§ 16.16

Upon the filing of an application for waiver of parcel map requirements, the secretary of the planning commission shall send a notice of application to all members of the planning commission. A hearing on the application shall be held at the next regular, adjourned or special meeting of the planning commission held

not less than ten (10) days after the giving of the notice, but in any case not more than thirty-five (35) days after filing of the application. The hearing shall be conducted informally, and the determination of the planning commission shall be final, subject to any legal or equitable remedy available to the applicant, including the right of appeal to the appeals board.

(Prior code § 18-40; Ord. No. 549, § 1, 7-30-2015)

Chapter 16.20 - DESIGN STANDARDS

Sections:

16.20.010 - Street and highway design—Generally.

A.

The street and highway design of a subdivision shall conform both in width and alignment to any master plan of streets and highways prepared by the planning commission, and rights-of-way for any streets or highways indicated on the master plan shall be dedicated.

B.

The street and highway design may be required to conform to any proceedings affecting the subdivision which may have been initiated or approved by the city council or 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 highway, freeway, street or road, the subdivider may be required to either dedicate or withhold from the subdivision all the area included in such right-of-way.

C.

The following general conditions shall apply to street and highway design:

1.

All streets shall be offered for dedication, and private streets shall not be permitted; provided, that exceptions may be approved as provided in this chapter. So far as practicable, streets shall be in alignment with existing adjacent streets by continuations of the centerlines thereof, or by adjustment by curves. Wherever streets are not in alignment, their centerlines shall be offset by not less than one hundred (100) feet.

2.

Street centerlines shall be required to intersect one another at an angle as near to a right angle as is practicable with consideration to topographical conditions.

3.

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 or cul-de-sac streets may be approved without a turnaround. In all other cases, a turnaround shall have a minimum right-of-way radius

of fifty (50) feet and a curb radius of forty (40) feet. No cul-de-sac street shall exceed six hundred (600) feet in length from the center of the turnaround to the centerline of the intersecting street.

4.

Street intersections shall be rounded with curves having a minimum radius of twenty (20) feet at property lines. A greater curve radius may be required of streets intersecting at other than right angles.

5.

The centerline curve radii on all streets and highways shall conform to accepted engineering standards of design.

6.

No major or secondary street shall have a grade of more than ten (10) percent unless, because of topographical conditions or other exceptional conditions, the planning commission determines that a steeper grade is necessary. No street or highway shall have a grade of less than five-tenths of one percent.

7.

Reserved strips controlling the access to public ways shall be under the control of the city council.

(Prior code § 18-17; Ord. No. 549, § 1, 7-30-2015)

Cross reference— As to streets and sidewalks generally, see Title 12 of this code.