Plumas County Municipal Code Art. 7 Improvements

Prior to the approval of any final subdivision map, the subdivider shall improve, or agree to improve, the streets, roads, utilities, and other facilities and no final subdivision map shall be approved and no road or utility shall be accepted for public use until and unless such improvements have been constructed in a manner satisfactory to the Board, or a valid warranty, agreement, or contract guaranteeing such improvements has been filed with and accepted by the Board.

The subdivider or owner of the land embraced by every subdivision map before presenting any final map to the Board, shall make, execute, acknowledge, and deliver to the Board, in consideration of the acceptance of dedication, a valid warranty, agreement, and contract to improve all streets, roads, and facilities, designating the streets, roads, and facilities by name and an appropriate description thereof. Actual work on the streets, roads, and facilities shall be commenced not later than ninety (90) days after the date the subdivision map is recorded, and all work shall be fully completed on or before one year after the date of such recordation, unless such time is extended for good and sufficient reasons by the Board, and the approval of an extension in the time for the completion of the work shall include an appropriate increase in the security.

When a set of Improvement Plans is required, the plans shall be stamped and signed by an engineer. The engineer shall be onsite to inspect the construction and shall be responsible for construction meeting the required standard. The engineer shall provide onsite inspections and as-built drawings of the finished product and certify that he/she has inspected the standards and plans.

Where improvements are required for a division of land which is not a subdivision of five (5) or more lots, such requirements shall be noticed by certificate on the parcel map, on the instrument evidencing the waiver of such parcel map, or by separate instrument and shall be recorded on, concurrently with, or prior to the parcel map or instrument of waiver of a parcel map being filed for record. The fulfillment of such construction requirements shall not be required until such time as a permit or other grant of approval for the development of the parcel is issued by the County, or until such time as the construction of such improvements is required pursuant to an agreement between the subdivider and the County, whichever is earlier, except that, in the absence of such an agreement, the Commission or Zoning Administrator may require the fulfillment of such construction requirements within a reasonable time following the approval of the parcel map and prior to the issuance of a permit or other grant of approval for the development of a parcel upon a finding that the fulfillment of the construction requirements is necessary for the following reasons:

(a) The public health and safety; or

(b) Because the required construction is a necessary prerequisite to the orderly development of the surrounding area.

Where the required improvements for a division of land which is not a subdivision of five (5) or more lots are not completed prior to the filing of the parcel map, the subdivider shall execute a valid warranty, agreement, or contract to complete such improvements, in the same form and under the same conditions required above for subdivision maps, except that such agreement shall be executed by the Engineer-Surveyor as contracting officer for the County. In the event of a disagreement between the Engineer-Surveyor and the subdivider regarding the terms and content of the agreement, or the security therefor, the matter shall be scheduled for determination by the Board at its next regular meeting.

(§ 61207, P.C.O.C., as amended by Ords. 413, 435, 457, 486, 554, and 664, § 9, Ord. 77-211, eff. August 4, 1977; § 4, Ord. 78-254, eff. April 7, 1978; and § I, Ord. 06-1046, adopted May 2, 2006)

There shall be attached to the warranty, agreement, and contract, and accompanying them as an integral part thereof, security for the performance thereof, which security shall be submitted to the Board. Such security or bond shall not be released until the Engineer-Surveyor or the Road Commissioner has inspected the work and improvements required by the warranty and agreement and has filed a certificate, as to his respective responsibility, certifying to the satisfactory completion of such work and improvements. However, the security for performance accompanying an agreement for improvements for a division of land which is not a subdivision of five (5) or more lots shall be submitted to the Engineer-Surveyor, and he shall have the authority to approve the construction of the respective improvements and release the security. In the event of a disagreement between the Engineer-Surveyor and the subdivider as to the approval of the construction and the release of the security, the matter shall be scheduled for determination by the Board at its next regular meeting.

(§ 61207, P.C.O.C., as amended by Ords. 413, 435, 457, 486, 554, 664, § 9, Ord. 77-211, eff. August 4, 1977, and § 4, Ord. 78-254, eff. April 7, 1978)