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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1005: Required ImprovementsSubdivision Code City of Prior Lake 1005/p1 SECTION 1005 REQUIRED IMPROVEMENTS AND CHARGES SUBSECTIONS: 1005.100: GENERAL PROVISIONS 1005.200: MONUMENTS 1005.300: STREET IMPROVEMENTS 1005.400: FUTURE STREET IMPROVEMENTS AND CHARGES 1005.500: SANITARY SEWER AND WATER IMPROVEMENTS AND CHARGES 1005.600: STORMWATER IMPROVEMENTS AND CHARGES 1005.700: EXCEPTIONS 1005.800: PUBLIC UTILITIES 1005.900: ELECTION BY CITY TO INSTALL IMPROVEMENTS 1005.1000: TREES REQUIRED FOR NEW SUBDIVISIONS 1005.1100: TOPSOIL AND SODDING 1005.1200: CABLE INSTALLATION 1005.100 GENERAL PROVISIONS 1005.101 Assessment Policy. The City of Prior Lake Assessment Policy is hereby adopted and incorporated into this Subdivision Code by reference as if fully set forth. 1005.102 Development Agreement. Before a final plat is signed by the City, the subdivider shall pay all applicable fees and enter into the City's standardized Development Agreement setting forth the conditions under which the plat is approved. 1005.103 Security. Before a final plat is signed by the City, the subdivider shall also furnish the City financial security in the form of an irrevocable letter of credit or other form of security as approved by the City. The security shall be in a form and substance approved by the City Attorney. If the subdivider fails to perform any obligations under the Development Agreement, the City may apply the security to cure the default. 1005.104 Developer Installed Improvements. If the subdivider is going to install any public improvements, the required security shall be one hundred and twenty-five percent (125%) of the sum of the following fixed or estimated costs: developer installed public improvements including streets and utilities; grading, drainage, wetland and erosion control plans; landscape plan; and monumentation, and as- built/record drawings. 1005.105 Grading Improvements. Subdivision grading will be allowed upon the City Council approval of the preliminary plat. Prior to any grading, the subdivider shall Subdivision Code City of Prior Lake 1005/p2 obtain a grading permit from the City. The grading permit application must be submitted along with a grading plan meeting the requirements outlined in the PWDM and the requirements for grading, filling and excavation in Subsection 1101.509 of the Zoning Code. 1005.106 City Installed Improvements. If the City is going to install the public improvements, the required security shall be one hundred and twenty-five percent (125%) of the sum of the following fixed or estimated costs: - Principal amount of special assessments for public improvements to be installed. - Street lights. - Erosion control. - Landscaping. - Monumentation. 1005.107 Warranty/Maintenance Bond. The City shall require the subdivider to submit a warranty bond in the amount equal to the original cost of the public improvements. The required warranty period for materials and workmanship for public utilities and streets shall be two (2) years from the date of final acceptance. The required warranty period for sod, trees and landscaping is one (1) year following acceptance of the landscaping. 1005.108 Reproducible Drawings. Reproducible as-built drawings of all required public improvements shall be furnished to the City by the subdivider. Such as-built drawings shall be certified to be true and accurate by the registered engineer responsible for the installation of the improvements. The subdivider shall also furnish such plans in an electronic format acceptable to the City. The size and format for reproducible drawings shall be in accordance with the standards in the PWDM. 1005.109 Improvements. All of the required public improvements to be installed under the provisions of the Subdivision Code shall be approved by and subject to inspection by the City. All of the City's expenses incurred in connection with the installation of the required public improvements shall be paid either directly to the City's consultants or by reimbursement to the City by the subdivider. 1005.200 MONUMENTS. 1005.201 Official Monuments. Official monuments, as designated and adopted by the County Surveyor's office and approved by the County District Court for use as judicial monuments, shall be set at each corner or angle on the outside boundary of the final plat or in accordance with a plan as approved by the City. The boundary line of the property to be included in the plat shall be fully dimensioned, all angles of the boundary excepting the closing angle shall be indicated and all Subdivision Code City of Prior Lake 1005/p3 monuments and surveyor's irons shall be indicated. Each angle point of the boundary perimeter shall be so monumented. 