§ 11-1218 IMPROVEMENT PROCEDURES; FINAL IMPROVEMENT PLANS; CONTENT OF ENGINEERING DRAWINGS; REVIEW OF PLANS; APPROVAL BY PLANNING COMMISSION; CONSTRUCTION OF IMPROVEMENTS; INSPECTION; INSPECTION PROCEDURES; FINAL INSPECTION; REPORT TO PLANNING COMMISSION AND GOVERNING BODY; ACCEPTANCE OF IMPROVEMENTS.
(A) In other instances when petitions have not been authorized for submission, upon the approval of the preliminary plat, the subdivider shall have prepared by a licensed professional engineer (which may be contracted for, with any governmental agency or utility), engineering drawings for proposed required improvements containing the data and information specified in subsection (B) below. Such drawings shall be certified by a licensed professional engineer, and shall be submitted in duplicate to the city at least 30 days prior to the date that approval of the final plat is requested. Failure to do so will be considered automatic consent to an extension of or a waiver by the subdivider of any time limitation for plat approval.
(2005 Code, § 11-1254)
(B) Engineering drawings for required improvements shall contain the following data and information:
(1) Plans, details, specifications and cost estimates for roadway and sidewalk construction, including plans, profile indicating existing topography and elevation, indicating curb and sidewalk elevation, intersection control elevation and paving geometries for each street with a typical cross section of the roadway. The profiles of grade lines shall be shown to a scale of one inch equals 100 feet horizontal and one inch equals ten feet vertical. This information shall be shown on standard plan and profile sheets unless otherwise required by the appropriate engineer;
(2) Plans, profiles, details, specifications and cost estimates of proposed storm drainage improvements;
(3) Plans, profiles, details, specifications and cost estimates of proposed water distribution systems and proposed water supply facilities and water hydrants, if any;
(4) Plans, profiles, details, specifications and cost estimates of sewage systems and of sewage treatment plants, if any;
(5) Grading plans for all lots and other sites in the subdivision;
(6) When unusual conditions exist, the Planning Commission may require such additional plans, specifications and drawings as may be necessary for an adequate review of the improvements to be installed;
(7) All plans shall be based on city U.S.G.S. datum for vertical control; and
(8) All plans for underground wiring shall be prepared by or at the direction of the utility involved.
(2005 Code, § 11-1255)
(C) The city or agency responsible for determining specifications and standards referred to in § 11-1217(C) of this article shall review all engineering drawings in order to determine whether such drawings are consistent with the approved preliminary plat and comply with their design standards. If such drawings are consistent and so comply, the reviewing official shall forward to the Planning Commission, a notice that they so conform or comply. In the event that the drawings do not so conform or comply, the reviewing official shall notify the subdivider of the specific manner in which such drawings do not so conform or comply, and he or she may then correct such drawings. If such drawings are not corrected, the reviewing official shall forward to the Planning Commission a notice as to the items of non-conformity or non-compliance.
(2005 Code, § 11-1256)
(D) The Planning Commission shall approve a final plat only when the approval of the city has been received that the plans and engineering drawings have been approved or that the appropriate petitions, if authorized, have been filed with the city.
(2005 Code, § 11-1257)
(E) No improvements shall be constructed nor shall any work preliminary thereto be done until such time as a final plat and the engineering drawings accompanying it shall have been approved and there shall have been compliance with all of the requirements relating to the agreement, bond and deposit specified in § 11-1217(E) of these regulations.
(2005 Code, § 11-1258)
(F) All improvements constructed or erected shall be subject to inspection by the city or official responsible for setting and enforcing the applicable design and construction standards of the required improvement. The cost attributable to all inspections required by this regulation shall be charged to and paid by the subdivider. Before any required inspections take place, the subdivider may be required to post a deposit with the City Clerk, to cover the cost of such inspections. The subdivider shall give at least 48 hours’ written notification to such official prior to the performance of any of the following work:
(1) All phases of roadway and sidewalk construction; and
(2) All phases of construction including, but not limited to, water lines, sanitary sewer lines, storm sewer, underground wiring and other required improvements.
(2005 Code, § 11-1259)
(G) After notice is received as specified in subsection (F) above, the official designated in subsection (F) above may conduct an on-site inspection to determine that the work complies with the approved engineering plans and specifications. If, in the opinion of such official, such work does not comply with such final drawings, he or she shall have authority to order that all such work shall be terminated until such time as necessary steps are taken to correct any defects or deficiencies. Upon the correction of such defects or deficiencies, the subdivider shall again notify the official as provided in subsection (F) above.
(2005 Code, § 11-1260)
(H) Upon completion of ail improvements within the area covered by the final plat, the subdivider shall notify the official designated in subsection (F) above, who shall thereupon conduct a final Inspection of all improvements installed. If such final inspection indicates that there are any defects or deficiencies in any such improvements as installed, or if there are any deviations in such improvements as installed from the final engineering plans and specifications, he or she shall notify the subdivider in writing of such defects, deficiencies or deviations and the subdivider shall, at his or her sole cost and expense, correct such defects or deviations within six months of the date of notification. When such defects, deficiencies or deviations have been corrected, the subdivider shall notify the official that the improvements are again ready for final inspection.
(2005 Code, § 11-1261)
(I) If a final inspection indicates that all improvements as installed contain no defects, deficiencies or deviations, within ten days from the completion of such inspection, the official shall certify to the Planning Commission, the governing body and utility that all improvements have been installed in conformity with the engineering plans and specifications accompanying the final plat. The receipt of such notification by the governing body or utility shall constitute the date on which the 18-month period specified in § 11-1217(E)(3) of this article shall commence.
(2005 Code, § 11-1262)
(J) Upon the receipt by the governing body of the certificate of the official that all improvements have been installed in accordance with the engineering drawings, as approved, and in conformity with the requirements of this regulation and all other applicable statutes, ordinances and regulations, the governing body shall, thereupon, by resolution or utility by letter formally accept such improvements. The improvements shall become the property of the governing body or utility company involved. The improvements shall become the property of the governing body when taken into the city limits of the city.
(2005 Code, § 11-1263)