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Show AN ORDINANCE AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AN ORDINANCE PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OP AMER ICAN FORK CITY, FEBRUARY 14, 1956, ENTITLED "AN ORDI NANCE REOULATTNG THE SUBDIVISION OF LAND IN THE CITY OF AMERICAN FORK: REQUIRING AND REG ULATING THE PREPARATION AND PRESENTATION OF PRE LIMINARY AND FINAL PLATS FOR SUCH PURPOSE: ESTAB LISHING MINIMUM SUBDIVI SION DESIGN STANDARDS: PROVIDING MINIMUM IM PROVEMENTS TO BE MADE OR GUARANTEED TO BE MADE BY THE SUBDIVIDER: SET TING FORTH THE PROCEED-URE PROCEED-URE TO BE FOLLOWED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION IN APPLYING THESE RULES, REGULATIONS AND STANDARDS: STAND-ARDS: AND PRESCRIBING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION VIOLA-TION OF ITS PROVISIONS. Be it ORDAINED by the City Council of American Fork City, Utah: SECTION I. That an ordinance, ordi-nance, passed by the city council of American Fork City, February 14, 1956, entitled "An Ordinance regulating the subdivision of land In the City of American Fork; requiring and regulating the preparation and presentation presenta-tion of preliminary and final plats for such purpose; establishing establish-ing minimum subdivision design standards; providing - minimum improvements to be made or guaranteed to be made by the subdivlder; setting forth the procedure pro-cedure to be followed by the planning commission In applying apply-ing these rules, regulations and standards: and prescribing penalties pen-alties for the violation of its provision," be amended to read as. follows;, (same as section 737 in original draft) Sec. 737. Land Shall be Subdivided Before Be-fore Recording No person shall subdivide any tract of land which Is located wholly or in part within the corporate limits of the City, nor shall any person sell, exchange, or offer for sale, or purchase? or offer to purchase any parcel of land which is any part of a subdivision sub-division of a larger tract of land nor Butui uiiy pcisuu uiicr mi recording, any deed conveying such a parcel of land or any interest in-terest therein unless he shall first have or cause to have made a plat thereof which plat shall be recorded before such sale or exchange or purchase is effected, and which shall be In accordance accor-dance with all of the requirements require-ments of this ordinance. Sec. 738 Definitions The word "person" as used In this ordinance includes bodies v politic and corporate, partnerships, associations and companies, as well as individuals and others ordinarily referred to a persons. The word "subdivision" as used (fromi hereon this para graph Is the same as In the original draft) The word "subdivision'' as used in this ordinance is hereby defined de-fined as the division of a tract or parcel of land into three or more parts for the purpose whether immediate or future, of sale or of building development, Providing, however, that this definition of a subdivision shall not include a bonafide division or portion of agricultural lands In parcels of more than five acres for other than development purposes, pur-poses, nor shall it include the division of property in Commercial Commer-cial or Industrial districts for commercial or industrial developments develop-ments where' no new streets are required or are" to be dedicated for public use. Section 739 Preliminary Plat a. Preliminary Plat Required Whenever a subdivision is to be filed, three copies of the preliminary or tentative plat shall be prepared and presented present-ed to the Planning Commission Commis-sion for its approval. The preliminary pre-liminary plat shairbe prepared to conform to any existing master street plans or planning plan-ning commission studies for the area in which the proposed propos-ed subdivision lies, b. Anproval of Preliminary Plat After a revelw of, the preliminary prelim-inary plat, and within a period of thirty (30) days after submission, sub-mission, the Planning Commission Com-mission shall act on the plat. If approved, the Planning Commission shall express its . written approval with whatever what-ever conditions are attached, by returning one (1) copy of the nlftt. sicmed hw th Plan. ; ning Director, to the subdivlder. subdivld-er. If disapproved, the Planning Plan-ning commission shall indicate indi-cate the reasons therefore in writing, on a similarly signed copy. Receipt of the signed " copy of the approved preliminary prelimi-nary plat shall be authorization authoriza-tion for the subdivlder to pro- , eeed with the preparation of plans for the Improvements required by this ordinance and final The preliminary plat shall be prepared on tracing paper either eighteen (18) inches by twenty-four (24) inches or