Chapter 16.12
STREET AND LOT LAYOUT REQUIREMENTS – GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sections:
16.12.010 Conformance to plans.
16.12.030 Legal access rights.
16.12.050 Park and recreational facilities.
16.12.060 Reservations for public lands.
16.12.010 Conformance to plans.
A division of land shall conform to the requirements of the adopted General Plan or element thereof, the zoning ordinance, the master plan of streets and highways, the master plan of drainage, and all other master or specific plans or other applicable City plans or ordinances adopted by the City. [Ord. 529 § 3.1, 1973].
16.12.020 Exclusions.
No portion of any property shown on the latest equalized County assessment roll as a unit or contiguous units shall be excluded from within the boundaries of a land division or division of land for the purpose of avoiding dedication or improvement of any nature. Any portion of the property shown on the latest equalized County assessment roll as a unit or as contiguous units but not included within the boundaries of a land division shall be of such size or shape as to conform to the provisions of this title, the zoning ordinance, the General Plan of the City, or any, adopted specific plan. [Ord. 529 § 3.4, 1973].
16.12.030 Legal access rights.
No final map of division of land, which creates any parcels under 40 acres, shall be reported, unless legal access rights are provided from the division of land to a City, County, State, or Federally maintained road. [Ord. 529 § 3.5, 1973].
16.12.040 Access to lots.
The design of a land division shall provide for vehicular access to all lots. The layout of the land division shall be such that blocks of 21 or more lots shall have access by two or more streets. Street layout having only one access to a large group of lots shall be cause for disapproval; except, the City Council may approve such a layout on a final map if there is a specific plan at the time of said final map, providing for a future street extension that will permit a second street for access. [Ord. 529 § 3.6, 1973].
16.12.050 Park and recreational facilities.
The land divider shall either dedicate land or pay a fee in lieu thereof, or a combination of the two, at the option of the City, for park or recreational ordinance. [Ord. 529 § 3.7, 1973].
16.12.060 Reservations for public lands.
The City Council reserves the right to set aside portions of a proposed land division for public schools and other public building sites, other than park and recreational facilities, that will be required for the use of the population which is intended to occupy the land division under the plan of proposed property uses therein and for the general public. The land divider shall be reimbursed for the net area of the parcel on a basis of raw land value plus the proportional cost of the improvements by the appropriate agency requiring such reservation of land. [Ord. 529 § 3.8, 1973].