HomeMy Public PortalAboutORD-CC-1981-13ORDINANCE NO. 13-81
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 2 2 OF THE MOAB CITY CODE.
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of. Moab, that Chapter
of the Moab City Code be amended as follows:
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(11) Major Street: One of the principal thoroughfares, as shown or desig—
nated on the master street plan.
(12) Master Street Plan: A plan labeled "Master Street Plan of Moab City",
including maps or reports or both, which heve been approved by the Planning
Commission and City Council as required by lacy.
(13) Minor Streets: Any dedicated str.e.st serving as the principal means
of access to property, which street is not shown on the Master Street Plan
as a principal thoroughfare.
(14) Official Map: Any map adopted by the City Council under the pro—
visions of Title 10, Chapter 9, Section 7, Utah Code Annotated, 1953, as amend—
ed.
(15) Other Public Dedication: Parks, playgrounds, drainage channels or
other areas of land to be dedicated to public use.
(16) Preliminary Approval: An approval, with or without recommended alter—
ations, given to a preliminary plat by the Planning Commission and provides
the necessary authority to proceed with the prep .;rations of the final plat.
(17) Preliminary Plat: A map or chart of a proposed subdivision.
(18) Subdivider: Any person laying out or making a subdivision for the
purposes of first sale, offering for sale or f;.rst selling for himself or
others of the subdivision or any part thereof.
(19) Subdivision:2 A described tract of land which has been divided into
three (3) or more lots, tracts or parcels of five (5) acres or less in area.
ARTICLE II. PROCEDURE;
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22-2-2 Final Plat
22-2-3 Exceptions
22-2-4 Residential Buildings
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Before dividing any tract of land into three (3; or more lots, a subdivider
shall.:
1. Prior to or coincident with the submission of the Preliminary Plat,
file with the Zoning Administrator a completed subdivision information form
or forms to be furnished by the Zoning Administrator.
2For State Law as to definition of "Subdivision", ,ee U.C.A., 1953, Section
10-9-28.
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22-1-1 Definitions
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SUBDIVISIONS
ARTICLE I. IN GENERAL
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For the purposes of this Chapter, the following words and phrases shall
have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this Section:
(1) Alley: A public way which affords a secondary means of access to
abutting property.
(2) Bench Mark: A mark affixed to a permanent or semi -permanent object
along a line of survey to furnish a datum level.
(3) Building Line Setback: A line within a lot or other parcel of land,
so designated on the plat of the proposed subdivision, between which line the
adjacent boundary of the street upon which the lot abuts, the erection of an
enclosed structure or portion thereof is prohibited.
(4) Collector Street: A street which carries traffic from minor streets
to the major street system, including the principal entrance streets of resi-
dential development and the primary circulation streets within such a develop-
ment.
(5) Cul-de-sac: A minor street having one open end and being terminated
at the other by a vehicular turnaround.
(6) Easement: The quanity of land set aside or over which a liberty,
privilege or advantage in land without profit, existing distinct from the owner-
ship of land, is granted to the public or some particular person or part of
the public.
(7) Final Plat: A map or chart of a subdivision which has been accurately
surveyed by a registered surveyor and such survey is marked on the gound so
that streets, alleys, blocks, lots and other divisions thereof can be iden-
tified.
(8) Lot: Shall mean a portion.
as a unit for building develop„..ent or transfer of ownership.
(9) Lot Width: Is the width of the lot measured along the minimum build-
ing setback line.
of a subdivision or parcel of land intended
(a) Setback lines: The shortest distance between the property line
and the foundation, wall or main frame of the building.
(10) Marginal Access Street: Shall mean a minor street which is parallel
to and adjacent to a major street and which provides access to abutting proper-
ties and protection from through traffic.
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2. File with the Zoning Administrator for examination and subsequent
approval or disapproval by the Planning Commission, eight (8) black and white
prints or the preliminary plat prepared in conformance with the provisions
of this title. Prints shall be filed at least fifteen (15) days prior to the
Planning Commission meeting at which time the Plat may be considered, and shall
be accompanied by .a filing fee in conformance with the following schedule:
(A) Subdivisions of five (5) lots or less - $25.00.
