§ 16.04
Riverside County Planning Code · edición 2026-07 · actualizado 2026-07-25 · Riverside County
16.04.040 - Appeal boards. ¶
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A.
The East Area planning council is established as the appeal board to which the land divider or any interested person may appeal from any action of the advisory agency with respect to tentative Schedule "F", "G", "H", and "I" maps that lie within the area jurisdiction of the East Area planning council.
B.
The Riverside County planning commission is established as the appeal board to which the land divider or any interested person may appeal from any action of the advisory agency with respect to tentative Schedule "F", "G", "H", and "I" maps that lie outside the area jurisdiction of the East Area planning council.
C.
The board of supervisors is established as the appeal board to which the land divider or any interested person may appeal from any action of the Riverside County planning commission or East Area planning council with respect to all tentative maps.
(Ord. 460.137 § 1.4, 1997)
16.04.050 - Suspensions. ¶
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Not withstanding the above, or any other provision in this title to the contrary, operation of the East Area planning council is suspended and its authority and duties transferred to the planning commission.
(Ord. 460.137 § 1.5, 1997)
16.04.060 - Definitions.
A.
General Definitions. In this title, unless the context otherwise requires, the following words shall have the following meanings.
"Advisory agency" means the planning commission, the East Area planning council or the planning director as specified in Section 16.04.020.
"Board" means the board of supervisors of Riverside County.
"Building official" means the director of the building and safety department of Riverside County.
"Community services district" means a community services district which has the power to construct and maintain streets.
"County surveyor" means the county surveyor of Riverside County.
"Department of Transportation" means the Department of Transportation of the state of California.
"Director of transportation" means the director of the transportation department of Riverside County.
"Fast track status" means the status conferred on a map by majority vote of the board of supervisors or by the executive director of the Riverside County economic development agency in accordance with the provisions of board of supervisors Policy A-32.
"Fire chief" means the chief of the fire protection agency or designee having jurisdiction of the area in which a land division is located.
"Flood control engineer" means the person as determined by the area in which a land division is located as follows:
1.
Within the boundaries of the Riverside County flood control and water conservation district, it means the chief engineer of that district;
2.
Within the boundaries of the flood control jurisdiction of the Coachella Valley water district, it means the general manager-chief engineer of that district;
Outside the boundaries of either of the above districts, it means the person designated by the board of supervisors to perform the flood protection studies.
"Health officer" means the health officer of Riverside County.
"Land use ordinance" means the Riverside County Ordinance No. 348 (Title 17 of this code), as amended.
"Planning director" means the planning director of Riverside County.
"Prime agricultural land" and the "Williamson Act" means either:
1.
Land which qualifies for rating as Class I or Class II in the Soil Conservation Service land use capability classifications;
2.
Land which qualifies for rating 80 through 100 in the Storie Index Rating;
3.
Land which supports livestock used for production of food and fiber and which has an annual carrying capacity equivalent to at least one animal unit per acre as defined by the United States Department of Agriculture;
4.
Land planted with fruit of nut-bearing trees, vines bushes or crops which have a nonbearing period of less than five years and which will normally return during the commercial bearing period on an annual basis from the production of unprocessed agricultural plant production not less than two hundred dollars ($200.00) per acre;
5.
Land which has returned from the production of unprocessed agricultural plant products and annual gross value of not less than two hundred dollars ($200.00) per acre for three of the previous five years.
"Recorder" means the recorder of Riverside County.
"Staff" means the employees of the transportation and land management agency, the health and fire departments and the Riverside County flood control and water conservation district.
"Transportation and land management agency" means the departments of planning, transportation and building and safety consolidated into one agency.
B.
Technical Definitions.
"Approved fire hydrant" means an appliance meeting AWWA pamphlet C-502 or C-503 standards and approved by the water company and fire department having jurisdiction.
"Contiguous units" means adjacent parcels of land which shall be considered contiguous even if separated by roads, streets, utility easements or railroad rights-of-way.
"Comprehensive general plan" means the comprehensive general plan of the county, including all elements thereof, as adopted by the board of supervisors.
"Design" means:
Street alignments, grades and widths;
2.
Drainage and sanitary facilities and utilities, including alignments and grades thereof;
3.
Location and size of all required easements and rights-of-way;
4.
Fire roads and firebreaks;
Lot size and configuration;
Traffic access;
Grading;
8.
Land to be dedicated for park or recreational purposes; and
9.
Such other specific physical requirements in the plan and configuration of the entire land division as may be necessary or convenient to insure consistency with or implementation of the comprehensive general plan or any adopted specific plan.