1005.202 Placement. Survey monuments shall be placed at all block and lot corners, angle points, points of curves in streets or at intermediate points as shall be required by the City. The monuments shall be of such material, size and length as required by the City. It shall be the subdivider's responsibility to ensure the survey monuments are maintained in good order during construction. Proof of the monumentation shall be in the form of a surveyor's certificate and this requirement shall be a condition of a certificate of occupancy as provided for in the Zoning Code. 1005.300 STREET IMPROVEMENTS. All streets shall be improved in accordance with the standards and specifications for street construction as required by the PWDM. 1005.400 FUTURE STREET IMPROVEMENTS AND CHARGES. 1005.401 Dedication. As a condition of plat approval, when property being platted is adjacent to an existing collector street, highway, or substandard streets which need improvement, the subdivider shall dedicate land for the widening or improvement of said collector street, highway or substandard street. 1005.402 Collector Street Charge. - n accordance with the City's Special Assessment Policy, an acreage fee for the collector street system is to be collected as part of the Development Agreement on all new subdivisions. The fees are dedicated to the Collector Street Fund and are to be used for the purpose of paying for collector street improvements and pedestrian trail improvements associated with collector streets and the City share of County road related trail improvements. The charge shall be based upon the gross acreage of the subdivision less the area to be dedicated to the City for ponding, parks, wetlands, and road right-of- way necessary for County or State highways or excess collector street right-of- way. The fee shall be set annually by the City Council in the City Fee Schedule and paid to the City prior to the release of the final plat. 1005.500 SANITARY SEWER AND WATER IMPROVEMENTS AND CHARGES. 1005.501 Improvements. Sanitary sewer and water facilities shall be installed in accordance with the standards and specifications as required by the City Council and subject to the approval of the City. 1005.502 Charges. In accordance with the City's Special Assessment Policy, an acreage charge, dedicated to the Trunk System Reserve Fund, will be collected as part of the Development Agreement on all new subdivisions. The purpose of this fund is to pay for central system improvements essential for the functional operation of the entire municipal sewer and water system. The charge shall be based upon the gross acreage of the subdivision less the acreage to be dedicated to the City for ponding, parks, wetlands, and road right-of-way necessary for County or Subdivision Code City of Prior Lake 1005/p4 State highways or excess collector street right-of- way. The fee shall be set annually by the City Council in the City Fee Schedule and paid to the City prior to the release of the final plat. 1005.600 STORMWATER IMPROVEMENTS AND CHARGES. 1005.601 Stormwater facilities shall be installed in accordance with the standards and specifications as required by the City Council and subject to the approval of the City. 1005.602 In accordance with the City's Special Assessment Policy, a charge for trunk stormwater improvements, either constructed or to be constructed for trunk facilities serving the subject property, will be collected as part of the Development Agreement for all new subdivisions. The charge shall be based upon the gross acreage of the subdivision less the acreage to be dedicated to the City for ponding, parks, wetlands, and road right-of-way necessary for County or State highways or excess collector street right-of- way. The fee shall be set annually by the City Council in the City Fee Schedule and paid to the City prior to the release of the final plat. The subdivision will be given a credit for any on-site storm water improvement that has been oversized to serve property outside the subdivision. 1005.700 EXCEPTIONS. Property being replatted shall be exempt from paying the street, sewer, water and stormwater charges set forth in Subsections 1005.402, 1005.502 and 1005.602 of the Subdivision Code if the stated charges were paid or assessed in conjunction with the initial platting of the property or paid or assessed by other means. 1005.800 PUBLIC UTILITIES. All public utilities, including, but not limited to, telephone, electric, cable and/or gas service lines shall be placed underground in accordance with all applicable City Code provisions. 1005.900 ELECTION BY CITY TO INSTALL IMPROVEMENTS. It is the subdivider's responsibility to install all required public improvements except that the City reserves the right to design and/or install all or any part of the public improvements, including trunk facilities, required under the provisions of the Subdivision Code pursuant to Minn. Stat. Chap. 429. If the City elects to install the improvements the City shall require the subdivider to post an irrevocable letter of credit or other security guaranteeing payment of the assessments. 