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§ 515-311. Release from improvement guarantee.
[Amended 2-27-2017 by Ord. No. 11-2017]
   A.   When the subdivider or developer has completed all of the necessary and appropriate improvements, he shall notify the City Planning Commission, in writing, by certified or registered mail, of the completion of the aforesaid improvements and shall send a copy thereof to the Director of Public Works. The Planning Commission or its representative shall, within 10 days after receipt of such notice, direct and authorize the Director of Public Works to inspect all of the aforesaid improvements. The Director of Public Works shall, thereupon, file a report, in writing, with the City Planning Commission and shall promptly mail a copy of the same to the developer by certified or registered mail. The report shall be made and mailed 30 days after receipt by the Director of Public Works of the aforesaid authorization from the City Planning Commission; the report shall be detailed and shall indicate approval or rejection of such improvements, either in whole or in part, and if such improvements or any portion thereof shall not be approved or shall be rejected by the Director of Public Works, such report shall contain a statement of the reasons for such nonapproval or rejection. [Amended 5-29-2001 by Ord. No. 14-2001]
   B.   The City Planning Commission or its representative shall notify the developer, in writing, by certified or registered mail, of the action of the Planning Commission with relation thereto.
   C.   If any portion of the improvements shall not be approved or shall be rejected by the City Planning Commission, the developer shall proceed to complete the same and, upon completion, the same procedure of notification as outlined herein shall be followed.
   D.   In the event that any improvements which may be required have not been installed as provided in this chapter or in accord with the approved final plan, the Planning Commission or its representative is hereby granted the power to enforce any corporate bond or other security by appropriate legal and equitable remedies. If proceeds of such bond or other security are insufficient to pay the cost of installing or making repairs or corrections to all the improvements covered by such security, Council may, at its option, install part of such improvements in all or part of the subdivision or land development and may institute appropriate legal or equitable action to recover the moneys necessary to complete the remainder of the improvements. All of the proceeds, whether resulting from the security or from any legal or equitable action brought against the developer, or both, shall be used solely for the installation of the improvements covered by such security and not for any other City purpose.