Amador City Municipal Code Ch. 16.16 Subdivision Design

Public improvements shall conform to the requirements of Chapter 16.24 of this title and the city improvement standards. The planning commission may require any public improvements required for the orderly development of all public facilities.

Streets shall be designed and constructed in accordance with city standards and be dedicated to the city. Off-site improvement to existing city streets may be required where traffic study or other determinations of city justify this requirement.

(Ord. 159 (part), 2005)

When the rear or side lines of any lot borders a state highway, city arterial, or collector street, the subdivider may be required to dedicate a "no access" strip across the appropriate line(s) of such lots. When the rear or side lines of any lots border any state highway or city arterial, the subdivider may be required to dedicate a planting strip adjacent thereto.

(Ord. 159 (part), 2005)

All street names shall be approved by the planning commission and no duplication of street names shall be permitted.

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The design of lots shall be in conformance with the zoning ordinance and Title 16 of this code.

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The subdivider may be required to dedicate and improve walkways on-site to provide access to schools, parks, and other public areas.

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Unless the proposed subdivision is part of a planned development (PD) project, blocks shall be not more than eight hundred (800) feet nor less than two hundred (200) feet in length and shall be of a width to contain two tiers of lots of approved dimensions, except that the planning commission may approve variations justified by preexisting improvements or physical or natural features.

(Ord. 159 (part), 2005)

In all respects, the subdivision will be considered in relation to the general plan of the city.

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Two copies of proposed covenants of restrictions shall be filed with the tentative map, and two copies of any revisions thereof shall be filed with the city planner prior to approval of the final map.

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All lands within the subdivision subject to inundation or flooding by storm or overflow or other causes shall be identified on the final map. Limits shall be clearly identified by distance or elevation and shall be certified by a professional engineer or surveyor.

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The subdivider may be required to dedicate sites for schools, parks, and other public areas as set forth on the general plan or as required by the planning commission.

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The subdivider shall dedicate right-of-way for storm drainage purposes conforming substantially with the lines of any natural water course or channel, stream, or creek that traverses the subdivision. All storm drain improvements shall be in accordance with city improvement standards.

The planning commission may require adequate fencing or other protection of all ditches and streams.

Where drainage facilities are necessary on an area-wide basis to permit safe, healthful and convenient development of the area, the subdivider may be required to pay a pro rata share of such facilities' cost, as determined by the city council.

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All grading and erosion control shall be in accordance with applicable provisions of the Uniform Building Code and an approved erosion control plan. Erosion control plan shall implement "best management practices" that will prevent construction pollutants from contacting storm water. All products of erosion shall be prevented from moving off-site into receiving waters.

Construction practices shall be in accordance with an approved erosion control plan and methods contained in "Volume 3 of California Storm Water Best Management Practice Handbook."

(Ord. 159 (part), 2005)

The commission may find that secondary access to a project is necessary, and require additional access(s) as a condition of approval. The commission may consider, among other things, the size of the project, its design, traffic volume, and location in determining secondary access requirements.

All subdivisions requiring secondary access shall be designed to provide more than one access from existing streets or future streets. Secondary access road(s) shall be constructed to the boundary of the subdivision on a vertical and horizontal alignment consistent with city improvement standards. Temporary cul-de-sac or other approved turnaround shall be constructed in lieu of secondary access(s) when approved by the planning commission.

When secondary access is part of phased development of a subdivision, the planning commission may require security sufficient to guarantee construction within the time specified by the commission.

(Ord. 159 (part), 2005)