Pinole Municipal Code Ch. 12.20 Street Dedications

* For statutory provisions pertaining to dedication of real property by subdividers, see Gov. Code § 66475 et seq.

All streets, lanes, places, avenues and portions thereof, including extension in length and width, within the corporate limits of the city of Pinole which have been dedicated by the owners thereof for public use, or which have been opened or offered by the owner for the use of the public, are hereby accepted and declared to be open public streets of the city of Pinole. (Prior code § 43).

No street, or portion thereof, shall be accepted until completed in the following particulars and a report by the street commission of its condition has been received by the Council:

A. The street, or portion thereof, must have water pipes laid therein, and a vitrified ironstone sewer with flush tanks, manholes and Y branches where the same are required and side connections with each house fronting on said street, all laid in accordance with regulations and specifications of the city of Pinole.

B. The roadway must be curbed with cutstone and cement; must have rock or concrete gutters constructed on both sides thereof, and be graded to the official grade and macadamized with hard, tough, broken trap rock, or graveled, in accordance with such specifications therefor as the Council has adopted or shall from time to time adopt; or the roadway must be paved with bituminous rock, containing not less than fourteen percent of bituminous matter, of a thickness of not less than one and one-half inches, laid upon a concrete foundation of not less than four inches in depth, composed of cement, sand, and broken rock in accordance with such specifications therefor, or upon such other foundation as the Council approves.

C. No street crossing shall be accepted unless such crossing is properly sewered, with manhole, and is properly graded and macadamized or paved with bitumen as prescribed for streets, and has the corners completed with curved cement, or cutstone curbing and gutters, and has iron pipe culvert and cement bridges and all is completed in accordance with the city specifications therefor. (Prior code § 44).

The official grade of the streets of the city of Pinole shall be established by the Council by resolution at any regular meeting; provided, however, that after the first day of April, 1914, no grade shall be established unless notice of the same stating the time and place of hearing has been posted for ten days prior thereto on each piece, lot or tract of property affected thereby or served personally for the same period on each owner of property affected thereby and an opportunity given by the Council for hearing the objections of the owner of the property to the proposed establishing of the official grade. (Prior code § 45).

Acceptance of a street or crossing, or portions thereof, shall not be deemed an acceptance of that portion required to be kept in order or repair by any person or company having railroad tracks thereon. (Prior code § 46).

A street may be partially or conditionally accepted in whole or in part under such terms as the Council deems reasonable and in conformity with law. (Prior code § 47).