twenty-four (24) inches ,by thirty-six (36) inches (outside dimensions) at a scale not smaller than one-hundred (100) feet to the Inch, and shall contain the following Informa tion: (1) Title block located in the lower right-hand corner of the drawing and including the following: v (a) Proposed name of sub division. (b) Location of subdivision including section, town ship, and range. (c) Name and address of subdivlder. Name and address of engineer. Date. (d) (e) (2) All property under control of subdivlder, even though only a portion is being subdivided, subdi-vided, showing the prospective street system of the unplatted parts. (3) Location of and dimensions to nearest bench mark or monument. - (4) Names of subdivisions or owners of property adjoining the proposed subdivision. (5) Contour map at appropriate approp-riate Intervals. (6) The boundary lines of the tract to be subdivided accurate in scale dimension and bearing. bear-ing. (7) The location, widths, and other dimensions of all existing exist-ing or platted, lots, streets and other Important features such as railroad lines, water courses, exceptional topography, etc., within and contiguous to the tract to be subdivided. - (8) Existing sanitary sewef, storm drains, water supply mains, and culverts within the tract and immediately adjacent adja-cent thereto. (9) The location, widths and other dimensions of proposed streets, alleys, easements, , parks, and other open spaces and lots. (10) All parcels of land Intend ed to be dedicated for public useoiLreseryedfor the use- of all property owners with the purpose indicated. (11) North point and scale. (12) Nearest Installed fire hy- drants on or within 500 feet of the proposed subdivision. (13) Proposed lots, numbered and dimensioned. (14) The proposed method of handling storm drainage, within the tract. Section 740 Final Plat a. Submission of Final Plat After compliance with the provisions of Section 739 of this ordinance, a final plat of the' subdivision covering all or part of an approved preliminary prelimi-nary plat shall be prepared by a licensed engineer or land surveyor in conformance with this ordinance and filed with the Planning Commission. This submission shall Include the following: (1) One drawing of the final plat on tracing linen, together togeth-er with one reproduction on tracing linen, as provided below, be-low, or two (2) original drawings both on tracing linen. (2) Two (2) paper prints of the final plat. (3) A checking fee which will be fixed by the Commission. (4) two (Z) copies or any private restrictions proposed to be recorded for the purpose pur-pose of providing regulations governing the use, building lines, open space, or other aspects of development and use. b. Approval of Final Plat One linen drawing, after all official approvals have been given, shall be returned to the subdivlder or owner for recording re-cording in the office of the Utah County Recorder. The other linen drawing will be retained and will become the property of the City and will be filed In the office of the City Recorder. c. Recording of the Approved Plat (1) All above approvals shall become void unless the plat Is offered for recording within thirty (30) days from the date of approval. All recording costs required by the County Recorder will be paid by the subdivlder. (2) The filing of an unapproved unap-proved plat is prohibited and any recording officer who files such a plat is guilty of a misdemeanor. Any sale or contract to sell any land in violation of the legal controls con-trols of this ordinance is voidable at the option of the purchaser, d Requirements of Final Plat' All final plats shall be drawn on jan approved form printed print-ed on a sheet pf tracing, linen. Such forms shall be available at the office of the City Re the preparation of the plat. , e. Requirements of the Preliminary Plat corder. The plat shall be so drawn that the top of the sheet faces north or west, whichever accommodates the drawing best. All lines, dimensions di-mensions and markings shall be made on the tracing linen with approved waterproof black "Indian Drawing Ink." The actual map, drawn shall be made on a scale large enough to clearly show all de tails and the workmanship on finished drawing shall be neat, clear-cut and readable. The subdivlder must also furnish, in addition to the original plat or drawing, an approved and acceptable reproduction of the original plat or drawing made on tracing linen, and to the same dimension and size as the original, or shall furnish two original tracings. The printing or reproduction pro cess used shall not incur any shrinkage or distortions and the reproduced tracing furnished furn-ished shall be of good quality, to true dimensions, clear and readable and in all respects