§ 5-25. Improvement Construction Standards.

5-25.002 Requirement. All "improvements", as defined by this chapter, shall be constructed so as to function for the purpose for which those improvements are intended and shall be free of defects in workmanship, materials and design.

(Ord. No. 750, § 9.25.002)

5-25.004 Affected Permit or Approval Process.

a.

Subdivision requiring final map

b.

Subdivision requiring parcel map

c.

Certificate of compliance

d.

Precise development plan

e.

Use permit

f.

Variance

g.

Plan review

h.

Building permit

i.

Encroachment permit

j.

Grading permit

(Ord. No. 750, § 9.25.004; Ord. No. 948, § 44)

5-25.006 Purpose. To insure adequate improvements of reasonable permanence.

(Ord. No. 750, § 9.25.006)

5-25.008 Standards.

a.

Construction.

1.

Unless specified elsewhere in this chapter, all construction required to comply with this chapter shall be as specified by the current "Standard Specifications, Cities of Marin and County of Marin", the Novato Department of Community Development or the "Uniform Construction Standards" approved and adopted by the Cities of Marin and County of Marin.

2.

The developer shall warrant that the designs, plans and specifications, furnished by him or by his agents, are adequate to accomplish the development improvements in a good worklike manner and in accordance with accepted construction practices.

3.

All required improvements shall be constructed in accordance with the approved plans.

b.

Inspection, Completion and Acceptance. The city engineer shall make such inspections of the installation of required improvements as he deems necessary to insure that all construction is being done or is done in accordance with the approved plans for such improvements.

c.

Defective Work and Inadequacies of Material.

1.

For a period of one year from the date of the city engineer's acknowledgement of completion of improvements, the developer will be held responsible, by the city, for the maintenance and repair of defects and failures in work and/or materials which may appear in the improvements, and for correcting the causes of said defects or failures.

2.

Should the designs, plans or specifications, at any time prior to the expiration of the one-year period following "acknowledgment of completion", prove to be inadequate in any respect, the developer shall be required to make such changes in the work as are necessary to correct the inadequacy. After the successful one year maintenance period, and after changes or corrections have been made, the city engineer will issue a "notice of acceptance" of the improvements. Neither "acknowledgement of completion" nor periodic inspection or approval shall release the developer from his obligations under this section.

(Ord. No. 750, § 9.25.008)