(a) Where determined by the Planning Commission, in accordance with the recommendation of the Department of Engineering Services, utilities, pavements, and other improvements required for the proposed subdivision shall be designed oversized and with extensions provided to serve nearby land which is an integral part of the neighborhood service or drainage areas.
The subdivider shall be required to pay for only that part of the construction costs for the arterial streets, sewers, or water lines, which serve the proposed subdivision. The City shall pay the difference between the cost of required improvements for the proposed subdivision and improvements required to service the surrounding areas in accordance with a schedule prepared by the City Engineer as indicated in subsection (b) set forth hereinafter.
Upgrade reimbursement shall be subject to availability of duly appropriated funds. If a subdivider chooses to proceed with construction of upgraded utility lines after having been advised by the City Finance Director of the unavailability of duly appropriated funds, the subdivider shall do so at the subdivider’s risk and no reimbursement shall be due from the City. The decision of a subdivider to upgrade lines without certification from the City Finance Director that duly appropriated funds are available for reimbursement shall not commit the City Commission to any additional or future year appropriation.
(b) If streets or utilities are not available at the boundary of the proposed subdivision, and if the Planning Commission finds that the extension across undeveloped areas would not be warranted as a special assessment to the intervening properties or as a municipal expense until some future time, the subdivider may be required, prior to approval of the final plat, to obtain necessary assessments or rights-of-way and to construct and pay for such extensions. Such improvements shall be available for connections by subdividers of adjoining land.
(c) It is hereby determined by the City Commission that such reimbursements for oversizing and off-site improvements do not constitute a public works project of the City and, accordingly, are not subject to public bidding or other requirements or regulations applicable thereto. (Ord. 02-176. Passed 10-28-02.)