comparable to the original plat or drawing so that the lines, dimensions and markings mark-ings will not rub off or smear, e. The Final Plat Shall Contain the Following Information: (DA subdivision name approved ap-proved by the County Recorder and the general location of the subdivision. (2) A north point and scale (No smaller than 1" - 100') (3) Accurately drawn boundaries, boun-daries, showing the proper bearings and dimensions of all boundary lines of the Subdivision. Sub-division. These lines should be slightly heavier than1 street and lot lines. (4) The names, widths, lengths, bearings, curve date on center lines or both sides of proposed streets, alleys and easements desired or necessary, neces-sary, also the boundaries, bearings bear-ings and dimensions., of all portions within the Subdivisions Subdi-visions that are intended to be dedicated to the use of the public. The sizes, lines, dimen. sions, bearings and numbers of all lots, blocks andor parts reserved for any reason within the Subdivision. All lots and blocks shall be numbered consecutively con-secutively under a definite ystem-wtthriiimerieaTdesIg- nation. All proposed streets shall be named or numbered in accordance with and to con form to the adopted street naming and numbering of the City. , (5) The angle and depart ures of adjoining property, street and alley lines, and the names of the streets and the alleys adjoining or bounding the Subdivision. It shall show the names . of all adjoining Subdivisions, which have prev iously been recorded, to show their relationship to the Sub division now offered for record, If adjoining land is unplatted this Information should be shown. (6) It is necessary that all dimensions and calculations made by the Engineers shall show proper closures In all boundaries of the Subdivision or otherwise, in completing this survey and no plat will be accepted that shows a plus or minus or minus distance for closure. 17) Show the description and location of all monuments set and established by the City or the United States Govern ment that are adjacent or near this proposed Subdivision. Section 741 Amended Plats Amended plats must be filed when changes in a plat of a Subdivision, which has been re corded, are made; approval of said Subdivision shall be vacated and an amended plat thereof approved and filed in accordance with this ordinance. Section 742 Permits No permits shall be issued by any administrative officer of the City for the construction of any building or improvements re' quiring a permit upon any land upon which a plat is required by this ordance unless and until the requirements hereof shall have been complied with. Section 743 Construction Plans and Profiles Prior to commencement of construction the subdivlder shall furnish a complete set of con struction plans and profiles. prepared by a licensed professional profes-sional engineer, of all improve-ments improve-ments required by this ordinance to the City Engineer. The City Engineer, within a reasonable time not to exceed twenty (20) days from receipt of plans shall notify the subdivlder of approval or disapproval and in case of disapproval, the reasons therefor. Section 744 Design Standards The design of the preliminary and final plats of the subdivision in relatloni to streets, blocjurlou. open spaces and ; other design factors shall be in harmo the following design stani m C" i mm mtm . (1) All through streets in the' subdivision must conform to THE AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN, Thursday, May 18, 1961 the major street plan of the city. (2) The alignment and width of all extended through streets shall be preserved unless unusual un-usual topographical conditions make a modification advisable. (3) Where a large Subdivision abuts upon a major thorough fare, the Commission may require re-quire marginal access streets to be included in the street Plan. (4) Street width is to be measured from lot line to lot lines. The minimum width of streets, unless otherwise expressly ex-pressly permitted by the Commission, Com-mission, so measured shall be: (a) For minor streets 50.0 feet. (b) For collector streets 60.0 feet. (c) For major streets 66.0 feet or larger as required by the Planning Commission to conform to the major street plan. Note: Standard street sec tions for minor, col lector .and major streets are shown on Figures 1 and 2. (5) Cul - de - sacs (dead-end streets designed to be perm an ently closed to through traffic) shall be not longer than four hundred (400) feet to the be ginning of the turnaround Each cul-de-sac must be ter mlnated by a turnaround of not less than one hundred (100) feet diameter, measured to the property lines. If surface sur-face water drainage is into the turnaround, due to the grade