Title 20 — SUBDIVISION AND LAND DEVELOPMENT[[1]]›Chapter 20.16 — PARCEL MAP PROCEDURES
§ 20.36
Campbell Planning Code · 2026-07 edition · ingested 2026-07-08 · Campbell
20.36.010 - Street design generally. ¶
(a)
Improvement work shall not be commenced until plans and profiles for such work have been submitted to and approved by the city engineer. Such plans shall be required before approval of the final map. All such plans and profiles shall be prepared in accordance with requirements of the city engineer. Cost of checking plans shall be paid by the subdivider.
(b)
Street and highway design shall conform both in width and alignment to any general plan of streets and highways approved by the city council, and rights-of-way for such streets or highways shall be dedicated
and improved.
(c)
The street and highway design shall conform to any proceedings affecting the subdivision which may have been initiated by the city council or approved by the council upon initiation by other legally constituted bodies of the city, county or state. If a parcel of land to be subdivided includes a portion of the right-of-way to be acquired for a freeway or expressway, and the city council shall determine the boundaries of the rightof-way to be acquired, the subdivider shall either dedicate or withhold from subdivision all the area included in the right-of-way.
(d)
Standard Improvements. Improvements required pursuant to this title shall be in conformance with Section 11.24.160.
(Ord. 1619 § 1(part), 1986).
20.36.020 - Property lines at block corners. ¶
The property line at block corners shall be rounded by a curve having a radius of at least twenty feet. In those instances where the streets do not meet at right angles or where at least one of the streets has or is planned to have four moving lanes of traffic, the radius may be increased. Where both of the streets have or are planned to have four moving lanes or more of traffic then the radius shall be at least thirty feet. A larger radius may be required upon recommendation of the city engineer.
(Ord. 1619 § 1(part), 1986).
20.36.030 - Alignment—Extension. ¶
All streets shall, as far as practical, be in alignment with existing adjacent streets by continuations of the centerlines thereof or by adjustments by curves, and shall be in general conformity with the general plan made for the most advantageous development of the area in which the subdivision lies.
The streets shown on the general plan and those existing streets which extend in excess of one-half mile shall be extended and/or widened through the parcel proposed to be subdivided.
(Ord. 1619 § 1(part), 1986).
20.36.040 - Curve radii. ¶
The centerline curve radii on all streets and highways shall conform to accepted engineering standards of design and shall be subject to approval by the city engineer.
(Ord. 1619 § 1(part), 1986).
20.36.050 - Reserved strips. ¶
Reserved strips controlling the access to public ways or which will not prove taxable for special improvements, will not be approved unless such strips are necessary for the protection of the public
welfare or of substantial property rights, or both. The control and disposal of the land comprising such approved strips shall be placed definitely within the jurisdiction of the city under conditions approved by the city council.
(Ord. 1619 § 1(part), 1986).
20.36.060 - Intersection angles. ¶
Street centerlines shall be required to intersect one another at an angle as near to a right angle as is practicable by tangents not less than seventy-five feet in length.
(Ord. 1619 § 1(part), 1986).
20.36.070 - Extension to permit future subdivision. ¶
Where necessary to give access to or permit a satisfactory future subdivision of adjoining land, streets shall extend to the boundary of the property and the resulting dead-end streets may be approved without a culde-sac. In all other cases a cul-de-sac having a minimum right-of-way radius of forty feet shall be required.
(Ord. 1619 § 1(part), 1986).
20.36.080 - Lots adjacent to freeway or expressway. ¶
When lots proposed for commercial usage front on any major or secondary street or highway, the subdivider may be required to dedicate and improve a service road to provide ingress and egress to and from such lots; or in lieu thereof, if approved by the planning commission, the subdivider may dedicate for public use and improve an area adjacent to such lots for off-street parking purposes. When any lots proposed for residential use front on any freeway or expressway, the subdivider shall dedicate and improve a service road at the front of such lots, unless such is already existent as a part of such freeway or expressway. In addition to any requirement for a service road, the planning commission may require adequate off-street parking areas for all lots proposed for commercial use.
When the rear or side lines of any lots border any major secondary street, highway or expressway, the subdivider may be required to execute and deliver to the city an instrument of ingress and egress to such lots across the side lines of such streets or highways. When the rear or side lines of any lots border any freeway, state highway or expressway, the subdivider may be required to dedicate and improve an adjacent planting strip.
(Ord. 1619 § 1(part), 1986).
20.36.090 - Width of streets and highways.
