Preparation of cost estimates, plans and specifications.

San José Municipal Code § 15.08.760

in effect

15.08.760 - Preparation of cost estimates, plans and specifications. A. Upon written request of an applicant for water service, in those situations where a water main extension is required to serve the applicant's premises, the department shall prepare and provide to such applicant, without charge, a preliminary layout of the main extension, showing sizes and location and rough estimates of the costs of installation and applicable charges and fees. B. Upon written request of each applicant therefor, the department will prepare detailed plans and specifications for such main extensions. Such written request must be accompanied by a deposit in an amount equal to the cost of preparation of such plans and specifications as estimated by the department. The department shall make such plans and specifications and cost estimates available to such applicant within a reasonable time after such written request is made and said sum is so deposited, and after such plans and specifications have been approved by the city council. If the extension is to include oversized facilities, appropriate details shall be set forth in the plans, specifications and cost estimates. C. In the event a main extension contract is executed by the applicant and the city within one hundred eighty days after the city council has approved such detailed plans and specifications, said deposit shall be credited against costs of engineering required to be paid pursuant to Section 15.08.810. D. When detailed plans, specifications and cost estimates are requested from the department, the applicant for a main extension shall furnish three copies of a map to a suitable scale showing the street and lot layouts and, when requested by the department, contours or other indication of the relative elevation of the various parts of the area to be developed. If changes are made subsequent to the presentation of this map by the applicant, and these changes require additional expense in revising plans, specifications and cost estimates, this additional expense shall be borne by the applicant, and he shall deposit an additional sum to cover the cost thereof, which additional sum shall not be credited against any payment required to be made by Section 15.08.810. E. In lieu of the preparation of detailed plans and specifications by the department, an applicant may submit to the department plans and specifications prepared by licensed engineers (at applicant's sole cost and expense) conforming to the preliminary layout prepared by the department, provided that such plans shall be subject to the approval of the department and the city council. (Prior code § 7606.1.)

Source: City of San José, Municipal Code (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ca/san_jose/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TIT15PUUT_CH15.08MUWASY_PT8MAEX_15.08.760PRCOESPLSPFetched: 11/1/2026