§ 9-64.050. Improvement Plans

The subdivider's registered civil engineer shall prepare plans and specifications for improvements, except monuments, required for the proposed subdivision by this Chapter or the Subdivision Map Act as follows.

A.

Preparation of improvement plans. Improvement plans shall be printed or drawn clearly and legibly, with waterproof opaque ink, or reproduced by a process which results in a permanent record which will permit direct reproductions. Each sheet shall be 24 inches vertically by 36 inches horizontally with a marginal line drawn completely around each sheet, leaving an entirely blank margin of one and one-half inches on the left side and one-half inch on the other three sides. Text shall not be less than 0.08 inches in size. If the improvement plans include five or more sheets, a key map showing the sheets and the area covered by each sheet of the plan shall be included on the first sheet of the plans. The final submitted improvement plans shall be legibly drawn to a horizontal scale where one inch equals 40 feet and a vertical scale of one inch equals four feet where applicable. A different scale may be used with the approval of the City Engineer. Preprinted standard title cover sheets for the improvements plans may be obtained from the City Engineer. The City Engineer shall charge the nominal cost of the title cover sheets to the subdivider. The form of all improvement plans shall conform to any reasonable additional requirements as may be established by the City Engineer.

B.

Standards. Standards shall be as provided in Section 9-64.020(B). All required improvements shall be made in compliance with the standards, unless a specific alternate design is approved. The specifications shall also apply to any improvements authorized by the City in advance of planned land development.

C.

Grading plans included in improvement plans. Improvement plans are required for both Parcel Maps and Final Maps and shall also include complete grading plans, except where stormwater detention and public improvements are not required. Grading plans for projects in excess of one acre shall be accompanied by a Stormwater Pollution Control Plan (SWPCP) or Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP) providing for the control of illicit discharge, including prevention of sedimentation and damage to offsite property, in compliance with Map Act Section 66411 and the Ventura Countywide Stormwater Quality Management Program.

D.

Content of improvement plans. Improvement plans shall be prepared according to good engineering practice and the standards of the City or other entity having jurisdiction, under the direction of, and shall be signed by, a State registered civil engineer. The improvement plans shall show the complete plans, profiles, and details for all public and quasi-public improvements to be placed in a proposed subdivision, the location of retaining walls, including all grading and street work, curbs, gutters, sidewalks, drainage channels and structures, all underground utilities to be installed by the subdivider including all appurtenances thereto located within the right-of-way, bridges if constructed in conjunction with subdivision improvements, storm drains and culverts, the location of fire hydrants, and street lights, and other improvements which may be required to complete the work.

E.

Cost estimate. An estimate of the cost of the improvements to the proposed subdivision shall be prepared by the subdivider utilizing City supplied unit prices and cost estimate forms and shall accompany the improvement plans with the first submittal. They shall thereafter be updated with changes to the plans. Cost estimates shall include a separate item for contingencies in the amount of 15 percent of the estimated cost. Upon consideration of the estimate submitted by the subdivider, the City Engineer shall determine the estimated value of the improvement securities for the proposed subdivision.

F.

Changes in improvement plans. Subsequent to signed approval of the subdivision improvement plans by the City Engineer, no change shall be made to the plans without prior approval of the City Engineer. Changes approved by the City Engineer may require a change order or may be approved as an as-built change. Each request for a change order shall be accompanied by the fee required by the City Schedule of Service Charges.

G.

Approval of improvement plans. The City Engineer, or the engineer for any other entity having jurisdiction over the improvements shown in the improvement plans shall review the plans, and, only if the plans fully comply with the requirements of the Map Act, this Chapter and the rules or regulations of the other entity, and substantially comply with the Tentative Map, shall the applicable engineer sign the improvement plans. The review and approval or disapproval of improvement plans by the applicable engineer shall comply with Map Act Section 66456.2.

H.

Record drawings (as-builts). At the time of completion of the improvements, required in compliance with this Chapter, and as a condition precedent to both the final inspection by the City Engineer and the exoneration of the improvement security, the subdivider shall submit two sets of prints and the original ink improvement plans which have been modified to reflect the improvements as constructed, with each sheet marked "Record Drawing" in one-half inch letters. The subdivider's project engineer of record shall also certify that all improvements have been constructed in compliance with the requirements of this Chapter and the approved plans as modified. A DXF or ArcInfo file, or other format as may be approved from time to time, of the record drawings shall also be provided.

(§ 5, Ord. 1085, eff. January 6, 2006)