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Departments EngineeringLand
Development
The Engineering Division reviews and approves
final maps, parcel maps and improvement drawings for on-site and
off-site improvements for various land development projects, including
subdivisions, parcel maps, and commercial or industrial site improvements.
Our review is intended to assure:
- Compliance with all State and local laws and statutes
- Conformance to the City’s design standards
- Use of sound engineering design methods
- Adequate provision for future development
- Elimination of existing or anticipated deficiencies in
the City’s infrastructure
To this end, this office recommends that developers and their engineers
carefully review the following before proceeding with project design:
- State of California Subdivision Map Act (for Subdivisions
and Parcel Maps)
- Appropriate sections of the City’s Municipal Code,
with particular attention to:
- 8.12 Street Work
- 8.24 Subdivision Regulations
- 8.28 Parcel Map Regulations
- 8.44 Fees
- 8.56 Development Impact Fees
- 8.60 Benefit Districts
- 8.64 Oversize Construction Reimbursements
- Section VI, “Engineering General Design Standards,”
of our Standard Operating Procedures manual
- Applicable City Standards and Specifications0
- The “Engineering Considerations” included
with your Planning and Building Department approval
- City masterplans for sanitary sewer, water, and storm
drainage
- City sanitary sewer, water and storm drainage plats to
determine existing facilities
- City circulation element (to determine if your project
includes an arterial or collector street)
To assure prompt and thorough plan review, be sure submittals include
the following when applicable:
- Final Subdivision Maps and Parcel Maps:
- Two sets of check-prints
- Closure sheets and point sheet map
- Current title report
- Plan check fees
- For improvement plans:
- Two sets of check-prints
- Engineer’s Estimate
- Soils report, including R-values
- Engineering calculations for
- Storm drainage pipe sizing
- Storm drainage pond sizing
- Water flow and pressure
- Pavement structural section
- Standard notes and information
- USA utility location
- All work to conform to City Standards, Specifications,
and Standard Operating Procedures
- City disclaimer
- Signature block
- 24 hour notice for inspections
- Scale, North Arrow, and Benchmark
- Plan check fees
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