Pismo Beach Municipal Code Ch. 16.48 Public Improvements

The subdivider shall improve, or agree to improve, all streets, pedestrian ways or easements, and public utilities in the subdivision and adjacent thereto required to serve the subdivision. No permanent improvement work shall be commenced until improvement plans and profiles have been approved by the city engineer and a subdivision agreement contract has been concluded between the subdivider and the city. Improvements shall be installed to permanent line and grade, and to the satisfaction of the city engineer, and in accordance with the standard specifications on file in the office of the city engineer. The minimum improvement which the subdivider shall make, or agree to make at the cost of the subdivider, prior to the acceptance and approval of the final subdivision map or parcel map by the city, shall be as set forth in this chapter. (Ord. 299 § 1 (part), 1982)

Grading, curbs and gutters, paving and the drainage structures necessary for the proper use and drainage of the streets, adjacent property and pedestrian ways and for the public safety shall be provided. (Ord. 299 § 1, 1982)

All streets and pedestrian ways shall be improved to the widths and grades shown on the improvement plans and profiles signed by the city engineer and approved by the council as established by law. The subdivider shall improve the extensions of all subdivision streets and pedestrian ways to the intercepting paving line of any county road, city street or state highway. (Ord. 299 § 1, 1982)

Sidewalks shall be installed as shown on the

improvement plans and profiles signed by the city engineer. (Ord. 299 § 1, 1982)

Sanitary sewer facilities connecting with the existing city sewer system shall be installed to serve the subdivision with a separate private lateral for each lot and to the grades and sizes shown on the plans signed by the city engineer. (Ord. 299 § 1, 1982)

Storm water drains shall be installed as shown on the improvement plans signed by the city engineer. (Ord. 299 § 1, 1982)

All new residential subdivisions and new commercial and industrial development shall have adequate fire protection provided by gravity flow tanks and lines with a minimum fire flow of one thousand five hundred g.p.m. and residual pressure of twenty p.s.i. Commercial and industrial properties will be required to provide fire flows consistent with the I.S.O. recommendations and shall be approved by the fire chief. (Ord. 87-7 § 3, 1987)

Any new or replacement water mains shall be a minimum of eight inches in diameter. (Ord. 85-11 § 1, 1985; Ord. 299 § 1 (part), 1982)

Any new, replacement or relocated fire hydrants shall meet the following standards:

A. All hydrants shall have one four-and-one-half-inch connection and two two-and-one-half-inch connections.

B. Hydrants shall be located no more than three hundred feet apart in commercial areas.

C. Hydrants shall be located no more than four hundred feet apart in residential areas.

D. All hydrants shall be located in the range of eighteen to twenty-four inches on center from curb face.

E. Exceptions to the above standards which are dictated by the physical limitations of a particular site may be approved by the city engineer and the fire chief. (Ord. 85-11 § 2, 1985)

Street name signs shall be provided and placed as required by the city engineer. (Ord. 299 § 1, 1982)

Durable metal monuments, consisting of iron pipe approved by the city engineer shall be installed or referenced to the following locations:

A. Boundary corners;

B. Intervals of not more than five hundred feet along boundary lines;

C. At the beginning or ending of property line curves and property intersections at the discretion of the city engineer; and

D. At lot corners and, in addition, a permanent marker shall be set in the top of the curb on the prolongation of the side lot lines.

Standard monuments shall be placed along the center lines of public streets and alleys at all intersections and at all property intersections or beginning and ending curves. (Ord. 299 § 1, 1982)

Permanent barricades and traffic-safety devices shall be placed as required by the city engineer. (Ord. 299 § 1, 1982)

Street lighting facilities shall be provided in accordance with the recommendations of the city engineer. Lighting shall be adequate to permit property policing of the subdivision. (Ord. 299 § 1, 1982)

A. All new utility facilities and existing utilities where feasible (including but not limited to electric, communication and cable television lines) extended to and installed within any new subdivision shall be placed underground. The installation of the facilities of privately owned utility companies shall be made in accordance with the utilities' rules and regulations on file with the Public Utilities Commission of the state. Exempt from this requirement is equipment appurtenant to underground facilities, such as surface-mounted transformers, pedestal-mounted terminal boxes and meter cabinets and concealed ducts.

B. The subdivider shall be responsible for complying with the requirements of this section and shall make the necessary arrangements with the utility companies involved for the installation of such facilities.

C. Public rights-of-way and easements where utilities are to be placed underground shall be graded to within six inches of the final grade prior to the installation of these utilities.

D. The grade of curbs shall be determined and staked before utilities are installed underground.

E. New utility design shall be reviewed and approved by the utility companies prior to final approval by the city engineer. (Ord. 299 § 1, 1982)

All underground utilities, sanitary sewers and storm drains installed in streets or alleys shall be constructed prior to the surfacing of such streets or alleys. The connection for all underground utilities and sanitary sewers shall be laid to such lengths as will obviate the necessity for disturbing the street or alley improvements when service connections thereto are made. (Ord. 299 § 1, 1982)

Where necessary, dry conduit shall be installed for future underground utility crossings. (Ord. 299 § 1, 1982)

A complete set of improvements plans "as built" shall be filed with the city engineer upon the completion of the improvements required by the provisions of this chapter. Such "as built" plans shall be drawn on copies of the original tracings and be certified as to accuracy and completeness by the subdivider's licensed contractor or engineer. Upon the receipt and acceptance of such "as built" plans, the city engineer shall recommend to the council the formal acceptance of the improvements to the city. (Ord. 299 § 1, 1982)

The subdivider shall be required to pay all the regular extension fees and connection fees for the extension and connection to water lines, sewer lines and storm drain facilities. Such fees shall be made payable prior to the filing of the final map, except in such cases where the building density is not determined, in which case the sewer and water connection fees may be deferred by the council upon the recommendation of the city engineer until an application for a building permit is filed. (Ord. 299 § 1, 1982)

The subdivider may be required to install improvements for the benefit of the subdivision which may contain supplemental size, capacity or number for the benefit of property not within the subdivision as a condition precedent to the approval of a subdivision map and thereafter to dedicate such improvements to the public. However, the subdivider shall be reimbursed for that portion of the cost of such improvements equal to the difference between the amount it would have cost the subdivider to install such improvements to serve the subdivision only the actual cost of such improvements pursuant to the provisions of the Subdivision Map Act.* (Ord. 299 § 1, 1982)

No charge, area of benefit or local benefit district shall be established unless and until a public hearing in accordance with the provisions of section 16.26.110 is held thereon by the city council and the city council finds that the fee or charge and the area of benefit or local benefit district is reasonably related to the cost of such supplemental improvements and the actual ultimate beneficiaries thereof. In addition to the notice required by Section 16.26.110 of this title, written notice of the hearing shall be given to the subdivider and to those who own property within the proposed area of benefit as shown on the latest equalized assessment roll, and the potential users of the supplemental improvements insofar as they can be ascertained at the time. Such notices shall be mailed by the city clerk at least ten days prior to the date established for hearing.* (Ord. 299 § 1, 1982)

A schedule of fees for inspections and plan checks on tract and parcel maps shall be adopted by the city council by resolution. (Ord. 299 § 1, 1982)

* See also Ch. 16.49, Water and Sewer Improvement Payback Procedures.