§ 28-4. HIGHWAY AND STREET DESIGN.

A division of land shall have adequate access to a dedicated and improved street or highway and shall make provisions for the dedication of necessary public rights-of-way, including but not limited to, streets, utility easements, or dedications required by the provisions of subsection 28-6.4 of this Chapter within or adjacent to the division of land. Dedications may be required as a condition of approval of a tentative map submitted for the purpose of reverting to acreage land previously subdivided.

If the Master Plan of Highways, the Street Plan, or the Circulation Element of the General Plan of the City shows any highway so located that any portion thereof lies within any proposed division of land, such portion shall be shown as a highway or part of a highway within such division of land in the general location shown on such Master Plan of Highways, Street Plan, or Circulation Element unless the Planning Commission determines that there is a reasonable probability that one or more of such plans will be so amended as to remove or change the location of any portion of such highway within the proposed division of land.

• a. Each major or secondary highway shall conform in width and substantially in alignment with that

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City of Compton, CA § 28-4.3

LAND SUBDIVISION

• b. A major highway shall have a minimum right-of-way width of 100 feet and a minimum roadway width of 80 feet.

• c. A secondary highway shall have a minimum right-of-way width of 80 feet and a minimum roadway width of 60 feet.

• d.

  • The center line curve radius of a major highway shall be not less than 1,500 feet.

• e.

• The center line curve radius of a secondary highway shall be not less than 1,000 feet.

Any part width major or secondary highway or any reservation thereof lying adjacent along and adjacent to any boundary of a division of land shall have such width as will conform to the lines shown, on the Master Plan of Highways, the Street Plan, or the Circulation Element of the General Plan of the City covering the same portion of such division of land.

No highway or street shall have a grade of more than 6% except where evidence, which is satisfactory to the Planning Commission, is given that a lower grade is not possible due to topography. The Planning Commission shall base its decision on the report prepared by the City Engineer.

Wherever it is proposed to subdivide for residential purposes so that the rear lot limits are adjoining a major or secondary highway as shown on the Circulation Element of the General Plan of the City, the Master Plan of Highways, or the Street Plan, a concrete block wall six feet in height shall be erected on such rear lot lines, and vehicular access rights to such street or highway shall be dedicated to the City. Vehicular access to and from a major or secondary highway which abuts a rear lot line and exists on October 3, 1968, shall be prohibited.

The prohibitions against access to or from a major or secondary highway which abuts a rear lot line shall not apply to the north side of Greenleaf Boulevard between Wilmington Avenue and a point lying 300 feet easterly from the center line of Central Avenue.

• a. Residential entrance streets from a major or secondary highway, through collector streets, streets adjacent to schools, and medium-density and high-density residential streets shall have a minimum right-of-way width of 60 feet, a minimum roadway width of 40 feet, and a minimum sidewalk width of four feet.

• b. Interior collector streets, including dead-end streets, in a division of land to be used for low-density residential use, except as provided herein, shall have a minimum right-of-way width of 54 feet, a minimum roadway width of 40 feet, and a minimum sidewalk width of four feet.

• c. Dead-end streets designed to remain as such in residential divisions of land shall have a minimum right-of-way turning radius of 40 feet at the dead end thereof.

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City of Compton, CA § 28-4.7

COMPTON

§ 28-4.14

• d. Service roads adjacent to major or secondary highways shall have a minimum right-of-way width of 42 feet, a minimum roadway width of 34 feet, a minimum sidewalk width of four feet, and a minimum parkway width of two feet on the highway side of such service road.

• e. All alleys in a residential division of land shall have a minimum right-of-way and roadway width of 25 feet, and all alleys in a commercial or industrial division of land shall have a minimum right-ofway and roadway width of 30 feet.

• f. Commercial and industrial entrance streets from a major or secondary highway shall have a minimum right-of-way width of 74 feet and a minimum roadway width of 64 feet.

• g. Commercial and industrial collector streets, including dead-end streets, shall have a minimum rightof-way width of 56 feet and a minimum roadway width of 46 feet.

