Sec. 4. Minimum improvements required.
(a) Property within city limits.
(1) All streets shall be graded to their full width with
side slopes and fills outside the right of way.
(2) All streets shall be surfaced to a width of not less
than thirty-six (36) feet, measured from the face of the
curb line, and such surfacing shall consist of crushed stone
and screenings having a thickness of six (6) inches after
compaction. Concrete sidewalk with curb having a minimum
width of five (5) feet shall be installed along both sides of
all streets. An area five (5) feet in width shall be graded
behind and level with all sidewalks.
(3) Materials and methods of construction of the above
improvements shall be in accordance with specifications of the
city.
(4) All necessary drainage facilities including underground
pipe, inlets, catch basins or open ditches to provide
for the
adequate disposal of surface water and to maintain any natural
drainage course shall be installed, subject to the approval of the
city engineer. All pipe installed in connection with the
construction of streets and sidewalks shall be reinforced concrete
pipe and shall meet the state highway standards.
(5) All the foregoing improvements shall be made at the
expense of the subdivider. Upon the execution of a satisfactory
contract that such improvements will be made, and upon the
payment by the subdivider of one half of the estimated cost of gas,
water and sewer mains as determined by the engineering department
of the city, gas, water and sewer mains will be installed
by the city in such subdivision, or the portion thereof, in
which the above improvements have been
made. The city manager may require in any such contract,
such guarantees by way of deposit or bond as may be proper
to secure the performance thereof.
(6) This ordinance[4]
shall not apply to subdivisions heretofore
approved by the planning commission.
(b) Property in county but within three miles of corporate
limits.
(1) The right of way of all streets shall be graded to
their full width with side slopes and fills outside the right
of way. Surfacing consisting of crushed stone or gravel shall
be installed to a width of thirty (30) feet and to a depth of
six (6) inches after compaction. Curb, gutters and sidewalks
are not required.
(2) All necessary drainage facilities including underground
pipe, inlets, catch basins or open ditches to provide
for the adequate disposal of surface water and to maintain
any natural drainage course shall be installed in conformance
with standards and subject to the approval of the state highway
department. All pipe installed in connection with the construction
of streets shall be reinforced concrete except in such
cases where special conditions exist, permission may be
granted by the county planning commission for the use of
other materials.
(c) Monuments. Permanent monuments of stone or concrete
shall be placed at all block corners or at the tangent
points of curves connecting intersecting street lines; at the
points of curvature and tangency; at all corners in the exterior
boundary of the subdivision, except at such corners that
are inaccessible due to topography; and at such other points
as may be designated by the planning commission of the City
of Charlottesville or the Albemarle County planning commission.
The location and character of all such monuments shall
be clearly designated on the final plat. Such monuments shall
be set flush with the surface of the ground or finished grade.
Monuments shall be of pre-cast concrete two (2) feet in
length and four (4) inches square or eight (8) inches in
diameter, having a metal pin imbedded therein; or the monument
may be a steel or iron pin five-eighths (⅝) inch by
thirty (30) inches, or larger, set in a block of concrete eighteen
(18) inches deep and ten (10) inches square at top and
bottom, marking the point represented on the final plat. (1-2158,
§ 35-4; 6-2-58; 2-19-62.)
