Lincoln Municipal Code Ch. 17.04 General Provisions

The ordinance codified in this title is adopted to supplement and implement the Subdivision Map Act set forth in Division 2, Title 7 of the Government Code of the state of California and may be cited as the "Subdivision Ordinance of the City of Lincoln."

(Ord. 324B §1-1, 1977)

The city council has, in the interest of protecting the health, safety and general welfare of the people of the city, adopted the ordinance codified in this title to carry out the following purposes:

(1) To implement the provisions of the Subdivision Map Act (Title 7, Division 2, Government Code);

(2) To provide policies, standards, requirements and procedures to regulate and control the design and improvement of all subdivisions within the city;

(3) To implement the programs, policies and objectives of the general plan;

(4) To direct the growth of the city and to preserve the essential characteristics of the city.

(Ord. 324B §1-2, 1977)

Neither the approval nor conditional approval of a subdivision map pursuant to this title shall constitute or waive compliance with any other applicable provision of any ordinance of the city or other regulation adopted by the city; nor shall any such approval authorize or be deemed to authorize a violation or failure to comply with other applicable ordinances of the city. Nothing in this title shall be construed to permit the premature or haphazard subdivision of land in derogation of the zoning ordinance or the general plan as they relate to open space.

(Ord. 324B §1-3, 1977)