City of Milpitas
Engineering Design Guidelines

To Developers and Their Engineers:

On any new development project, you should first contact the City of Milpitas to obtain general information on development requirements. To facilitate your subdivision map and public facility improvement requirements in the City of Milpitas, we have assembled these procedures and guidelines.

Note that these procedures and guidelines relate to engineering, public facilities and utilities (typically off-site). The telephone number of the Engineering Division Land Development Section is (408) 586-3329. For on-site development requirements, contact the Planning Division at (408) 586-3279 and the Building Division (408) 586-3265.

The following additional material may be pertinent to your project:

1. Milpitas Municipal Code Excerpts:
    
   1. Title II, Chapter 13 (Grading, Excavation, Paving and Erosion Control - Ord. 65)
   2. Title VIII, Chapter 1 (Water System- Ord. 120)
   3. Title VIII, Chapter 2 (Milpitas Sanitary Code - Ord. 208)
   4. Title VIII, Chapter 3 (Backflow Prevention and Cross-Connection Control – Ord.232)
   5. Title VIII, Chapter 5 (Water efficient Landscape - Ord. 238)
   6. Title VII, Chapter 6 (Water Conservation-Ord. 240)
   7. Title X, Chapter 1 (Streets - Ord. 203)
   8. Title XI, Chapter 1 (Subdivisions - Ord. 18)
   9. Title XI, Chapter 15 (Flood Damage Prevention Regulations-Ord. 209.4)
   10. Title XI, Chapter 16 (Non-point Source Pollution Prevention and Watercourse Protection-Ord. 239)

Our goal is to obtain a well-designed and functional development. We hope that the enclosed material will expedite your planning and design work toward this end.