Hidden Hills Municipal Code Art. G Design Standards

Access to a division of land shall be by means of an improved public street or an improved private street.

(Ord. 195, 7-6-87)

A. Conformity with General Plan:

1. If the circulation element of the General Plan shows a street so located that any portion thereof lies within a division of land, that portion of the street which is within the division shall be included in the design of the division unless the Planning Agency amends the General Plan to remove or relocate the street so that it is no longer within the division of land.

2. If the Planning Agency determines that the present acceptance and construction of a street or portion thereof is not warranted, the street or portion thereof shall be included in the division of land as a future street.

B. Street Alignment: The alignment of streets shall be such as to provide at least 20 feet of frontage for each lot in the division of land along each abutting street. Lots which abut a major or secondary street, to which access rights are to be relinquished, shall be provided with frontage on a service road or other local street.

1. Center line jogs of 150 feet or less shall be avoided wherever practicable.

2. On any street, no center line curve radius of less than 200 feet shall be provided. A center line having an arc length of less than 100 feet shall not be permitted unless the center line radius is greater than 3,000 feet.

3. Streets shall intersect with other streets and highways as nearly at a right angle as practicable.

C. Street Grades: No street shall have a grade of less than four-tenths of one percent (0.4%) nor more than ten percent.

D. Right-of-Way and Roadway Widths: Streets shall have the following minimum right-of-way and roadway widths:

1. Major Streets: Sixty-four feet of right-of-way. The Planning Agency shall determine whether or not a street is a major street and the appropriate roadway width.

2. Local Streets: Sixty feet of right-of-way. The Planning Agency shall determine the appropriate roadway width.

3. Cul-De-Sac: Fifty-eight feet of right-of-way. The Planning Agency shall determine the appropriate roadway width.

E. Future Streets: The Planning Agency may require that future streets be provided for the future division of lots shown on the tentative map and for the development of adjoining property.

F. Location of Roads with Respect to City Boundary: No road shall be shown as lying adjacent to, crossing or ending upon any boundary of the City without the consent of the Planning Agency.

G. Cul-De-Sac Streets and Dead-End Roads: An adequate turning area, conforming to the specifications of the Building Official, shall be provided at the end of cul-de-sac streets and dead-end roads.

H. Right-of-way Corner: Intersections of road right-of-way lines, where one or both streets are local residential, shall be rounded with a curve having a radius of 13 feet unless otherwise determined by the Superintendent of Streets.

(Ord. 195, 7-6-87; 1994 Code)

A. Lot Area and Width; Compliance with Zoning:

1. Each lot in a division of land shall have an area of not less than the required area for the zone in which the lot is located. Each lot shall have an average width of not less than the required width. Strips of land intended for use as vehicular access shall not be included in calculating average width or required area. Lots, in all cases, shall have a minimum area of one acre (43,560 square feet) and shall have not less than 20,000 square feet of area having not more than 25 percent natural grade in any direction prior to the commencement of any grading on the site. "Natural grade" shall refer to the grade of the property in its original condition prior to commencement of any grading by any person or entity on the site. If a lot does not contain ungraded area equal to 20,000 square feet, then the lot shall be enlarged sufficiently to meet such requirements but need not be made larger than two acres. Any portion of a lot with a width of less than 25 feet shall not be considered as lot area. The minimum width of any lot shall be 150 feet. The portion of a lot within a road easement shall not be included in computing lot area. If 50 percent or more of the lot consists of area of 45 percent or more grade, the total area of the lot must be at least four acres.

2. If a lot is in more than one zone, then the area and width thereof shall be not less than the area and width requirements, respectively, in that zone in which any part of the lot is located which has the largest area requirement and in that zone in which any part of the lot is located which has the greatest width requirement.

B. Side Lines of Lot: In all cases where practical, the side lines of lots shall be at an approximate right angle to or radial to the street upon which such lots front.

C. Lots Abutting Rights-of-way: Wherever practical, divisions of property abutting rights-of-way for freeways, transmission lines and flood control channels shall be designed so as to create lots which back up to said rights-of-way.

D. Exceptions and Exemptions:

1. The Planning Agency may determine that, by reason of circumstances peculiar to the proposed subdivision for the use proposed to be made of the property in the subdivision, the public peace, health, safety and welfare will be protected adequately by lots of lesser frontage or area than that specified in this Section.

2. This Section applies only to future divisions of land within the City and shall not be deemed to limit the existing requirements imposed under the Zoning Ordinance [7] as to lots already legally subdivided.

3. This Section does not apply to any lot which the subdivider offers to deed or dedicate to the City.

(Ord. 195, 7-6-87; 1994 Code)

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See also Section 5-3G-5 of this Article.

The City shall have the right to restrict the erection of buildings or other structures within those portions of lots which are subject to flood hazard, inundation or geological hazard.

(Ord. 195, 7-6-87; 1994 Code)

If the plan of subdivision provides for lots on both sides of the road, the side lines of lots on opposite sides of the road shall, except at cul-de-sacs and at existing property lines, be staggered by not less than 40 feet. If the plan of subdivision provides for lots on one side of a road opposite which there are existing lots or individual properties usable only as single residence sites under valid restrictive covenants or under the existing Zoning Ordinance [8] of the City, the side lines of lots in the proposed subdivision shall be staggered by not less than 40 feet from the side lines of such existing lots or properties on the opposite side of the road.

(Ord. 195, 7-6-87)

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See Chapter 2 of this Title.

No lot shall be divided by a City boundary line. Each such boundary line shall be made a lot line.

(Ord. 195, 7-6-87)