § 2, 1989; Ord. 66 NS § 11, 1950; prior code § 20-4.)

In all subdivisions, the subdivider shall be required to install a complete sewerage system connected to the public sanitary sewage disposal system. (Ord. 89-2 § 2, 1989; Ord. 66 NS § 3.1, 1950; prior code § 20-18(a).)

The subdivides shall provide for approved connections for each lot or unit to the public domestic water system provided by the Marin Municipal Water District, or any successor thereto. (Ord. 89-2 § 2, 1989; Ord. 66 NS § 3.3, 1950; prior code § 20-19.)

The subdivider shall improve all streets, highways, public ways, alleys and easements which are a part of the subdivision. The required improvements shall be such as may be necessary for the general use of the residents in the subdivision and local neighborhood traffic and drainage needs, and shall include the grading, paving and other improvements of streets, highways, and public ways as may be necessary to the use of streets and highways or the drainage thereof and for the public safety. (Ord. 89-2 § 2, 1989; Ord. 66 NS § 3.4, 1950; prior code § 20-20.)

All subdivision improvements must be constructed in accordance with the plans, profiles and cross-Sections herein set forth, and shall be constructed under the general supervision of the City Engineer, and to permanent grades approved by him. In no case shall the subdivision improvements be less substantial than the following requirements

• A. Commercial Street. Eighty foot right-of-way, including sidewalks; fifty-four foot street paving;

B. Residential Street. Fifty-foot right-of-way, including sidewalks and planting strips each side; twenty-eight foot street paving;

C. Residential Hillside Street. In areas of subdivisions where the average slope is greater than twenty-five percent, twenty-two foot street paving;

D. Sidewalks, curbs and gutters shall be constructed to the specifications of the City Engineer. (Ord. 89-2 § 2, 1989; Ord. 66 NS § 3.7, 1950; prior code § 20-23.)

The City Engineer, or his designee, shall have the right to enter upon the site of all improvements for the purpose of inspecting the same, and shall be furnished with samples of materials as he may require for tests to determine the acceptability of such materials. The subdivider shall pay to the City the actual cost for the inspection of the work at the prevailing wage rates and the cost of checking of the materials for all improvements during the entire period of construction. When the final map is presented to the City Council, the subdivider shall give evidence that he has deposited with the City a sum in the amount estimated by the City as being sufficient to cover the costs of such inspection and tests, and other engineering costs. If the amount so deposited exceeds the actual cost to the City, the subdivider shall be reimbursed for the balance remaining. If the actual cost exceeds the deposited amount, the City shall stop all construction until the subdivider shall deposit with the City treasurer the additional sums due as estimated by the City. All moneys paid to the City pursuant to this Section shall be held in escrow for inspections, tests and checking of the materials for improvements, and other engineering costs. (Ord. 89-2 § 2, 1989; Ord. 66 NS § 3.5, 1950; prior code § 20-21.)

If the required improvement work is not completed satisfactorily before the final or parcel 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 providing for completion of said improvements within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the City. Such agreement may provide for the improvements to be installed in units, for extensions of time under specified 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 payable to the City, approved by the City Council, or by the deposit of money or negotiable securities with the City, as provided in the Subdivision Map Act. (Ord. 89-2 § 2, 1989; Ord. 66 NS § 5, 1950; prior code § 20-25.)