Bradbury Municipal Code Ch. 151 Improvements

(a) The subdivider shall improve, or agree to improve, all land dedicated or to be dedicated on a final map or parcel map, or by separate instrument, for roads and easements, and all private roads and private easements laid out on a final map or parcel map, with those improvements, including sanitary sewers, needed for the general use of the lot owners in the division of land and for neighborhood traffic and drainage.

(b) This section does not require improvements to flood-control channels, which improvements are not solely for the benefit of the division of land.

(Ord. No. 297, § 9.07.080.010, 3-20-2007)

(a) If any required improvements will not be completed to the satisfaction of the City Engineer before the final map is filed, the subdivider shall, prior to the approval by the City Council of the final map, enter as contractor into an agreement with the City whereby, in consideration of the acceptance by the City Council of any dedication offered on the final map and the approval of the final map, the subdivider, as such contractor, agrees to furnish all necessary equipment and material and to complete such work within the time specified in such agreement.

(b) If any improvements are not completed to the satisfaction of the City Engineer before the parcel map is filed with the County Recorder, the subdivider shall enter as a contractor into an agreement with the City whereby, in consideration the acceptance by the City of any dedications offered by the subdivider and the approval of the parcel map by the City Council, the subdivider, as such contractor, agrees to furnish all necessary equipment and material and to complete such work within the time specified in such agreement.

(Ord. No. 297, § 9.07.080.020, 3-20-2007)

(a) The cost of installing pipes and other facilities for the transmission of water may be paid for in whole or in part from revenues collected from the customers served at regular, established water rates for the water company pursuant to regulations of the Public Utilities Commission where applicable, or by a public agency, as defined in Government Code § 4401, from the net operating income only, as payment for the sales of water thereto.

(b) The subdivider may be reimbursed for a portion of the costs as provided in Sections 66486 and 66487 of the Subdivision Map Act, or other reimbursement enabling acts.

(c) Except for assessments authorized after tentative map approval for the financing and completion of improvements required of the subdivider, all outstanding or remaining assessments on the land of the subdivision established for improvements contracted under special assessment district proceedings shall be paid by the subdivider.

(Ord. No. 297, § 9.07.080.030, 3-20-2007)

Improvements shall not be required as a condition precedent to filing a parcel map on a minor land division where the advisory agency finds that the existing systems and improvements adequately serve adjacent developed parcels, unless such improvements are necessary for the development of parcels within the division of land or are necessary to be consistent with the General Plan.

(Ord. No. 297, § 9.07.080.050, 3-20-2007)

(a) All road improvements, including drainage structures incidental thereto and including two-foot cement concrete gutters wherever cement concrete curb is required, shall be installed to a grade approved by the City Engineer. Plans, profiles and specifications for such improvements shall be furnished to the City Engineer not later than the time of submitting the final map or parcel map to the City Engineer for checking, and such plans, profiles and specifications shall be subject to the approval of the City Engineer before any such map shall be approved or certified. Such plans, profiles and improvements shall be in accordance with the standards of the County as adopted by the City Council.

(b) The City Council may approve an inverted shoulder in lieu of concrete curbs and gutters, provided that curbs and gutters are not necessary for drainage purposes or to maintain an existing neighborhood pattern.

(Ord. No. 297, § 9.07.080.070, 3-20-2007)

(a) The City Council may require that single-access strips for flag lots be paved to a width of 15 feet or to full width, whichever is less, and that multiple-access strips be paved to a total width of 20 feet or to the full combined width of the access strips, whichever is less, with asphaltic concrete or Portland cement concrete.

(b) Such surfacing shall be installed in accordance with the specifications for driveway paving contained in this title.

(c) The City Council may provide that a subdivider may submit a letter agreeing to the installation of such improvements in lieu of entering into an improvement agreement pursuant to the provisions of Section 9.151.020.

