Every subdivider shall be required to install the following public and other improvements in accordance with the conditions and specifications as follows.
(A) Monuments. Monuments shall be set in accordance with the Idaho Code § 50-1303.
(B) Street and alleys. All streets and alleys shall be constructed in accordance with the standards and specifications adopted by the Council. Vertical curbs and gutters shall be constructed on collector and arterial streets.
(C) Curbs and gutters. Curbs and gutters shall be required on minor streets and shall be constructed in accordance with the standards and specifications adopted by the Council.
(D) Installation of public utilities. Underground utilities are recommended and may be required by the Council in areas where overhead facilities would not be compatible with the surrounding properties.
(E) Driveways. All driveway openings in curbs shall be as specified by the Public Works Department, highway district or the State Highway Department.
(F) Water supply system. When a proposed subdivision is to be serviced by a public water supply system, fire hydrants and other required water system appurtenances shall be provided by the subdivider. If there is no existing or accessible public water supply system, the subdivider shall be required to install a water supply system for the common use of the lots within the subdivision as approved by the State Department of Environmental Community Services. Individual wells may be permitted in accordance with the requirements of the appropriate health district.
(G) Underground utilities; sanitary sewer system.
(1) When a proposed subdivision is to be served by a public sanitary sewage system, sanitary sewers and other required appurtenances thereto shall be provided by the subdivider as approved by the State Department of Environmental and Community Services.
(2) Where is it determined, in the judgment of the Commission, based upon the advice of the appropriate health district, that a subdivision cannot be feasibly connected with an existing public or private sewer system, or that a public or private sewer system is not provided for the subdivision, then an approved disposal system may be authorized which shall comply with the requirements of the appropriate health district.
(H) Sidewalks and pedestrian walkways.
(1) Sidewalks may be required on both sides of the street. Where the average width of lots, as measured at the frontage line or at the building setback line, is over 100 feet, sidewalks on one side may be required by the Council.
(2) Pedestrian walkways, when required, shall have easements at least ten feet in width and include a paved walk at least five feet in width, located generally along the centerline of the easement, dedicated as a public pedestrian walkway.
(3) Sidewalks and crosswalks shall be constructed in accordance with the standards and specifications as adopted by the Council.
(I) Greenbelts. Greenbelts or landscaping screening may be required for the protection of residential properties from adjacent major arterial streets, waterways, railroad rights-of-way or other features. Subdivision plats shall show the location of any greenbelt areas.
(J) Street lighting. Streetlights may be required to be installed at intersections throughout the subdivision. In these cases, a subdivider shall conform to the requirements of the city and the public utility providing such lighting.
(K) Bicycle paths. Bicycle paths should be considered in all developments and may be required by the Commission.
(Prior Code, § 16.20.030) (Ord. 462, passed 6-9-1975)