HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity of Tamarac Ordinance O-1971-023CITY OF TAMARACI FLORIDA
ORDINANCE NO. ;L1
AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING SUBDIVISION IMPROVEMENT
REGULATIONS; REQUIRING PERMITS; PROVIDING
STANDARDS FOR PAVEMENT2 DRAINAGE AND UTILITY
SYSTEMS; REQUIRING APPROVAL OF PLANS AND SUB-
DIVISION IMPROVEMENT BOND; ESTABLISHING FEES
FOR CONSTRUCTION INSPECTIONS; REQUIRING "AS -
BUILT" DRAWINGS; ESTABLISHING PENALITIES; PRO-
VIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; REPEALING LAWS IN
CONFLICT; AND, PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC2
FLORIDA:
SECTION 1: The attached Subdivision Improvement Regulations
are hereby incorporated herein be reference as if fully set forth
herein.
SECTION 2: The owner or bonafide agent is required to take
out an improvement permit with the city for all land improvements
occuring on public property. No improvement, alteration or re-
design of any existing public property or facility shall be permit-
ted without a city improvement permit issued for such specific
improvement.
SECTION 3: An application for an improvement permit shall, be
filed with the city building department. There shall be an appli-
cation fee commensurate with the type of improvement requested and
at the rate as set by the city building code. Where inspection
fees are called for by the attached. regulations' application fees
paid pursuant to this paragraph shall be applied in reduction of
such inspection fees. Each application shall be accompanied with
a proposed map and/or plan indicating the exact nature of the desired
improvement. Where no over-all, plan has been filed with the city,
then the location of all canals and subdivision improvements must
be approved by the Planning and Zoning Board prior to the issuance
of any permit for such improvements.
SECTION 4: The acceptance of the improvement permit by the
applicant shall constitute his legal, acceptance of all the obli-
gations appertaining thereto and said applicant shall be held re-
sponsible for fulfilling all the requirements as recorded. and such
obligation shall terminate only upon the final inspection and approval
of such improvement by an authorized city inspector.
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sFG1I0N 5_: It shall be the duty of the engineering
department strictly to enforce all the provisions of this
chapter. The general agent, architect, builder, contractor,
owner or tenant, or any other person who commits, takes part in
or assists in any violation of this chapter, or who maintains
any premises in which any violation of this chapter shall exist,
shall for each and every violation, upon conviction, be punished
by a fine not exceeding One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) or by
imprisonment not exceeding thirty (30) days, or by both such
fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the municipal judge.
Each day a violation is permitted to exist shall constitute a
separate offense.
SECTION 6: Should any section or provision of this Ordinance
or any portion thereof, or any paragraph, sentence or word be
declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid,
such decision shall not affect the validity of the remainder
hereof as a whole or any part hereof, other than the part
declared to be invalid.
SECTION 7: All Ordinances or parts of Ordinances in conflict
herewith be and the same are hereby repealed.
SEC'TTON 8: This Ordinance shall become effective immediately
upon its final passage.
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PASSED FIRST READING this y � 1971.
PASSED SECOND READING this�`� day of , 1971•
PASSED THIRD READING this (6"'r—'--day of ` , 1971.
MAYOR
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK
HEREBY CERTIFY that 1 have
approved the form and correctness
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RECORD OF COUNCIL VOTE
ViceMayorLange e
Councilman
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Councilman
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CITY OF TAMARAC
SUBDIVISION IMPROVEMENT REGULATIONS
SECTION I -- Purpose of Subdivision_Improvement Regulations
A. To assure high quality municipal improvements for the City
of Tamarac in order that the residents be served by reliable
pavement, drainage and utility systems with low maintenance
requirements.
B. To establish uniform standards for these improvements result-
ing in equitable treatment for all developers..
C. To provide for the inspection of improvement construction by
the City of Tamarac.
SECTION II -- Standard Requirements
A. All subdivision improvements shall meet the minimum require-
ments for such construction as required by the Broward County
Engineering Department as currently existing and enforced at
the time of construction unless modified herein.
B. In the event of any conflict of these Regulations with the said
Broward County Engineering Department requirements, these
Regulations shall govern.
SECTION III -- Site Preparation
A. Vegetation, muck, and any deleterious material within the right-
of-way limits of all streets and alleys shall be removed and
replaced with clean fill material free of stumps, large roots
or other matter not suitable for inclusion in roadway fill.
SECTION IV -- Pavement
A. All pavement shall consist of an 8" (compacted thickness) No. 2
limerock base and a 1" (compacted thickness) Type I asphaltic
concrete surface course.
B. Pavement widths shall be in conformance with the following
minimums as related to the dedicated right-of-way width.
Right-of-way
106' or greater
8o'
60'
.50'
30'
20'
Cu 1 de sac (Residential)
Cut de sac (Commercial)
Minimum Pavement'Width
To be determined by City Engineer
44'
24'
22'
22'
20'
35' radius
50' radius
C. Minimum Elevations
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1. Minimum elevations for crown of street pavements shall
be those shown on the Flood Criteria Map of Broward
County dated February 12, 1963, recorded in Miscellaneous
Plat Book 2, Page 30 of the Public Records of Broward
County, with such changes or revisions thereto which
have been and may be made in the future.
