CHAPTER 1315
Required Improvements and Design Criteria
1315.01   General.
1315.02   Standards for improvement plans.
1315.03   Monuments.
1315.04   Lots and blocks.
1315.05   Easements.
1315.06   Streets.
1315.07   Pedestrian ways.
1315.08   Signs.
1315.09   Water supply.
1315.10   Sanitary sewer.
1315.11   Storm water drainage.
1315.12   Other utility improvements.
1315.13   Oversize and off-site improvements.
1315.14   Erosion and sediment control, landscaping, trees.
1315.15   Commercial and industrial areas.
1315.16   Natural and historic features.
1315.17   Reserves and public sites.
 
CROSS REFERENCES
Construction of improvements - see Ohio R.C. 711.101
 
1315.01 GENERAL.
   (a)    Improvements Required. The subdivider shall, at his/her own expense, design, construct, and install the improvements required by this Subdivision Ordinance. All improvements shall comply with the provisions of this Ordinance and with the Public Works Standards.
   (b)   Public Works Standards Adopted. Consistent with the intent and provisions of this Subdivision Ordinance, the Director of the Department of Public Works and the City Engineer shall prepare and adopt such additional standards, specifications, and policies regarding the location and design of improvements as they deem necessary for the proper design, documentation, inspecting, testing, maintenance, ownership, and operation of such improvements. The Director shall maintain a written record of such adopted standards which shall be known as the "Public Works Standards" and shall make copies available to the subdivider.
   (c)   Conformance with Plans and Ordinances. Every subdivision shall be designed and constructed in a manner in conformance with the objectives of the Comprehensive Plan, in general compliance with the plan for the area in which it is located, in conformance with the Thoroughfare Plan and Public Utilities Plans, and in conformance with Title Five of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Oberlin, the Zoning Ordinance.
   (d)   Minimization of Impacts. Every subdivision shall be designed in a manner which minimizes to the extent possible the creation of impacts such as traffic, storm runoff, sanitary waste, or water demand which exceed the capacity of the improvements planned for the area.
   (e)   Suitability of Land. Land subject to flooding and land deemed by the Planning Commission to be otherwise unsuitable for human habitation because of health or sanitary problems shall not be platted for residential occupancy, nor for such other uses as may involve danger to health, life or property or as may aggravate a flood hazard. Such land within a plat shall be set aside for uses appropriate to existing conditions of the property.
(Ord. 96-82 AC. Passed 9-16-96.)
1315.02 STANDARDS FOR IMPROVEMENT PLANS.
   (a)   The subdivider shall cause to be prepared and shall submit complete Improvement Plans which describe the improvements to be constructed. Such descriptions shall be known as the "Improvement Plans" and shall consist of such drawings, plans, reports, and other forms of information as the Director of Public Works and the City Engineer deem necessary to ensure compliance with the provisions of this Ordinance and with the Public Works Standards.
   (b)   Improvement Plans shall be clearly and legibly drawn. For each required submittal, the subdivider shall submit to the Director one (1) reproducible set of plans and one (1) complete electronic file copy. The Director shall establish standards for document sizes, drawing scales and other requirements for Improvement Plans.
   (c)   Improvement Plans shall be prepared under the direction of a professional engineer who shall sign the plans as evidence thereof.
   (d)   Improvement Plans shall include as applicable, but shall not be limited to, plans, profiles, and details for all monuments, lots and blocks, easements, streets, pedestrian ways, signs, water supply, sanitary sewer, storm water drainage, other utility improvements, landscaping, erosion and sediment control, trees and natural features, reserves and public sites, and other improvements which may be required by this Subdivision Ordinance.
(Ord. 96-82 AC. Passed 9-16-96.)
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