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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORUI LANCE NO. 21TOF THE C -T
OF CONTRA COSTA ASA 1NDEDHy ORDINANCES INANCE NOS. 268 ANS
362 OF THE COUNT` OF CONTRA COSTA WHICH ORDINANCE
SPECIFIES THE FOCI OF MAPS OF ANY SUBDIVISION WHICH .ARE I
TO BE FILED IN THE COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA. STATE OF
CALIFORNIA, AND THE MATTER >TO E SHOWN TH�PEON AND
APPROVES THE PROCEDURE FOR ''THE FILING AND CONSIDERATION
OF SUCH MAPS.
The Board of Supervisors of the County of Centra Costa do
ordain as 'follows.
!SECTION I, Subsection 6 of paragraph (a) of Section I of
Ordinance No. 217 of the County of Contra Costa, as amended by Ordinances
Nos. 26$ and 362 of the County of Centra Costa, is hereby amended`` to
read as follows:
"6. approximate ''location., of areas subject to inundation or
storm water overflow and of areas covered by water, the location and
direr ion' of flaw of all water courses and all drainage structures on
streets adjacent to proposed subdivisions."
SECTION II. Subsection 4 of Section 4 of Ordinance' No.: 217
of the County of Centra. Costa, as amended by Ordinances Nos. 268 and 362
of the County of Contra Costa, is hereby amended to read as follows:
"4. There rust appear on the map, the scale, the north point
and the basis of bearings. All bearings nga shall be referred to the true
meridian, ;verified by solar or polaris observation, by a checked tie to
the meridian of Zone 3 California Plane Coordinate System or ether basis
approved by the County 'Surveyor."
SECTION .III. Section 9 of Ordinance No. 217, as amended as
aforesaid, is 'hereby further amended to read as follows.
"9. All parcels of land shown on any final map and intended
for any public use shall be offered for dedication far public use except
those parcels, other than streets, which are intended for the' exelusive
use of the lot owners in the subdivision, their licensees', visitors,
tenants and servants.
"The subdivider shall improve all streets, ;highways and way
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which are a part of the subdivision. Such improvements, as designated
by the Planning Commission, shall conform to the following requirements.
(1) All streets shall be paved with a pavement not less
than twenty (20) feet in width and with shoulders not less than three
(3) feet in width, making a total width from shoulder point to
shoulder paint not less than twenty-sit (26) feet.
The minimum thickness of the finished pavement shall be not
less than seven (7) inches total, including the wearing surface. The
work shall be done in accordance with the standard specifications of
the Department of Public Works, Division of Highways, State of
California, dated January 1949, hereinafter referred to as "Standard
Specifications ," insofar as the same may apply and in accordance with
the following special provisions.
In case of conflict between the Standard Specifications and
any special provisions, the special, provisions shall take precedent
over and be used in lieu of such conflicting portion or portionso
Construction drawings signed by the subdivider' s engineer
shall be furnished the County Surveyor for all work to be done with
estimated costs thereof. The drawings shall show center line profile
necessary cross-sections, size and profile of drainage structures,
together with drainage areas and estimated runoff for each drainage
structure ; and other pertinent data necessary to make a complete
set of plans for the work to be done. Estimated quantities of the
work to be done shall be furnished by the subdivider. The above
data must be submitted prior to approval of the map by the Board of
Supervisors.
Grading: All fills constructed in the grading work shall be
carefully consolidated and the work shall conform to the requirements
of Section 12 of the Standard Specifications,
Subgrade: The subgrade shall be brought to a true crown and
grade and shall be compacted by watering and rolling so as to conform
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to the requirements of Section 14 of the Standard Specifications,
class "B" subgrade.
Pavement base. The pavement base placed upon the approved
subgrade shall be placed in not less than two (2) courses of such a
thickness that when the wearing surface is in place the total compacted
thickness shall not be less than seven (7) inches. The material and
workmanship shall conform to the requirements of Section 19 "Crusher
run base" of the Standard Specifications. The base may be built by
spreading, watering and rolling if the subdivider' s engineer so in-
forms the County Sueveyor in writing, stating methods to be used and
the County Surveyor approves such methods. The subdivider shall furnish
the County Surveyor, without cost to the County, with tests from an
approved engineering laboratory showing that the material meets all
requirements of the Standard Specifications, or that it can be brought
to an equivalent bearing value by means of add mixtures or extra thick-
ness of base. Bearing values are to be determined as set forth in
the Standard Specifications. The subdivider shall furnish results of
tests from an approved engineering laboratory showing such bearing
values.
