8208-0 - Improvements.

Prior to recordation of a final map, or at such earlier time as may be specified in this Article, the subdivider shall complete, or shall enter into an improvement agreement to complete, all of the improvements specified in the conditions of approval of the tentative map and Sections 8208-0.1.1 through 8208-0.1.11 of this Chapter pursuant to Government Code section 66462. Improvements required by a parcel map shall be completed in accordance with Government Code section 66411.1. All such improvements shall be completed in accordance with any applicable provisions of the Ventura County Improvement Standards and Specifications and this Article. No improvements will be accepted by the County until all required fees have been paid. If the improvements are to be dedicated or offered for dedication to an entity other than the County, the subdivider shall enter into a separate subdivision improvement agreement with such entity or, if feasible, such entity may, at the discretion of the Public Works Director, be added as a party to the County's subdivision improvement agreement with the subdivider. Except as otherwise provided in this Chapter, grading and other improvements shall not begin until the tentative map has been approved and the Public Works Director has approved the corresponding improvement plans.

(Ord. No. 4566, § 1, 6-16-2020)

All street improvements and appurtenances including, but not limited to, pavements, sidewalks, curbs, gutters, structures, signs, fences, street lighting, traffic striping, and barricades within the subdivision shall be installed

by the subdivider.

(Ord. No. 4566, § 1, 6-16-2020)

Except where fees or other consideration are received pursuant to this Chapter in lieu of such improvements, all improvements for drainage, erosion control, and stormwater quality required for the proposed subdivision, regardless of location, including improvements necessary to prevent sedimentation or damage to off-site property, shall be installed in accordance with the improvement plans.

(Ord. No. 4566, § 1, 6-16-2020)

Except as otherwise provided in this Chapter, and except where fees or other consideration are received pursuant to this Chapter in lieu of such systems, sewage and permanent domestic water supply systems shall be installed in each proposed subdivision and connections thereto shall be made from each lot within the subdivision. The water supply shall be installed in accordance with the improvement plans and the Ventura County Waterworks Manual. Sewer lines shall be installed in accordance with the improvement plans. In cases where sewage disposal is not provided by a sewage agency, an individual sewage disposal system may be installed on a lot(s) if authorized pursuant to this Chapter, the Zoning Ordinances, and all other applicable laws and regulations.

(Ord. No. 4566, § 1, 6-16-2020)

As a part of the water supply system installed in the proposed subdivision, the subdivider shall install water mains, fire hydrants, connections, and other fire protection facilities deemed necessary by the Ventura County Fire Protection District to provide adequate fire protection to the proposed subdivision.

(Ord. No. 4566, § 1, 6-16-2020)

Except as otherwise provided in this Chapter, all utility facilities including, but not limited to, electric lines, communication lines, cable television lines, street lighting power supply lines, and appurtenances thereto, shall be placed underground and all utility facilities including service laterals shall be installed in the ground prior to the paving of streets. The Public Works Director may authorize installation of utility facilities after street improvements are installed if the installation will not require reconstruction or repair of the street improvements or if unusual circumstances so warrant. Certain utility appurtenances including, but not limited to, transformers, pedestal-mounted terminal boxes and meter cabinets, and concealed ducts used in connection with underground facilities, which cannot be placed underground without unreasonable expense, may be placed on the surface of the ground as approved by the Public Works Director. All necessary arrangements for the installation of utilities shall be made with the utility systems operator of each proposed subdivision pursuant to this Section. This Section shall not apply to utility lines carrying thirty-three (33) kilovolts or more. At the time of approval of the tentative map, the advisory agency may modify this requirement for all or part of a subdivision where it would cause unreasonable hardship. Factors the advisory agency shall use in determining whether this requirement should be modified are:

a.

Steep topography of all or part of the subdivision where the utility lines are required to be located;

b.

Soil types which would make trenching difficult;

c.

The extent to which the facilities would be visible from public roads or other lots if they were not underground;

d.

Due to the large size of the lots the lines would be economically infeasible to underground; and

e.