Streets and highways not shown on any general plan or incorporated in approved plan lines or affected by proceedings initiated by the City Council or approved by the City Council upon initiation by other legally constituted governmental bodies shall not be of less width than those set forth under this chapter, except where it can be shown by the subdivider, to the satisfaction of the planning commission, that the topography or the small number of lots served and the probable future traffic development are such as to unquestionably justify a narrower width. Increased widths may be required where streets are to serve commercial property, or where probable traffic conditions warrant such increased widths.
(1)
Local streets-minimum right-of-way: sixty feet;
(2)
Cul-de-sac streets-if not over three hundred fifty feet in length, may provide fifty-six feet right-of-way;
(3)
Street widths in the San Tomas area shall be as specified in the transportation issues section of the San Tomas neighborhood plan. The map outlining the boundaries of the San Tomas area is maintained at the community development department. In the case of conflict between the San Tomas neighborhood plan and requirements contained in this chapter, the San Tomas neighborhood plan shall prevail.
(4)
Street widths in the Campbell Village Neighborhood Plan area shall be as specified by the transportation standards section of the Campbell Village Neighborhood Plan. The map outlining the boundaries of the Campbell Village Neighborhood Plan area is maintained at the community development department. In the case of conflict between the Campbell Village Neighborhood Plan and requirements contained in this chapter, the Campbell Village Neighborhood Plan shall prevail.
as specified by the transportation standards section of the Campbell Village Neighborhood Plan. The map outlining the boundaries of the Campbell Village Neighborhood Plan area is maintained at the community development department. In the case of conflict between the Campbell Village Neighborhood Plan and requirements contained in this chapter, the Campbell Village Neighborhood Plan shall prevail.
(Ord. 1884 § 1(Exh. A(VII)), 1993: Ord. 1619 § 1(part), 1986).
(Ord. No. 2225, § 7, 8-15-2017)
20.36.100 - Width of alleys.
When any lots are proposed for commercial or industrial usage, alleys at least twenty feet in width shall be provided at the rear thereof with adequate ingress and egress for truck traffic.
(Ord. 1619 § 1(part), 1986).
20.36.110 - Lots—Size, shape, side lines, divisions and interior.
The size and shape of lots shall be in conformance with any zoning regulations effective in the area of the proposed subdivision and as shown on the zoning map.
The side lines of all lots, so far as possible, shall be at right angles to streets or radial or approximately radial to curved streets.
No lot shall be divided by a city boundary line.
Interior lots having double frontage will not be approved.
(Ord. 1619 § 1(part), 1986).
20.36.120 - Walkways.
The subdivider may be required to dedicate and improve walkways through long blocks, and walkways to provide access to school, park or other public areas.
(Ord. 1619 § 1(part), 1986).
20.36.130 - Water courses. ¶
The subdivider shall, subject to riparian rights, dedicate a 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 or provide by dedication further and sufficient easements or construction, or both, to dispose of such surface and storm water.
If a parcel of land to be subdivided includes a portion of the right-of-way to be acquired for flood control or drainage purposes and the city council shall determine the boundaries of the right-of-way to be acquired, the subdivider shall either dedicate or withhold from subdivision all the area included in said right-of-way.
(Ord. 1619 § 1(part), 1986).
20.36.140 - Land subject to inundation. ¶
If any portion of any land, within the boundaries shown on any such final map or record of survey map, is subject to overflow, inundation or flood hazard by storm water, such fact and the portion shall be clearly shown on such final map or record of survey map, enclosed in a border on each sheet of the map.
(Ord. 1619 § 1(part), 1986).
20.36.150 - Utilities. ¶
Utility facilities adequate to supply communication, electrical, water and fire protection service to each lot of the subdivision shall be constructed and installed within the subdivision. All other provisions concerning the undergrounding of utilities are contained in Section 21.18.140, (Undergrounding of utilities) of the Campbell Municipal Code.
(Ord. 1619 § 1(part), 1986).
(Ord. No. 2166, § 3(Exh. B), 5-7-2013; Ord. No. 2290, § 5(Exh. A-5), 11-15-2022)
Chapter 20.40 - EXPIRATION OF MAPS AND EXTENSIONS
20.40.010 - Expiration of tentative map approval.
(a)
Expiration. The approval or conditional approval of a tentative map shall expire twenty-four months from the date the map was approved or conditionally approved.
(b)
Extension. The person filing the tentative map may request an extension of the tentative map approval or conditional approval by written application to the planning commission. The application shall state the
reasons for requesting the extension. In granting an extension, new conditions may be imposed and existing conditions may be revised.
(c)
Time Limit on Extensions. An extension or extensions of tentative map approval or conditional approval shall not extend the time limits imposed by this section.