"Environmental constraint note" means any note or notes required by the conditions of approval to be shown on an environmental constraint sheet and reference made thereto on the final map. This shall be
required when constraints involving but not limited to any of the following are conditioned by the advisory agency or board of supervisors: archaeological sites, geologic mapping, grading, building, building setback lines, flood hazard zones, seismic lines and setbacks, fire protection, water availability, and sewage disposal.
"Environmental constraint sheet" means a duplicate of the final map on which are shown the environmental constraint notes. This sheet shall be filed simultaneously with the final map, with the county surveyor, and labeled "Environmental Constraint Sheet" in the top margin. Applicable items will be shown under a heading labeled "Environmental Constraints Notes." The environmental constraint sheet shall contain the statement: "The environmental constraint information shown on this map sheet is for informational purposes describing conditions as of the date of filing, and is not intended to affect record title interest. This information is derived from public records or reports, and does not imply the correctness or sufficiency of those records or reports by the preparer of this map sheet."
"Fire hazard areas" means area within the county so designated on the map entitled "Hazardous Fire Areas of Riverside County" on file in the office of the clerk of the board of supervisors and in the office of the county fire chief.
"Improvement" means any street work, surveys and monuments and utilities to be installed, or agreed to be installed, by the land divider on the land to be used for public or private streets, highways, ways and easements as are necessary for the general use of the lot owners in the subdivision and local neighborhood traffic needs as condition precedent to the approval and acceptance of the final map thereof. Improvement also means such other specific improvements or types of improvements the installation of which, either by the land divider, public agencies, private utilities, any other entity or by any combination thereof, is necessary or convenient to insure consistency with and implementation of the conditions of approval of the tentative map and the comprehensive general plan and any adopted specific plan.
"Improvement standards" means the standards set forth in this title and other ordinances related to the development of land as a subdivision or parcel map division.
"Land division" or "subdivision" means the division of any unit of units of improved or unimproved land, or any portion thereof, shown on the latest equalized county assessment roll as a unit or as contiguous units, for the purpose of sale, lease, gift or financing, whether immediate or future. Land division or subdivision includes both tract map and parcel map divisions of land as hereinafter defined:
1.
"Tract map division" means a land division creating five or more parcels, five or more condominiums as defined in Section 783 of the Civil Code, a community apartment project containing five or more parcels, or the conversion of a dwelling to a stock cooperative containing five or more dwelling units.
2.
"Parcel map division" means a land division where any of the following conditions prevail:
a.
The land is divided into four or less parcels;
b.
The whole parcel before division contains less than five acres, each parcel created by the division abuts upon a maintained public street or highway, and no dedication or improvements are required for the land division;
c.
Each parcel created by the land division has a gross area of not less than twenty (20) acres up to forty (40) acres and each parcel has an approved access to a maintained public street or highway;
d.
The land consists of a parcel or parcels of land having approved access to a public street or highway, is part of a tract of land zoned for industrial or commercial development, and is approved as to street alignment and width;
e.
Each parcel created by the land division has a gross area of forty (40) acres or more, or each of which is not less than a quarter of a quarter section.
3.
"Land division" or "subdivision" does not include:
a.
The financing or leasing of apartments, offices, stores or similar space within apartments buildings, industrial buildings, commercial buildings, mobile home parks or trailer parks;
b.
Agricultural, gas, oil or mineral leases;
c.
Land dedicated for cemetery purposes under the California Health and Safety Code;
d.
The division of land caused by the acquisition of a property interest by any public entity or governmental agency;
e.
The division of land caused by the acquisition of a property interest by a public utility for operating public utility purposes, or the conveyance of land by a public utility to a contiguous ownership;
f.
A lot line adjustment solely for the purpose of increasing or adjusting the size of adjacent lots or parcels, provided that the lot line adjustment does not reduce the original parcels below the zoning development standards applicable to the land, no additional parcels are created and the adjustment is approved by the planning director;
g.
When a land division is of a portion of any unit or units of improved or unimproved land, the subdivider may designate as a remainder that portion which is not divided for the purpose of sale, lease or financing. The designated remainder shall not be counted as a parcel for the purpose of determining whether a parcel map or final map is required.
