A. The Redlands city council has found and determined that:
1. There is a lack of adequate curbs, gutters, water and wastewater facilities, storm drains, streetlights, sidewalks, streets, trails and other rights of way in various areas of the city, which is prejudicial and dangerous to the public health, safety and welfare of the inhabitants of the city;
2. The lack of improved sidewalks in the city in many instances forces pedestrians, including schoolchildren, to walk in the streets and to be subject to the hazards of vehicular traffic;
3. The lack of improved sidewalks during rainy weather has caused unhealthy conditions resulting from pedestrians walking through mud and water along streets or dirt shoulders;
4. Streets and highways of inadequate width and design hinder vehicular movements and may constitute a hazard to the safety and health of users;
5. The lack of curbs, storm drains, water and wastewater facilities and other street improvements results in poor drainage and a collection of filth and waste;
6. The lack of improved streets impedes the operation of firetrucks, police cars and other emergency vehicles as well as the operation of street sweepers and refuse collection vehicles; and
7. The lack of adequate recreational trails and pathways causes pedestrians, bicyclists and equestrians to use other unsafe or inappropriately designed rights of way which may constitute a hazard to the safety and health of such users.
B. It is the purpose of the city in adopting the provisions of this chapter to:
1. Impose reasonable requirements of dedication and improvements upon persons engaged in the development, construction, reconstruction or remodeling of buildings which tend to result in increased demands upon the existing public rights of way, streets, highways and utility facilities in the city, thereby increasing the danger to the public health, safety and welfare;
2. Extend the basic requirements of the state subdivision map act by establishing standards and requirements for dedication and improvements in connection with the development of land in which no subdivision is involved;
3. Alleviate the undesirable situation found to exist in subsection A of this section by spreading the cost of public improvements upon abutting property in an equitable manner, and by causing the installation of those improvements required by the city to serve property about to be developed at the time of its development.
C. The city intends to require, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, the dedication of portions of the public rights of way, including streets, highways, alleys, trails, pathways, streetlights, water, wastewater and storm drain facilities, and the construction of improvements contiguous to the property from the property line to the centerline of the public rights of way as necessitated by the nature and type of building or structure being constructed and the use to which the property is being put.
D. The provisions of this chapter are intended to be additional to any other requirement of law pertaining to the provision of public facilities and improvements, and nothing in this chapter shall be construed to excuse compliance with any other requirement for the provision of public facilities or improvements. (Ord. 2578 § 1, 2004)