Healdsburg Municipal Code Art. IV Minimum Standards

In all respects, the subdivision shall be considered in relation to the general plan, or any part thereof.

(Ord. 1085 § 1, 2009)

Street and highway design in each subdivision shall be in accordance with the City's general plan, applicable specific plan, public works standard specifications and details, and other applicable agency requirements.

(Ord. 1085 § 1, 2009)

When the rear of any lots border on any major or secondary street, highway or parkway, the subdivider may be required to execute and deliver to the City an instrument, deemed sufficient by the City attorney, prohibiting the rights of ingress and egress to the rear of such lots across the side lines of such streets or highways. When the rear of any lots border any freeway or parkway, the subdivider may be required to dedicate and improve a planting strip adjacent to such parkway or freeway.

(Ord. 1085 § 1, 2009)

All street names shall be as approved by the public works director in consultation with the fire chief.

(Ord. 1085 § 1, 2009)

Where a parcel is subdivided into a tract of lots of one acre or more that can be further subdivided in the future, the lots may be required by the City Council to provide for the extension and opening of streets and alleys.

(Ord. 1085 § 1, 2009)

The subdivider shall grant easements for public rights-of-way, public utilities, emergency vehicle access, and for other public purposes as may be required by the City Council.

(Ord. 1085 § 1, 2009)

The side lines of all lots, so far as possible, shall be at right angles to the street which the lot faces, or radial or approximately radial if the street is curved.

(Ord. 1085 § 1, 2009)

Setback lines based on the applicable provisions of the Healdsburg zoning ordinance shall be indicated on tentative and final maps.

(Ord. 1085 § 1, 2009)

No lot shall be divided by a City boundary line, nor any boundary line between registered (Torrens Title) and unregistered land, nor any boundary line between parcels of registered land under separate ownership. Each such boundary line shall be made a lot line.

(Ord. 1085 § 1, 2009)

Lots having double frontage shall not be approved except where necessitated by topographic or other unusual conditions. The width of each block shall be sufficient for an ultimate layout of two tiers of lots therein of a size required by the provisions of this chapter unless the general layout in the vicinity, lines of ownership, topographical conditions or locations of major or secondary highways justify or make necessary a variation from this requirement.

(Ord. 1085 § 1, 2009)

The subdivider may be required to dedicate and improve walkways across long blocks or to provide pedestrian and/or bicycle access to school, park or other public areas.

(Ord. 1085 § 1, 2009)

The subdivider shall, subject to riparian rights, dedicate a right-of-way for storm drainage purposes conforming substantially with the lines of any natural watercourse or channel, stream or creek that traverses the subdivision, or at the option of the subdivider provide by dedication sufficient easements or constructions, or both, to dispose of such surface and storm waters.

(Ord. 1085 § 1, 2009)

The size and shape of lots shall be in conformance with the zoning ordinance and any specific plan regulations effective in the area of the proposed subdivision, except where an exception is approved per Article VII of this chapter.

(Ord. 1085 § 1, 2009)

Dedication of rights-of-way, easements, and the construction of reasonable on-site and off-site improvements for the parcels being created as part of a subdivision of four or fewer lots shall be in accordance with Government Code Section 66411.1, as the same may be amended from time to time.

(Ord. 1085 § 1, 2009)