Chapter 16.16
APPROVAL OF STREETS AND WAYS
Sections:
16.16.010 Creation of streets.
16.16.010 Creation of streets.
The creation of all streets shall be in conformance with requirements for subdivision, except the city may approve the creation of a street to be established by deed without full compliance with the regulations applicable to subdivisions, with any conditions as are necessary to preserve the standards established by this chapter and CMC 16.20.010 to 16.20.060; provided either of the following conditions exist:
A. The establishment of the street is initiated by the planning commission and is declared essential for the purpose of general traffic circulation, and the dividing of land is an incidental effect rather than the primary objective of the street.
B. The tract in which the street is to be dedicated is an isolated ownership of one acre or less. [Ord. 01-02 § 3 (Exh. 3 § 24), 2001.]
16.16.020 Creation of ways.
A. Any easement-of-way providing access to property which is created in order to allow the partitioning of land for the purpose of transfer of ownership or building development, whether immediate or future, shall be in the form of a street approved in accordance with CMC 16.16.010, except that the creation of a private easement-of-way to be established by deed without full compliance with these regulations shall be approved by the planning commission, provided the easement is the only reasonable method by which the rear portion of an unusually deep lot large enough to warrant partitioning into two parcels may be provided with more access. If the existing lot is large enough so that three or more parcels meeting the lot size minimums of Chapters 16.04 to 16.24 CMC may be created, and two or more of the parcels would not have frontage on an existing street, an easement-of-way will not be acceptable and a street must be dedicated.
B. The procedure for approval of allowed private easements-of-way shall be as provided in CMC 16.16.010(B) for streets, except the easement-of-way need only comply with the standards set forth in CMC 16.16.010(B) and assure utility access to the resultant lot. [Ord. 01-02 § 3 (Exh. 3 § 25), 2001.]