2. The minimum elevation may be less than listed above
providing the scheme for drainage of the entire area
under consideration is submitted to and approved by
the City Engineer. If such drainage scheme requires
pumps, they must be provided as part of the Subdivision
Improvements.
SECTION V -- Drainage
A. General
A storm drainage system shall be provided that will drain the entire
subdivision to positive outlets that can be legally maintained in
permanent use, or into a public drainage system of adequate
capacity which discharges into such positive outlets, including
all rights -of -way, easements and necessary construction at no
expense to the City. Side ditches along public roads shall not
necessarily be considered as such public drainage systems or
positive outlets.
B. Storm Drainage System Design
The drainage shall be designed by accepted engineering principles
and in accordance with the following design criteria;
Rational Formula (Q=ciA)
2. Coefficient of runoff (c) shall be 0.8 for paved and roof
areas and 0.2 for grassed areas.
3.. A three (3) year design storm shall be used.
4. Manning's "n" shall be 0.013 for concrete pipe or fully
paved corrugated metal pipe and 0.024 for corrugated
metal pipe.
5. The minimum.swale or gutter gradient shall be 0.3 per cent.
The City Engineer may permit other design criteria to be used
or may require the Developer to use criteria other than that
given above.
Inlets, headwalls, manholes and other drainage structures shall
be of a design approved by the City Engineer. Generally, standard
Florida State Road Department structures will be satisfactory;
however, the City Engineer may permit the use of other designs
or require the use of other designs.
C. Storm Drainage Materials and Construction
All storm drainage materials and construction shall be in accordance
with the Florida State Road Department's "Standard Specifications
for Road and Bridge Construction", current edition.
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D. Canals. Lakes, Ditches and Swales
1. Definitions
a. Canal - An open channel, contained by bulkheads or sea-
walls on each side, the flow line of which is below
elevation (-) 2.0 Mean Sea Level datum.
b. Lakes - An open body of water, natural or man-made, wholly
1-1 surrounded by land; a widened or enlarged area of a canal.
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c. Ditch or Swale - An open channel for the collection and/
or'flow of surface drainage, the flow line of which is
at or above elevation (-) 2.0 Mean Sea Level datum.
2. Design Standards - Canals and Lakes
a. Right-of-way.- Canals are to be dedicated to the public
and shall have a minimum right-of-way width of 50 feet.
Lakes shall be dedicated to the public and shall be a
minimum of 50 feet in width.
b. Maintenance Easements - Where a canal right-of-way is
60 feet or less, a maintenance easement 20 feet or
greater shall be provided on one side. Canals having
rights -of -way in excess of 60 feet shall have such
maintenance easements on both sides. A maintenance
easement 20 feet in width shall be provided adjacent to
the entire boundary of a lake.
c. Bulkheads and Seawalls - Construction of a continuous bulkhead
or seawall along the right-of-way line of all canals and lakes
shall be mandatory except where the canal or lake lies
wholly within a recreational area, golf course or park.
When the canal or lake is bordered on only one side by
recreational use, the bulkhead requirement will not be
waived for either side. Bulkhead construction shall be
continuous along each side and shall follow closely behind
the excavation. The face or cap of the wall shall coincide
with the right-of-way so as to place the wall on private
property and outside of the right-of-way limits. Complete
details of the bulkhead shall be shown on the subdivision
development plan in accordance with Section IX of these
regulations.
Maintenance of bulkheads, after final approval, shall be
the responsibility of the property owner. No modifications,
removal or additions shall be made to any canal bulkhead
or seawall without prior approval of plans and issuance
of a permit by the City.
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d. Side Slopes and Slope _Protection - Where the bulkhead
requirement is waived in recreational areas, the side
slopes of the canal or lake above design water level shall
be no steeper than 3 horizontal to 1 vertical.
A stand of perennial grass shall be well established on
such slopes from the water line to top of slope prior
to final acceptance.
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e. Width and Depth - No canal shall have a width between
faces of seawall of less than 50 feet. Where no seawall
is required the canal shall have a minimum width of
50 feet as measured at the design water elevation. The
elevation of the bottom at the face of the wall shall
.� be at +3.0 Mean Sea Level or below. The elevation of the
bottom at the center of a canal or lake shall be at (-)
9.0 Mean Sea Level or below. The ,side slopes of the canal
or lake shall be consistent with the natural angle of repose
of the subsurface material.
f. Flow Connections - All canals and lakes shall connect
directly or indirectly to a public canal system. All
connections to other canals or lakes shall be equivalent
to 2-36"'pipes or greater.
g. Final Acceptance - Canals, lakes -and bulkheads will not
be accepted or approved until final inspection by the City
Engineers. Canals and lakes shall be kept clean and free
of debris and aquatic growth until such final inspection.
No approval will be given until "As -built" cross sections
prepared by the designing engineer have been submitted to
the City Engineer.
3. Design Standards - Ditches and Swales
Ditches and'swales as defined in Section 1-b will not be
approved except for roadside swales.
