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17.82.070 Improvements in Land Divisions.

Label: City code section

The following improvements must be installed at no cost to the public:

  1. A. Streets: Public streets and public alleys within or adjacent to the land division must be improved in accordance with the requirements of the City Administrator. Street inlets must be installed and connected to storm sewers or other approved drainage facilities.
  2. B. Public pedestrian and bicycle connections, within the Land division site and located in public right-of-way or easements dedicated to the City must be improved in accordance with the requirements of the City Administrator.
  3. C. Storm sewers and drainageways: Storm sewers and drainageways must connect the Land division site to an approved drainage system (as defined in 17.38.030) within or outside the Land division site as approved by the City Administrator. Design of these systems must comply with the Bureau of Environmental Services Stormwater Management Manual and the Bureau of Environmental Services Design Manual.
  4. D. Sanitary sewers: Sanitary sewers must be installed to serve the Land division by extension of existing City sewers. In the event that the City Administrator determines that it is impractical to connect the Land division site to the City sewer system, the Land division may be approved with a private disposal system that has been approved by the State’s Department of Environmental Quality and the City Administrator.
  5. E. Electrical and other wires in the public right-of-way: Electrical distribution laterals and other primary and secondary lines and other wires serving the Land division, including but not limited to communication, street lighting and cable television, must be placed underground. The developer must make necessary arrangements with utility companies or other appropriate persons for the installation of underground lines and facilities. This ordinance does not apply to temporary utility service facilities during construction, or to utility transmission lines operating at 50,000 volts or above.
  6. F. Street lighting for public rights-of-way: Street lighting must be provided as approved by the City Administrator and must include conduits, wiring, bases, poles, arms and fixtures as required by the City Administrator to provide a complete system.
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