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A. Location and Capacity. All utilities (gas, water, electric, telephone and cable TV) shall be installed and placed underground. Their location shall be subject to the requirements of the improvement standards, the recommendation of the utility company and the approval of the director.
B. Access. The location of all utilities shall allow satisfactory equipment and personnel access for maintenance and operation.
C. Certification. Prior to filing the final map, the subdivider shall provide the city with a certification from each appropriate utility company. This certification shall state that the company will provide its service to the subdivision and that the subdivider has met all of the company’s conditions necessary to provide the service.
D. Cost. Unless such is required by federal or state law and/or regulation, nothing in this code shall be construed to require a subdivider to absorb the cost of such installation at their sole cost.
(Res. No. 9 77-78 (part), Res. No. 89 87-88, Res. No. 59 90-91 §12, Res. No. 40-18 §1)
A. Street Tree Requirements. Street trees shall be planted as directed by the public works director. In lieu of planting the trees, the subdivider shall deposit with the city a street tree fee. Such fee shall provide the tree purchasing and planting by the city and shall relieve the subdivider of any further street tree obligation.
B. Landscape Requirements. Landscaping may be required by the advisory agency. All such landscaping shall be installed and maintained by the subdivider until the city accepts the subdivision. In addition, the subdivider may be required to provide irrigation facilities for the landscaping.
C. Planting and Installation Guidelines. All street trees and landscaping required within a public right-of-way or public service easement or on other city property shall be planted and installed in compliance with the following guidelines:
1. All trees, shrubs, ground covers, vines and turf shall be of a type approved by the public works director and, to the greatest extent practicable, shall be of a drought- resistant and drought-tolerant type of variety.
2. Irrigation controllers shall be equipped with independent station control, multiple start time and multiple program capabilities.
3. All irrigation systems shall include independent station or “zone” moisture sensors. Plant materials with similar watering requirements shall be irrigated using common controller circuits.
4. Irrigation systems shall be designed to match precipitation rate to evapo- transpiration potential of selected plant materials given soil percolation rates.
5. Whenever possible, irrigation systems shall include drip irrigation, individual adjustable bubblers, weep-tubing, matched precipitation sprinkler heads and other low volume systems.
6. Wind direction and wind speed shall be considered as a design element for the purpose of minimizing overspray and to provide even precipitation distribution.
7. A water audit shall be performed before installing plant material, to ensure equal precipitation rate.
8. Wherever practical, landscape installations shall be performed with minimum soil compaction. All attempts shall be made by the landscape contractor to keep construction equipment and vehicles off the landscape site once final soil tilling and grading is complete.
(Res. No. 9 77-78 (part), Res. No. 102 92-93, Res. No. 19-13)
If the anticipated traffic demand created by the subdivision warrants the installation of traffic signals, the subdivider shall install same.
Determination of the need for traffic signals, and their subsequent design, will be the responsibility of the director. The subdivider shall provide and install these facilities in accordance with requirements of the director.
(Res. No. 9 77-78 (part))
The installation and the type of monuments shall be in accordance with the pertinent provisions of the Subdivision Map Act, Title 18 of the Chico Municipal Code, and the improvement standards.
(Res. No. 9 77-78 (part))
The design of crossing protection facilities shall be the subdivider’s responsibility subject to the requirements of the State of California Public Utilities Commission. The facilities shall be installed by the affected railroad company subject to any necessary permits and agreements.
(Res. No. 9 77-78 (part))
Public right-of-way improvements, as required by Title 14 of this code and which are not part of a subdivision, shall be constructed in accordance with these design criteria and improvement standards except as follows:
A. Street improvements (including but not limited to curb, gutter, sidewalk, storm drainage facilities, and street lighting) shall be required from lot or parcel property line to the edge of existing street pavement, or beyond as may be needed to maintain a maximum five percent (5%) shoulder cross slope on said existing street.
B. In lieu of constructing alley improvements, an alley improvement fee shall be paid as established by resolution of the city council, except that alley improvements shall be constructed in the following cases:
1. All non-residential development;
2. All property uses permitted subject to a use permit in an R-3 high density residence district, and all residential development of four (4) or more dwelling units on a parcel, which utilize the adjacent alley for access.
When improvement of an alley is required, it shall be constructed between the property and the nearest street as well as along the full width of the property abutting the alley. The community development director may determine that an alley improvement fee be paid where alley construction would otherwise be required in the event it is determined that grade constraints or extensive storm drainage requirements make construction impractical.
C. Where adjacent existing improvements do not meet current criteria, the director may elect to alter the criteria so that proposed improvements match existing improvements in the most practical, yet satisfactory manner.