For a designated remainder parcel, the fulfillment of construction requirements for improvements shall not be required until a permit or other grant of approval for development of the remainder parcel is issued by the planning department, or until the construction of the improvements is required pursuant to an agreement between the subdivider and the county. In the absence of that agreement the county may require fulfillment of the construction requirements within a reasonable time following approval of the final map and prior to the issuance of a permit or other grant of approval for the development of a remainder parcel upon a finding by the county that fulfillment of the construction requirements is necessary for reasons of the public health and safety, or the required construction is a necessary prerequisite to the orderly development of the surrounding area. A designated remainder subsequently may be sold without any further requirement of the filing of a parcel map or final map, but the planning director may require a certificate of compliance or conditional certificate of compliance.
is necessary for reasons of the public health and safety, or the required construction is a necessary prerequisite to the orderly development of the surrounding area. A designated remainder subsequently may be sold without any further requirement of the filing of a parcel map or final map, but the planning director may require a certificate of compliance or conditional certificate of compliance.
"Lot line adjustment" means a minor alteration to adjust a lot line or lot lines. It is not a subdivision or resubdivision procedure and is intended to be used only in those situations where the provisions of the Subdivision Map Act and this title applicable to subdivision and re-subdivisions do not apply.
"Minor change" means a minor modification of an approved tentative map that includes, but is not limited to, a change in lot lines, lot design or street alignment, building pad location or grading proposals provided that the basic design concept is retained. A minor change may decrease, but not increase the number of approved lots. A minor change may alter or delete any condition of approval which is no longer appropriate or necessary. Notwithstanding the above, or any other provision herein to the contrary, a request to alter or delete a condition of approval of any approved tentative map within the boundaries of the following districts shall, in all instances, be considered a minor change: Assessment District No. 159, Assessment District No. 161, Community Facilities District No. 84-2, Community Facilities District No. 86-1, Community Facilities District No. 87-1, Community Facilities District No. 87- 5 and Community Facilities District No. 88-8.
"Public improvements" means traffic controls, streets, roads, highways, freeways, bridges, over crossings, street interchanges, flood control or storm drain facilities, sewer and water facilities, and lighting facilities.
"Public access" means:
1.
A dedication to public use or to the county to the required width for road purposes;
A permanent written easement for road purposes to the required width from the state or federal government;
3.
An access road, as defined in this title that has been open to the public without posting for five years or more, provided adequate evidence thereof is submitted to and approved by the director of transportation;
4.
A dedication to a community services district to the required width for road purposes.
"Planned residential development" means residential development including, but not limited to, statutory and nonstatutory condominiums, cluster housing, town houses and community apartments that is permitted reduced lot area, width and depth requirements and building setback requirements, by integrating into the overall development open space and outdoor recreational facilities, and which may include recreational and public assembly buildings intended primarily for the use of the residents of the project, within the development.
cluster housing, town houses and community apartments that is permitted reduced lot area, width and depth requirements and building setback requirements, by integrating into the overall development open space and outdoor recreational facilities, and which may include recreational and public assembly buildings intended primarily for the use of the residents of the project, within the development.
"Revised tentative map" means a modification of an approved tentative map wherein the design of the land division is changed from the approved tentative map, but there is no substantial change in concept from the original approved map.
"Specific plan" means a plan adopted by the board that is based upon the comprehensive general plan of Riverside County, as provided in Section 65450 et seq. of the Government Code.
"Storm frequency of one in one hundred (100) years" means a storm that will probably be equaled or exceeded on the average of once every one hundred (100) years. It does not follow, however, that such a storm will be equaled or exceeded once in every one hundred (100) year period, or that having occurred once, it will not occur again for one hundred (100) years. It may occur several times in a one hundred (100) year period, but over a sufficient length of time the average is expected to be once in one hundred (100) years.
"Tentative map" means a map made for the purpose of showing the design and improvement of a proposed land division and the existing conditions in and around it and need not be based upon an accurate or detailed final survey of the property.
"Vesting tentative map" means a land division that has printed conspicuously on its face the words "Vesting Tentative Map" and is processed in accordance with Section 16.12.090.
(Ord. 460.140 § 1, 2000; Ord. 460.137 §§ 2.1, 2.2, 1997)
16.04.070 - Street and highway definitions.
A.
"Highway" or "street" means a right-of-way within which improvements are constructed for the conveyance of vehicular and pedestrian traffic and includes all highways, streets, road and alleys. The rights-of way and
improvements shall be in conformity with county transportation department standards and specifications as set forth in Ordinance No. 461.
1.
"Freeway" means a highway upon which the abutter's rights of access are controlled and which provides separated grades at intersecting streets.
2.
"Expressway" means a highway for through traffic to which access from abutting property is restricted. Intersections with other streets or highways shall be limited to approximately one-half mile intervals.
