(a) Traffic Control Devices. The subdivider shall provide all traffic control devices for the proposed development, including, but not limited to, traffic signals, signs, pavement markings and the like. Refer to the Ohio Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices (OMUTC) for details of the devices to be used, and, in some cases, warrants for their use.
(b) Debris and Waste. No cut trees, diseased trees, timber, debris, earth, rocks, stones, soil, junk, rubbish or other waste materials of any kind shall be buried in any land, or left or deposited on any lot or street at the time of the zoning compliance inspection. No items and materials as described in the preceding sentence shall be left or deposited in any area of the subdivision at the time of dedication of public improvements.
(c) Suitability of Land for Development. If the Planning Commission and the City Council find that land proposed to be subdivided is unsuitable for subdivision development due to flooding, poor drainage, topography or inadequate water supply, wastewater treatment facilities, transportation facilities, or such other conditions as may endanger health, life or property, and if, from investigations conducted by the public agencies concerned, it is determined that, in the best interest of the public, the land should not be developed for the subdivision proposed, the Planning Commission and the City Council shall not approve the land for the purpose unless adequate methods are advanced by the subdivider for solving the problems that will be created by the development of the land.
(d) Topography, Natural Vegetation, and Flooding.
(1) Natural amenities (including views, mature trees, creeks, riparian corridors, rock outcrops, and similar features) shall be preserved and incorporated into proposed development to the greatest extent feasible.
(2) The natural topography shall be retained wherever possible in order to reduce excessive runoff onto adjoining property and to avoid extensive regrading of the site.
(3) Floor elevations of all buildings shall be carefully studied in relation to existing topography, proposed street grades, existing trees and other pertinent site features.
(4) The subdivision shall be designed to minimize development in any floodplain or floodway as defined by FEMA. The platting of lots for residential occupancy in a 100-year floodplain shall be discouraged unless the subdivider can document that any habitable structure shall be located outside the 100-year floodplain.
(e) Homeowners' or Property Owners' Associations. See Section 1121.06 for requirements for homeowners' or property owners' associations.
(f) Subdivision Names. The proposed name of the subdivision shall not duplicate or too closely approximate phonetically, the name of any other subdivision in the City or Wayne County. The City shall have final authority to designate the name of the subdivision.
(h) Street Lights.
(1) The developer shall indicate on his plans where electric street lighting service shall be installed in the development. The developer shall provide streetlights in all major subdivision, and the electric services shall be underground. The developer shall submit two sets of preconstruction drawings to the electric utility company, who shall return one copy of their street lighting recommendations to the City Engineer prior to final acceptance of the preconstruction drawings for the development by the Engineer.
(2) The developer shall bear the cost of trenching and any special backfilling required for the installation of streetlights. Underground conduits for streetlights shall be installed at the same time the street is constructed, and shall be installed according to the plans developed by the electric utility company. The developer shall be responsible for furnishing the required easements and such easements shall be shown on the final plat.
(3) In addition, the developer shall bear the cost difference between a normal street light installation and shall bear the cost difference of operating the more aesthetic installation for a period of twenty-two years. Such cost differences shall be paid in an advance lump sum payment according to the schedule on file in the City Engineer's office.
(i) Monuments and Markers.
(1) A complete survey shall be made by a registered surveyor.
(2) When necessary in accordance with the accepted surveying practice and legal requirements the surveyor shall set boundary monuments so that, upon completion of the survey, each corner of the property and each referenced control station shall be physically monumented.
(3) When it is impossible or impracticable to set a boundary monument on a corner, the surveyor shall set a reference monument, similar in character to the boundary monument and preferably along one of the property lines which intersect at that corner. When such a reference monument is used, it shall be clearly identified as a reference monument on the plat of the property and in any new deed description that may be written for the property.
(4) Every boundary monument and/or reference monument set by the surveyor shall, when practicable:
A. Be composed of a durable material;
B. Have a minimum length of 30 inches;
C. Have a minimum crosssection area of material of 0.2 square inches;
D. Be identified with a durable marker bearing the surveyor's Ohio registration number and/or name or company name; and
E. Be detectable with conventional instruments for finding ferrous or magnetic objects.
(5) When a case arises, due to physical obstructions such as pavements, large rocks, large roots, utility cables, etc., so that neither a boundary monument or a reference monument can be conveniently or practicably set in accordance with Subsection 1129.05(i)(4) hereof, then alternative monumentation which is essentially as durable and identifiable (i.e., chiseled "X" in concrete, drill hole, etc.) shall be established for the particular situation.
(6) Per the City of Wooster Engineering Construction Standards, current edition, monuments shall be located at all intersections and changes in street alignment as well as whenever designated by the City Engineer.
(j) Maintenance and Operations.
(1) Where the development contains sewers, sewage treatment plants, water supply systems, stormwater management facilities or other physical features necessary or desirable for the welfare of the area and which are of common use or benefit and which are of such character that the City or other public agency does not desire to maintain them, such facilities shall be maintained by a the property owner, the homeowners' association or an equivalent agency. Documents creating an association and detailing maintenance responsibilities shall be submitted in a form that is acceptable to the Law Director for the proper and continuous maintenance and supervision of such facilities.
(2) In the event the property owner, agency, or homeowners' or owners' association, hereafter referred to as the agency, established to own and maintain the facilities, or any successor agency, shall fail to fulfill any obligation imposed on such agency as a condition of approval of the development, the City may serve written notice upon such agency or upon the residents and owners of the development, setting forth the manner in which the agency has failed to fulfill its obligation. The notice shall include a demand that such deficiencies be cured within the time specified within the notice. If such deficiencies are not cured within the specified time, the City, in order to preserve the taxable values of the properties within the development and to prevent the facilities from becoming a public nuisance, may enter upon the facilities and maintain the same and perform the other duties of the agency until such agency shall again resume its obligations. All costs incurred by the City in carrying out the obligations of the agency shall be assessed against the properties within the development and shall become a tax lien on the properties.
(Ord. 2018-009. Passed 5-7-18.)