San Francisco County Municipal Code Art. 5 Subdivision Requirements

Sec. 1435. Public Facilities. Sec. 1435.1. Off-Site Improvements. Sec. 1436. Utilities. Sec. 1437. Beautification. Sec. 1438. Parkland Dedication. Sec. 1439. Easements. Sec. 1440. Monuments.

(a) General. Public facilities listed in this Section shall (where provided) meet the design and construction standards in the Plans, Plan Documents and the Mission Bay Subdivision Regulations consistent therewith. (b) Streets. (1) Dedicated Public Streets. A subdivision shall have direct access to a public right-of-way. Title to a new or widened public right- of-way shall be conveyed to the City by proper deed either prior to approval of the Final Map or as provided in an improvement agreement entered into pursuant to Section 1451. (2) Private Streets. Easements for government facilities in private streets shall meet the requirements of Section 1439 of this Code. (c) Frontage Improvements. The frontage of each lot shall be improved to the geometric section specified by the Director in accordance with the Plans, Plan Documents and Mission Bay Subdivision Regulations, including street structural section, curbs, sidewalks, planting areas, driveway approaches and transitions. (d) Pedestrian Ways. Pedestrian ways shall be required in accordance with the Plans and Plan Documents. (e) Sanitary and Drainage Facilities. The subdivider shall provide sanitary and drainage facilities consistent with the Plans, Plan Documents and Mission Bay Subdivision Regulations. When connected to City facilities, such facilities will serve adequately all lots, dedicated areas and all other areas comprising the subdivision. (f) Fire Protection. The subdivider shall provide for the installation of fire hydrants and other appurtenances and facilities needed for adequate fire protection consistent with the Plans and Plan Documents. (g) Street Lighting. The subdivider shall provide street lighting facilities along all streets, alleys and pedestrian ways consistent with the Plans and Plan Documents. (h) Fencing. An approved fence may be required on parcels or lots within the subdivision adequate to prevent unauthorized access between the subdivided property and adjacent properties. (i) Other Improvements. Other improvements may be required including, but not limited to, grading, temporary fencing, signs, street lines and markings, street trees and shrubs, street furniture, landscaping, monuments, bicycle facilities, and smoke detectors, or fees in lieu of any of the foregoing, shall also be required as determined by the Director in accordance with this Code, but only to the extent consistent with the Plans, Plan Documents, the General Plan and applicable City regulations. (Added by Ord. 329-98, App. 10/30/98)

If the Subdivider is required by the Plans or Plan Documents to construct off-site improvements on land which the Subdivider or his predecessor in interest did not own or have sufficient title or interest at the time the tentative or final map is filed, and in which neither the subdivider nor the City has sufficient title or interest to allow construction, the City shall, within 120 days of recording the Final Map that triggers the off-site improvement requirement, acquire by negotiation or commence condemnation of the land. If the City fails to meet the 120-day time limit, the condition for the construction shall be waived. Prior to approval of the Final Map, the City may require the subdivider to enter into an agreement to complete the off-site improvements at the time the City acquires title or an interest in the land in accordance with the Plans. The subdivider shall pay to the City, and/or to a third party at the City's direction, all of the cost of acquiring off-site land or an interest in the land (including all costs preparatory to or incurred as a result of a proceeding in eminent domain) required to construct the off-site improvements, in accordance with the Plans and Plan Documents. (Added by Ord. 329-98, App. 10/30/98)

(a) The subdivider shall, if required in accordance with the Plans and Plan Documents, provide or cause to be provided a domestic low pressure water system and a high pressure water system, connected to the San Francisco Water Department’s water distribution system. The subdivider shall also provide electric, gas, and communication services connected to the appropriate public utility’s distribution system. (b) Communications Services. The design of a subdivision for which a tentative map or parcel map is required under this Code shall provide for communications services, including, but not limited to, video, telephone, and telecommunication services, from communications services providers to each parcel in the subdivision as set forth in Section 1336 of this Code. (Added by Ord. 329-98, App. 10/30/98; amended by Ord. 35-17, File No. 161165, App. 2/17/2017, Eff. 3/19/2017)

(a) Undergrounding of Utilities. All new utility lines shall be undergrounded as specified in Article 18 of the Public Works Code. (b) Street Trees and Landscaping. Trees planted along a public street, within the right-of-way, and all landscaping within said right-of-way shall conform to the requirements of the Plans, Plan Documents, and Article 16 of the Public Works Code, to the extent consistent therewith. In the case of all newly constructed subdivisions, the subdivider shall provide street trees and landscaping conforming to the policies of the General Plan. Maintenance of Street Trees shall also conform to the requirements of Article 16 of the Public Works Code. (c) Open Areas. When required pursuant to the Plans and Plan Documents, the subdivider shall provide for the landscaping of open areas and provision shall be made for the maintenance thereof. Such open areas shall be restricted to such use in accordance with the Plans and Plan Documents. (Added by Ord. 329-98, App. 10/30/98; amended by Ord. 245-17, File No. 170985, App. 12/22/2017, Eff. 1/21/2018)

Park and open space improvements and dedications shall be provided as required by the Plans and Plan Documents, and in conformance with the standards set forth therein. (Added by Ord. 329-98, App. 10/30/98)

Easements for sanitary and drainage facilities, fire protection facilities and City-owned street lighting facilities shall be for the use of

such governmental facilities, with the right of immediate access to the facilities by the City. (Added by Ord. 329-98, App. 10/30/98)

(a) The location and installation of survey monuments shall conform to the standards in the Subdivision Regulations. When such monuments are "tied" to the City or State monuments, for which coordinates of the California Coordinate System are available, the corresponding coordinates for such monuments shall be determined and recorded. (b) The location of survey monuments shall be shown on the Final Map. In the event all survey monuments are not installed prior to filing of the Final Map or Parcel Map a monument bond shall be filed at that time. (Added by Ord. 329-98, App. 10/30/98)