(Ord. No. 297, § 9.07.080.090, 3-20-2007)

In the event that fences, walls, water mains, sanitary sewers, other means of sewage disposal, or storm drains (other than structures incidental to road improvement) are installed or are to be installed as a part of the improvement of a division of land, plans, profiles, specifications and all necessary details of the proposed construction shall be submitted to the City Engineer not later than the time of submitting the final map or parcel map for checking, and shall be subject to final approval by the City Engineer before such final map shall be transmitted to the City Council for approval, or before the parcel map shall be transmitted for filing with the County Recorder. Such plans, profiles and specifications shall show full details of the proposed improvement, which shall conform to the standards of the City. Plans for sanitary sewers shall comply with the Sanitary Sewer and Industrial Waste Ordinance, set out in Division 2 of Title 20 of the Los Angeles County Code, adopted by reference. Plans for other methods of sewage disposal shall comply with Title 28 of the Los Angeles County Plumbing Code, adopted by reference. Plans for water mains and fire hydrants shall comply with Section 9.151.080.

(Ord. No. 297, § 9.07.080.100, 3-20-2007)

(a) The subdivider shall install, or agree to install, water mains and fire hydrants adequate for the domestic demands and general use of the lot owners and for fire protection to the division of land. This section shall not apply where all lots on the division of land map contain a minimum net area of five acres, and the area is within a single-family residential or agricultural zone.

(b) The water mains, appurtenances and fire hydrants required by this section shall comply in all respects with all statutes, ordinances, rules and regulations applicable at the time of installation. Such water mains, appurtenances and fire hydrants also shall be designed and constructed to deliver the fire flow and domestic water demands as determined by the County Forester and Fire Warden pursuant to the specifications of service, design and construction set out in Division 1 of Title 20 of the Los Angeles County Code, adopted by reference.

(Ord. No. 297, § 9.07.080.110, 3-20-2007)

Sanitary sewer or drainage improvements installed by the subdivider for the benefit of the division of land may be required to contain supplemental size, capacity, length, depth or number, or to be altered in location, for the benefit of property not within the division of land in order to facilitate the orderly development of the surrounding area in a manner consistent with the policies of the General Plan. Such improvements shall be dedicated to the public. The City Council shall enter into an agreement to provide for the payment of reimbursement to the subdivider and the collection of charges from the property benefited by the supplemental improvements, in conformance with applicable State laws.

(Ord. No. 297, § 9.07.080.120, 3-20-2007)

If, by reason of the location, shape, slope, width, depth, velocity of water therein, or other characteristics of a watercourse or drainage facility on a dedicated easement, the proposed development of the division of land makes necessary the fencing of such watercourse or drainage facility, and the advisory agency so finds, the subdivider shall improve such watercourse or drainage facility with a chain-link fence or equal, not less than five feet high. Such fence shall be provided with an adequate number of gates to permit access for cleaning and maintenance. There shall be no apertures below the fence large enough to permit a child to crawl under such fence. If any portion of the channel of such watercourse or drainage facility encroaches any portion of the boundary of the division of land, the subdivider shall fence the side of such portion which is within the division of land. All other portions within the division of land shall be fenced on both sides of such watercourse or drainage facility.

(Ord. No. 297, § 9.07.080.130, 3-20-2007)

Except as otherwise provided in this part, the subdivider shall provide a street-lighting system in each division of land. Plans for street lights shall be submitted to the City Engineer in accordance with the Los Angeles County Highway Permit Ordinance set out in Division 1 of Title 16 of the Los Angeles County Code, adopted by reference.

(Ord. No. 297, § 9.07.080.140, 3-20-2007)

The requirement for street lighting systems as provided in Section 9.151.110 may be waived if the City Council finds that street lights will not be in keeping with the neighborhood pattern, or all lots in the division of land contain a net area of not less than 40,000 square feet and street lights are not necessary to serve such lots so as to maintain the continuity of an established neighborhood street-lighting pattern.

(Ord. No. 297, § 9.07.080.150, 3-20-2007)

Except as otherwise provided in this section, a subdivider shall plant trees along the frontage of all lots shown on a final map or parcel map. The number, species, and location of such trees shall be as specified in an approved tree preservation and planting plan.

(1) A tree preservation and planting plan, at a scale of at least one inch equals 100 feet, shall show:

a. All existing prominent and/or significant trees; and

b. All prominent and/or significant trees to be planted shall be submitted to the City Council for approval in connection with subdivision or lot-split applications.