(Res. No. 9 77-78 (part), Res. No. 57 82-83 §6, Res. No. 88 84-85 §1, Res. No. 113-07, Res. No. 19- 13)
The following certificates shall be included upon all final subdivision maps filed with the city, as applicable:
A. City Clerk’s Certificate When Dedication of Real Property Not Made. When offer of dedication of real property to the city for street and/or public easement purposes is not made as part of the final map, the certificate shall read as follows:
“I hereby certify that on the ..... day of ....., 20..., the City Council of the City of Chico officially approved this map, subject to the installation and completion of
all required subdivision improvements (if applicable).
........................ ...............................................”
Date City Clerk
B. City Clerk’s Certificate When Dedication of Real Property is Made. When an offer for the dedication of real property to the city for street and/or public utility easement purposes is made as part of the final map, the certificate shall read as follows:
“I hereby certify that on the .... day of ....., 20.., the City Council of the City of Chico officially approved this map, subject to the installation and completion of all required subdivision improvements (if applicable), and accepted (describe area(s) of dedication) for dedication to the City of Chico on behalf of the public.
......................... ...............................................”
Date City Clerk
C. City Manager’s Certificate When Dedication of Real Property is Made as Part of a Non-City Subdivision. When a final map is filed for a subdivision not within the city but which is adjacent to a city roadway, and an offer for the dedication of real property to the city for street and/or public utility easement purposes is made, the certificate shall read as follows:
“I hereby certify that (describe area(s) of dedication), as shown hereon and herein offered for dedication to the City of Chico, is accepted by the undersigned officer on behalf of the City Council of the City of Chico pursuant to the authority conferred by Resolution No. 79 61-62 of the City Council of the City of Chico, adopted March 6, 1962, and that the grantee consents to the recordation thereof by its duly authorized officer.
...................... ..........................................”
Date City Manager
(Res. No. 9 77-78 (part))
Type of Street | Arterial | Collector | Local |
Minimum Design Speed (mph)
| 40
| 35
| 25
|
Minimum Curve Radius at Centerline
| 600'
| 450'
| 200'
|
Minimum Tangent between Reversing Curves
| 200'
| 150'
| 100'
|
Minimum Stopping Sight Distance
| 275'
| 240'
| 165'
|
Type of Street | Design Speed (mph) | Min. Length Vertical Curve | Min. Stopping Sight Distance | At Min. Stopping Crest V.C.- Max. Rate of Change- %/100' | Sight Distance Sag. V.C.- Max. Rate of Change- %/100' | Passing Sight Distance* |
Arterial | 40 | 200' | 275' | 1.80 | 1.80 | 1500' |
Collector | 35 | 150' | 240' | 2.50 | 2.20 | 1300' |
Local | 25 | 100' | 165' | 5.25 | 3.70 | 900' |
*Passing sight distance criteria do not apply to sag vertical curves. For design of crest vertical curves that meet passing sight distance criteria, refer to “Caltrans Highway Design Manual of Instructions” or “AASHO Policy on Geometric Design of Rural Highways.”
Land Use | C |
Landscaped area | 0.25 |
Residential | |
Rural (up to 2 units/acre) | 0.35 |
Low-density (2+ to 6 units/acre) | 0.50 |
Medium-density (6+ to 14 units/acre) | 0.60 |
High-density (14+ and up) | 0.75 |
Public | 0.40 - 0.70 |
Schools, Hospitals | 0.35 - 0.70 |
Commercial | 0.70 - 0.90 |
Industrial | 0.70 - 0.90 |
Highway | 0.80 - 0.90 |
ZONING | DESIGN CRITERIA |
ZONING | DESIGN CRITERIA |
RESIDENTIAL | |
Domestic flow | 80 gpcd (average) |
Infiltration | 650 gad |
Peak flow factor | 1.5 - 3.0 (see Table 6) |
1. Rural Density | |
Units/acre | 2 |
People/unit | 3.6 |
Peak design flow | [(80)(3)(2)(3.6)] + 650 = 2,378 |
Use 2,400 gad | |
2. Low Density (R-1) | |
Units/acre | 5 |
People/unit | 3.6 |
Peak design flow | [(80)(3)(5)(3.6)] + 650 = 4,970 |
Use 5,000 gad | |
3. Medium Density (R-2) | |
Units/acre | 13 |
People/unit | 2.3 |
Peak design flow | [(80)(3)(13)(2.3)] + 650 = 7,826 |
Use 7,800 gad | |
4. High Density (R-3) | |
Units/acre | 24 |
People/unit | 2.0 |
Peak design flow | [(80)(3)(24)(2.0)] + 650 = 12,170 |
Use 12,200 gad | |
COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL | |
Average flow | 1,500 gad |
Peak flow | 3,000 gad |
gpcd = gallons per capita per day | |
gad = gallons per acre per day | |