of the street,- necessary catch basins and drainage easements shall be provided. (6) Streets shall intersect each other as near as possible at right angles. (7) Grades on major streets shall not exceed eight (8) per Cent. Grades- on other streets may exceed eight (8) percent but not fifteen (15) percent when in the opinion of the Planning Commission, the best subdivision of land is secured, Minimum grades for all streets shall not be less than four aenth (0.4) percent. (8) When street lines within a block deflect from each other at any one point more than five degrees, Jhere shall be a connecting curve. The radius of the curve for the inner street line shall not be less than 500 feet for a major street, 300 feet for a collector street and 100 feet for local minor streets. (9) Curbs at all Intersections shall be rounded with curves . having a minimum radius of 15.0 feet for minor streets and 15.0 feet for secondary and major streets. Property lines at street intersection shall be rounded with a curve where necessary to fit the curb radl us. ..-u (10) New streets shall use the coordinate form of street num bering. A street obviously a continuation of another al ready In existence should bear tne same number. (11) All streets within the City limits will be required to be dedicated for Dublle use The dedication of half streets In any subdivision is prohibited. prohibit-ed. Whenever there exists a half street adjacent to a tract to be subdivided, the other half shall be plated within such tract. (12) Protection Strips. Where subdivision streets parallel contiguous property of other owners, the Subdivlder mav upon approval of the Planning commission retain a protection protec-tion strip not less than one (1) root in width between said street and adjacent property, provided that an agreement approved by the City Attorney nas Deen made bv the sub divider, contracting to deed to tne men owners of the con. tlguous DroDertv. the one Ml foot or larger protection strip ior a consideration named in the agreement, such considers tion to be not more than the fair cost of. land in the pro tection strip, the street im provements properly chargable to tne contiguous property, plus the value of one-half (u. the land in the street at the time of agreement, together with Interest at a fair rate .from time of agreement until ' time of subdivision of such contiguous oroDertv. One (1) copy of the agreement shall be submitted by the City Attorney to the Planning Commission prior to approval of the final piat. Protection strm shall not be permitted at the end of or within the boundaries of a public street or proposed street or within any, area- intended for future public use. b. Blocks v- ' (1) The length of blocks shall not exceed ten hundred (1000) feet in length. (2) A dedicated walkway through the block may be required re-quired where access Is neces- sary to a point designated by the Planning Commission. Such walkways shall be a minimum of six (6) feet in width, but may be required to be wider where determined necessary by the Planning Commission. The subdivlder shall surface the full width of the walkway with, a concrete surface, Install a chain link fence or its approved equal four (4) feet high on each side of the full length of each walkway and provide barriers at each walkway entrance, as detailed on Figure 8, to restrict re-strict vehicles wider than three (3) feet. (3) The width of blocks generally gener-ally shall be sufficient to allow two (2) tiers of lots. (4) Business and industrial blocks shall be designed specifically speci-fically for such purposes with adequate space set aside for of f -street parking and delivery facilities. c. Lot Requirements (1) All lots shown on the subdivision sub-division plat must conform to the minimum requirements of the applicable zoning ordinance. ordi-nance. The size and shape of the lots shall be such as the Commission deems appropriate for the type of building development devel-opment contemplated. (2) The platting of lots whose width at the set back line is less than 70.0 feet shall not be permitted. Corner lots shall have extra width as will permit per-mit the establishment of a - building line at least 30.00 feet on the front street and 20 feet on the side street. (3) Double frontage lots shall be prohibited except where unusual un-usual topography makes it impossible im-possible to meet this requirement require-ment or where it is necessary to back lots on a non-access street. (4) All remnants of lots below minimum size left over after the subdividing of a larger tract must be added to adjacent ad-jacent lots rather than allowed to remain as unusable parcels. (5) All lots shall face upon a street, and as nearly as possi ble the lot side line shall run at right angles to the street or to the tangent of a curving street. d. Easements Easements of not less than five (5) feet on each side of all rear lot lines and side lines will be required where neces sary for poles, wire conduits, storm or sanitary sewers, gas and water mains, irrigation canals or ditches, and other public utilities. Easements of greater width may be required where necessary for surface overflow or for the extension of main sewers or similar utilities. Section 745 Improvements a. Time of Construction - The improvements listed in this section shall be installed prior to recording the final plat except as provided in paragraph "b" below. 