16.40.010 General requirements.
A. The design and improvement of each subdivision shall comply with the General Plan, any applicable specific plan, this chapter, this code, other City ordinances and resolutions and all City standards and specifications.
B. The subdivider shall improve, or agree to improve, all streets, thoroughfares, public ways or easements in the subdivision and adjacent thereto required to serve the subdivision.
C. No permanent improvement work shall be commenced until improvement plans and profiles have been approved by the City Engineer.
D. The design and improvement of each subdivision shall incorporate all required mitigation measures, conditions and requirements identified in the environmental document adopted for the project in any plan prepared for the subdivision.
E. All improvements shall conform to standard specifications, designs and details as prepared by the City Engineer and approved by the City Council, or, in the event no official standard plan, specification, design, detail or regulation has been adopted by the City regarding the installation of a particular improvement, then the improvement shall conform to the plan, specification, design, detail or regulation then set forth by the City Engineer and approved by the City Council.
F. Deed restrictions when required shall run with the land and be enforceable by subsequent owners of property lying within the subdivision. When deemed necessary to effectuate conditions on approved maps, the City shall be named a third party beneficiary of those restrictions and the restrictions shall be filed concurrently with the map and noticed in the owner’s certificate.
G. To the extent necessary and legally feasible, the subdivider shall assure long-term maintenance of the improvements by use of a homeowners’ association, maintenance agreement, participation in established maintenance district, or other similarly enforceable vehicle approved by the City Attorney.
H. No final map or parcel map shall be approved until the subdivider either completes the required improvements or enters into an agreement with the City agreeing to perform the work.
I. The minimum improvements which the subdivider normally shall make, or agree to make, at the cost of the subdivider prior to acceptance and approval of the final subdivision map by the City shall be:
1. Grading, curbs and gutter, paving, drainage and drainage structures necessary for the proper use and drainage of streets, highways and ways and/or the public safety;
2. Site grading and drainage, taking into consideration erosion control both on and off the site and the drainage pattern of adjacent improved and/or unimproved property and upstream areas as though fully improved;
3. Street name signs;
4. Sidewalks;
5. Street trees;
6. Fire hydrants and a water system with mains of sufficient size and having a sufficient number of outlets to furnish an adequate water supply for each lot or parcel in the subdivision and to provide adequate fire protection;
7. Sanitary sewer facilities and connections for each lot;
8. Street lighting facilities;
9. Provision of and undergrounding of utilities per the requirements of this chapter.