Wearing Surface. Upon the approved compacted base one of the
following wearing surfaces shall be constructed:
(a) A plant mix wearing surface of a compacted thickness of
not less than one and one-half (1 ) inches conforming in every way
in workmanship and materials with the requirements of Section 26
"Plant mix surfacing" of the Standard Specifications.
(b) An armor coat wearing surface of not less than one (1)
inch compacted thickness shall be placed on the approved base and
conform in every way to the requirements of Section 23 "Armor Coat"
of the Standard Specifications.
In preparing the wearing surfaces , asphaltic emulsions may be
used if the subdivider' s engineer provides a written statement of the
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methods to be used and has the written approval of the County Surveyor.
Any proposed variations in the materials or construction of
the pavement must be submitted in writing and the proposed work ap-
proved by the County Surveyor in writing.
Where curbs and gutters are placed, the curbs and gutters
may be either one of two types approved by the County Surveyor:
Type "A" Straight faced curbs, minimum overall width twenty-
four (24) inches , minimum depth from top of curb to flow line six (6)
inches.
Type "B" Roll type curbs, minimum overall width twenty-seven
(27) inches , minimum thickness six (6) inches , minimum heighth from top
of curb to flow line of gutter six (6) inches.
The subdivider shall furnish the County Surveyor with
designs for all curbs.
All curbs are to be set to lines and grades furnished by
the subdivider. The roll type (Type B) may be used only on such streets
as have a longitudinal grade of not more than eight (8%) percent. When
curbs and gutters are used the overall width from back to back of curbs
shall be approved by the Planning Commission, but shall be not less than
twenty-eight (28) feet. The entire area between curbs shall be paved
with pavement as required by this Ordinance.
The contractor who does the work must show that he has a
valid state license to do such work.
(2) Adequate water supply
(3) Such sanitary facilities as may be necessary to protect
the public health and to serve the public convenience.
(4) All lots in the proposed subdivision shall be properly
drained and in all cases there shall be installed such structures as
are necessary to the use and the proper drainage of the streets, highways
and ways in the subdivision and to the public safety,
All improvements on all public ways in the tract rust be
according to such standards as exist or as may be established by the
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County of Contra Costa and shall be installed to permanent grades
approved by the County Surveyor. '
( 5) Prior to construction of any of the proposed improve-
ments in the subdivision, the County Surveyor shall review and approve
the design, layout and alignment. The County Surveyor shall at all
times have access to the work during its construction and shall be
furnished with every reasonable facility for ascertaining that the
stock and materials used and employed, and the workmanship are in
accordance with the requirements and intentions of this ordinance.
All work done and all materials furnished shall be subject to his
inspection and approval. The County Surveyor shall provide an in-
spector authorized to inspect and report on all improvements constructed
in accordance with the requirements of this Ordinance,
Upon the report of the inspector that the layout for con-
struction of improvements is in compliance with the improvement plan
as filed with the County Surveyor, the County Surveyor shall authorize
the subdivider or his agent to proceed with the construction.
The subdivider or his agent shall notify the County Surveyor
not less than two (2 -1 days before the date he proposes to commence
construction,
Upon the receipt from the inspector of an unsatisfactory
report on the work in progress of any improvement under the jurisdiction
of this ordinance, the County Surveyor may issue a stop order on all
such work until he may personally inspect the construction,
Nhen the County Surveyor is satisfied that all improvements
have been installed to comply with the improvement plans of the sub-
division and this ordinance, he shall issue a statement to the Board
of Supervisors that the work has been satisfactorily completed.
Upon application from the subdivider for the release of a
portion of the bond, the County Surveyor may make an inspection and
issue a statement recommending a partial release of a portion of the
bond,
All surveys for lines and grades for construction of the
proposed improvements in accordance with this ordinance shall be
furnished by the subdivider,
The County Surveyor shall make an estimate of the cost to
the County for all inspection work to be done on the subdivision,
The subdivider shall pay to the County of Contra Costa
the actual cost for the inspection of the work and checking materials.
