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Council committee previews ordinances tightening subdivision infrastructure, bonding and completion rules
Summary
Staff described proposed ordinances that would require developers to install curb ramps and connecting sidewalks, clarify that gas, electric and street-lighting be substantially complete before final plat, and restructure development bonds to staged checks and releases.
Monroe — City staff on March 11 presented a package of proposed ordinances and policy changes that would change how new subdivisions are finished and bonded, including a requirement that developers install handicap ramps and connecting sidewalks up front, clearer rules that utilities must be substantially complete before final plat, and a reworking of development bonds into phased checkpoints.
City staff said the sidewalk ordinance would require developers in major residential and commercial subdivisions to install curb ramps and connecting sidewalks rather than deferring construction to house-by-house contractors. “I feel like for a couple reasons ... that’s unfair that the homeowner has to pay for the handicap ramp,” a public works staff member said during the committee discussion.
Staff told the committee the gas-line,…
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