SEC. 1347. CONSTRUCTION.
§ 1347
Before construction begins on a subdivision, improvement plans must be submitted to and approved by the City Engineer. All construction is subject to City Engineer inspection, and any work done without approval or proper inspection can be rejected at the subdivider's expense. Underground utilities must be installed before street surfacing, with service connections extended to avoid future street disturbance.
A developer cannot start building a subdivision until the City Engineer approves the improvement plans. The City Engineer will inspect the work as it happens. If a developer does work without getting approval or without the required inspections, the City can reject that work and the developer has to pay to fix or redo it. Any underground pipes and utilities (like sewer and drainage lines) must be put in place before the street surface is added on top. Service connections should be long enough so that when people connect to utilities later, the street won't need to be dug up again.
- Complex:Subsection (d) is a dense, multi-clause sentence covering multiple requirements (timing of underground facility installation, exclusion of survey monuments, and length of service connections) that could be clearer if separated.
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Official text
(a) No construction shall commence until the improvement plans have been submitted to the City Engineer and have been approved by him.
(b) Construction of improvements which are to be accepted by the City for maintenance shall be subject to inspection by the City Engineer.
(c) Any work done by the subdivider prior to approval of the improvement plans, including changes thereto, or without the inspection and testing required by the City Engineer is subject to rejection. Such work shall be deemed to have been done at the risk and peril of the subdivider.
(d) Installation of Underground Facilities. All underground facilities including sewerage and drainage facilities and excepting survey monuments installed in streets, alleys or pedestrian ways shall be constructed prior to the surfacing of such street, alley or pedestrian way. Service connections for all underground utilities and sewers shall be laid to such length as will obviate the necessity for disturbing the street, alley or pedestrian way improvements when service connections are completed to properties in the subdivision.