La Puente Municipal Code Ch. 11.28 Improvements

Sections:

• 11.28.010 General requirements.

• 11.28.020 Improvement and site development plans.

• 11.28.030 Improvement plans—Street and highway.

• 11.28.040 Map showing structures.

• 11.28.050 Highway improvements.

• 11.28.060 Street improvements.

• 11.28.070 Improvements to existing streets or highways adjacent to the division of land.

• 11.28.080 Improvements to existing streets or highways within the division of land.

• 11.28.090 Improvements of future streets.

• 11.28.100 Temporary improvements.

• 11.28.110 Protective improvements.

• 11.28.120 Drainage improvements.

• 11.28.130 Fences or walls adjacent to highways.

• 11.28.140 Fencing of watercourses or drainage facilities.

• 11.28.150 Underground utilities.

• 11.28.160 Sanitary sewers.

• 11.28.170 Sidewalks.

• 11.28.180 Street lighting system.

• 11.28.190 Landscaping maintenance.

• 11.28.200 Street trees and plants.

• 11.28.210 Water mains and fire hydrants.

• 11.28.220 Improvement agreement.

• 11.28.230 Cost of improvement.

• 11.28.240 Soils report.

Improvements required to be installed or agreed to be installed by a subdivider as a condition precedent to the filing of a final tract map or parcel map shall comply with the requirements of this title. Such improvements shall be provided and developed in accordance with the conditions imposed as a condition of approval of the tentative map, in accordance with any agreement or bond made or entered into by the subdivider for that purpose, and in accordance with the standards and specifications set by administrative regulations and ordinances of the city applicable at the time of approval of the tentative map.

(Ord. 537 § 2 (part), 1985)

(a) Plans, profiles and specifications for improvements other than street and highway improvements shall be submitted to the city engineer not later than the time a final tract map or parcel map is submitted for checking and certification. Such plans shall show all details of the proposed improvements needed for approval of the plans by the city engineer. Such details may include requirements of other governmental bodies whose jurisdiction some portion of the plan may encompass.

(b) Final plans must be approved by the city engineer before a final tract map or parcel map is transmitted to the city council for approval.

(c) Preliminary plans may be approved by the city engineer when sufficient engineering data is furnished by the subdivider to demonstrate that the preliminary design meets the city’s standards and specifications, and is practicable from a maintenance standpoint and is consistent with sound engineering practices and that the final plans will conform to the preliminary plans with only minor changes.

(Ord. 537 § 2 (part), 1985)

Plans, profiles, and specifications for all street and highway improvements shall be subject to the approval of the superintendent of streets. Such plans shall be furnished to the superintendent of streets not later than the time of submitting the final tract map or parcel map to the city engineer for checking and shall be subject to the approval of the superintendent of streets before any such map shall be certified by the city engineer. Such plans, profiles, and specifications shall show full details of the proposed improvements and shall be in accordance with the standards and specifications of the city. Such plans shall also include the design grade for an existing highway or for a future street, provided the superintendent of streets determines that such grade is necessary to properly locate slope and drainage easements, if any.

(Ord. 537 § 2 (part), 1985)

If streets, highways, or other public ways are to be dedicated or granted on a final tract map or parcel map or by separate instrument prior to filing a parcel map and the subdivider is required to grade, pave or install curbs, gutters or sidewalks within such easements, the subdivider shall provide a copy of the final map or parcel map, as the case may be, which delineates all structures within such easements, except publicly owned storm drains, water lines, sewers and other drainage or sanitary facilities. Such maps shall be submitted to the superintendent of streets when highway improvement plans are submitted for approval.

(Ord. 537 § 2 (part), 1985)

Each highway shall be improved with full-width grading, Portland cement concrete curbs and gutters, fullwidth roadway paving, installation of drainage facilities incidental thereto, street signs, and such other improvements for traffic and drainage needs as are required for the appropriate development of the division of land.

(Ord. 537 § 2 (part), 1985)

Each street, whether public or private, shall be improved with full-width grading, Portland cement concrete curbs and gutters, full-width roadway paving, drainage facilities incidental thereto and street signs.

(Ord. 537 § 2 (part), 1985)

If a portion of an existing street or highway constitutes any portion of the boundary of the division of land and such street or highway is unimproved, or the city council determines that the improvements are insufficient for the general use of the lot owners in the division of land and for local neighborhood traffic and drainage needs, the city council may require the subdivider to improve or agree to improve such street or highway as specified in Sections 11.28.050, 11.28.060 and 11.28.170.

(Ord. 537 § 2 (part), 1985)

The city council may require the remodeling of an existing street or highway. Such remodeling shall be in accordance with the improvement requirements specified in Sections 11.28.050, 11.28.060 and 11.28.170.

(Ord. 537 § 2 (part), 1985)

Except for full-width grading, the subdivider shall not be required to improve streets or highways shown on a final map or a parcel map as future streets.

(Ord. 537 § 2 (part), 1985)

Temporary improvements may be required prior to, or concurrent with, permanent improvements. In such instances, the temporary improvements shall be installed in a manner approved by the city engineer or superintendent of streets, whichever is appropriate.

