Fountain Valley Municipal Code Ch. 11.04 Streets Not Yet Dedicated

The city council does hereby determine that subdividers and developers who are building homes within the city have allowed people to occupy said homes before the entire tract or development has been completed and so accepted by the city.

(Ord. 304 § 1, 1964)

The city council recognizes that streets and roadways within subdivisions or developments are many times maintained in such a condition as to be a nuisance or hazardous to the public health, safety and welfare.

(Ord. 304 § 2, 1964)

The city engineer is hereby directed to inspect all such streets and roadways within any such development occupied by people to determine if such streets or roadways are a nuisance or hazardous to the public health, safety and welfare.

(Ord. 304 § 3, 1964)

In the event the city engineer determines that any such streets or roadways are such a nuisance or hazard, he shall notify the developer or subdivider thereof.

(Ord. 304 § 4, 1964)

The nuisance or hazardous condition shall thereafter be corrected to the satisfaction of the city engineer within forty-eight hours after notification.

(Ord. 304 § 5, 1964)

Should the nuisance or hazardous condition be not so corrected, the city engineer may in his discretion order all work within the tract or development stopped until the corrections are properly made.

(Ord. 304 § 6, 1964)

The city engineer may in his discretion, should the nuisance or hazardous condition be not so corrected, order at city expense the work necessary to abate the nuisance or alleviate the hazardous condition, the cost of which shall thereafter be charged to the developer or subdivider and paid before any further use and occupancy permits are issued by the city.

(Ord. 304 § 7, 1964)