• h. Dead-end streets designed to remain as such in commercial and industrial divisions of land shall have a minimum right-of-way turning radius of 45 feet at the dead end thereof.

On any street or highway, other than a major or secondary highway, a center line curve radius of not less than 200 feet shall be provided unless sufficient evidence is offered to the Planning Commission by the subdivider to show that a 200-foot radius is not applicable.

The alignment of streets shall be such as to provide frontage for all lots in a division of land and, where necessary, for the future development of adjacent properties.

Any highway or street intersecting any other highway or street shall intersect it at an angle as nearly a right angle as practicable.

Where two alleys intersect, a cutoff of not less than 15 feet along each alley shall be provided.

Except as may be provided in subsection 28-4.13, an alley 30 feet in width shall be provided at the rear of all lots in a division of land fronting on a major or secondary highway where such lots are to be used for, or zoned for medium-density or high-density residential uses, commercial uses, or industrial uses.

Whenever it is proposed to subdivide property abutting and facing a major or secondary highway, a service road or other local street shall be provided unless the circumstances of such property or of adjoining property render it inadvisable or undesirable. If a service road or local street is not required, the subdivider shall dedicate the right of vehicular access to such major or secondary highway to the City and shall provide an alley not less than 25 feet in width at the rear of such lots unless the Planning Commission finds it inadvisable, undesirable, detrimental to adjoining property, or contrary to the best community design.

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City of Compton, CA § 28-4.14

LAND SUBDIVISION

§ 28-4.17

• a. Intersections of local residential streets shall have a minimum property line radius of 15 feet.

• b. Intersections of local residential streets with secondary highways shall have a minimum property line radius of 20 feet.

• c. Intersections of local residential streets with major highways shall have a minimum property line radius of 25 feet.

• d. Intersections of two secondary highways or intersections of secondary highways with major highways shall have a minimum property line radius of 30 feet.

• e. Intersections of two major highways shall have a minimum property line radius of 35 feet.

• f. Intersections of two industrial streets, two commercial streets, or of industrial and commercial streets shall have a minimum property line radius of 27 feet.

Each parcel of land created by a minor land division described by paragraph a of subsection 28-1.7 shall be provided with a means of vehicular access as provided by this subsection. For the purposes of this subsection and subsection 28-9.1, the term "on-site access" shall refer to a proposed easement for vehicular access which is located within the boundaries of a minor land division, and the term "off-site access" shall refer to an easement for vehicular access which is located outside the boundaries of a minor land division and is not an improved or maintained public street or highway. Off-site access shall be documented by either a recorded easement or a policy from a title insurance company which delineates and insures the existence of a valid easement. A parcel of land shall be deemed to have approved access when either of the following conditions applies:

• a. The parcel of land has a frontage on an improved or maintained public street or highway or on an approved off-site access which connects with an improved or maintained public street or highway; or

• b. The parcel of land has frontage on a proposed easement for on-site access, as shown on an approved plot plan map, and such proposed easement connects directly or by means of approved off-site access with an improved or maintained public street or highway.

Proposed easements for on-site access shall be located so as to provide for the future development of parcels adjacent to them.

In case of undue hardship, the Planning Director may determine that an acceptable alternate access to an improved or maintained public street or highway is a proposed street or highway shown on the Master Plan of Highways, the Street Plan, or the Circulation Element of the General Plan of the City unless the Planning Director finds that there is a reasonable probability that any of such plans will be amended so as to remove or relocate that portion of the proposed highway which would serve as the alternate access to an improved or maintained public street or highway.

Whenever any highway within a division of land intersects a railroad right-of-way, and such highway is shown as a major or secondary highway upon the Circulation Element of the General Plan of the City,

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City of Compton, CA § 28-4.17

COMPTON

§ 28-4.22

the Street Plan, or the Master Plan of Highways and provision is made in such plans of highways for the location of a separation of grades at such intersection, the street layout of the division of land shall be such as to conform to the plan of such separation.

Each lot abutting upon a proposed cut or fill necessary for the approach to such grade separation shall be given suitable access elsewhere.

