Chula Vista Municipal Code Ch. 18.36 Improvements

Sections:

18.36.010 Minimum improvement requirements for subdivisions. 18.36.020 Acceptance and approval authority. 18.36.030 Public utility facilities – Installation time.

***** For statutory provisions vesting control over subdivision design and improvement in the governing bodies of cities, see Bus. and Prof. Code § 11525.

CROSS REFERENCES: Excavations, see Ch. 15.04 CVMC. Street obstructions, see Ch. 12.12 CVMC.

The subdivider shall improve or agree to improve all streets, thoroughfares, public ways or public or private easements within the development and adjacent thereto, as required to serve the development. No grading or improvement work shall be commenced until either an appropriate subdivision improvement agreement, land development permit, or street encroachment permit has been approved and any necessary bonds posted. Improvements shall be installed to line and grade and in accordance with the standard drawings and specifications of the City and/or as determined by the City Engineer. Street structural sections shall be designed in accord with the “Standardized Method of Street Structural Design,” as prepared by the City Engineer. The minimum improvements which the subdivider shall normally be required to agree to install, at his own cost, in the creation of a parcel or parcels shall include the following:

A. Grading, curbs and gutter, driveways, paving and drainage structures necessary for the proper use and drainage of the development, streets, highways and/or public safety;

B. Site grading and drainage, taking into consideration the drainage pattern of adjacent improved or unimproved property and making drainage provisions adequate for total ultimate development of the natural tributary area. Runoff quantities to be anticipated shall be derived from the drainage study as herein defined, or by such other method as may be approved by the City Engineer. Alternate methods shall be fully substantiated by the engineer of work. Grading shall be in full conformity with the provisions of the appropriate ordinances of the City, with the exception that the work may be performed under the terms of the subdivision agreement and no land development permit shall be required in such cases. Drainage facilities and concepts shall conform to the provisions of CVMC Title 14, relating to the control of drainage areas and watercourses;

• C. Street name and traffic control signs;

• D. Sidewalks, except as provided in CVMC 18.32.090(B);

E. Fire hydrants and a water system with mains of sufficient size and capacity to provide future extension to adjacent property and having a sufficient number of services to furnish an adequate water supply for each lot or parcel in the subdivision and to provide adequate fire protection;

• F. Sanitary sewer facilities and connections for each lot. Sewer mains, whose size and depth shall be adequate to serve adjacent and upstream properties, shall extend to the boundaries of the parcel map or subdivision;

• G. Street lighting facilities shall be installed per City standards;

• H. Street trees;

• I. Underground utilities as required by this code;

• J. Provision shall be made for any and all railroad crossings necessary to provide access to or circulation within the proposed subdivision, including the preparation of all documents necessary for application to the California State Public Utilities Commission for the establishment and improvement of such crossings;

• K. Mid-block pedestrian ways, where required, shall be in conformance with CVMC 18.32.090(C);

• L. Improvements on private access easements shall be required as determined by the City Engineer.

In the coastal zone, the minimum improvements which the subdivider shall be required to install, at his or her own cost, in the creation of a parcel or parcels shall be consistent with the applicable provisions of the certified local coastal program, in addition to subsections (A) through (L) of this section. (Ord. 3153 § 2 (Exh. C), 2010; Ord. 2100 § 1, 1985; Ord. 1369, 1971; prior code § 28.1001).

The City Engineer shall have the authority and responsibility to accept public improvements and approve site grading relative to subdivision of land, whether through the subdivision process or the parcel map process. Completion of all improvements and/or grading as contemplated by the subdivision improvement agreement, the land development permit or the street encroachment permit is a condition of approval and acceptance. (Ord. 3153 § 2 (Exh. C), 2010; Ord. 2100 § 1, 1985; Ord. 1369, 1971; prior code § 28.1002).

All underground facilities including individual lot services to the property line shall be completed prior to installation of sidewalk, cross-gutter or street pavement. (Ord. 3153 § 2 (Exh. C), 2010; Ord. 2100 § 1, 1985; Ord. 1369, 1971; prior code § 28.1003).