Bishop Municipal Code Ch. 16.04 General Provisions

This title is adopted to preserve, protect and promote the public health, safety, convenience, prosperity and general welfare of the citizens of the city by providing regulations relating to subdivisions and other divisions of land or interests therein, and, more specifically, to achieve the following objectives, among others; the immediate implementation of which is declared an emergency:

A. To supplement and immediately implement the Subdivision Map Act, Government Code § 66410 et seq.;

B. To implement the general plan of the city, elements thereof, as adopted by the city council;

C. To provide lots of sufficient size and appropriate design for the purposes for which they are to be used;

D. To provide streets of adequate capacity for the anticipated traffic which would utilize them and to ensure that they are designed to promote a safe traffic circulation system;

E. To accommodate new development in a manner which will preserve and enhance the city's living environment and create new beauty through skilled subdivision design;

F. To provide for water supply, sewage disposal, storm drainage and other utilities and facilities which are required by conditions of an urban environment;

G. To ensure that the costs of providing rights-of-way, street improvements, utilities and public areas and facilities needed to serve new developments are borne fairly and equitably by the subdivider rather than by property owners of the city at large;

H. To protect and enhance real property values.

(Prior Code, § 17A-2; Code 1985, § 16.04.020)

Pursuant to the Subdivision Map Act, Government Code § 66410 et seq., and any other regulation provided by law, the regulations contained in this title shall apply to all subdivisions hereinafter made, wholly and to the extent partially within the city, and to the preparation of subdivision maps thereof and to other maps provided for by the Subdivision Map Act, Government Code § 66410 et seq., and this title; and each subdivision and each part thereof lying within the city shall be made, and each such map shall be prepared and presented for approval, as provided for and required in this title.

(Prior Code, § 17A-3; Code 1985, § 16.04.030)

No land shall be subdivided and developed for any purpose not contemplated or specifically authorized by city zoning regulations, both as presently constituted, and as may be hereafter amended. A subdivision map shall conform in all respects with applicable regulations of city zoning regulations, including uses of land, lot size and dimensions, and space for off-street parking and loading areas.

(Prior Code, § 17A-5; Code 1985, § 16.04.040)