“Improvement” means and includes such street work, storm drainage, utilities and landscaping to be installed, or agreed to be installed, by the subdivider on the land to be used for public or private streets, highways, parks, open space and easements, as are necessary for the general use of the lot owners in the subdivision and local neighborhood traffic as a condition precedent to the approval and acceptance of the final map thereof. It also includes such other specific improvements or type of improvements, the installation of which either by the subdivider, by public agencies, by private utilities, by any other entity approved by the planning commission or city council or by a combination thereof, is necessary or convenient to insure conformity to or implementation of the general plan or any adopted specified plan.

Improvements shall be constructed in accordance with the city standard specifications and details and/or, when applicable, with standards as adopted by local utility companies and approved by the city engineer or director of public works. (Ord. 90-1 (part), 1990)