The purpose of this legislation is to provide standards for
design and construction of streetways in the City. The standards are
formulated so that all streetways may eventually be accepted for maintenance
by the City. To achieve this objective, adequate life, ease of operation
and maintenance, and standardization of all the City streets have
been given primary consideration. Each street shall be designed and
constructed as part of a future complete street system in the City.
Any standard or specification referred to shall be understood
to be the current version of that standard or specification. The City
may require higher standards where it believes they are justified,
including but not limited to commercial and industrial projects and
multifamily developments. The City will also consider approval of
a design or construction method which is not included in these standards.
The list of approved materials is under constant review by the
City, and submission of requests for inclusion of new material is
encouraged. Such requests should be substantiated by test results,
specifications and other data. Listing of a material or component
in the list of approved materials or approval of a new material does
not prevent the City from requiring inspections or tests deemed by
the City to be necessary before such material or component is installed.
A.
In general, the subdivision plat, development map, site plan and
the plan/profiles included in the final submission shall include enough
detail to show compliance with design standards. The City may require
the submission of design calculations for review by the City's
Engineer. In some cases, at the discretion of the City, construction
methods shall also be shown.
B.
The City shall require an independent professional engineer, the
cost of which is to be borne by the entity constructing the street,
to perform continual inspection services during construction of the
street.
C.
Any and all construction activities that do not conform to the required
specifications of this article shall be made conforming prior to the
issuance of any final approval from the City Building Department or
advertising of any lots for sale.
D.
The Building Department shall not issue any certificate of occupancy
until a certification from both the professional engineer advising
the entity constructing the street and the City's professional
engineer that the street as constructed complies with the City regulations.
E.
Compliance with construction standards, the approved materials list
and approved final submission shall be required during construction.
Final approval of the development construction and release of the
letter of credit shall be dependent upon such compliance. Construction
methods shall conform to manufacturers' recommendations unless
otherwise specified in these standards.