(B) Subdivisions of from six (6) to twenty-five (25) lots - $25.00
plus $2.00 per lot.
(C) More than twenty-five (25) lots - $75.00, plus $2.00 per lot
for all lots over twenty-five (25).
3. Within one year (1) after receiving approval of the preliminary plat
by the Planning Commission, unless such time is extended by the Planning Commis-
sion, submit the original and three (3) copies of the final plat to the Planning
Commission for final approval or disapproval, as the case may be.
4. The City Administrator shall present, after the Planning Commission
has given approval to the plat, the original of the final plat to the City
Council for their decision.
5. Following final approval by the City Council, the final plat bearing
allofficial signatures and or approvals as herein required shall be submitted
to the office of the County Recorder for recording by the subdivider. A sepia,
auto -positive or other reproducable copy together with two standard prints
of the final plat shall be supplied to the Zoning Administrator. Failure on
the part of the subdivider to record a final plat of a subdivision within a
period of ninety (90) days following approval by the City Council shall render
the plat invalid and reconsideration by both the City Planning Commission and
the City Council will be required before its acceptance.
22-2-2 Exceptions - Final Plat
In subdivisions of less than five (5) lots, land may be sold after record-
ing of a plat, if all the following conditions are met:
1. The subdivision plan shall have been approved by the Planning Commis-
sion, the Planning Co-ordinator, the City Engineer, the City. Attorney, other
agencies the Zoning Administrator deems necessary, and the City Council.
2. The subdivision is not traversed by lines of a proposed street, and
does not require the dedication of any land for street or other purposes.
3. Each lot within the subdivision meets the frontage width and area
requirements of the Zoning title or has been granted a variance from such
requirements by the Board of Adjustments.
4. All final plat requirements shall be complied with.
5. All provisions of Article 5 of this title shall be complied with;
and
6. The water supply and sewage disposal shall have been approved by
the Utility Supervisor.
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6. The water supply and sewage disposal shall have been approved by
the Utility Supervisor.
22-2-3 Exceptions
In cases where unusual topographic or other exceptional conditions exist,
variations and exceptions from this title may be made by the City Council,
after the recommendation of the Planning Commission, provided that such varia-
tion and exceptions may be granted without substantial detriment to the public
good and without substantially impairing the intent and purpose of this title.
22-2-4 Residential Buildings
Except for a guest house or group dwelling permitted in the Zoning title,
not more than one main dwelling structure shall occupy any one lot.
ARTICLE III. PRELIMINARY PLAT
22-3-1 Preliminary Plat
22-3-2 Approval of Preliminary Plat
22-3-2 Preliminary Plat
The preliminary plat, prepared on tracing paper twenty-four inches by
thirty inches (24x30), shall contain the information herein specified and comply
with the following requirements:
1. Description and Delineation. In a title block located in the lower
right-hand corner the following shall appear:
(A) The proposed name of the subdivision.
(B) The location of the subdivision, including:
(a) Address.
(b) Section, township and range.
(C) The names and addresses of the owner, the subdivider, if differ-
ent than the owner, and of the designer of the subdivision.
(D) The date of preparation, scale (no less than one inch to equal
one hundred feet) and the north point.
2. Existing Conditions. The plat shall show:
(A) The location of and dimensions to the nearest bench mark or
monument.
(B) The boundary line of the proposed subdivision indicated by a
solid heavy line and the total acreage encompassed thereby.
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(C) All property under the control of the subdivider, even though
only a portion is being subdivided. Where the plat submitted covers only
a part of the subdivider's tract, a sketch of: the prospective street system
of the unplatted parts of the subdivider.'s land shall be submitted, and
the street system shall be considered in the light of existing master
street plans or other Planning Commission studies.
(D) The location, width and names of all existing streets within
two hundred feet (200') of the subdivision and of all prior platted streets
or other public ways, utility rights -of -way, parks, and other public open
spaces, permanent buildings and structures, houses or permanent easements,
within and adjacent to the tract.