1005.1000 TREES REQUIRED FOR NEW SUBDIVISIONS. In new subdivisions, trees shall be planted on each lot. Permitted tree species shall be in accordance with Subsection 1107.2100 of the Zoning Code. All required trees shall be planted by the builder prior to issuance of certificate of occupancy. The following tree specifications shall apply to each platted lot in the proposed subdivision. Subdivision Code City of Prior Lake 1005/p5 1005.1001 Required Subdivision Trees. 1. Required: One balled and burlapped street tree will be required per lot frontage and one balled and burlapped front yard tree will be required per front yard. 2. Caliper: Each tree must be a minimum of two and one-half inches (2 1/2") in trunk diameter measured at ground level. 3. Location: Trees shall be planted inside the front property line at a distance of at least four feet (4’) from the front property line. 4. No required subdivision tree shall be planted inside of any drainage or utility easement or within a forty-foot (40') clear view triangle on comer lots. The clear view triangle is the area established for visibility clearance at intersections. The area of the clear view triangle is defined as follows: Beginning at the intersection of the projected lot lines of the comer lot, thence forty feet (40') along one lot line, thence diagonally to a point forty feet (40') from the point of beginning on the opposite line. 1005.1100. TOPSOIL AND SODDING. The builder shall spread a minimum of four inches (4") of topsoil over the boulevard, front and side yards. All boulevard, front and side yard areas shall be sodded except those areas that are landscaped. Such topsoil and sodding shall be installed by the builder prior to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy. 1005.1200 CABLE INSTALLATION. In new residential subdivisions in which all the electric power and telephone utilities are underground, the City may, in its sole discretion, require that the following procedure apply with respect to access to and utilization of underground easements: 1. The subdivider shall be responsible for contacting all Cable Franchise Grantees (“Grantees”) to ascertain which Grantees desire (or, pursuant to the terms and provisions of any Franchise Agreement, may be required) to provide Cable Service to that subdivision. The subdivider may establish a reasonable deadline to receive responses from Grantees. The final subdivision map shall indicate the Grantees that have agreed to serve the subdivision. 2. If one (1) or more Grantees wish to provide service within all or part of the subdivision, they shall be accommodated in the joint utilities trench on a nondiscriminatory shared basis. If fewer than two (2) Grantees indicate interest, the subdivider shall provide conduit to accommodate a minimum of two (2) sets of cable television cables and dedicate to the City any initially unoccupied conduit. 3. The subdivider shall provide at least ten (10) business days’ notice of the date that utility trenches will be open to the Grantees that have agreed to serve the subdivision. When the trenches are open, such Grantees shall have Subdivision Code City of Prior Lake 1005/p6 two (2) business days to begin the installation of their cables, and five (5) business days after beginning installation to complete installation. 4. The final subdivision map shall not be approved until the subdivider submits evidence that: a. It has notified each Grantee that underground utility trenches are to open as of an estimated date, and that each Grantee will be allowed access to such trenches, including trenches from proposed streets to individual homes or home sites, on specified nondiscriminatory terms and conditions; and b. It has received a written notification from each Grantee that the Grantee intends to install its facilities during the open trench period on the specified terms and conditions, or such other terms and conditions as are mutually agreeable to the subdivider and Grantee, or has received no reply from a Grantee within ten (10) days after its notification to such Grantee, in which case the Grantee will be deemed to have waived its opportunity to install its facilities during the open trench period. 5. Sharing the joint utilities trench shall be subject to compliance with State regulatory agency and utility standards. If such compliance is not possible, the subdivider shall provide a separate trench for the cable television cables, with the entire cost shared among the participating Grantee(s). With the concurrence of the subdivider, the affected utilities and the Grantees, alternative installation procedures, such as the use of deeper trenches, may be utilized, subject to the requirements of federal, state and local laws, regulations, ordinances, and policies. 6. Any Grantee wishing to serve an area where the trenches have been closed shall be responsible for its own trenching and associated costs and shall repair all property to the condition which existed prior to such trenching. (Ord. Amd. 118-13, publ. 08/11/2018) (THIS SPACE INTENTIONALLY BLANK.)