(Ord. 537 § 2 (part), 1985)

The city council may require such structures to be installed as are necessary for the proper functioning and maintenance of the improvements required to remove a flood or geological hazard and as are necessary for the protection of property adjacent to the division of land.

(Ord. 537 § 2 (part), 1985)

The subdivider shall provide such drainage facilities as are considered necessary by the city council for the drainage requirements of the division of land and for local neighborhood needs. Such facilities shall be constructed in accordance with standards and specifications approved by the city engineer.

(Ord. 537 § 2 (part), 1985)

If lots in a division of land abut a highway and the city council required the subdivider to relinquish access rights to such highway, a masonry wall not less than six feet high shall be required along the property line of the lots contiguous to the highway. Said wall shall be constructed in accordance with wall design standards DC-83-A, or equivalent.

(Ord. 537 § 2 (part), 1985)

The subdivider shall provide a chain-link fence or equivalent, not less than six feet high, along each side of any portion of a dedicated right-of-way for any watercourse or drainage facility within a proposed division of land if the city council finds that the location, shape, slope, width, velocity of water therein, or other characteristics of the watercourse or drainage facility makes the fencing of the right-of-way necessary for the protection of the general public. Such fencing shall have an adequate number of gates to facilitate cleaning and maintenance and shall not contain apertures below the fence in excess of four inches vertical.

(Ord. 537 § 2 (part), 1985)

Utility lines, including but not limited to electric, communications, street lighting and cable television, shall be required to be placed underground. The subdivider is responsible for complying with the requirements of this section, and he shall make the necessary arrangements with the utility companies for the installation of such facilities. 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 aboveground.

(Ord. 537 § 2 (part), 1985)

The subdivider shall install sanitary sewers to serve each lot in a division of land. Such sewers shall be designed in accordance with the requirements of the city engineer and the outlet to be used for the sewers shall be designated by the city engineer.

(Ord. 537 § 2 (part), 1985)

The subdivider shall install Portland concrete sidewalks not less than four feet wide when adjacent to the property line or not less than five feet wide, excluding curb when adjacent to the curb along that side of all service roads upon which lots abut and on both sides of all other streets and highways. In either case allowable lot area includes only that portion not within street right-of-way.

(Ord. 537 § 2 (part), 1985)

The subdivider shall provide an ornamental street lighting system in each division of land of five lots or more. Plans for the installation of the system shall be submitted to the superintendent of streets for approval.

(Ord. 537 § 2 (part), 1985)

Whenever a lot on a final tract map or parcel map is to be owned in common by a number of persons or by an association comprised of a number of persons the subdivider shall form a landscape maintenance district or develop some other landscape maintenance procedure satisfactory to the city prior to filing a final map or parcel map to assure continual maintenance of common areas.

(Ord. 537 § 2 (part), 1985)

The subdivider shall plant trees in the parkway panels of streets and highways within or adjacent to a division of land; the type or species and location of such trees shall be subject to the approval of the director of planning.

(Ord. 537 § 2 (part), 1985)

(a) The subdivider shall install or agree to install mains and fire hydrants in the division of land for the general use of the lot owners and for fire protection. The installation of such water mains and fire hydrants shall comply in all respects with all statutes, ordinances, rules and regulations applicable to water mains and fire hydrants.

(b) In the absence of such statutes, ordinances, rules and regulations required domestic water flows shall be determined by the city engineer and required duration of fire flows, and fire hydrant type and location shall be determined by the fire chief.

(c) Water mains and fire hydrants may be required on existing streets or highways adjacent to or within the division of land, provided the existing improvements are insufficient for the general use and/or fire protection of the lot owners.

(Ord. 537 § 2 (part), 1985)

If a required improvement is not completed before a final tract map or parcel map is filed, the subdivider shall enter, as contractor, into an agreement with the city to complete the improvement within the time specified in the agreement.

(Ord. 537 § 2 (part), 1985)

Improvements required by this title shall be installed and constructed by the subdivider at his expense, and shall not be paid for by any special assessment lien, tax bonded indebtedness, or charge against the land or real property within the division, except:

(a) The cost of installing pipes and other facilities for the transmission of water may be paid for in whole or in part from revenues collected from the customers served at regular established water rates for the water company, pursuant to regulations of the Public Utilities Agency (as defined in Section 4401 of the Government Code), from the net operating income only, as payment for the sale of water thereto;

(b) As provided in Sections 66483, 66484, 66485, 66486, 66487, 66488 and 66489 of the Subdivision Map Act or other enabling acts.

(Ord. 537 § 2 (part), 1985)

A preliminary soils report, prepared by a civil engineer registered in this state, and based upon adequate test borings, shall be required prior to approval of any final tract map, except that:

The city council may waive the preliminary soils report if it finds sufficient data is available to determine that the soils qualities of the soils of the tentative tract are such that no analysis is necessary or the conditions of approval of a tentative map are likely to prevent structural damage to the structures to be constructed, and the conditions of approval are incorporated in the construction of each structure.

(Ord. 537 § 2 (part), 1985)