Improvement.
San José Municipal Code § 19.08.240
in effect19.08.240 - Improvement.
A. "Improvement" means street work and utilities, including drainage facilities and sanitary sewer facilities, to be installed or agreed to be installed by the subdivider within land to be used for public or private streets, pedestrian ways, alleys, ways, rights-of-way and easements as are necessary for the general use of the lot owners in the subdivision, and local neighborhood traffic, drainage and sanitary needs as a condition precedent to the approval and acceptance of the final map or parcel map. Such street work and utilities may include street grading and paving, Portland cement concrete curbs and gutters, Portland cement concrete sidewalks, Portland cement concrete driveway approaches, ornamental fences and landscaping, where double frontage lots are approved, catch basins, sanitary sewer mains, laterals and appurtenances, street lights, including electrical conduits and cables, street name signs, fire hydrants, street trees, flood-control channels and facilities, and erosion-control structures.
B. "Improvement" shall also mean such specific improvements or types of improvements the installation of which, either by the subdivider, by public agencies, by private utilities, or by a combination thereof, is necessary or convenient to insure conformity to or implementation of the general and specific plans of the City of San José.
(Prior code § 9206q.)
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=TIT19SU_CH19.08DE_19.08.240IMFetched: 11/1/2026