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SECTION VI --_Sewage Collection System
A. General
A system of sanitary sewers together with all necessary pumping
stations and appurtenances shall be provided to serve all
parcels of the subdivision. The system shall be designed to
accommodate all reasonably anticipated construction and
occupancies.
The collection system shall conduct the sewage directly or
indirectly through existing sewers of adequate capacity to
an approved treatment facility.
B. Standards of Design and Construction
The sewage collection system shall conform to all requirements
and minimum standards of the Division of Health, Department of
Air and Water Pollution Control, State of Florida, and the
Broward County Health Department.
SECTION VII -- Water Distribution System
A. General
A water distribution system
treatment facility shall be
providing
provided
water from an approved
to serve all parcels of
the subdivision. The pipes
shall be
sized to provide fire
protection and an adequate
supply of
domestic water for all
reasonably anticipated construction
and
occupancies.
B. Standards of Design and Construction
The water distribution system shall conform to all requirements
and minimum standards of the Division of Health, Department of
Air and Water Pollution Control, State of Florida, and the
Broward County Health Department.
1. No pipe other than service lines shall be smaller than
4-inch nominal diameter.
2. Fire hydrants shall be placed on lines 611 or larger and
shall be spaced so that all building areas of lots and
parcels are within a 500' radius of a hydrant.
SECTION V111- Street Lighting
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A street lighting system shall be provided in all subdivisions.
B. Standards of Design_ and Construction
1.' All plans for lighting systems shall be approved by the -Florida
Power & Light Company and by the City Engineer.
2. Fixtures in residential areas shall be spaced no further than
300 feet center to center.
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3. Spacing of fixtures in commercial areas shall be determined
on an individual basis.
4. All luminaries shall be 4500 lumen mercury vapor lights mounted
on concrete poles.
5. Wiring for street lighting shall be underground except in areas
where primary distribution conductors are overhead,the primary
poles may be used for street lights and the associated wiring.
C. Ownership and__ Maintenance
1. Upon final approval of the system, the ownership shall be
transferred to the City.
2. The City shall be responsible for all maintenance and
energy charges upon assuming ownership.
SECTION IX�--- Approval of Plans
A. All plans and specifications for subdivision improvements
including canal excavation and bulkheads, pavement, drainage,
sewage collection, water distribution shall be submitted to the
City for review and approval by the City Engineer prior to formal
approval of the final plat by the Council.
B. These plans shall be prepared under the direction of a Professional
Engineer registered in the State of Florida and shall be
accompanied by a'detailed estimate of the cost of all construction
specified thereon.
SECTION X -- Subdivision Improvement Bond
A. Prior to formal approval of a plat by the Council, the developer
shall post a bond with the City in the amount of 125% of the
estimated cost of all improvements including canal excavation,
bulkheads, pavement and drainage, street lighting, water distribution
and sewage collection systems. ' This bond shall be a surety bond
approved by the City Attorney written by a company listed in the
latest revision of Circular 570, "Surety Companies Acceptable on
Federal Bonds." The bond shall guarantee the completion of all
required improvements in accordance with the approved plans and
specifications.
B. In the event that the Developer elects to construct the required
subdivision improvements prior to final approval of the plat, no
subdivision bond will be required. However, the plans must
receive approval as outlined above prior to commencement of
construction, and the applicable inspection fees must be paid.
SECTION XI -- Construction Inspection
A. The cost of engineering inspection of the required improvements
on behalf of theCity shall be paid by the Developer in accordance
with the following fee schedule:
Canal Excavation and Bulkheads ----------
2%
of
Estimated
Construction
Cost
Pavement and Drainage ------------------- ----------------
3%
of
Estimated
Construction
Cost
Sewage Collection -----------------------
3/0
of
Estimated
Construction
Cost
Water Distribution -----------------------
2%
of
Estimated
Construction
Cost
B. The minimum total fee to be assessed any subdivision shall be $300.
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C. All inspection fees shall be paid to the City prior to approval of
the plat, or prior to commencement of construction, whichever
occurs first.
D. The inspection fees shall be credited to a separate account and
plan review and engineering inspection expenses shall be paid from
this account. Any surplus in this account may be used at the
discretion of the City Council.
SECTION XI ---- "As -Built" Drawinqs
A. No certificate of Occupancy shall be issued or Subdivision improve-
ment Bond released in any platted areas unless and until two sets
of certified "As -Built" drawings are submitted by the designing
engineer to the City Engineer. These drawings shall clearly
indicate any deviations from the approved plans together with
the following:
1. Pavement and Drainage
a. Canals,.ditches, and swales as specified in Section V-D-2-e.
b. Pavement centerline elevations at 100' intervals and at
street intersections.
c. Drainage location of all inlets together with elevations
of inverts, grates and ends of outfalls.
2. Sewage Collection
a. Location and invert elevation of all manholes.
b. Location of the ends of all service laterals which
shall be marked by distance from manholes and offset
from the main sewer.
3. Water Distribution
a. Location of all valve boxes and fire hydrants with
respect to the centerline of the street right-of-way
or easement in which they are installed.
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