When the final map is presented to the Board of Supervisors, the sub-
divider shall give evidence that he has deposited with the County Treas-
urer a sum in the amount estimated by the County Surveyor as being suf-
ficient to cover the costs of such inspection and tests. If the amount
so deposited exceeds the actual cost to the County, the subdivider shall
be reimbursed for the balance remaining. If the actual cost exceeds the
deposited amount, the County shall stop all construction until the
subdivider shall present a receipt for a deposit with the County Treas-
urer of an additional sum as estimated by the County Surveyor.
If all the required improvement work is satisfactorily
completed before the final or record of survey map is submitted to
the Board of Supervisors for approval, such map shall be accompanied by
a certificate, so stating, by the County Surveyor,
If such improvement work is not satisfactorily completed
before the final or record of survey map is submitted to the Board of
Supervisors for approval and if such map is not accompanied by the
foregoing certificate, the owner or owners of the subdivision shall,
concurrently with the approval of such map by the Board of Supervisors,
enter into an agreement with the Board of Supervisors agreeing to have
the work completed within the time specified in said agreement. Said
agreement may provide for the improvements to be installed in units,
for extensions of time under specified conditions or for the termination
of such agreement upon a reversion of the subdivision or a part thereof
to acreage*
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Such agreement must be secured by a good and sufficient bond,
approved by the Board of Supervisors, or by the deposit of money or
negotiable bonds, as provided in the Subdivision Map Act. Any applica-
tion for the release of any such bond or for the return of any such
money or negotiable bonds shall be accompanied by a certificate, by
the County Surveyor, stating that all required improvement work has been
satisfactorily completed, and no such bond shall be released and no such
money or negotiable bonds shall be returned unless and until such a
certificate, in each case, shall first have been filed with the Board
of Supervisors,
The plans and profiles of all improvements, other than those
required by the provisions of this section, which are proposed to be
installed by the subdivider in, on, over or under any street or right
of vay, easement or parcel of land dedicated by the map shall be subject
to the approval of the County Surveyor before the recording of the map.
SECTION IV. All parts of Ordinance No. 217 as amended by
Ordinances Nos, 268 and 362 of the County of Contra Costa which are in
conflict with this ordinance are hereby repealed.
This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after
the 12th day of May —f 1949, and before the expiration of
fifteen (15 ) days after the date of its passage, the same shall be pub-
lished with the names and members voting for and against the same, in
the "Richmond Record-Hera "a newspaper printed and published in the
County of Contra Costa, State of California.
Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa County,
State of California, on the 11th . day of A-Pril , 1949, by
the following vote of the Board, to wit:
AYES: S. S. Ripley' H. L. Cummings, Ray S, Taylor, W. J. Buchanan.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Supervisor R. J. Trembath.
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Fe Board o? 9up IT an of t ervisors
antra Costa County, State of
California.
ATTEST:
W. T. F.AASCH
County ClerE and ex-O icy o erk
of the Beard of Supervisors of Contra
Costa County, State of California.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA
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says: That at all times hereinafter mentioned he was a citizen of the Unitedt
States, over the age of eighteen years and a resident of said county, and was r
at and during all said times the principal clerk of the printer and publisher
of the RICHMOND RECORD-HERALD, a newspaper of general circulation
printed and published daily, Mondays and days following legal holidays ex-
cepted, Inthe City of Richmond in said County of Contra Costa, State of ,
California, that said RICHMOND RECORD-HERALD is, and was at a.i times ci#
herein mentioned, a newspaper of general circulation as that term is de- tiis
fined by Section 4480 of the Political, Code, and, as provided by said section, $
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1lgence of a general charxeter, having a bona fide subscription list of paid
subscribers, and is not devoted to the interest, or published for the enter- xri
tainment or instruction of a particular class, profession, trade, calling, race, a
denomination, or for the entertainment or instruction of any number of
such classes, professions, trades, callings, races or denominations; that at a
all said times said newspaper has been established printed and published t
In said City of Richmond, in raid county and state at intervals for more
than one wear preceding the first publication of the notice herein men- I w►'
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preceded with words printed In black face type not smaller than nonpareil,
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