The tree preservation plan shall describe the genus and species of all existing prominent and/or significant trees, and shall provide justification for any tree to be removed or relocated during grading or construction of the subdivision or lot split. Mitigation by replanting of any prominent and/or significant trees to be removed requires approval from the City Council, which body shall determine size, quantity and locations of all such trees to be planted.

(2) The City Council, in considering a tentative tract map, for a subdivision or lot split, shall review the tree preservation and planting plans. The tree preservation and planting plans shall be subject to the approval of the Planning Commission, and are appealable to the City Council. The Planning Commission or the City Council, on review, may impose such conditions, including bonds, as are necessary to ensure that the tree preservation and planting plans are undertaken and completed to the satisfaction of the City.

(Ord. No. 297, § 9.07.080.160, 3-20-2007)

Except as otherwise provided in this part, the subdivider shall, as part of the improvement of the street or highway, install sidewalks not less than four feet wide, to the satisfaction of the City Council.

(Ord. No. 297, § 9.07.080.180, 3-20-2007)

The construction of sidewalks is not required where any one or more of the following conditions exist and the City Council so finds:

(1) Where all lots in the division of land contain a net area of not less than 20,000 square feet or have an average width of not less than 100 feet, except where sidewalks are necessary to serve such lots so as to maintain the continuity of the established neighborhood sidewalk pattern;

(2) The construction of sidewalks would be impractical because of topographical conditions or because of other physical obstacles;

(3) Sidewalks will not be in keeping with the neighborhood pattern;

(4) Sidewalks are not needed in, and will not benefit, the area.

(Ord. No. 297, § 9.07.080.190, 3-20-2007)

(a) A subdivider, as a condition of approval of a final map for property depicted within an adopted drainage plan, shall pay the fee as specified in the plan to defray the cost of constructing local drainage facilities serving the drainage area.

(b) Definitions. The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this section, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this subsection, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

Construction includes preliminary studies, design, acquisition of right-of-way, administration of construction contracts, actual construction and incidental costs related thereto.

Drainage plan means a plan adopted by the board of supervisors and incorporated hereinafter for a particular drainage area pursuant to Government Code § 66483.

Local drainage facilities means those facilities, such as, but not limited to, dams, retention basins, detention basins, debris basins, spreading grounds, injection wells, observation wells, pressure-reduction facilities, headworks, drains, tunnels, conduits, culverts, washes, swales, floodways, flow paths and channels, for the removal of surface and stormwaters from local drainage areas which are described in an adopted drainage plan.

Number. The singular number includes the plural, and the plural includes the singular.

(c) The local drainage facilities shall be in addition to any existing drainage facilities serving the area at the time of the adoption of such a plan for the area.

(d) Action to establish a drainage plan may be initiated by the City Council upon its own motion or upon the recommendation of the Director of Public Works.

(e) Fees paid pursuant to this section shall be deposited in a planned local drainage facility fund and interest earned by the deposits shall also be distributed and deposited to the fund. A fund shall be established for each planned local drainage area. Moneys in such fund shall be expended solely for the construction or reimbursement for construction of the facilities serving the area and from which the fees comprising the fund were collected, or to reimburse the county for the costs of constructing the facilities.

(f) The City Council may approve the acceptance of consideration in lieu of the payment of the fee established herein.

(g) The City Council may approve the advancement of money from the general fund to pay the costs of constructing the facilities covered herein and may reimburse the general fund for such advances from local drainage facilities funds established pursuant to this section.

(h) If a subdivider, as a condition of approval of a subdivision, is required or desires to construct a local drainage facility, the City Council may enter into a reimbursement agreement with the subdivider. Such agreement may provide for payments to the subdivider from the fund covering that specific facility to reimburse the subdivider for costs not allocated to the subdivider's property in the resolution establishing area. If the fund covers more than one facility, reimbursements shall be made on a pro-rata basis reflecting the actual or estimated costs of the facilities covered by the fund.

(Ord. No. 297, § 9.07.080.200, 3-20-2007)