'No im provements shall be installed until their location and spec! fications have been approved i by the City Engineer. Water and sewer mains and laterals and fire hydrants shall be in stalled brtor to the surfacing of streets and the installation of road base, curbs, gutters, and sidewalks. b. Performance Bond In lieu of actual completion of the Improvements listed in this section, the subdivlder may file with the city a surety or cash bond to assure the ac tual construction of such improvements im-provements within a period of two (2) years from the date of approval of the final plat and in a manner satisfactory to the City Engineer. The amount of the bond shall be set by the City Engineer and shall be based upon the est! mated cost of the required im provements, sucn Bond or surety shall remain in force for one (1) year after the com pletlon of the required im provements, at which time such Improvements shall - be inspected by the City Engineer and If found to be in satlsfac tory condition, the City Engl neer will certify the same to the City Manager who will re lease the bond. If the Im provements are found not to be In satisfactory condition, the City Engineer shall so inform in-form the City Manager who shall order the subdivlder to place the Improvements in a satisfactory condition. In the event the subdivlder refuses or neglects to make the necessary repairs, the City Manager may order the work done, using tne proceeds irom the bond or cnecK to defray expenses, c. Required Improvements The subdivlder shall be re quires io install such . street improvements as the Commls slon shall require to conform witn surrounding areas, includ ing sidewalks, curb and gutter, treet grading and surfacing. " wen as sanitary sewers, street drainage and drainage ., structures, water mains and fire hydrants, Including hydrant. hy-drant. and valve boxes, safety fence and surrey monuments. All such improvements to be Installed under the specifications specifica-tions and supervision of the City Engineer. (1) Street Gradinr and Surfacing a. After all earthwork is completed com-pleted and brought to lines, grades, and cross sections as approved by the City Engineer, the subgrade shall be brought to a firm unyielding surface by rolling or other means of comDactlon. All soft material which will not compact readily shall be removed and approved sub-base material will be plac ed when required by the City Engineer. (b) All sewer and water trenches located in street and sidewalk areas shall be thor oughly compacted. It shall be the subdivlders responsibility to restore to grade and resur face all street and sidewalk areas damaged from later settlement set-tlement of such trenches. (c) A nilnlmum of six inches of crushed gravel base course shall be prepared and placed on the subgrade In accordance with Section 3-2 "Gravel Base Course" standard specifications, specifica-tions, State of Utah, Road Commission. (d) After the establishment of a suitable road base, the street shall be hard surfaced with either a 2 inch compacted course of road mix or a 2 inch compacted course of plant mix bituminous surface. The se- lection of the mix to be de-. termined by the City. The. bituminous surfaces shall be prepared and installed in ac-1 cordance with Section 4-2, "Road Mix Bituminous Surface" Sur-face" or Section 4-3 "Plant Mix! Bituminous Surface of the! Standard Specifications, State of Utah, Road Commission." (2) Sidewalk, Curb and Gutter and - Miscellaneous Structures Struc-tures (a) Curb and gutter and sidewalk side-walk as detailed in Figures 3 and 4 shall be installed on existing ex-isting and proposed streets by the subdivlder In all subdivisions subdivi-sions except at the rear of those lots which back on major streets and are not permitted access to such streets.' (b) Catch basins as detailed in where required for proper street drainage. (c) Driveway approaches as de tailed in Figure 5 shall be pro- j vided for all driveways. (d) All work under this title shall be constructed of Port-! land cement concrete, pre-' pared, placed, and cured in accordance ac-cordance with Section 