San Ramon Municipal Code Art. 3 Procedure

Any person required to dedicate land by the provisions of this chapter shall deliver an offer to dedicate, properly executed by all parties owning an interest, including beneficiaries and trustees in deeds of trust, as shown by a current title report, furnished by the applicant, and acceptable to the office of the city engineer. The offer shall: A. Be on a form approved by the city attorney and the city engineer; B. Be in such terms as to be binding on the owner, his or her heirs, assigns or successors in interest; and C. Continue until the city council accepts or rejects it. The applicant shall file the offer with the public works department, which (if it finds it to be in order) shall present it to the council. Within twenty days, the council shall accept or reject the offer for recordation. If it is accepted, its clerk shall notify the building inspection department and promptly record the offer with the county recorder. (Ord. 230 § 2 (Exh. A) (part), 1992)

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Dedication(s) hereunder shall be considered as satisfactorily assured when the council accepts for recordation the offer to dedicate. (Ord. 230 § 2 (Exh. A) (part), 1992)

Any person required by this chapter to make improvements shall file with the city engineer a bond in such an amount as the city engineer determines to be necessary to complete all of the improvements required. Such bond may be either a cash bond, or a bond executed by the lot owner as principal and a company authorized to act as a surety in this state. The bond shall be payable to the city and be conditioned upon the faithful performance of all required work; and it shall provide that if such work is not completed within the time specified, the city may have it completed, and the parties executing the bond shall be firmly bound under a continuing obligation for the payment of all necessary costs and expenses incurred in the construction thereof. (Ord. 230 § 2 (Exh. A) (part), 1992)

On any default or failure on the part of the owner (principal) to fully, faithfully and properly do or complete any of the required improvements, the city may have part of all of the work done, and may collect the costs caused thereby from the cash deposit (refunding any remainder) or enforce collection thereof under the surety bond. (Ord. 230 § 2 (Exh. A) (part), 1992)

The term of the (cash and/or surety) bond required by this chapter shall begin when the cash is deposited or the surety bond is filed, and shall end when the city engineer accepts in writing the required improvements as completed to his or her satisfaction, after which the deposit and/or surety bond shall be refunded and/or exonerated as appropriate. (Ord. 230 § 2 (Exh. A) (part), 1992)

Improvements, as discussed in this chapter, shall be considered as satisfactorily assured when the city engineer accepts the cash or surety bond hereunder or accepts the required improvements as completed to his or her satisfaction; and the city engineer shall notify the building inspection department when improvements have been assured. (Ord. 230 § 2 (Exh. A) (part), 1992)

When all dedication(s) and improvement(s) required by this chapter have been satisfactorily assured, a building permit may be issued. (Ord. 230 § 2 (Exh. A) (part), 1992)