Yuba City Municipal Code Art. 15 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 specification 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 article.

Improvements may be required of the subdivider for the benefit of the subdivision which would contain supplemental size, capacity or number for the benefit of property not within the subdivision, together with a requirement that such improvements shall be dedicated to the public. In the event the subdivider is required under this provision to install improvements containing supplemental size, capacity or number for the benefit of property not within the subdivision, City shall, pursuant to the provisions of Government Code § 66486, enter into an agreement with the subdivider to reimburse the subdivider 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 and the actual cost of such improvements. The term "improvements" as used herein shall mean any street work and utilities to be installed or agreed to be installed by the subdivider on the land to be used for public or private streets, highways, ways and easements as are necessary for the general use of the lot owners in the subdivision and local neighborhood traffic and drainage needs as a condition precedent to the approval and acceptance of the final map thereof. "Improvements" shall also refer to any other specific improvements or types of improvements, the installation of which, either by the subdivider, by public agencies, by private utilities, by any other entity approved by the local agency, or by a combination thereof, is necessary to ensure consistency with or implementation of the General Plan or any applicable specific plan.

(§ 2, Ord. 1095, eff. March 22, 1990)

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.

(§ 2, Ord. 1095, eff. March 22, 1990)

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.

(§ 2, Ord. 1095, eff. March 22, 1990)

Sidewalks shall be installed as shown on the improvement plans and profiles approved by the City Engineer.

(§ 2, Ord. 1095, eff. March 22, 1990)

Street name signs shall be provided and placed as approved by the City Engineer.

(§ 2, Ord. 1095, eff. March 22, 1990)

Permanent monuments, barricades and traffic safety devices shall be placed as approved by the City Engineer.

(§ 2, Ord. 1095, eff. March 22, 1990)

Street lighting facilities shall be provided in accordance with the requirements of the City Engineer. Lighting shall be adequate to permit proper policing of the subdivision.

(§ 2, Ord. 1095, eff. March 22, 1990)

Sanitary sewer facilities connecting with the existing City sewer system shall be installed to serve the subdivision with a separate private lateral from each lot and to the grades and sizes shown on the plans approved by the City Engineer.

(§ 2, Ord. 1095, eff. March 22, 1990)

Stormwater drains shall be installed as shown on the improvement plans approved by the City Engineer.

(§ 2, Ord. 1095, eff. March 22, 1990)

Water mains and fire hydrants connecting to the water system of the City shall be installed as shown on the improvement plans approved by the City Engineer. Mains and individual lot services shall be of sufficient size to furnish an adequate water supply for each lot or parcel in the subdivision and to provide adequate fire protection.

(§ 2, Ord. 1095, eff. March 22, 1990)

All new utility facilities (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 are equipment appurtenant to underground facilities, such as surface mounted transformers, pedestal mounted terminal boxes and meter cabinets, and concealed ducts.

(a) 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.

(b) Public rights-of-way and easements where utilities are to be placed underground shall be graded to within six in. of the final grade prior to the installation of those utilities.

(c) The grades of curbs shall be determined and staked before utilities are installed underground.

(§ 2, Ord. 1095, eff. March 22, 1990)

All underground utilities, water lines, sanitary sewer, and storm drains installed in streets or alleys shall be constructed prior to the surfacing of such streets or alleys. The connections for all water lines, storm drain lines, 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.

(§ 2, Ord. 1095, eff. March 22, 1990)

Where necessary, dry conduit shall be installed for future underground utility crossings.

(§ 2, Ord. 1095, eff. March 22, 1990)

A complete set of improvement plans "as built" shall be filed with the City Engineer upon the completion of the improvements required by the provisions of this article. 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 by the City.

(§ 2, Ord. 1095, eff. March 22, 1990)

The subdivider shall be required to pay all the regular extension fees and connection fees for the extension of and connection to water lines, sewer lines, and storm drain facilities. Such fees shall be made payable prior to the filing of the 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.

(§ 2, Ord. 1095, eff. March 22, 1990)