(A) General. Improvement plans shall be prepared by a registered civil engineer in a form approved by the County Engineer and in conformity with the provisions of this section and any additional requirements as established by the County Engineer.
(B) Form. Improvement plans shall be in the form as required in the improvement standards adopted by this title and by ordinance or resolution of the Board of Supervisors.
(C) Contents. Improvement plans shall show complete plans, profiles and details for all required improvements to be constructed, both public and private, including common areas. Reference may be made to county or state standard plans in lieu of duplicating the drawings.
(D) Supplementary plans and calculations. Hydrology, hydraulic plans and calculations, bond or other security estimates and any structural calculations as may be required, shall be submitted with the improvement plans to the County Engineer. All supplementary plans and calculations shall be legible, systematic and signed and dated by a registered civil engineer and in a form approved by the County Engineer.
(E) Review by the County Engineer. The subdivider shall submit the improvement plans and all supplementary data to the County Engineer for review. Upon completion of the review, one set of the improvement plans, with any required revisions indicated, will be returned to the subdivider.
(F) Approval by the County Engineer.
(1) After completing all required revisions, the subdivider shall transmit the originals of the improvement plans to the County Engineer for signature. Upon finding that all required revisions have been made and that the plans conform to all applicable county ordinances and plans, design requirements and conditions of approval of the tentative map, the County Engineer shall sign and date the plans. The applicant’s engineer shall make a mylar reproducible set of the plans for use by the county. The originals will be returned to the subdivider. Upon approval by the County Engineer, the plans shall become a public record.
(2) Approval of the improvement plans shall not be construed as approval of the gas, electric, telephone and cable television service construction plans.
(3) Approval by the County Engineer shall, in no way, relieve the subdivider or the subdivider’s engineer from responsibility for the design of the improvements and for any deficiencies resulting from the design thereof.
(G) Revision to approved plans.
(1) By subdivider. Requests by the subdivider for revisions to the approved plans shall be submitted in writing to the County Engineer and shall be accompanied by revised drawings showing the proposed revisions. If the revisions are acceptable to the County Engineer and consistent with the tentative map, the originals shall be submitted to the County Engineer’s office for initialing. The originals shall be returned to the subdivider and the revised drawings shall be immediately transmitted to the County Engineer. Construction of any proposed revisions will not be permitted to commence until revised drawings have been received and approved by the County Engineer.
(2) By County Engineer.
(a) When revisions are deemed necessary by the County Engineer to protect the public health or safety, or as field conditions may require, a request in writing shall be made to the subdivider’s engineer. The subdivider shall revise the plans and transmit the originals to the County Engineer for initialing within the time specified by the County Engineer. Upon receipt of the initialized originals, the subdivider shall immediately transmit revised drawings to the County Engineer. Construction of all or any portion of the improvements may be stopped by the County Engineer until revised drawings have been submitted.
(b) The subdivider may appeal revisions required by the County Engineer to the Board of Supervisors by submitting an appeal in writing with the Clerk of the Board within ten days following receipt of the request to revise the plans.
(3) Plan checking and inspection costs for revisions. Costs incurred by the county for the checking of plans or calculations or inspection as a result of revisions to the approved plans shall be borne by the subdivider at actual cost. A deposit, when required, shall be submitted with the revised plans and applied toward the actual costs.
(1966 Code, § 17-69) (Ord. 617, § 2(part))