(A) Partitions.
(1) During the review of partition proposals, the city shall require as a conditions of approval, the improvement of:
(a) Public streets upon which the property fronts to public standards, including: surfacing of street adjacent to property; installation of curbing, storm sewers, sanitary sewers, waterlines and other necessary public utilities;
(b) Sidewalks, five feet in width, along public street frontage; and
(c) Paved private driveways serving flag lots.
(2) All improvements required under this division (A) shall be completed or assured through an irrevocable letter of credit, assignment of bank account, performance bond or other instrument acceptable to the City Attorney prior to the issuance of building permits.
(B) Subdivisions. The following improvements shall be required for all subdivisions in the city.
(1) Frontage improvements.
(a) Street improvements to full city standards shall be required for all public streets on which a proposed subdivision fronts.
(b) Such improvements shall be blended to match with existing improved surfaces across the centerline and for a reasonable distance beyond the frontage of the property.
(c) Additional frontage improvements shall include sidewalks, curbing, storm sewer, sanitary sewer, waterlines, other public utilities as necessary and such other improvements as the city shall determine to be reasonably necessary to serve the development or the immediate neighborhood.
(2) Proposed streets. All public streets within the subdivision shall be constructed to current city public works standards. Street names shall be approved by the Planning Commission.
(3) Monuments. Upon completion of street improvements, monuments shall be reestablished and protected in monument boxes at every street intersection and all points of curvature and points of tangency of street centerlines. Elevation bench marks shall be established at each street intersection monument with elevations to U.S. Geological Survey datum.
(4) Sanitary sewers.
(a) Sanitary sewers shall be installed to serve the subdivision and to connect the subdivision to existing mains both on and off the property being subdivided.
(b) If the required sewer facilities will, without further sewer construction, directly serve property outside the subdivision, the Planning Commission may recommend to the City Council construction as an assessment project with such arrangement with the subdivider as is desirable to assure financing his or her share of the construction.
(c) The city, at the request of clean water services, may require that the subdivider construct sewage lines of a size in excess of that necessary to adequately serve the development in question, where such facilities are or will be necessary to serve the entire area within which the development is located when the area is ultimately developed. The city may also require that the construction take place as an assessment project with such arrangement with the subdivider as is desirable to assure his share of the construction.
(5) Water system. Water lines with valves and fire hydrants serving the subdivision and connecting the subdivision to the city mains shall be installed. The design shall take into account provisions for extension beyond the subdivision to adequately grid the city system and to serve the area within which the development is located when the area is ultimately developed.
(6) Street lights. The installation of street lights is required at locations and of a type established by city public works standards.
(7) Street trees. The installation of street trees is required at locations and of a type established by city public works standards. At a minimum, one tree shall be planted per residential unit.
(8) Street signs. The installation of street name signs and traffic-control signs is required at locations determined to be appropriate by the city and shall be of a type established by city public works standards.
(C) Improvements. All improvements required under this division (C) shall be completed to city public works standards or assured through an irrevocable letter of credit, assignment of bank account, performance bond or other instrument acceptable to the City Attorney, prior to the approval of the final plat of the subdivision.
(Prior Code, § 16.125.25) (Ord. 427, passed 5-16-2016)