Other physical features, such as high groundwater table or large outcroppings of boulders along most of the feasible route, which would make trenching difficult.

(Ord. No. 4566, § 1, 6-16-2020)

Naming of streets within a proposed subdivision shall be approved by the Ventura County Fire Protection District. Street name signs shall be installed at all intersections within the subdivision. Traffic control devices and signs shall be installed at all locations within the subdivision specified by the Public Works Director. All traffic control devices and signs shall conform to all applicable laws and regulations.

(Ord. No. 4566, § 1, 6-16-2020)

Barricades shall be constructed at the ends of all streets abutting undeveloped property adjacent to the proposed subdivision.

(Ord. No. 4566, § 1, 6-16-2020)

All underground pipes and openings encountered during construction of any improvements in the subdivision shall be removed or sealed in a manner satisfactory to the Public Works Agency.

(Ord. No. 4566, § 1, 6-16-2020)

All oil and gas wells, including abandoned wells, within the proposed subdivision shall be re-evaluated by the California Geologic Energy Management Division. All wells which have been abandoned or which are required to be abandoned, shall be abandoned in a manner approved by the California Geologic Energy Management Division and documentation verifying said abandonment shall be submitted with the final map or parcel map. All wells, including abandoned wells, shall be delineated on an additional map sheet of the final map or parcel

map. Any improvements and/or deed restrictions limiting use of the subject area as deemed reasonably necessary to prevent injury to persons or property shall be constructed and/or recorded.

(Ord. No. 4566, § 1, 6-16-2020)

All abandoned water wells within the proposed subdivision shall either be destroyed or be retained subject to a certificate of exemption pursuant to Chapter 8, Article 1 (commencing with Section 4811) of Division 4 of the Ventura County Municipal Code. All water wells that are not destroyed shall be shown on an additional map sheet of the final map or parcel map.

(Ord. No. 4566, § 1, 6-16-2020)

a.

At the time of making the survey for the final map or parcel map, unless a survey is not required by either the Subdivision Map Act or this Chapter, the engineer or surveyor shall set sufficient durable monuments to conform to the standards prescribed in section 8771 of the Business and Professions Code so that another engineer or surveyor may readily retrace the survey.

b.

A minimum of one (1) exterior boundary line of the parent parcel shall be monumented or referenced before the final map or parcel map is recorded. Interior and all other monuments need not be set at the time the map is recorded, if the engineer or surveyor certifies on the map that the monuments will be set on or before twelve (12) months following recordation of the final map or parcel map, and if the subdivider provides to the Public Works Director a monument security guaranteeing the payment of the cost of setting such monuments.

The monuments shall be set as follows:

1.

Exterior boundary monuments shall be set at or near each boundary corner and at intermediate points approximately one thousand (1,000) feet apart, or at such lesser distances as may be necessary due to topography in order to ensure accuracy in reestablishment of any point or line without unreasonable difficulty.

2.

Centerline monuments shall be set to mark the intersections of all roads, streets, alleys, or ways. Centerline monuments shall also be set to mark either the beginning or end of curves or the points of intersection of tangents thereof.

3.

Corner monuments shall be set at or near each corner; provided, however, that the County Surveyor may waive the requirements of this subsection (3) with respect to such corner monuments as he or she may deem unnecessary.

c.

All exterior boundary monuments set shall either be of new galvanized iron pipe not less than one and one-half (1½) inches inside diameter and 18 inches long or shall be of such other type and dimensions as may be approved by the County Surveyor.

d.

All lot corner monuments shall be of a new galvanized iron pipe not less than one-half-inch inside diameter and fifteen (15) inches long, or be leads and tacks, or be steel pins.

e.

Centerline monuments shall be of new galvanized iron pipe not less than one and one-half (1½) inches inside diameter and fifteen (15) inches long.

f.

At locations designated by the County Surveyor, not exceeding four (4) per one hundred (100) lots or fraction thereof, monuments constructed to the requirements of the Ventura County Improvement Standards and Specifications shall be placed in lieu of monuments constructed to the standards otherwise specified in this Section.

g.

All monuments set shall be permanently marked or tagged with the surveyor's or engineer's certificate number.

