Procedure for improvement of streets and other subdivision improvements:
(a) The owner's engineer shall submit to the City Engineer all improvement plans for his approval. The plans for water shall be sent to the Cleveland Water Department for required approval; a copy of the approval to tie into the City water and a copy of the approval of the specifications for the water system shall be filed with the City Engineer. The plans for the sanitary sewers shall be sent to the NEORSD and a copy of the approval to tie into the sanitary sewers and the specifications for the sewer system shall be filed with the City Engineer.
(b) A set of duplicate tracings of all improvement plans shall be filed with the City Engineer before any construction may be started. Complete specifications shall be approved by the respective agencies and filed in triplicate with the City Engineer.
(c) The owner shall deposit with the Director of Finance the deposit required by Section 1117.02
(c) in the amount determined by the City Engineer to defray all expenses incurred in approving plans and specifications and any additional costs of inspection by the City Engineer and City employees and officials, agents, consultants and contractors during construction of the improvements at the subdivision and the estimated cost to repair expected damages to existing facilities. If the deposit proves to be inadequate, the owner, upon notice to do so by the City, shall deposit such additional amount forthwith. If there is a surplus, such excess shall be returned to the owner. The deposit shall be delivered to the Director of Finance before the City Engineer reviews and approves the improvement plans. If such deficiencies of these funds occur during the construction of the improvements, the owner shall have a period of seven days to make the necessary deposit; if the owner fails to comply, the City Engineer may order the discontinuance of the construction of the improvements until the owner complies with the regulations. As soon as plans and specifications have been approved by the City Engineer, Cleveland Water Department, the NEORSD, and Council, and the owner has deposited all required fees and deposits, insurance, and Title Insurance in an amount to be determined by the Law Director, verifying the owner is in title to the Subdivision, and verifying all liens and encumbrances on such property to assure that all such holders of any encumbrance or lien have released the streets and common areas from the effect of their lien or encumbrance, the owner may proceed with construction of the improvements to the subdivision.
(d) All work shall be guaranteed to be completed no later than November 1st of the year in which the work is started, or in the event the work cannot reasonably be completed by such date, as part of the improvement plans, and the Performance Bond obligations of the owner, any disturbed areas shall be seeded and subjected to erosion controls over the course of the winter and spring until the seeding fully germinates and the subdivision improvement work can continue based on weather conditions in the following year.
(e) The Building Commissioner shall not issue building permits for construction of any structures on any newly created lot until all subdivision improvements have been installed in accordance with the improvement plans, have been inspected by the City Engineer, the City Engineer has recommended acceptance for dedication of all right-of-way improvements, certified that all storm water management controls are in place, all common areas are properly established and any improvements thereon constructed in accordance with plans approved by the City Engineer, the City Council has accepted the streets in the subdivision for dedication, and the final plat has been recorded with the County Recorder.