(E) The location of all wells, proposed or active and abandoned
within the tract and to a distance of at least one hundred feet (100')
beyond the tract boundaries.
(F) Existing sewers, water mains, culverts or other underground
facilities within the tract and the distance of at least one hundred feet
(100') beyond the tract boundaries including pipe sizes, grades, manholes
and their exact location.
(G) Existing ditches, canals, natural drainage channels and open
waterways and proposed realignments.
(H) Boundary lines of adjacent tracts of unsubdivided land, showing
ownership where possible.
(I) Contours at vertical intervals of not more than two feet (21),
high water levels of all water courses, if any, shall be indicated in
the same datum for contour elevations.
3. Proposed Subdivision Plan. The subdivision plan shall show:
(A) The layout of streets, showing location, widths and other dimen-
sions of (designated by actual or proposed names and numbers) proposed
streets, crosswalks, alleys and easements.
(B) The layout, numbers and typical dimensions of lots.
(C) Parcels of land intended to be dedicated or temporarily reserved
for public use or set aside for use of property owners in the subdivision.
(D) A tenative plan or method by which the subdivider proposes to
handle storm drainage for the subdivision.
22-3-2 Approval of Preliminary Plan
Following a reveiw of the preliminary plat by the Planning Commission,
the Planning Co-ordinator, the City Engineer, the Utility Supervisor, the Util-
ity Companies and other agencies as required by the Zoning Administrator, the
Planning Commission shall act on the plat as submitted or modified. If the
plat is approved, the Planning Commission shall express its written approval
with whatever conditions are attached, by returning one copy of the preliminary
plat, signed by the Zoning Administrator to the subdivider. One signed copy
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shall be given to the City Engineer and one copy retained by the Zoning Adminis-
trator; other copies to be distributed as determined by the Zoning Administrat-
or. If the preliminary plat is disapproved, the Planning Commission shall
indicate its disapproval in writing and give reason for such disapproval by
means of signed copies. The receipt of a signed copy of the approved prelimin-
ary plat shall be authorization for the subdivider to proceed with the prepara-
tion of the final plat. No construction of the subdivision shall commence
until final approval has been given and the plat recorded.
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ARTICLE IV. FINAL PLAT
The final plat, which must be prepared by a licensed land surveyor on
a sheet of tracing linen twenty-four inches by thirty inches (24x30) and made
with approved waterproof black drawing ink, shall be so drawn tht the top of
the sheet faces either north or east, whichever accommodates the drawing best
and shall comply with the following:
1. Description and Delineation. The final plat shall show the following:
(A) The name of the subdivision.
(B) Accurate angular and linear dimensions for all lines, angles
and curves used to describe boundaries, streets, alleys, easements, areas
to be reserved for public use and any other important features.
(C) An identification system for all lots and blocks and names of
streets. Lot lines shall show dimensions in feet and hundredths. Actual
house numbers, as assigned by the City Engineer., shall be shown.
(D) True angles and distances to the nearest established street
lines or official monuments, which shall be accurately described on the
final plat and shown by appropriate symbols.
(E) Radii, internal angles, points and curvatures, tangent bearings
and the length of all curves.
(F) The accurate location of all monuments and fire hydrants to
be installed shown by the appropriate symbol. All United States, State,
City or other official bench marks, monuments or triangulation stations
in or adjacent to the property, shall be preserved in precise position.
(G) Dedicate to the City all streets, highways, and other public
lands included in the proposed subdivision.
(H) Pipes or other such physical monuments as shall be placed at
each lot corner.
(I) Where it is proposed that streets be constructed on property
controlled by a public agent or utility company, approval for the location,
improvement annntenatee. of such° .streets. .be.'.obtaitteo fxorr t 'e' public
agency or utility company and enterea on the final plat in a form approved
by the City Attorney.
2. Standard Forms for the following: The final plat shall contain the
following:
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(A) A registered professional engineer or land surveyors' "Certifi-
cate of Survey".
