Before the Council shall approve a final plat of a subdivision, the subdivider shall provide the required improvements at his or her own expense, shall give bond in an amount equal to the engineer’s estimate or make other financial arrangements acceptable to the Council to cover the cost of the following:
(A) Survey monuments. All subdivision boundary corners, block and lot corners, road intersection corners and points of tangency and curvature shall be marked with survey monuments meeting the minimum requirements of state law. All United States, state, county, and other official bench marks, monuments, or triangular stations in or adjacent to the property shall be preserved in precise position unless a relocation is approved by the controlling agency.
(B) Grading. Roads and lots shall be graded to secure proper drainage.
(C) Surface water drainage. Surface water drainage shall be provided by storm sewers or drainage courses adequate to drain surface water from the subdivision and protect roadway pavements.
(D) Minimum pavement width and roadway surfacing. Roads shall meet the standards set forth herein and shall be approved after inspection by the engineer.
(E) Sanitation.
(1) Where lots cannot be connected with a public sewerage system, provisions must be made for sanitary sewerage facilities, consisting of a central treatment plant or approved individual disposal systems for each lot. This does not mean that the installation of individual disposal systems shall be at the expense of the subdivider.
(2) All approved sewage disposal systems shall comply with the regulations and recommended standards of the city and the Minnesota Department of Health and the Pollution Control Agency.
(F) Water supply.
(1) Water supply for tall areas shall be designed to meet regulations and recommended standards of the city and the Minnesota Department of Health. Where connection with a public water system is feasible, the public water facilities shall be utilized.
(2) When the subdivision is located within the service area of the public water supply system, water mains not less than 6 inches in diameter shall be constructed throughout the entire subdivision in such a manner as to serve adequately all lots and tracts with connection to such public system together with shut-off valves and fire hydrants at intervals of not less than 600 feet.
(G) Miscellaneous facilities. Tree planting street name signs, traffic control signs, over-sized utility trunk lines, pedestrian ways, and other improvements may be required.
(H) Payment for installation of improvements. The required improvements to be furnished and installed by the subdivider, which are listed and described, are to be furnished and installed at the sole expense of the subdivider; provided however, that in the case of an improvement, the cost of which would by general policy be assessed only in part to the improved property and the remaining cost paid out of general tax levy, provision may be made for payment of a portion of the cost by the city and provided further, that if any improvement installed within the subdivision will be of substantial benefit to lands beyond the boundaries of the subdivision, provision may, be made for causing a portion of the cost of the improvement, representing the benefit to such lands, to be assessed against the same and in such ease the subdivider will be required only to pay for such portion of the whole cost of the improvement as will represent the benefit to the property within the subdivision.
(I) Required agreement providing for proper installation of improvements. Prior to installation of any required improvements and prior to approval of the final plat, the subdivider shall enter into a contract in writing with the city requiring the subdivider to furnish and construct the improvements at his or her sole cost and, in accordance with plans and specifications and usual contract conditions, which may include provision for supervision of details of construction by the Engineer and grant to the Engineer authority to correlate the work to be done under the contract by any subcontractors authorized to proceed there under and with any other work being done or contracted by the city in the vicinity.
(J) Construction plans. Construction plans for the required improvements conforming in all respects with the standards of the Engineer and the ordinances of the city, shall be prepared at the subdivider’s expense by a professional engineer or land surveyor who is registered in the State of Minnesota, and the plans shall contain his or her seal. The plans, together with the quantities of construction items, shall be submitted to the City Engineer for his or her approval and for his or her estimate of the total cost of the required improvements; upon approval they shall become a part of the contract required. The tracings of the plans approved by the City Engineer plus 2 prints shall be furnished to the city to be filed by the City Engineer as a record.
(K) Inspection. All required improvements on the site that are to be installed under the provisions of this chapter may be inspected during the course of construction by the City Engineer or Building Official.
(L) Improvements completed prior to approval of final plat. Improvements within a subdivision which have been completed prior to application for approval of the final plat shall be accepted as equivalent improvements in compliance with the requirements only if the engineer shall certify that he or she is satisfied that the existing improvements conform to applicable standards.
(M) Incomplete improvements. In the event of small subdivisions or in subdivisions in which development may proceed slowly, or in other events in which the provision of surfaced streets, utility lines, or other improvements is clearly not feasible immediately following approval of the final plat, the city may elect to commence assessment proceedings, utilize funds of a cash escrow agreement, or otherwise move to finance and install improvements when the subdivision is developed to the point of warranting the improvements. The improvements are required in order to provide greater assurance of public health, assure reliability of water supply, provide for economy of installation, provide more effective fire fighting through hydrants, and otherwise protect the public health, safety, convenience, and general welfare.
(Ord. 2011-06-07A, passed 6-7-2011)