Newark Municipal Code Ch. 16.16 Improvements

The subdivider may be required to improve all streets, highways, public ways and easements which are a part of the subdivision, as well as improvements that may not be part of the subdivision but are affected by the subdivision.

(Ord. No. 546, § 3(Exh. A), 11-9-2023)

The required improvements shall include:

A. Streets and Roads. Grading, curbs and gutters, sidewalk, landscaping including street trees, irrigation, and surfacing of streets, highways and public ways, and the drainage thereof.

B. Grading Lots. The grading of the lots and the drainage thereof as may be required by the design of the approved tentative map.

C. Stormwater Control and Treatment. Stormwater control measures in compliance with this code, the latest regional water quality control board clean water construction general permit, and the latest municipal regional stormwater NPDES permit. The control and treatment measures shall reduce erosion and sedimentation from entering the storm drain system from the subdivision site (point source).

D. Water Supply and Sanitary Sewer. Subdivisions shall be served with water and sanitary sewer connections in the manner approved by the county water district and union sanitary district unless an alternative design is proposed and approved by the city engineer.

E. Utilities. Subdivisions shall be served by public utilities (gas, electricity, Internet/cable/phone) unless an alternative design is proposed and approved by the city engineer.

F. Public Safety. Construction of such structures as may be necessary for public safety, including but not limited to local neighborhood drainage, traffic safety signs and devices, street name signs, and street lighting.

G. Fire Hydrants. Fire hydrants shall be furnished and installed as approved by the local water district, fire marshal, and city engineer.

H. Trails and Bikeways. Trails and bikeways as designated on the general plan or applicable specific plan, or the city's adopted bicycle and pedestrian master plan.

I. Improvements adjacent to the subdivision. Construction of the improvement across any storm drain channel, Hetch-Hetchy right-of-way or other public facility adjacent to the subdivision.

(Ord. No. 546, § 3(Exh. A), 11-9-2023)

Except as provided in Section 16.16.020, all improvements shall be constructed in accordance with standard engineering practice and in accordance with standard plans and specifications approved by the city.

(Ord. No. 546, § 3(Exh. A), 11-9-2023)

Before beginning any construction or installation of improvements, a complete set of plans, profiles, cross sections, and other drawings for all improvements, together with a complete set of detailed specifications for the work, shall be submitted to the city engineer for review and approval. All work shall be according to city standards and specifications. The city engineer shall be furnished, without cost, one or more complete sets of the signed plans in a form required by the city engineer. No work shall commence without approved, signed plans.

(Ord. No. 546, § 3(Exh. A), 11-9-2023)

The city engineer shall have the right to enter upon the site of the work for the purpose of inspecting the same and shall be furnished with samples of materials as he or she may require for the making of tests to determine the acceptability of the materials.

(Ord. No. 546, § 3(Exh. A), 11-9-2023)

The subdivider shall pay to the city the cost for the inspection of the work and checking materials in accordance with the city's fee schedule.

(Ord. No. 546, § 3(Exh. A), 11-9-2023)

Upon completion of improvements, the subdivider shall provide as-built drawings in the form required by the city engineer prepared by a civil engineer registered by the state and electronic files compatible with the city's GIS system showing the subdivision as it has been completed. The subdivider shall also provide recorded conditions, covenants and restrictions documents, and other documents pertinent to the development as reasonably determined by the city engineer.

(Ord. No. 546, § 3(Exh. A), 11-9-2023)