(B) The owners' "Certificate of Dedication".
(C) A Notary Public's "Acknowledgement".
(D) The City Planning Commission's "Certificate of Approval".
(E) The City Engineers' "Certificate of Approval".
(F) The Utility Supervisors' "Certificate of Approval".
(G) The City Attorney's "Certificate of Approval".
(H) The City Councils' "Certificate of Approval".
(I) Certificate of filing to be completed by County Recorder.
(J)
The Planning Co-ordinators "Certificate of Approval".
3. Time Limit for Recordation: Failure on the part of the subdivider
to record a final plat of a subdivision within ninety (90) days following the
approval by the City Council shall render the plat invalid and reconsideration
by both the City Planning Commission and the City Council will be required
before its acceptance.
ARTICLE V. REQUIRED IMPROVEMENTS
22-5-1 Required Improvements
22-5-2 Performance Bonds
22-5-1 Required Improvements
No final plat of a subdivision of land shall be recorded, except as provid-
ed in sub -section 22-2-2, without receiving a statement signed by the City
'honing Administrator certifying that the improvements described in the subdivid-
ers' plans and specifications meet the minimum requirements of all ordinances
of the City, that they comply with the recommendations of the City Engineer,
the Planning Commission, the Planning Co-ordinator, the Fire Department, the
Utility Supervisor, and other applicable agencies.
1. Sewers and Sewerage Facilities. Where a public sanitary sewer is
reasonably accessible (within two hundred feet (200') from the outside boundary
of a subdivision), the subdivider shall connect with such sanitary sewer and
provide adequate sewer lines accessible to the property line of each lot.
The subdivider shall install a wye connection for each lot in the subdivision
at the time the sewer main is laid. The sewer line will be stubbed in to all
lots of record fronting the street before any paving is installed. When a
subdivider is required to make connections to lots not in his subdivisions,
the City shall credit the subdivider one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00) per
lot. When service is later requested for said lots, the property owner will
pay fees as stipulated in Section 26-40: Connection Fees. Sewer connections
and subdivision sewer systems shall be installed in accordancee with the City
specifications under the direction of the City Engineer. Where a public sewer
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is not reasonably accessible, the subdivider, upon approval of the City Council,
may either install individual sewer facilities at his expense or require that
builders provide such facilities as part of the construction of buildings or
structures. Where individual sewerage facilities are to be installed, the
City Council shall be assured that the sanitary condition of the land will
be fully safeguarded.
2. Storm Water Drainage: A storm water drainage system subject to the
approval of the City Engineer and Planning Co-ordinator, may be required by
the City. Said system shall be seperate and independent of the Sanitary Sewer
System. The plans for said drainage system shall be prepared by a licensed
engineer.
3. Storm Drainage: No ditch or canal shall be approved as suitable
for the use of storm drainage water without the written premission of the
appropriate ditch or canal company or of the water users for such use. No
ditch or canal shall be used for storm waters unless adequately improved to
handle such water as might be reasonably expected to flow from canal and ditch
water, subdivision runoff, and other water expected to reach such canal or
ditch. No ditch, canal or other waterway shall be permitted within properly
dedicated or to be dedicated for public use.
4. Street Improvements: At least ten (10) days prior to the commencement
of construction, the subdivider shall furnish to the City Engineer a complete
set of construction plans and profiles of all streets, existing and proposed,
within the subdivision. The City Engineer shall, within a reasonable time
not to exceed thirty (30) days from the receipt of the plans, notify the sub-
divider of approval or disapproval, and in case of disapproval of the reasons
therefore. Such plans and profiles shall include:
(A) The designation of limits of work to be done.
(B) The location of the bench mark and its true elevation according
to City datum, all profiles to be referred to that datum.
(C) Profiles which indicate the finished and existing grades for
each side of the street. Seperate profiles, clearly designated, shall
be made for each side of the street.
(D) Construction plans which include the details of curb and gutter
and street cross -sections, location and elevation of manholes, catch basins
and storm sewers, elevations and location of fire hydrants and any other
detail necessary to simplify construction.
