A. Specified: The owner of any land to be subdivided shall be required to install or guarantee the installation of the following improvements, under the specifications and inspection of the director of public services:
1. Land for the entire width of the streets shall be dedicated by the subdivider. The subdivider shall provide all the street grading and surfacing for all streets, the right of way for which is sixty six feet (66') wide or less. The subdivider shall provide street grading and surfacing forty six feet (46') wide on streets, the right of way for which exceeds sixty six feet (66') in width;
2. Curbs and gutters;
3. Sanitary sewers, including laterals to the property lines of each lot;
4. Street drainage and drainage structures and surface and storm drainage structures;
5. Water lines, including laterals to the property line of each lot;
6. Fire hydrants;
7. Sidewalks;
8. Street name signs and traffic control devices;
9. Substantial fence not less than five feet (5') in height on both sides of existing irrigation ditches or canals which will carry five (5) second-feet or more of water and which are located within or adjacent to the subdivision;
10. Bridges and culverts as may be needed for ditches, drains or canals, for the width of the street right of way, but not more than sixty six feet (66') for any one bridge or culvert;
11. Water facilities adequate to provide a minimum culinary water service level of fifty pounds per square inch (50 psi) at the individual meter for each residential lot; provided, that no new water facilities shall be approved that would diminish the service level to surrounding properties.
12. When an enhanced median is required, land for the entire width of the median shall be dedicated by the subdivider. The subdivider shall install all infrastructure and landscaping improvements for the enhanced median (median curb and gutter, median pavement, grading, drainage structures, required landscaping, irrigation). The landscaping plan for such median shall be approved by the planning commission. In developing and approving the landscaping plan, as much existing natural vegetation as possible should be retained in the median, and where new plantings are required, low water/low maintenance plant materials should be used. The subdivider shall be reimbursed for such median costs as follows:
a. One hundred percent (100%) of the fair market value of the dedicated land;
b. One hundred percent (100%) of the actual cost of drainage structures within the median; and
c. Eighty five percent (85%) of the actual cost of the remaining median improvements.
The reimbursements provided herein shall not be in addition to any reimbursement which would otherwise be required under subsection A1 of this section.
13. Street lights in new subdivisions which propose the construction of a street to be dedicated to the public or which proposes lot access to existing City streets, subject to the following:
a. The street light design shall be approved by the appropriate power provider and the subdivider shall pay the power provider the appropriate cost for materials and installation.
b. Lighting fixtures shall be mounted a minimum of sixteen feet (16') above the ground. For subdivisions with street trees, fixtures shall be mounted a maximum of fourteen feet (14') above the ground. The city engineer, in addition to other requirements in the engineering standards, may require a light to be located at the following areas:
(1) Street intersections within the subdivision;
(2) Half block street intersections;
(3) Cul-de-sacs;
(4) Horizontal or vertical bends in the roadway;
(5) Parking lot entrances and exits; and
(6) Bridges.
B. Water And Sewer Lines: Water and sewer lines and laterals shall be installed prior to the surfacing of the street.
C. Permit Required; Fee: Minimum standards of design and specifications for materials and construction for the improvements listed in subsection A of this section shall be prepared and approved by the city engineer and filed in the city recorder's office before becoming effective. A permit shall be obtained from the city engineer before the construction starts on any of these improvements. The permit and inspection fee shall be thirty dollars ($30.00) per lot, which fee shall be paid by the subdivider.
(1979 Code § 17.20.060; amd. Ord. 91-52, 12-19-1991; Ord. 96-43, 8-27-1996; 1999 Code; Ord. 99-18, 4-6-1999, eff. 4-17-1999; Ord. 2002-62, 10-22-2002; Ord. 2004-18, 5-18-2004; Ord. 2004-39, 6-15-2004, eff. 7-1-2004; Ord. 2005-49, 7-26-2005; Ord. 2010-16, 5-4-2010; Ord. 2020-41, 9-15-2020)