Except as provided in Section 1103.09 and as a condition of the acceptance and/or approval of a subdivision plat and/or dedication of any highway, the following improvements shall be required to be made by the alloter:
(a) Water and Sewer Connections.
(1) Where water mains and sanitary sewer outlet facilities are not reasonably accessible, storm sewers and drainage structures adequate for the drainage of the street, the lots fronting thereon and the natural drainage intercepted by such street shall be installed. Evidence must be furnished to the City Engineer, the City Planning Commission and Council that adequate water supply means and sewage outlet means meeting with the approval of Council and the County Board of Health are provided for each of the lots of the subdivision.
(2) Where a public sanitary sewer, storm sewer and/or water main is reasonably accessible, the subdivider shall connect with such system and provide a sewer and/or water connection for each lot. These systems shall be designed and constructed in accordance with applicable standards of the City of Parma and the City of Cleveland Department of Public Utilities.
(3) All sewer installations shall be made and completed according to the approved plans and in accordance with the requirements of the City and under authorized City inspection. The inspection costs are to be paid for by the owner.
(4) All water main installations shall be made and completed according to the approved plans and in accordance with the requirements of the City of Parma and/or the City of Cleveland Department of Public Utilities, and under authorized City inspection. The inspections costs are to be paid for by the owner.
(Ord. 49-54. Passed 4-4-54; Ord. 46-54. Passed 3-5-56.)
(b) Grading.
(1) The street shall be graded over its full width and in accordance with the approved plan previously filed with the City. This work shall be completed before any underground work begins, except when conditions such as existing topography may warrant otherwise.
(2) To prevent soil erosion and sewer blockage resulting from the mass grading of any subdivision, when such mass grading of any subdivision or any portion thereof results in the removal or stripping of natural vegetation from all of or any part of any sublot or sublots therein, rye grass seed or an equivalent fast growing grass seed shall be planted upon such sublot or sublots or any part or parts thereof stripped as aforesaid.
(Ord. 298-69. Passed 9-2-69.)
(c) Paving and Access Roadway.
(1) Access roadway. After the underground installations have been completed the owner shall cause that area to be occupied by the future pavement to be excavated to a depth of at least thirteen inches below, and parallel with, the established finish pavement grade. Over this area there shall be placed a No. 12 slag (or comparable material) base, choked with slag screenings and rolled to a compacted thickness of at least six inches. The surface of this base shall be maintained by the owner at not less than seven inches below finish grade at all times during the period in which building construction work is in progress and until such time that the final pavement work begins. The access roadway shall be maintained to the satisfaction of the City Engineer at all times.
If accepted by the City Engineer, this material may be allowed to remain as an insulation course when the permanent concrete pavement is being installed, or as a partial base for the macadam type of pavement.
(2) Backfill settlement. No paving construction shall be started, other than that work required under subparagraph (1) hereof, until such time that trench backfill materials have been allowed to reach their final settlement (either by mechanical means or by natural causes over a longer period of time) and also not until permission to install such pavement has been granted by the City Engineer. The pavement installations shall be made in accordance with the approved plans and under the inspection furnished by the City and paid for by the owner.
(3) Pavement specifications. Where all facilities mentioned in subsection (a)(2) hereof are available, then the pavement shall have a minimum width of twenty-six feet with six-inch integral upright concrete curbing on all future street improvements, with four-inch vitrified pipe curb drain, including a prescribed porous backfill meeting the approval of the City Engineer. The pavement shall consist of a single wearing course composed of seven inches of Portland cement concrete with steel reinforcing meeting the standards of Item 451 - Reinforced Portland Cement Concrete Pavement of the State of Ohio Department of Transportation - Construction and Material Specifications, the January 1, 1973, edition, and shall be constructed upon a four-inch compacted layer of slag screenings or granulated slag insulation course placed upon the prepared subgrade in accordance with the specifications of the State of Ohio Department of Transportation-Construction and Material Specifications, the January 1, 1973 edition, Chapter 300 - Bases, and/or the specifications provided by the Cuyahoga County Engineer and/or the specifications provided by the Cuyahoga County Municipal Engineers Association (C.C.M.E.A.).
(Ord. 128-74. Passed 6-3-74.)
(d) Underground Communication Electric Power and Street Lighting. In all subdivisions of more than ten sublots, the following procedure and requirements shall be met:
(1) Utility easements at least ten feet in width for communication and electric power and street lighting distribution lines and facilities shall be provided on all front lot lines and along certain side or rear lot lines where necessary.
(2) Prior to granting final approval, the subdivider shall have installed the following, or shall have furnished adequate bond for the ultimate installation of such in accordance with the requirements of Part Thirteen - the Building Code:
A. Underground communication cables.
B. Underground distribution cables for power and street lighting from a common distribution system, and the equipment and housing necessary for the operation of the distribution system.
C. Adequate provision for street light lamps and standards in accordance with a design approved by Council.
(3) The City Planning Commission may authorize a variance from these regulations when undue hardship may result from strict compliance. In granting any variance, the Commission shall prescribe only conditions which it deems necessary or desirable for the public interest when it finds that there are special circumstances or conditions affecting the property such that the strict application of the provisions of this subsection would deprive the applicant of the reasonable use of his land.
(Ord. 37-67. Passed 3-6-67.)
(e) Sidewalks. Concrete or sandstone sidewalks not less than five feet in width shall be installed in accordance with City specifications and under the inspection of the City Engineer and shall be located within the street area not more than one foot off the street line and within one foot of the lot line. Sidewalks shall be installed at such time and in such locations as shall permit pedestrian traffic to use the same continuously from the farthest occupied dwelling to the nearest improved dedicated street. When occupancy of any dwelling is not contemplated prior to the completion of the permanent paving, sidewalks may be installed just prior to or immediately after the installation of the pavement.
(f) Culverts, Bridges, Etc. All culverts and bridges necessary within the street lines of the property to be allotted, all box culverts necessary to carry surface drains, all required drainage, outlets or crosswalks, and any work necessary at the intersection of existing streets which are being dedicated, all as determined by the City Engineer, shall be constructed only after approval by the City Engineer.
(g) Street Signs. City standard street signs shall be furnished and installed by the City at the owner's expense immediately after the grading operation as outlined in subsection (b) hereof has been completed, and prior to the start of building construction work. These signs shall be placed at locations designated by the City Engineer. Street signs shall be erected at all street intersections. Such signs shall conform as to materials and design to the standards adopted, which standards are on file with the Director of Public Service.
(h) Inspection. All of the required structures provided for in this section shall be installed, under City inspection, at the prevailing rate for inspection as provided in Chapter 185 (the General Fee Schedule).
(i) Easement and Insurance Requirements. No street improvement work on or in any proposed street shall be performed by the owner until after the necessary easements have been granted to and accepted by the City and the owner has caused the same to be recorded, nor shall any street improvement work be performed until insurance saving the City harmless from any and all claims for liability whatsoever has been furnished by the owner. The amount of this insurance shall be not less than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for personal injury to any individual, not less than three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) for any group of more than one person and not less than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for property damage.
(Ord. 43-54. Passed 4-5-54; Ord. 46-56. Passed 3-5-56.)
(j) Natural Gas Mains. All natural gas main installations shall be made and completed according to the approved plans and in accordance with the requirements of the City.
(Ord. 340-69. Passed 9-15-69.)