The subdivider's engineer shall prepare plans and specifications for improvements required for the proposed subdivision by this Chapter and the Subdivision Map Act.

(Ord. No. 4566, § 1, 6-16-2020)

Improvement plans shall be submitted to the Public Works Director before or at the same time as the subdivision improvement agreement to which they relate or, if the work is to be initiated before execution of a subdivision improvement agreement, before the commencement of the work. Improvement plans shall not be submitted until the tentative map has been approved.

(Ord. No. 4566, § 1, 6-16-2020)

The Public Works Director shall review improvement plans duly submitted to him or her. He or she shall approve and sign them if they fully comply with the requirements of the Subdivision Map Act and this Chapter, and substantially comply with the tentative map and conditions of approval thereto. Any changes from data shown on the tentative map relative to street and storm drains shall be supported by an engineering report and will not be allowed unless the change is approved by the Public Works Director.

(Ord. No. 4566, § 1, 6-16-2020)

Improvement plans shall be prepared according to good engineering practice under the direction of, and shall be signed by, a civil engineer registered by the State of California. Improvement plans shall be printed or drawn clearly and legibly or reproduced by a process which results in a permanent record which will permit direct reproductions. Each sheet shall be twenty-two (22) inches vertically by thirty-four (34) inches horizontally for improvements required by the Ventura County Watershed Protection District, and twenty-four (24) inches vertically by thirty-six (36) inches horizontally for all other improvements. Each sheet shall have a marginal line drawn completely around it, leaving an entirely blank margin of one and one-half (1½) inches on the left-hand side and one-half (½) inch on the other three sides. If the improvement plans include five (5) or more sheets, a key map showing the streets and the area covered by each sheet of the plan shall be included on the first sheet of the plans.

(Ord. No. 4566, § 1, 6-16-2020)

Improvement plans shall also include a complete set of grading plans. Grading plans shall be on sheets separate from the improvement plans and shall contain a title block and have a graphical scale in addition to a numerical scale. The grading plans shall be submitted on sheets twenty-four (24) inches vertically by thirty-six (36) inches horizontally. The grading plans shall be done in accordance with the Ventura County Building Code Appendix J, as may be amended.

(Ord. No. 4566, § 1, 6-16-2020)

Improvement and grading plans shall be legible and drawn to a horizontal scale of one (1) inch equals forty (40) feet. A vertical scale of one (1) inch equals four (4) feet shall be used on street and pipe profiles. Different scales may be used with approval of the Public Works Director.

(Ord. No. 4566, § 1, 6-16-2020)

Improvement plans shall show the complete plans, profiles, and details for all improvements to be placed in a proposed subdivision including, but not limited to, all street work, drainage channels, and structures, all underground utilities to be installed by the subdivider including all appurtenances thereto located within the right-of-way, retaining walls, or other improvements to support cut slopes and embankments, bridges if constructed in conjunction with subdivision improvements, the location of underground utilities not within the right-of-way which may control the location and elevations of storm drains and culverts, the location of fire hydrants, curbs, gutters, and sidewalks, fences that may be required, gates, structures, and drainage facilities necessary to control slides, other improvements which may be required to complete the work, and conditions beyond the subdivision boundaries which affect the integrity of the proposed improvements.

(Ord. No. 4566, § 1, 6-16-2020)

No change shall be made to the improvement plans for the subdivision without prior approval of the Public Works Director. All changes approved by the Public Works Director shall comply with the requirements of this Chapter.

(Ord. No. 4566, § 1, 6-16-2020)

An estimate of the cost of the improvements to the proposed subdivision shall be prepared by the subdivider and shall accompany the improvement plans each time they are submitted. Cost estimates shall include line items of all key components and a separate item for contingencies in the amount of ten (10) percent of the estimated actual cost. The cost of relocating existing utilities and appurtenances should also be included. Upon consideration of the estimate submitted by the subdivider, the Public Works Director shall approve the estimated cost for the improvements of the proposed subdivision.

(Ord. No. 4566, § 1, 6-16-2020)