Fridley City Zoning Code

1. The purpose of requiring subdivision improvements is to ensure that all new developments are safe, functional and aesthetically pleasing.

2. Subdivision improvements must be designed to the standards within this Chapter to provide essential infrastructure that meet community needs.

3. These requirements aim to promote sufficient access, efficiency and preservation of environmental resources.

1. The City may require the following improvements of any subdivision applicant:

(a) Streets, Sidewalks and Trails. The applicant must grade and improve all streets, sidewalks and trails in accordance with adopted plans and City specifications.

(b) Install Underground Utilities. Install water mains, storm and sanitary sewers and additional drainage facilities, where any or all are required. Where water mains, storm and sanitary sewers, and additional drainage facilities are to be installed, any required street improvements may be deferred until after such installation.

(c) Off Street Improvements. Erect street name signs, sod boulevard areas, and plant the required number of trees on each lot near the front lot line, or in the boulevard area, whichever is specified by the City. Grades will be set by the City and improvements must be in accordance with the standards and specifications established by the City Code and the Council.

(d) Monuments. All subdivision boundary corners, block and lot corners, road intersection corners, and points of tangency and curvature must be marked with survey monuments meeting the minimum requirements of state law and the County surveyor. All federal, state, county and other official bench marks, monuments or triangulation stations in or adjacent to the property must be preserved in precise position unless a relocation is approved by the controlling agency.

1. As a condition to the approval of a final plat, the applicant must give satisfactory assurance of the installation of at least the above required improvements at the applicant's own expense, within a period of time specified by the City Council.

(a) Cost of improvements. To cover the cost of improvements that may not have been completed at the time of filing the final plat, the applicant must furnish cash, a certified check, or a letter of credit to the City of Fridley to secure the performance of such installation by the applicant within a period of time as stipulated by the Council or to cover installation by the City.

1. If the Community Development Director determines that public improvements are required, the applicant must enter into a development contract with the City, prior to the approval of the final plat. The contract will require the applicant to furnish and construct the public improvements at their sole cost and in accordance with plans, specifications, and usual contract conditions.

2. The development contract will include provision for supervision of details of construction by the City Engineer and grant to the City Engineer authority to correlate the work to be done under the development contract by any subcontractors authorized to proceed thereunder and with any other work being done or contracted by the City in the vicinity.

3. The applicant must provide to the City a written warranty that all required improvements on the site will meet or exceed all City standards and that such improvements have been inspected and tested in regards to the City standards. The applicant is responsible for having all such inspections and testing completed at their expense.

4. The applicant is required to maintain all improvements and provide for snow removal and maintenance of streets, if required, until acceptance of said improvements by the City Council in coordination of the development contract.

1. All required improvements on the site that are to be installed under the provisions of this Chapter will be inspected during the course of construction by the City Engineer, Community Development Director or Building Inspector.