Chapter 16.20
DEDICATIONS AND RESERVATIONS
Sections:
16.20.010 Dedication of streets, alleys and other public rights-of-way or easements.
16.20.020 Reservations generally.
16.20.030 Standards for reservation of land.
16.20.050 Payment to subdivider.
16.20.070 Waiver of direct street access.
16.20.010 Dedication of streets, alleys and other public rights-of-way or easements.
As a condition of approval of a final map or parcel map, the subdivider shall dedicate or make an irrevocable offer of dedication of all parcels of land within the subdivision that are needed for streets and alleys, including access rights and abutters’ rights; drainage; public greenways; scenic easements; public utility easements; and other public easements. In addition, the subdivider shall improve or agree to improve all streets and alleys, including access rights and abutters’ rights; drainage; public utility easements; and other public easements.
Improvements shall be in accordance with Chapter 16.25 RDMC. [Ord. 165 § 1, 1982; Ord. 60 § 1.701, 1968.]
16.20.020 Reservations generally.
As a condition of approval of a map, the subdivider shall reserve sites, appropriate in area and location, for parks, recreational facilities, fire stations, libraries or other public uses according to standards and formula contained in this chapter. [Ord. 165 § 1, 1982; Ord. 60 § 1.702.1, 1968.]
16.20.030 Standards for reservation of land.
Where a park, recreational facility, fire station, library, or other public use is shown on an adopted specific plan or adopted general plan containing a community facilities element, recreation and parks element and/or a public building element, the subdivider may be required by the City to reserve sites as so determined by the City or County in accordance with the definite principles and standards contained in the above specific plan or general plan. The reserved area must be of such size and shape as to permit the balance of the property within which the reservation is located to develop in an orderly and efficient manner. The amount of land to be reserved shall not make development of the remaining land held by the subdivider economically unfeasible. The reserved area shall conform to the adopted specific plan or general plan and shall be in such multiples of streets and parcels as to permit an efficient division of the reserved area in the event that it is not acquired within the prescribed period. [Ord. 165 § 1, 1982; Ord. 60 § 1.702.2, 1968.]
16.20.040 Procedure.
The public agency for whose benefit an area has been reserved shall, at the time of approval of the final map or parcel map, enter into a binding agreement to acquire such reserved area within two years after the completion and acceptance of all improvements, unless such period of time is extended by mutual agreement. [Ord. 165 § 1, 1982; Ord. 60 § 1.702.3, 1968.]
16.20.050 Payment to subdivider.
The purchase price shall be the market value thereof at the time of the filing of the tentative map plus the taxes against such reserved area from the date of the reservation and any other costs incurred by the subdivider in the maintenance of such reserved area, including interest costs incurred on any loan covering such reserved area. [Ord. 165 § 1, 1982; Ord. 60 § 1.702.4, 1968.]
16.20.060 Termination.
If the public agency for whose benefit an area has been reserved does not enter into such a binding agreement, the reservation of such area shall automatically terminate. [Ord. 165 § 1, 1982; Ord. 60 § 1.702.5, 1968.]
16.20.070 Waiver of direct street access.
The City may require as a condition of approval of any subdivision the waiver of direct access rights to proposed or existing streets from any property within the subdivision and abutting thereon.
Any such waiver shall become effective in accordance with its provisions and shall be contained in the owner’s certificate of the final map or parcel map. [Ord. 165 § 1, 1982; Ord. 60 § 1.703, 1968.]