3.
"Arterial (urban) highway" means a six-lane divided highway primarily for through traffic where anticipated traffic volumes exceed four-lane capacity. Access from other streets or highways shall be limited to approximately one-quarter mile intervals. Minimum right-of-way width shall be one hundred thirty-four (134) feet.
4.
"Arterial highway" means a divided highway primarily for through traffic to which access from abutting property shall be kept at a minimum. Intersections with other streets or highways shall be limited to approximately one-quarter mile intervals. Minimum right-of-way width shall be one hundred ten (110) feet.
5.
"Arterial (mountain) highway" means a four-lane highway intended to serve through traffic in mountainous areas zoned for low density residential development. Access from abutting property shall be kept at a minimum. Intersections with other streets or highways shall be limited to approximately three hundred thirty (330) foot intervals. Minimum right-of-way width shall be one hundred ten (110) feet.
6.
"Major highway" means a highway intended to serve property zoned for major industrial and commercial uses, or to serve through traffic. Intersections with other streets or highway may be limited to approximately six hundred sixty (660) foot intervals. Minimum right-of-way width shall be one hundred (100) feet.
7.
"Secondary highway" means a highway intended to serve through traffic along longer routes between major traffic generating areas or to serve property zoned for multiple residential, secondary industrial or commercial uses. Minimum right-of-way width shall be eighty-eight (88) feet. Intersections with other streets and highways may be limited to three hundred thirty (330) foot intervals.
8.
"Industrial collector" means a three-lane circulatory street with a continuous left turn lane with at least one end connecting to a road of equal or greater classification. Minimum right-of-way width shall be seventy-
eight (78) feet.
9.
"Collector street" means a street which is intended to serve intensive residential land use, multiple family dwellings, or to convey traffic through an area to roads of equal or similar classification or higher. It may also serve as a cul-de-sac in industrial or commercial use areas but shall not exceed six hundred sixty (660) feet in length when so used. Minimum right-of-way width shall be sixty-six (66) feet.
10.
"General local street" means a through street serving fifty (50) or more single-family lots or lot sizes of less than seven thousand two hundred (7,200) square feet. It may also serve as a private interior street in an industrial park. Minimum right-of-way width shall be sixty (60) feet.
11.
"Short local or circulatory private interior street" means a residential street limited by design to serve less than fifty (50) single-family dwellings or a circulatory private street in a planned residential development. Minimum right-of-way width shall be sixty (60) feet.
12.
"Restricted local or noncirculatory private interior street" means a local street where, due to unusual conditions it is impractical to provide for a wider right-of-way or a street with limited circulation within a planned residential development. Minimum right-of-way shall be fifty (50) feet.
13.
"Access road" means:
a.
An existing improved roadway, either graded, graded and based, or asphalt paved, built within the dedicated right-of-way and providing safe, passable access from a maintained road to a land division site; or
b.
A proposed road that will be constructed to grade, alignment, and width from the project site to a maintained or public road as defined in later chapters of this title.
14.
"Maintained road" means a road in which the road maintenance shall be principally conducted by a governmental agency, a county service area, or community services district. A road maintained by a property owner's association may constitute a maintained road if the board of supervisors determines that there is no other feasible means of guaranteeing maintenance of the road for public use, and if the association has the unqualified right and obligation to maintain the road pursuant to recorded conditions,
covenants and restrictions which provide that such right and obligation cannot be amended or terminated without the mutual consent of the county and the association.
15.
"Alley" means a secondary means of access to property and is located at the rear or side of the property. Minimum right-of-way width shall be twenty (20) feet.
16.
"Major, secondary and residential frontage road or service road" means an auxiliary street adjacent to freeways, expressways, arterial highways, major highways, secondary highways and flood control channels. Minimum right-of-way width shall be in accordance with the appropriate Ordinance No. 461, Street Standards.
17.
"Cul-de-sac street" means a road open at one end only, with special provisions for turning around, and the further extension of which is precluded by the land division design.
18.
"Dead-end street" means a street open at one end only without provisions for turning around and which may be further extended into adjoining property.
19.
"Private street" means a street within a private development or a planned residential development whereby the street requirements are regulated by Section 16.08.030.
20.
"Part-width street" means any street in which the improved width is less than the width necessary for a normal full-width street.
21.
"Rural road" means any local residential street within designated areas, identified in the general plan, community plan, or a specific plan serving less than fifty (50) single-family lots with lot sized of one-half acre or larger. Minimum right-of-way shall be sixty (60) feet.
