La Mirada Municipal Code Ch. 20.20 Improvements

(a) The subdivider shall agree to make improvements installed to permanent line and grade and to the satisfaction of the city engineer in accordance with the provisions of this title and with the specifications of the city and such improvements shall be made at the expense of the subdivider. The improvements which the subdivider shall agree to make prior to acceptance and approval of the final subdivision map by the city council shall include the following:

(1) Street grading, installation of curbs, gutters and sidewalks, provisions for drainage and construction of drainage structures necessary to the proper use and drainage of the streets and/or to the public safety and convenience;

(2) Paving of streets, paths, and alleys required;

(3) Provision for a water system with mains of sufficient size and having a sufficient number of outlets to furnish adequate water supply for each lot of the subdivision in accordance with the standards of utility serving the area and with sufficient fire hydrants, fire flow, gated connections and appurtenances to provide adequate fire protection in accordance with the standards of the fire department of the city;

(4) Sanitary sewer facilities and connections for each lot to a sewerage system approved by the city engineer and the southeast sanitation district;

(5) An approved type of street lighting system;

(6) Planting of trees as required;

(7) Installation of street signs as required;

(8) Installation of a system of monuments and benchmarks approved by the city engineer;

(9) Installation of underground facilities for the provision of cable television service.

(b) Services from public utilities where provided and from sanitary sewers shall be made available for each lot in such manner as will obviate, wherever possible, the necessity for disturbing the street pavement, gutter and curb when installed or when service connections are made.

(c) Utility lines including but not limited to electric, communications, street lighting and cable television shall be placed underground either in easements at the rear of lots or the front of the lots, or along lot lines in all subdivisions, or in the street right-of-way. The subdivider shall pay for the underground installations and shall make the necessary arrangements with the utility companies. For the purposes of this section, appurtenances and associated equipment such as, but not limited to, surface-mounted transformers, pedestal-mounted terminal boxes and meter cabinets and concealed ducts in an underground system may be placed above ground. Electrical transmission lines in excess of twenty thousand volts shall be exempt from the above provisions.

(Ord. 195 § 1, 1973; Ord. 121 § 500, 1967).

Improvement plans, proposed under the direction of a registered civil engineer licensed by the state, shall be submitted to the city engineer. The approval of the improvement plans by the city engineer shall be a condition of approval of the final map. The following shall be submitted to the city engineer:

(1) The plans and profiles of all improvements required by the provisions of this title, as well as of other improvements proposed to be installed by the subdivider in, over or under any street or right-of-way, easement or parcel of land where improvements are required or proposed;

(2) A map and report showing all earth fills of twelve inches or more;

(3) Any data, including profiles, contours, design calculations and other information, which the city engineer shall require for the preparation of a report stating that the drainage facilities to be installed to serve the proposed subdivision are in full compliance with the requirements of Section 20.16.060 and will accomplish drainage in the manner stated in that section.

In preparing the report, the city engineer shall consider the recommendations of any agencies concerned to whom he may have submitted such plans for review. The report shall be delivered by the city engineer to the city planning commission prior to approval of the final map. One copy of the report shall be retained by the city planning commission in its files and one copy shall be forwarded to the subdivider;

(4) A certificate of approval of any of the proposed improvements of concern to the southeast sanitation district.

(Ord. 121 § 501, 1967).

The owner or owners of the subdivision concurrently with the acceptance of the final map shall enter into an agreement with the city council, agreeing to have the work completed within the time specified in the agreement.

To assure that work specified in the aforementioned agreement shall be completed and that a system of monuments, stakes and bench marks shall be installed as required, a corporate surety fund shall be furnished by the subdivider guaranteeing the faithful performance of the work and payment of the improvements according to the plans and specifications in a sum equal to the cost as approved by the city engineer.

In lieu of the faithful performance bond, a deposit may be made either with the city or such responsible escrow agents or trust company as shall be approved by the city council and in such manner as shall be approved by the city council, or the deposit may be comprised of money or negotiable bonds in the same amount and manner as approved for securing deposits of public money in banks in which Federal funds may be deposited.

(Ord. 121 § 502, 1967).

Whenever the Subdivision Map Act, this title, a resolution of the city council or the city planning commission requires the installation of sewer or drainage improvements by a subdivider and such improvements are of benefit and if the city planning commission finds such improvements of value to land other than that located within the subdivision, the city planning commission shall recommend to the city council an agreement with the subdivider to reimburse him for the use of such improvements by other lands than those developed by the subdivider, and may recommend to the city council the imposition and collection of a charge for the use of such facilities.

(Ord. 121 § 503, 1967).

(a) Public sites. Areas reserved for parks, playgrounds, school sites or other public uses shall be reserved by separate agreement and as such for a period of thirty days after recording the final map, whichever is less, during which time the public agency involved shall have the option of acquiring the same. Each such area shall be designated as a single lot on the final map. Provided, however, that the city planning commission may, upon the request of the subdivider and after a public hearing to consider the request when it shall find that to do otherwise would impose an undue hardship on the subdivision or the subdivider.

(b) Semi-public sites. Areas reserved for church or other semi-public uses shall upon completion of development of the entire subdivision, be offered for sale by the subdivider for a period up to one year after such completion of development during which time appropriate uses of such sites shall have the opportunity to purchase or to obtain option on the sites at a price which shall reflect their fair market value; provided, however, that the city planning commission may, upon request of the subdivider after a public hearing to consider the request, release the subdivider from the obligation of such reservation when it shall find that to do otherwise would impose an undue hardship upon the subdivision or subdivider.

(Ord. 121 § 504, 1967).