a. Where there are existing streets adjacent to the subdivision, subdivision streets shall be improved in accordance with this Code and the Engineering Standards Manual and to the intercepting paving line of such existing streets or to a matching line determined by the City Engineer. Transition paving shall be installed as required by the City Engineer.

b. No subdivision shall be approved or recorded until provisions have been made to ensure an access road, approved by the City Engineer. Forest Service roads are not considered adequate access unless approved by the Forest Service.

a. Vertical curbs shall be installed along arterial and collector streets and on streets along school, park, or commercial property. Rolled curb shall be used on streets in residential areas with 2,000 ADT or less. In certain cases drainage conditions may preclude the use of rolled curb. The inability to use rolled curb must be demonstrated by the appropriate drainage analysis.

b. Where rolled curb is allowed, five feet of vertical curb shall be provided on both sides of a sidewalk ramp.

a. Permanent monuments shall be installed as specified by the City Engineer at all corners, angle points and points of curve, at all street intersections and all corners and at angle points and points of curve of all conservation easements.

b. After all improvements have been installed, a registered land surveyor shall check the location of monuments and certify their accuracy.

a. New utilities shall be installed underground, except for those excepted by Section 5.7.D(6).

b. When overhead utility lines exist within the property being platted, including boundary easements, these utility lines and new installations within the platted area shall be placed underground.

c. When overhead utility lines exist on the periphery of the property being platted, they and any additions or replacements needed to increase capacity or improve service reliability may remain overhead; provided, that any service drops into the platted area from said peripheral overhead lines shall be underground.

d. Underground utilities may be extended and easements shall be required to the boundaries of the plat to provide service connections to abutting unsubdivided land.

a. Proper and adequate provisions shall be made for disposal of storm water entering, as well as that originating in, the development. This shall apply to grading of private properties, private access ways and to public streets.

b. Existing major watercourses shall be maintained.

c. The type, extent, location and capacity of drainage facilities for a subdivision shall be as required by the City Engineer in accordance with the approved hydrology report.

d. Increases in on-site storm water runoff due to development shall be addressed in the hydrologic/hydraulic analysis and shall meet the criteria set forth in the Yavapai County Drainage Criteria Manual. This document is on file with the City Engineer.

e. When drainage is required to cross at intersecting streets, concrete curb returns and cross-gutters may be required.