The radii, maximum grade percentage, intersection intervals and all other design standards except pavement width shall be the same as those for a local road as required by Ordinance No. 461.
Minimum improvements are as follows:
| Road Classifcation |
Minimum Parcel Size |
Number Of Residences |
Minimum Pavement Width |
Road Standard Number |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collector | ½ acre gross | 21 thru 49 | 28 feet | No. 136 |
Residential (Local) 2 acres gross
24 feet
20 or less
No. 138
The above rural road standards shall be applicable in the following areas:
a.
Lake Mathews community plan;
b.
County service areas Numbered 41, 86, 104, 105, 108, 117, 124 and 149.
B.
Street and Highway Details.
1.
"Barrier strip" means a strip of land one foot or more in width dedicated to the county for street purposes and access control at the end of a dead-end street or along the side of a part-width dedicated street or other public right-of-way.
2.
"Bicycle way" means an area either within or outside the right-of-way of a dedicated street where bicycle travel is the designated use.
3.
"Median" means that portion of a divided highway separating the traveled way for traffic in opposite directions.
4.
"Multilane demand" means that projected traffic volume will exceed the nominal capacity of a two-lane street section when such projected traffic volume is determined by a rational method of traffic generation employing land use techniques and traffic engineering principles.
5.
"Outer separation" means the area between the traveled way of a highway for through traffic and a frontage road or service road.
6.
"Pedestrian way/sidewalk" means a right-of-way designed for use by pedestrians and not intended for use by motor vehicles of any kind. A pedestrian way may be located within or without a street right-of-way, at grade, or grade separated from vehicular traffic.
7.
"Right-of-way" means the entire width of property for the use of highways, flood and drainage works, overhead and underground utilities, or any related improvements.
8.
"Parkway" means the area adjoining the outer edge of the roadbed, extending to the right-of-way line in which sidewalks, plantings, utilities, bank slopes and related facilities may be located.
9.
"Roadway" means that portions of the highway including roadbed, all slopes, side ditches, channels, waterways and all other related facilities which are located within a road right-of-way.
10.
"Roadbed" means that portions of the roadway extending from curb-face or to the outside lien of improved shoulders.
11.
"Traveled-way" means that portion of the roadway for the movement of vehicles, exclusive of shoulders and auxiliary lanes.
(Ord. 460.137 § 2.3, 1997)
Chapter 16.08 - DESIGN STANDARDS
Sections:
16.08.010 - Conformance with general plan.
A.
All land divisions shall conform to the comprehensive general plan of Riverside County, with all applicable specific plans, with the requirements of the land use ordinance and other ordinances, and with the requirements of this title except as hereinafter provided.
B.
The requirements set forth within this title are minimum requirements, and the county may impose greater requirements if so justified.
C.
Exceptions from the requirements of this title relating to the design or improvement of land divisions shall be granted by the appropriate advisory agency or appeal board only when it is determined that there are special circumstances applicable to the property, such as but not limited to size, shape or topographical
conditions, or existing road alignment and width, and that the granting of the modification will not be detrimental to the public health, safety or welfare or be damaging to other property in the vicinity.
D.
Applications for exceptions shall be made, in writing, stating fully the reasons and justification for the requested exception, and shall be submitted with the application for a land division.
(Ord. 460.137 § 3.1, 1997)
16.08.020 - General street design.
A.
The street system in the proposed land division shall relate, in general, to the existing streets in the area adjoining the proposed land division.
B.
The proposed street plan shall give consideration to the future development of adjoining undeveloped property.
C.
All streets shall be designed to serve the proposed use of the abutting land.
D.
When improvements are required, part-width boundary streets in a land division adjacent to undivided land shall have a minimum right-of-way width of forty (40) feet. The land developer shall provide the prescribed half-width, and the additional dedications shall be acquired from the adjacent undeveloped property.
E.
When no improvements are required, part-width boundary streets shall have a minimum right-of-way width of thirty (30) feet.
F.
Additional right-of-way or easements shall be provided where necessary to accommodate roadway slopes, drainage structures, and other facilities related to land division improvements.
G.
When consistent with existing development, access to residential property along freeways, expressways, arterial highways, major highways and flood control channels shall be provided by one of the following:
1.
A frontage road or service road;
A street separated by a tier of lots.
H.
Design of streets shall make provisions for railroads, parkways, expressways, grade separations, flood control channels, prevailing geological conditions and local drainage facilities.
I.
