§ 16.24

The subdivider shall improve or agree to improve all streets, pedestrian ways or easements and public utilities in the subdivision and adjacent thereto required to serve the subdivision. No permanent improvement work shall be commenced until improvement plans and profiles have been approved by the public works department. Improvements shall be installed to permanent line and grade and to the satisfaction of the public works department and in accordance with the public works construction standards. The minimum improvement which the subdivider must make or agree to make at the cost of the subdivider, prior to acceptance and approval of the final subdivision map or parcel map by the city, shall be set forth in the public works construction standards and/or this chapter.

(Ord. 550 (part), 1994).

All streets and pedestrian ways shall be improved to widths and grades shown on the improvement plans and profiles signed by the city engineer and approved by the city council as established by law. The subdivider shall improve the extension of all subdivision streets and pedestrian ways to their intersecting with any county road, city street or state highway.

(Ord. 550 (part), 1994).

A.

Subdividers of residential subdivisions subject to provisions of this title shall cause to be installed fire hydrants, gated connections and appurtenances, including an adequate source of water supply for fire hydrants. If the subdivider has not installed or caused to be installed said hydrants, gated connections and appurtenances, including an adequate source of water, prior to the recordation of the final subdivision map or record of survey maps, he shall include such installation in the contract and bonds required of the

subdivider pursuant to the ordinance codified in this title and other ordinances regulating the subdivision of land.

B.

Fire Hydrant Standards.

1.

Maximum spacing shall be five hundred feet.

2.

Minimum size of fire hydrant service is six inches.

3.

All placement of hydrants shall be subject to the approval of the fire department.

4.

Fire hydrants shall be dry-barrel type with six-inch mechanical joint hubs, forty-two-inch trench depth bury, two 2 1/2 inch N.S.T. outlets, and one 4 1/2 inch outlet with 5 1/4 inch minimum valve.

(Ord. 550 (part), 1994).

Stormwater drains shall be installed as shown in Chapter 16.25 of this title.

(Ord. 550 (part), 1994).

16.24.050 - Water system.

Water mains and individual lot services shall be installed with laterals to each lot and/or parcel shown on the final or parcel map in accordance with the public works construction standards and the improvement plans signed by the city engineer.

A.

Water pipe shall be cast iron, cement-mortar lined, meeting the requirements of the American Waterworks Association Standard C101 and C104, or PVC, CL 150 or C900.

B.

Minimum water line diameter shall be six inches unless approved otherwise.

C.

Water lines shall be installed in closed loops, and sufficient valves shall be installed to permit isolation of segments not exceeding five hundred feet in length.

D.

Valve boxes shall be similar to Christy G-5 designed for traffic loads and shall have cast iron covers marked "WATER."

E.

Water lines shall be installed at least ten feet, measured horizontally, from existing or proposed sewer lines.

F.

Water meter boxes shall be installed at or near the back of sidewalk and shall be similar to E. W. Cook Boxes, Redding, California.

G.

Oversizing of water lines for future development may be required by the technical advisory committee. When required, the City Engineer will determine an equitable apportionment of the cost of oversized lines.

(Ord. 550 (part), 1994).

Sanitary sewers shall be installed with laterals to each lot and/or parcel shown on the final or parcel map in accordance with the public works construction standards and the improvement plans signed by the city engineer.

A.

Sewer pipe shall be PVC SDR 35, class 1500/2400 or approved equal.

B.

Where topography permits, sewers shall be constructed to a grade which will maintain flow velocities of two feet per second. No sewer line shall be constructed at a grade which will result in a flow velocity less than one foot per second.

C.

Minimum manhole spacing shall be five hundred feet.

D.

Minimum sewer line diameter shall be six inches.

E.

Service laterals of four-inch minimum diameter shall be installed to the property line of each lot and shall terminate at a cleanout box, Cook 10 C12, or approved equal.

F.

Sewer lines shall be installed at least ten feet, measured horizontally, from water lines.