(E) Complete data for field layout and office checking.
(F) On curb returns, at least two additional control points for
elevatin besides those at points of curvature. Control points shall be
staked in the field to insure drainage at intersections.
(G) The street address of the project.
(H) Grades of streets shall be as follows:
(a) Arterial Street: Minimum grade 0.5%, Maximum grade 5.0%.
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(b) Collector Street: Minimum grade 0.5%, Maximum grade 7.0%.
(c) Minor Street: Minimum grade 0.5%, Maximum grade 12.0%.
(I) All streets within the City shall be improved with pavements
bounded by integral concrete curbs and gutters to an overall width in
accordance with the standards, rules and regulations adopOted by the City
Council.
(J) Pavements shall be constructed in accordance with the requiements
of the standards, rules and regulations adopted by the City Council.
(K) All curbs and gutters on all streets shall be concrete of the
standard high -back -type unit, not less than two feet, six inches in overall
width, and not Less than seven inches thick where the curb abuts the street
pavement.
(L) Storm water inlets and catch basins shall be provided within
the roadway improvements at points specified by the City Engineer.
(M) All curb corners shall have a radius of not less than twenty-four
(24) feet and at intersections involving collector or major streets of
not less than twenty-five (25) feet. However, if in the opinion of the
City Engineer, a smaller radius would suffice, he may grant an exception
therefrom.
(N) The arrangement of streets in new subdivisions shall make pro-
vision for the continuation of the existing streets in adjoining areas
and shall provide access to unsubdivided adjoining areas insofar as such
continuation or access shall be deemed necessary by the Planning Commis -
ion. New streets must connect with existing public streets.
(0) Minor streets shall approach the arterial or collector streets
at an angle of not less than eighty (80) degrees.
(P) Fire hydrants shall be installed in all subdivisions in accord-
ance with the regulations of the fire department.
(Q) Street lights shall be installed in all subdivisions in the
number and location specified by the City. Installation shall be in
accordance with the regulations of the power company.
(R) Open ditches or canals shall not be allowed within or adjoining
a subdivision except along rear or side lot lines. The subdivider shall
work with the irrigation, drainage or ditch companies as to:
(a) Methods of covering, re -aligning or eliminating ditches
or canals within or adjoining the subdivision.
(b) The size of pipe and culverts required.
(c) The responsibility for the periodic inspection, cleaning and
maintenance of such ditches, pipes and culverts. In cases where
canals or ditches cross public roads or proposed public roads, specif-
ications and grades for pipe or culvert must be approved by the City
Engineer.
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(S) The subdivider shall install a six (6) foot, non-climable chain
link fence, or its equivalent along all open ditches, canals or waterways,
non -access streets, open reservoirs or bodies of water, and other such
features of potentially hazardous nature, on crossing or contigous to
the property being subdivided, except on those features which the Planning
Commission shall determine would not be a hazard to life, or where the
conforming structure would not create a hazard to the safety of the public.
(T) The Subdivider shall install curbs, gutters, and sidewalks on
existing and proposed streets in all subdivisions, including on the rear
of such lots as back on arterial streets when the Planning Commission
determines that pedestrian access along said arterial street is necessary.
(U) Street name signs, conforming to the design and specifications
and in the number provided by the standards, rules and regulations of
the City, shall be provided by the developer at all street intersections.
Installation shall be made by the developer and inspected by the City.
22-5-2 Performance Bonds
After final approval but before recordation of the final plat, the develop-
er must complete all improvements required in the subdivision agreement with
the City or in lieu thereof, the subdivider may guarantee the installation
thereof with a bond and sureties guaranteeing the standards of improvements.
The bond shall be approved by the City Council and the City Attorney.
1. The subdivider may furnish and file with the City Council a bond
in an amount equal to one and one-half (1 1/2) times the cost of the improve-
ments not previously installed as determined by the City Engineer to assure
the installation of such improvements within a two (2) year period. The bond
will be guaranteed by a collateral pledge of property, tangible or intangible,
satisfactory to the City Council and the City Attorney.
