The provisions of this subchapter shall apply to development within the city as listed in the following table. No development permit shall be approved unless the following required improvements are provided to city standards prior to occupancy or operation unless an exception is approved by the City Council per § 155.628 of this chapter or future provision of the improvement is assured per § 155.629 of this chapter.
Public Facility Improvements Requirements Table | |||||||
Fire Hydrants | Street Improvements | Water Lines | Sewer Lines | Storm Drainage and Trees | Street Lights | Communi- cations Infrastructure | |
Commercial, industrial, institutional, public or semi-public expansions | C1 | C2 | Y | Y | Y | Y | C3 |
New commercial, industrial, institutional, public or semi-public buildings | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Partitions, subdivisions and manufactured home parks | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Residential development | Y1 | Y | Y | Y2 | Y | Y | C3 |
NOTES TO TABLE:
N = Not required Y = Yes, required O = Conditional, required in some case Note: street lights shall be installed per city standards. C1 = Fire hydrants for commercial expansions. A fire hydrant is required when: 1. The total floor area of the building, including existing area and expanded area, is greater than or equal to 2,500 square feet; or 2. A use is proposed which is classified as a hazardous (H) use under the Uniform Building Code. C2 = Street improvements for commercial, institutional, public, semi-public and industrial expansions. Lots fronting on county roads must obtain access permits from the County Department of Land Use and Transportation. The city will require improvement to full city standards when the use meets any of the following criteria: 1. The use generates an average of 100+ trips per day per 1,000 gross square feet of building as documented in the Trip Generation Manual of the Institute of Transportation Engineers or other qualified source; or 2. The use includes daily shipping and delivery trips by vehicles over 20,000 pounds gross vehicle weight. C3 = Communications infrastructure. Communications infrastructure, including, but not limited to, conduit for communication utilities, shall be installed to adequately serve the approved level of development. Communications infrastructure shall be required when other public utility or roadway improvements are required of a development, and as required by city standards. Y1 = Street improvements for single-family homes. New single-family homes located on existing improved streets must pay the city’s systems use fee prior to issuance of a building permit. New single-family homes which are located adjacent to a city street must meet the city’s street standards. Extension of county roads must meet the county road standards. Y2 = Sewer line extensions for single-family homes. Clean water services has jurisdiction over sewer line extensions. CWS generally requires extension of the sewer lines to serve new hook-ups. | |||||||
(Prior Code, § 16.145.005) (Ord. 450, passed 12-18-2017; Ord. 456, passed 1-22-2019; Ord. 470, passed 8-17-2020)