In order to assure adequate evacuation times, whenever lots of a proposed land division are located more than one thousand three hundred twenty (1,320) feet, or six hundred sixty (660) feet in a high fire hazard area, from a publicly maintained circulatory road, alternate or secondary access shall be provided.
J.
When alternate access is required and the alternate access is off-site, or when any other public improvement is required or proposed off-site, the land divider shall do each of the following as part of the tentative map review.
1.
Provide any studies or information required to adequately evaluate the environmental impacts of constructing the off-site improvement/alignment;
2.
Show all proposed centerline, approximate gradients and radii on the tentative map in addition to other factors such as street widths, pavement surface, etc. for the off- site improvement/alignment;
3.
Provide mailing labels showing the addresses of property owners that are adjacent to the off-site improvement/alignment for hearing notification purposes; and
4.
Provide written assurance(s) from the owner(s) of the property underlying the off-site improvement/ alignment that sufficient right-of-way to construct will be provided. A formal agreement or offer of dedication is not necessary to satisfy this requirement, but the owner's willingness to cooperate must be communicated in a form acceptable to the transportation department.
In the event that the land divider does not satisfy one or more of the requirements set forth in subsection (J) (1), (2) or (3) of this section, and no exception is granted, the tentative map shall be redesigned such that the off-site improvement/alignment is no longer required. If the land divider refuses or is unable to redesign, project review staff shall recommend to the appropriate advisory agency or appeal board that the tentative map be denied. In the event that the land divider does not satisfy the requirement set forth in subsection (J) (4) of this section, project review staff shall note in its report the potential need to institute eminent domain proceedings and the appropriate advisory agency or appeal board may, in its discretion, act on the
tentative map as designed or require that the map be redesigned to eliminate the off-site improvement/ alignment.
K.
Cul-de-sac streets shall conform with Ordinance No. 461, Standard No. 800. When a part-width cul-de-sac is permitted, an offset cul-de-sac shall be provided in conformance with Ordinance No. 461, Standard No. 800 (A).
L.
Dead-end and part-width streets shall not be permitted if it is determined that adjacent land use or topographical features will not permit the extension or widening of such streets. Dead-end streets shall be so designed that access to abutting property shall be physically possible.
M.
On land divisions where improvements are not required, the centerline alignment of the street right-of-way shall be so located that future improvements will be feasible and in accordance with county standards and ordinances.
(Ord. 460.137 § 3.2, 1997)
16.08.030 - Private streets.
A.
Private streets may be permitted when it is determined that there is adequate provision for their construction and continued maintenance, that the welfare of the occupants of the development will be adequately served and that it will not be detrimental to the public health, safety and general welfare.
B.
Private streets, other than interior streets of planned residential developments, shall be required to be offered for dedication to public use. All dedicated private streets shall meet the width requirements set by the director of transportation and shall be constructed in accordance with improvement standards of Riverside County Ordinance No. 461. All offers of dedication shall remain in effect and shall be irrevocable unless abandoned under the Streets and Highways Code.
C.
All streets that are permitted to be private, whether offered for dedication or not, may provide for access control by land division design, posting or gating.
D.
Interior streets of a planned residential development, if not offered for dedication, shall be constructed to minimum widths of thirty-two (32) feet for noncirculatory interior access and thirty-six (36) feet for circulatory interior access in accordance with improvement standards of Ordinance No. 461; however, reduced widths may be permitted when either of the following conditions occur:
1.
Where the design and topography permit the taking of access only on one side of the street; or
2.
When the design does not permit on-street parking.
E.
When a special design for a cul-de-sac, length of a street terminating in a cul-de-sac, landscaped median, or any other improvement design is proposed and is not provided for in this ordinance or in the improvement standards of Ordinance No. 461, the design shall be submitted to the director of transportation for approval.
F.
Concrete rolled curbs in conformance with Ordinance No. 461, Standard No. 202, may be permitted in place of standard curbs on non-dedicated streets upon the determination of the director of transportation that the streets are adequate to handle drainage, and that an adequate maintenance program is provided for in the covenants, conditions and restrictions.
G.
Sidewalks shall be required to be constructed in conjunction with dedicated or nondedicated private streets unless it is determined by the approving body to be unnecessary, considering the design of the development. Sidewalk construction shall be in accordance with the improvement standards of Ordinance No. 461 unless otherwise approved by the director of transportation.
H.
Improvement plans, agreements and bonds shall be required for all dedicated and non- dedicated private streets in accordance with the applicable provisions of this title.
(Ord. 460.137 § 3.3, 1997)
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