§ 113-112. Required improvements.

The subdivider shall complete the following improvements to the entire block in which said lot is located and to adjacent areas sufficient to accomplish the planned drainage and access:

(1)

Concrete monuments, at least four inches in diameter or square, three feet long, with a flat top, shall be set at the nearest property line to all corners of the subdivision. Metal pipe or rods, at least two inches in diameter, three feet long, shall be set at all block corners; angle points of a subdivision boundary lines. The top of the concrete monuments and pipes shall be set flush with grade. Metal pipe or rods, three-fourths of an inch in diameter and three feet long, shall be set at all lot corners.

(2)

All streets shall be cleared and graded by the subdivider to the full width of the right-of-way with the exception of streets where a right-of-way greater than 80 feet is required. Finished grades shall be at levels as approved by the city planning commission and/or the state highway department.

(3)

The subdivider shall provide permanent six inch concrete curbs with integral concrete gutters or standard rolled curbs and gutters on all streets in accordance with the Master Street Plan.

(4)

Street improvements and surfacing requirements shall be those specified by ordinance.

(5)

Surface water inlets and drains according to plan.

(6)

Make provisions for all available utilities and in connection with sanitary sewers, where available, cause installation of collector lines before surfacing streets.

(7)

The subdivider or developer of a subdivision must, before the sale of any lot or application for any building permit, either complete all the site improvements defined in this section and as specifically identified on a record plat of subdivision and supporting plans and documentation; or furnish the Metropolitan Area Planning Commission evidence that an appropriately funded escrow account has been established in an amount necessary to cover the cost of completing all remaining site improvements. The amount to be escrowed shall be verified by the office of the city engineer.

(8)

The chairperson and the secretary of the Metropolitan Area Planning Commission shall not sign and the circuit clerk shall not record a record plat of subdivision until all conditions imposed by the commission have been satisfied and all required site improvements have been completed or their completion guaranteed and secured by an appropriate escrow of funds.

(9)

Upon completion of required site improvements, the civil engineer sealing the record plat of subdivision shall provide to the office of the city engineer a signed and sealed statement verifying that all site improvements have been installed and completed in accordance with the design drawings, specifications, and other documents that comprise and support the record plat of subdivision. The city's process of accepting the dedication of site improvements shall not begin until this statement of verification is received and accepted by the city.

(Code 2006, § 15.16.01; Ord. No. 909, § V, 9-19-1955; Ord. No. 1145, § 1, 12-5-1966; Ord. No. 2177; Ord. No. 3084; Ord. No. 3043; Ord. No. 04:438, 1-20-2004; Ord. No. 09:105, § 1, 1-19-2010)