(A) Completion of improvements.
(1) Except as provided below, before the final plat is signed by the Mayor, all applicants shall be required to complete, in accordance with the city’s decision and to the satisfaction of the City Engineer, all the street, utility, erosion control, vegetation established, and other public improvements, as well as lot improvements on the individual residential lots of the subdivision or addition as required in this chapter, specified in the final plat, and as approved by the Commission, and to dedicate those public improvements to the city.
(2) For the purpose of this section, the following definition shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
LOT IMPROVEMENTS. Include grading and installation of improvements required for proper drainage and control of soil erosion.
(B) Temporary improvements. The developer shall build and pay for all costs of temporary improvements required by the Council and shall maintain those temporary improvements for the period specified by the Council.
(C) Acceptance of dedication offers. Acceptance of formal offers of dedication of streets, public areas, easements, and parks shall require both the recommendation of the City Engineer and separate and specific action by the Council. A plat or final plat, shall not be deemed to constitute or imply the acceptance by the city of any street, easement, or park shown on that plat. The Council may require the plat to be endorsed with appropriate notes to this effect. The dedication of a drainage easement to the city does not indicate or signify that the city accepts any duty to maintain the easement, absent a specific notation on the plat that the city will maintain the easement. Without this specific notation, the property owner will maintain the easement. (See § 155.054)
(D) Maintenance and guarantee of public improvements. The developer shall maintain all required public improvements for a period of 2 years following the acceptance by the city and shall provide a warranty that all public improvements will be free from defect for a period of 2 years following the acceptance by the city. The maintenance bond shall be not less than 100% of construction costs.
(Ord. 487, passed 7-18-2000; Am. Ord. 737, passed 7-20-2016) Penalty, see § 155.999