6-8 "Sidewalk" and 6-9 "Concrete' Curb and Gutter and Concrete ' Driveway" as described in the standard specifications, State of Utah, Road Commission. (3) Water Supply (a) It shall be the responsibility responsibili-ty of the subdivlder to Install, at his own expense, water malne on4 eanHiiA lnfuMln each lot within the subdivision and to install the necessary additional pipe line from the subdivision tn the nearest ov. istlng city water line in accordance ac-cordance with plans and specifications spec-ifications prepared by the City Engineer. (b) All water mains shall have a minimum diameter of six (6) inches unless a larger size is specified by the City Engineer Engi-neer and shall be constructed of cast Iron. (c) Used pipe shall not be Installed In-stalled for culinary water. (d) All culinary water pipe shall be separated horizontally by not less than ten (10) feet from either a septic tank, a distribution box or a drain field of an individual sewage disposal system. (4) Fire Hydrants (a) Fire hydrants shall be in- stalled between the curb and olucwtua- "unum 01 eign-' Z o o 111 z o o O k X u O ' o a a z u . 4 S O u Q n z 2 2 . $-0" Fl'tflb STANDARD (i n H p. I I I I I -La rr " f,-ri i i - t n ' 'I r teen (18) Inches from the back of the curb at locations determined de-termined by the City Manager. In general, no dwelling unit shall be located farther than two hundred-fifty (250) feet from a fire hydrant measured along the curb. Outlets shall be eighteen (18) inches above finish grade and must face the street. . (b) Fire hydrants shall comply com-ply with national standard regulations and shall have a mlniTmim four (4) inch barrel in residential areas and a minimum min-imum six (6) inch barrel in close proximity to public buildings. build-ings. (c) Fire hydrants shall not be connected to any water main smaller than six (6) inches inside in-side diameter. (5) Sewage Disposal (a) Where the city sewer is within five hundred (500) feet of the subdivision, the sub-divider sub-divider shall, at his own expense, ex-pense, connect with such sanitary sani-tary sewer and provide sewer mains and laterals from the main sewer line to each lot in the subdivision. All sewer mains and laterals shall be Installed in accordance accord-ance with plans and specifications specifi-cations prepared by the City Engineer. Sewer mains shall be a minimum of eight (8) inches in diameter. All sewer mains and laterals must be inspected in place by the City Engineer before back filling is accomplished. (b) Where the city sewer is not within the above stipulated distance, the subdivlder may, at his election, either Install individual sewerage facilities at his expense or require that such facilities be installed as a part of the construction of buildings or structures, provided provid-ed that evidence is supplied to the satisfaction of the Planning Plan-ning Commission that the sanitary san-itary condition of, and , appropriate ap-propriate use of, the adjoining adjoin-ing land is fully safeguarded. The subdivlder shall secure a certificate of approval from the State Board of Health on the proposed sewerage facilities facili-ties and shall sumbit said certificate cer-tificate to the Planning Com mission with the preliminary subdivlder elects to require the Installation of such facilities when construction of buildings is begun, he shall cause such provision to be entered in writing in the deed and duly recorded in the office of the County Recorder. (6) Safety Fences The subdivlder shall install a six (6) foot non-climbable chain link fence of approved quality and installation along all open ditches, canals or waterways, non-access streets, open reservoirs or bodies of water, railroad right-of-way and other such features of potentially hazardous nature as determined by the Planning uommission. (7) Survey Monuments ourvey monuments consisting con-sisting of a brass cup set in concrete with a cast Iron ring and lid cover shall be placed at all subdivision street intersections, inter-sections, points of curvature or intersection and at other designated locations, by a licensed lic-ensed engineer or land; surveyor. survey-or. The brass cap shall set in concrete extending a minimum of 2y2 (two and one-half) feet " below the finished grade and the cast iron ring shall be set flush with the street surface, (b) All subdivision . boundary corners shall be marked with an approved type of metal peg at least " in diameter and eighteen inches In length. Section 746 Dedications a; All streets within the sub- . eu. aivision must be dedicated. b. The Commission may re quire off-street parking areas 3TAN0ARD SALT LAKE ClTV PATTERN, MANHOLE FRAME WITH 24" OIAMETER COVER AMD OUST PAN .1 t 0 . J. Jl -I J J. .IV r -r - riff it I -1 MANHOLE |