2. The subdivider may deposit in escrow with an escrow holder approved
by the City Council an amount of money equal to one and one-half (1 1/2) times
the cost of the improvements not then installed as estimated by the City Engin-
eer, as aforesaid, under an escrow agreement to assure the installation of
such improvements within a two (2) year period or, if otherwise provided by
the City Council, a shorter or longer period. The escrow agreement aforesaid
shall be approved by the City Council and the City Attorney.
Whenever the subdivider developes a subdivision a portion at a time, such
development shall be in an orderly manner and in such a way that the required
improvements will be continous and all of the improvements will be made avail-
able for the full, effective and practical use and enjoyment thereof by the
lessees or grantees of any of the lands subdivided within the time hereinbefore
specified.
ARTICLE VI. DESIGN STANDARDS
22-6-1 Department Standards
22.-6-2 Design Standards
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22--6-1 Departmental. Standards
Standards for design, construction, specifications, and inspections of
street improvements, curbs, gutters, sidewalks, storm drainage and flood control
facilities and street lighting shall be prepared by the City Engineer, highway
department and the Building Inspector; standards for water distribution and
sewage disposal by the water and sewer departments; and similar standards for
fire hydrants by' the fire department. All subdividers shall comply with the
standards established by such departments and agencies of the City, provided
that such standards shall be approved by the City Council.
22-6-2 Design Standards
The design of the preliminary and final plats of the subdivision in re-
lation to streets, blocks, lots, open spaces and other design factors shall
be in harmony with design standards recommended by the Planning Commission,
the Highway Department and other departments and agencies of City government.
Design standards shall be approved by the City Council and shall include pro-
visions as follows:
1. Blocks shall not exceed one thousand feet (1,000') in length.
2. Blocks shall be wide enough to adequately accommodate two tiers of
blocks.
3. Dedicated walkways through the block may be required where access
is necessary'to a point designated by the Planning Commission. Such walkways
shall be a minimum of six feet (6') in width, but may be required to be wider
where determined necessary by the Planning Commission. The subdivider shall
surface the full width of the walkway with a concrete surface, install a chain
link fence or its equal six feet (6') high on each side and the full length
of each walkway entrance to prevent the use of the walkway by any motor vehicle
or by any other non -motorized vehicle wider than three feet (3').
4. Blocks intended for business or industrial use shall be designated
specifically for such purposes with adequate space set aside for off-street
parking and delivery facilities.
5. The lot arrangement and design shall be such that lots will provide
satisfactory and desirable sites for buildings, and be properly related to
topography, to the character of: surrounding development and to existing require-
ments.
6. All lots shown on the preliminary and final plats must conform to
the minimum requirements of the zoning regulations, but in no case shall the
area be less than seven thousand two hundred square feet (7,200') and sixty
(60') square feet wide at the building setback line.
7. Each lot shall abut on a street shown on the subdivision plat or
on an existing publicly -dedicated street. Half streets will not be accepted
by the City as dedicated streets. Double frontage lots shall be prohibited
except where conditions make other designs undesirable.
8. Side lines of lots shall be approximately at right angles, or radical
to the street lines. However, if energy design conditions dictate otherwise,
the Planning Commission may permit variances.
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9. All remnants of lots below minimum size must be added to adjacent
lots, rather than allowed to remain as unusable parcels.
1.0. Minimum street widths shall be as follows:
(A) Arterial Streets shall be eighty feet (80') wide; sixty-six
feet (66') curb to curb.
(B) Secondary Streets shall be sixty feet (60') wide; forty feet
(40') curb to curb.
(c) Minor Streets shall be fifty feet (50') wide; thirty feet (30')
curb to curb.
ll.. Dead-end streets shall not exceed four hundred feet (400') in length
and must have a cul-de-sac with a minimum radius of fifty feet (50') and a
diameter of eighty feet (80') curb to curb.
12. The subdivider shall install the following improvements in all streets
within the subdivision in accordance with the standards and to the specifica-
tions of the City and the City Engineer.
