(A) General. After the City Council has approved the preliminary plat, but prior to the submission of the final plat, the developer shall furnish six copies of the plans and specifications for all improvements to be installed within or in conjunction with the proposed development to the City Clerk, pay all associated filing fees before review by the City Engineer. These plans and specifications shall be signed and sealed by the registered professional engineer responsible for their preparation. Until the City Engineer certifies in writing that the proposed improvements conform to generally accepted engineering practices and to the standards in this chapter:
(1) The Administrator shall not issue any building permit to allow construction of the improvements; and
(2) The City Council shall not act upon the application for final plat approval.
(B) Information required. Improvements plans shall consist of black or blue line prints not larger than 36 inches square. These plans and the related specifications shall provide all of the following information:
(1) Topography of the tract, both before and after development at the same scale as the approved preliminary plat;
(2) Existing and proposed elevations along the centerlines of all streets;
(3) Radii of all curves and lengths of tangents on all streets;
(4) Locations and typical cross-section of street pavements including curbs/gutters, catch basins and inlets;
(5) Locations and typical cross-section of sidewalks and driveway aprons;
(6) Locations, sizes and invert elevations of all existing and proposed sanitary sewers, storm sewers and fire hydrants, showing connections to any existing or proposed utility systems;
(7) Locations and sizes of all water, gas, electric and other utilities;
(8) Locations of street lighting standards and street signs;
(9) One or more benchmarks, when requested by Engineer, in or near the subdivision, to which the subdivision is referenced; the identity and elevation shall be based on sea level data;
(10) All proposed measures to control erosion and sedimentation;
(11) High water elevations of all lakes/streams adjoining or within the tract;
(12) Any other information as the City Engineer may reasonably require to perform his or her duties under this section; and
(13) Existing and proposed survey monuments on street plans or on the proposed final plat as required by this chapter.
(C) Inspections required. The subdivider/developer shall notify the Administrator and the Building Inspector of both the start and completion of construction.
(1) The Building Inspector shall inspect the improvements while they are under construction. If he or she or his or her designated deputy determines that such are being built in violation of this chapter, he or she shall request that the Administrator promptly issue a stop order.
(2) The Building Inspector and City Engineer shall inspect improvements upon their completion. The municipality shall not accept any completed improvement until the Building Inspector and Engineer have stated in writing that it complies with this chapter.
(D) Filing “as-built” records.
(1) The subdivider/developer shall file with the Administrator a set of reproducible cloth- or polyester-base film positives showing the as-built details and any deviations from the approved plans upon the completion of improvements, or when 50% of the building permits have been issued in a given plat.
(2) The subdivider/developer shall pay the costs to add water, sewer, street and storm water improvements to the overall city map(s), street, sewer, water, storm water.
(3) If the Administrator finds the as-builts to be unacceptable, building permits shall be discontinued until the time as the information is acceptable.
(1994 Code, § 154.16) (Ord. 434, passed 4-26-1993)