Cupertino Municipal Code Art. VI Improvement Plans

A. Improvement plans shall be prepared under the direction of and signed by a registered civil engineer licensed by the State of California.

B. Improvement plans shall include but not be limited to grading, storm drains, landscaping, streets and related facilities.

(Ord. 2085, § 2 (part), 2011; Ord. 1384, Exhibit A (part), 1986)

A. Plans, profiles and details shall be legibly drawn, printed or reproduced on twenty-four-inch by thirty-six-inch sheets. A border shall be made on each sheet providing one-half inch at top, bottom and right side and one-and-one-half inches on the left side.

B. A suitable title block shall be placed in the lower right corner or along the right edge and provide adequate space for approval by the City Engineer and for approval of plan revisions.

C. Plan and profiles shall be drawn to the scale of one inch equals forty feet or larger unless approved by the City Engineer. Details shall be drawn to such scale that clearly shows the facility being constructed. The scales for various portions of the plans shall be shown on each sheet.

D. A vicinity map shall be shown on the first sheet of all sets of plans.

E. A north arrow shall be shown on each sheet when applicable.

F. Plans shall be laid out to orient north to the top or right edge of the sheet unless approved otherwise by the City Engineer.

G. All lettering shall be one-eighth inch minimum.

H. If the plans include three or more sheets, a cover sheet showing the streets, lots, easements, storm drains, index and vicinity map shall be included.

I. The form of all plans shall conform to such additional requirements as may be established by the City Engineer. The final form of all plans shall be as approved by the City Engineer.

(Ord. 2085, § 2 (part), 2011; Ord. 1384, Exhibit A (part), 1986)

A. The improvement plans shall show complete plans, profiles and details for all required improvements to be constructed, both public and private (including common areas).

B. Reference may be made to the City of Cupertino, Santa Clara County or State standard plans in lieu of duplicating the drawings thereon.

(Ord. 2085, § 2 (part), 2011; Ord. 1384, Exhibit A (part), 1986)

Hydrology, hydraulic plans and calculations, bond estimates and any structural calculations as may be required, shall be submitted with the improvement plans to the City Engineer. All calculations shall be legible, systematic and signed and dated by a registered civil engineer licensed by the State of California and in a form as approved by the City Engineer.

(Ord. 2085, § 2 (part), 2011; Ord. 1384, Exhibit A (part), 1986)

The subdivider shall submit two sets of improvement plans and two copies of all computations to the City Engineer for review. Upon completion of his or her review, one set of the preliminary plans, with the required revisions indicated thereon, will be returned to the subdivider's engineer.

(Ord. 2085, § 2 (part), 2011; Ord. 1384, Exhibit A (part), 1986)

A. After completing all required revisions, the subdivider's engineer shall transmit the originals of the improvement plans to the City Engineer for his or her signature.

B. Upon finding that all required revisions have been made and that the plans conform to all applicable City ordinances, design review requirements and conditions of approval of the tentative map, the City Engineer shall sign and date the plans. The originals will be returned to the subdivider's engineer.

C. Approval of the improvement plans shall not be construed as approval of the sanitary sewer or water construction plans or compliance with County, State or Federal laws.

D. Approval by the City Engineer shall in no way relieve the subdivider or his or her engineer from responsibility for the design of the improvements and for any deficiencies resulting from the design thereof or from any required conditions of approval for the tentative map.

E. Prior to the start of work, the subdivider's engineer shall submit all required microfilm, sepias and copies of both maps and improvement plans to the City.

(Ord. 2085, § 2 (part), 2011; Ord. 1384, Exhibit A (part), 1986)

Requests by the subdivider or the engineer for revisions to the approved plans appearing necessary or desirable during construction shall be submitted in writing to the City Engineer or his or her appointee and shall be accompanied by two sets of revised drawings showing the proposed revision. If the revision is acceptable, the originals shall be submitted to the City Engineer's office for initialing. The originals shall be returned to the subdivider's engineer and two sets of the revised plans shall be immediately transmitted to the City Engineer.

Construction of any proposed revision will not be permitted to commence until revised plans have been received and forwarded to the City's Public Works Inspection Division.

(Ord. 2085, § 2 (part), 2011; Ord. 1384, Exhibit A (part), 1986)

A. When revisions are deemed necessary by the City Engineer to protect public health and safety, or as field conditions may require, a request in writing shall be made to the subdivider and his or her engineer. The subdivider's engineer shall revise the plans and transmit the originals to the City Engineer for initialing within such time as specified by the City Engineer. Upon receipt of the initialed originals, the subdivider's engineer shall immediately transmit two sets of revised drawings to the City Engineer. Construction of all or any portion of the improvements may be stopped by the City Engineer until revised drawings have been submitted.

B. The subdivider may appeal revisions required by the City Engineer to the City Council by filing an appeal with the City Clerk within two working days following receipt of the request to revise the plans.

(Ord. 2085, § 2 (part), 2011; Ord. 1384, Exhibit A (part), 1986)

Costs incurred by the City for the checking of plans or calculations or inspection as a result of revisions to the approved plans shall be borne by the subdivider.

(Ord. 2085, § 2 (part), 2011; Ord. 1384, Exhibit A (part), 1986)