Camarillo Municipal Code Ch. 18.02 General Provisions

This title is adopted to supplement and implement the Subdivision Map Act, Section 66410, et seq. of the Government Code, and may be cited as the sub-division ordinance of the city of Camarillo.

(Ord. 570 § 3 (part), 1984.)

It is the purpose of this title to regulate and control design and improvement of subdivisions within the city and to implement and supplement the provisions of the Subdivision Map Act concerning the design, improvement and survey data of subdivisions, the form and content of all maps provided for by the Subdivision Map Act and the procedure to be followed in securing the official approval of the city council, planning commission, director of engineering services/city engineer, director of planning and community development and planning department regarding such maps. To accomplish this purpose, the regulations outlined in this title are determined to be necessary for the preservation of the public health, safety and general welfare, to promote orderly growth and development, to provide for housing needs of the region, to promote open space, conservation, protection and proper use of land, and to ensure provision for adequate traffic circulation, utilities and services.

(Ord. 570 § 3 (part), 1984.)

A subdivision shall be consistent with the general plan and any applicable specific plan, as the plans existed on the date the application for approval of the tentative map or parcel map is deemed complete, and shall comply with the zoning ordinance of the city in effect on that date except as provided in Government Code Section 66474.2.

(Ord. 678 § 1, 1989: Ord. 570 § 3 (part), 1984.)

The regulations set forth in this title shall apply to all subdivisions or parts thereof within the city and to the preparation of subdivision maps thereof and to other maps provided for by the Subdivision Map Act. Each such subdivision and each part thereof lying within the city shall be made and each such map shall be prepared and presented for approval as hereafter provided for and required. Any subdivision which has developable land upon which there is a slope of fifteen percent or greater shall also comply with the requirements of Chapter 18.100 of this title.

(Ord. 652 § 3, 1988: Ord. 570 § 3 (part), 1984.)

Where exceptional or special circumstances apply to a proposed subdivision, the city council, or, with respect to parcel maps, the planning commission may authorize modification of the requirements of this title, following a finding that any such modifications are reasonably necessary or expedient and comply with the Subdivision Map Act as well as with the objectives of the zoning ordinance and general plan. Such circumstances may include, but are not limited to, limited size, unusual shape or topography of the subject property, or the nature of the proposed use which renders full compliance with the requirements of this title impractical.

(Ord. 570 § 3 (part), 1984.)