(A) Street grading and surfacing.
(B) Curbs and gutters.
(C) Sidewalks and approaches.
(D) Fire hydrants.
(E) Street lighting.
22-6-3 Protection Strips
Where subdivision streets parallel contiguous property of other owners,
the subdivider may, upon approval of the Planning Commission, retain a protec-
tion strip not less than one foot (1') in width between the street and adjacent
property, provided, that an agreement, approved by the City Attorney, has been
made by the subdivider, contracting to deed to then owners of the contiguous
property, the one -foot or larger protection strip, the street improvements
properly chargeable to the contiguous property, plus the value of one-half
the land in the street at the time of agreement, together with interest at
a fair rate from the time of agreement until the time of the subdivision of
such contiguous property. One copy of the agreement shall be submitted by
the City Attorney and the City Recorder prior to approval of the final plat.
Protection strips shall not be permitted at the end of or within the boundaries
of a public street or porposed street or within any area intended for future
public use..
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ARTICLE VII. ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT
22-7-1 Concerned Departments and Agencies to Enforce
22-7-2 Inspection
22-7-3 Permits
22-7-4 Violation
22-7-5 Penalty
22-7-6 Weeds and Debris
22-7-1 Enforcement
The Fire Department, the Highway Department, the Planning Commission,
the City Engineer, and the Building Inspector and such other departments and
agencies of City government as are specified under the provisions of this
ordinance are hereby designated and authorized as the agencies charged with
the enforcement of the provisions of this ordinance and shall enter such actions
in court as are necessary. Failure of such departments to pursue appropriate
legal remedies shall not legalize any violation of such provisions.
22-7-2 Inspection
Appropriate agencies and departments of the City shall inspect or cuase
to be inspected all buildings, fire hydrants, water supply and sewage disposal
systems in the course of construction, installation or repair. Excavations
f.ar. fire hydrants and water and sewer mains and laterals shall not be covered
or backfilled until such installation shall have been approved by the City
Engineer. If any such installation is covered before being inspected and ap-
proved, it shall be uncovered after notice to uncover has been issued to the
responsible person by the inspector.
22-7-3 Permits
From the time of the effective date of this title, the Building Inspector
shall not grant a permit, nor shall any City officer grant any license or permit
for the use of any land or the construction or alteration of any building or
structure on a lot which would be in violation of any provisions of this title
until a subdivision plat therefor has been recorded or approved as herein re-
quired. Any license or permit issued in conflict with such provisions shall
be void.
22-7-4 Violation
No person shall subdivide any tract or parcel of land located wholly or
in part in the City except in compliance with the provisions of this title.
No person shall purchase, sell or exchange any parcel of land which is any
part of a subdivision or a proposed subdivision submitted to the Planning Com-
mission, nor offer for recording in the office of the County Recorder, any
deed conveying such parcel of land or any fee interest therein, unless such
subdivision has been created pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions
of this title.
22-7-5 Penalty
Whoever shall violate any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction of any such violation, shall be
Subdivisions
22-7-6
punishable by a fine of not more than $299.00, or by imprisonment for not"
more than six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment, or by the
penalty for transfer and sale of property provided in Section 10-9-30 U.C.A.
1953,.except that in all cases where a corporation would be punishable as for
a misdemeanor, and there is not other punishment prescribed by ordinance, such
corporation is punishable by a fine not exceeding $1,000.00.
22-7-6 Weeds and Debris
No owner of any property within an approved or proposed subdivision shall
allow or maintain weeds, rank vegetable growth or debris to accumulate on the
property. The owner of any property shall, at his own expense, immediately
destroy the weeds or vegetable growth and clear his property of any debris.
PASSED BY THE VOTE OF ALL MEMBERS PRESENT AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING
OF THE CITY OF MOAB, UTAH, THIS ?0 � DAY OF me, A.D., 1981.
ATTEST:
RALP
Y.
CLURE, CITY RECORDER
APPROVED:
HAROLD J "0: , MAYOR