Whenever it is proposed to divide property abutting an approach to an existing or proposed bridge, the division shall be arranged so that any lot abutting such approach has suitable access elsewhere, and the street layout adequately provides for such approach.

Whenever the Planning Commission shall have determined that a street is necessary for the future division of land of the property as shown on the tentative map or for adjoining property, but the present construction of such street is not warranted, the Planning Commission may require that the location, width, and extent of such street be shown on the final map as a street. No improvement of such street shall be required of the subdivider.

If any portion of the division of land, including streets and highways, is subject to sheet overflow or ponding of local storm water, or should the depth of ground water be less than 10 feet from the ground surface, the Planning Commission shall so inform the Real Estate Commissioner of the State.

Public utility easements may be required upon the recommendation of the serving utilities. Such easements shall be shown on the final map.

Subsequent to filing a tentative map and prior to filing the final map or parcel map, easements granted or recorded within the proposed rights-of-way shown on the tentative map shall be subordinated to the road easements.

The provisions of this section shall cease to have effect upon lapse of the approval or conditional approval of the tentative map or after withdrawal of the tentative map.

Any subdivider who, within three years or less, develops or completes the development of one or more subdivisions comprised of a single parcel or contiguous parcels having more than 400 dwelling units within the Compton Unified School District, which maintains an elementary school, shall dedicate to the school district such land as the Council shall deem to be necessary for the purpose of constructing thereon schools necessary to assure the residents of the subdivision adequate elementary school service.

The provisions of this subsection shall not be applicable to the subdivider who has owned the land being subdivided for more than 10 years prior to the filing of the tentative map in accordance with the provisions of Article 4 (commencing with Section 11550), Chapter 2, Part 2, Division 4 of the Business and Professions Code of the State.

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City of Compton, CA § 28-4.22

LAND SUBDIVISION

§ 28-4.23

The requirement of dedication shall automatically terminate unless the school district offers to enter into a binding commitment with the subdivider to accept the dedication within 30 days after the requirement is imposed by the City. The required dedication may be made at any time prior to the construction of the 401st dwelling unit,

If the land is not used by the school district as a school site within 30 years after dedication, the subdivider shall have the option to repurchase the property from the school district for the amount paid therefor.

The school district to which the property is dedicated shall record a certificate with the County Recorder. Such certificate shall contain the following information:

• a. The name and address of the subdivider dedicating the property;

• b. A legal description of the real property dedicated;

• c. A statement that the subdivider dedicating the property has an option to repurchase the property if it is not used by the school district as a school site within 30 years after dedication; and

• d. Proof of the acceptance of the dedication by the school district and the date of the acceptance.

The certificate shall be recorded not more than 10 days after the date of acceptance of the dedication. The subdivider shall have the right to compel the school district to record such certificate, but until such certificate is recorded, any rights acquired by any third party dealing in good faith with the school district shall not be impaired or otherwise affected by the option right of the subdivider.

"Dwelling unit," as used in this section, shall mean a place of residence and may be located in either a single or multiple dwelling unit building.

If any subdivider is aggrieved by, or fails to agree to the reasonableness of, any requirement imposed pursuant to the provisions of this section, he may bring a special proceeding in the superior court as provided by law.

The Planning Commission may, as a condition precedent to the approval of a residential subdivision map, require the dedication of land, or fees in lieu thereof, for park or recreational purposes wherever it is reasonable to do so in view of its studies and investigations and in consideration of the circumstances surrounding or within the portion of the City in which such subdivision is located and the size and character of such subdivision provided that the land, fees, or combination thereof is to be used for the purpose of providing park or recreational facilities to serve the subdivision.

The size, shape, and location of the land so dedicated shall be approved by the Planning Commission as to the suitability of the land for park and recreational purposes.

The amount of the land so dedicated shall be a proportion of the total land contained in the subdivision. Such proportion shall be determined by the application of the following table:

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Net Density at Which Land May or Will be Percentage of Gross Area To Be Dedicated
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5 dwelling units per acre or less 2.0%
6 through 9 dwelling units per acre 3.5%
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City of Compton, CA § 28-4.23

COMPTON