Del Mar Municipal Code Ch. 24.12 Design Requirements

Unless expressly exempted, every subdivision shall comply with the requirements of this Chapter.

(Ord. No. 396)

Suspension of any requirement of this Chapter may be granted by the City Council in a particular case, upon the recommendation of the Planning Commission. Application for such suspension must show that there are special circumstances or conditions affecting the property in question. Also, that such suspension is necessary for the preservation and enjoyment of a substantial property right of the applicant; also, that such suspension, if granted, will not be materially detrimental to the public welfare or injurious to other property in the immediate vicinity.

A. The lot dimension of each proposed lot shall comply with the standards set forth in the Zoning Ordinance.

B. Through lots shall not be allowed unless vehicular access rights are relinquished to one of the abutting streets.

C. Subdivisions abutting prime arterial routes shown on the circulation element of the City Community Plan, railroads, transmission lines, easement and open flood control channels shall be designed so that the lots do not face such rights-of-way.

D. Side and rear lot lines shall be located along the top of man-made slopes instead of at the toe or intermediate locations of said slopes.

E. Irregularly shaped lots shall only be permitted in those locations where varied and irregularly-shaped lot designs are common, and only where the informality of design is consistent with other lots in the vicinity and with the existing neighborhood character.

(Ord. No. 726)

Each lot shall be designed to connect to the public sewer system.

A. Panhandle or flag-shaped lots shall not be permitted in multi-family or commercial zones.

B. Where permitted, panhandle-shaped and flag-shaped lots shall have a minimum frontage of 20 feet on a dedicated public street, except where the panhandle or flagpole portions of such lots are adjacent to one another such that the combined frontage on the public street is not less than 25 feet with each lot having access of record over the panhandle or flagpole portion of the other lot.

All streets shown on a tentative or tentative parcel map shall be in substantial conformance to the circulation element of the General Plan and they shall relate to the existing streets in the areas adjoining the subdivision. Such streets shall conform to any applicable master plans, specific plans or other officially adopted street plans.

Bicycle route and pedestrian trails shall conform to applicable master plans, specific plans or other officially adopted plans. (Government Code § 66475.1)

The design of a subdivision shall provide for future passive or natural heating or cooling opportunities in accordance with Section 66473.1 of the Act.

The design of the subdivision shall provide, to the extent feasible, for the availability of individual household telephone service to each residential unit in the subdivision. (Government Code § 66473.2)