G.

Oversizing of sewer lines for future development may be required by the technical advisory committee. When required, the city engineer will be determine an equitable apportionment of the cost of oversized lines.

H.

Sewage Lift Stations. When a sewage lift station is required, the location, size and type shall be approved by the city engineer.

(Ord. 550 (part), 1994).

16.24.060 - Street name signs.

Street name signs shall be provided and placed as required by the public works department.

(Ord. 550 (part), 1994).

16.24.070 - Permanent monuments, barricades and traffic signs and safety devices.

Permanent monuments, barricades and traffic signs and safety devices shall be placed as required by the public works department.

(Ord. 550 (part), 1994).

Subdivision lighting facilities shall be provided in accordance with Section 16.21.050 of this title.

(Ord. 550 (part), 1994).

16.24.090 - Underground utility facilities.

All new utility facilities (including, but not limited to, electric, gas, communication and cable television lines) extended to and installed within any new subdivision shall be placed underground. The installation of the facilities of privately owned utility companies shall be made in accordance with the utilities rules and regulations on file with the public utilities commission. Exempt from this requirement are: equipment appurtenant to underground facilities, such as surface-mounted transformers, pedestal-mounted terminal boxes and meter cabinets, and concealed ducts.

A.

The subdivider is responsible for complying with the requirements of this section and shall make the necessary arrangements with the utility companies involved for the installation of said facilities.

B.

Public rights-of-way and easements where utilities are to be placed underground shall be graded to within six inches of the final grade prior to the institution of those utilities.

C.

Grades of curbs and sidewalks shall be determined and staked before utilities are installed underground, and all surface-mounted appurtenances and vaults shall be carefully set to grade to match the curb and/or sidewalk grade.

(Ord. 550 (part), 1994).

All underground utilities installed in streets or alleys shall be constructed prior to the surfacing of such streets or alleys. Connections for all underground utilities shall be laid to such lengths as will obviate the necessity for disturbing the street or alley improvements when service connections thereto are made. Where necessary, dry conduit shall be installed for future underground utility crossings.

(Ord. 550 (part), 1994).

A.

A complete set of "as-built" improvement plans shall be filed with the public works department upon completion of said improvements and said plans shall become the property of the city. The final set of "asbuilt" improvement plans shall be submitted as original drawings, photographic mylars or ozalid mylars.

B.

Said "as-built" plans are to be certified as to accuracy and completeness by the subdivider's licensed contractor or engineer. Upon receipt and acceptance of said "as-built" plans, the public works department shall recommend to the city council formal acceptance of the improvements by the city.

(Ord. 550 (part), 1994).

A subdivider shall dedicate by deed or make an irrevocable offer to dedicate, without cost to the city, real property for the following purposes:

A.

Streets, alleys, including access rights and abutter's rights, drainage, public utility easements and other public easements;

B.

Bicycle paths in any subdivision containing two hundred or more lots as specified in the Subdivision Map Act;

C.

Parks and recreation, in accordance with the general plan, specified by the provisions of the Subdivision Map Act, except where the subdivider pays an in-lieu fee in accordance with standards approved by the council;

D.

Such other public purposes as the planning commission may deem necessary, provided the amount of real property required to be dedicated bears a reasonable relationship to the increased need for public facilities created by the subdivision.

(Ord. 550 (part), 1994).

A subdivider may be required to provide such land for school sites as may be necessary in accordance with the provisions of the Subdivision Map Act. Collection and administration of school impact fees shall be the responsibility of the local school district office.

(Ord. 550 (part), 1994).

16.24.140 - Sites for public facilities.

A subdivider may be required to reserve sites for public uses as provided by the Subdivision Map Act. This section shall not be deemed to conflict with subsection (D) of Section 16.24.120.

(Ord. 550 (part), 1994).

Chapter 16.25 - STORMWATER RETENTION-CRITERIA FOR DESIGN

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