Chapter 16.08
INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS
Sections:
16.08.030 Short title and revision policy.
16.08.040 Relationship to the comprehensive plan.
16.08.050 Relationship to the comprehensive plan map.
16.08.060 Relationship to zoning ordinance.
16.08.080 Scope of regulation.
16.08.010 Title.
The ordinance codified in this title shall be known and may be cited as the Jefferson County subdivision and partition ordinance. (Ord. O-160-2000 Exh. A § 1.1, 2000)
16.08.020 Purpose.
A. In accordance with the provisions of ORS Chapters 92, 197 and 215, this title sets forth the minimum standards governing the approval of land development, including subdivisions and partitioning as necessary to carry out the Jefferson County comprehensive plan and to promote the public health, safety, and general welfare while allowing for cost saving efficiencies. The purpose of these provisions and regulations are to:
1. Encourage well-planned subdivision and partition development to the end that good livable neighborhoods with all needed amenities and community facilities may be created;
2. Encourage development in harmony with the natural environment and within resources carrying capacities;
3. Safeguard the interest of public, the applicant, and the future lot owner;
4. Improve land records and boundary monumentation;
5. Ensure equitable processing of subdivision plats and partitioning plats, and accomplish to the greatest extent possible the goals and objectives of the comprehensive plan for Jefferson County;
6. Provide for orderly and efficient urban development and coordinate development with public facility and service plans and capabilities;
7. To regulate the orientation of streets, lots and parcels; the placement, height and bulk of buildings; and the placement and growth of vegetation within the county to ensure access to solar energy by reasonably regulating interests in property within the county, as authorized under ORS 215.044 through ORS 215.047 and ORS 105.880 though ORS 105.895, to promote and maximize the conservation of energy and to implement the comprehensive plan policies relating to solar energy.
B. No person may subdivide or partition land within Jefferson County except in accordance with ORS Chapters 92 and the provisions of this title. (Ord. O-160-2000 Exh. A § 1.2, 2000)
16.08.030 Short title and revision policy.
This title shall be known as the subdivision ordinance of Jefferson County and shall be reviewed and, if necessary, revised to keep consistent with legislative change and the changing needs and desires of the citizens of Jefferson County. (Ord. O-160-2000 Exh. A § 1.4, 2000)
16.08.040 Relationship to the comprehensive plan.
A subdivision plat shall conform to the policies of the comprehensive land use plan and elements thereof as adopted by the board of county commissioners, with respect to the type and intensity of land use, population densities and distributions, locations and sizes of public areas, right-of-ways, and improvement of streets. (Ord. O-160-2000 Exh. A § 1.5, 2000)
16.08.050 Relationship to the comprehensive plan map.
A subdivision plat shall conform to the plans for the location, widening, or extension of streets, highways and for other projects of a similar nature as shown on the comprehensive plan map, as adopted by the board of county commissioners. (Ord. O-160-2000 Exh. A § 1.6, 2000)
16.08.060 Relationship to zoning ordinance.
A subdivision plat shall conform in all respects with applicable regulations of the zoning ordinance, as adopted by the board of county commissioners. (Ord. O-160-2000 Exh. A § 1.7, 2000)
16.08.070 Interpretation.
The provisions of this title shall be construed to affect the purposes set forth in Section 16.08.020 of this chapter. These provisions are declared to be the minimum requirements fulfilling such objectives, and the county may impose additional requirements deemed necessary to promote the health, safety and general welfare, and to carry out the comprehensive plan of the county. Where conditions set forth in this title are less restrictive than comparative conditions imposed by any other provision of an ordinance, resolution or regulation, or by provision of state statute or administrative regulation, the more restrictive shall govern. (Ord. O-160-2000 Exh. A § 1.8, 2000)
16.08.080 Scope of regulation.
Before a plat of any subdivision or partition may be made and recorded, the person proposing the subdivision or the partition, or authorized agent or representative, shall make an application in writing to the county community development department for approval of the proposed subdivision or partition in accordance with the requirements and procedures established by this title. (Ord. O-160-2000 Exh. A § 2.1, 2000)
16.08.090 Minimum standards.
No proposed subdivision shall be approved unless it complies with the comprehensive plan for Jefferson County, the zoning ordinance, this title and ORS Chapter 92. (Ord. O-160-2000 Exh. A § 2.2, 2000)
16.08.100 Sale prohibited.
No person shall sell or offer to sell any lot created by a land division until final approval of the land division has been granted by the county. Final approval of a land division in a subdivision occurs when the plat of the subdivision is recorded with the county clerk. (Ord. O-160-2000 Exh. A § 2.3, 2000)