Lomita Municipal Code Art. 4 Design

Access to a design unit or to any lesser unit thereof, if more than one parcel map or final map is to be filed on a design unit, shall be by means of an improved public street or highway.

(Ord. No. 208, § 2, 9-15-75)

If the circulation element of the General Plan shows a highway so located that any portion thereof lies within a design unit, that portion of the highway which is within the design unit shall be included in the design of the division unless the city council determines that there is a reasonable probability that the General Plan will be amended to remove or relocate the highway so that it is no longer within the design unit.

If the city council determines that the present acceptance and construction of a highway or portion thereof is not warranted, the highway or portion thereof shall be included in the design of the division of land as a future street.

(Ord. No. 208, § 2, 9-15-75)

If a center line has been established for a highway, the alignment of the highway shall conform to the established center line. If no center line has been established, the alignment shall conform to the following requirements:

(a) The alignment shall be substantially as shown on the circulation element of the General Plan.

(b) The center line curve radius of a major highway shall be not less than one thousand five hundred (1,500) feet.

(c) The center line curve radius of a secondary highway shall be not less than one thousand (1,000) feet.

(d) Highways shall intersect with streets and other highways as nearly at a right angle as is practical.

(Ord. No. 208, § 2, 9-15-75)

No highway shall have a grade of more than six (6) percent nor less than four-tenths (0.4) of one percent.

(Ord. No. 208, § 2, 9-15-75)

Major highways shall have a width of one hundred (100) feet and secondary highways shall have a width of eighty (80) feet, unless a different width is indicated on the circulation element of the General Plan.

(Ord. No. 208, § 2, 9-15-75)

The alignment of streets shall be such as to provide at least forty (40) feet of frontage for each lot in the design unit not having frontage on a highway and, where necessary, to provide for the future development of adjacent properties. Lots which abut a major or secondary highway, to which access rights are to be relinquished, shall be provided with frontage on a service road or other local street.

(a) Center line jogs of one hundred fifty (150) feet or less shall be avoided wherever practicable.

(b) On any street no center line curve radius of less than two hundred (200) feet shall be provided. A center line having an arc length of less than one hundred (100) feet shall not be permitted unless the center line radius is greater than three thousand (3,000) feet.

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

(Ord. No. 208, § 2, 9-15-75)

No street shall have a grade of less than four-tenths (0.4) of one percent nor more than ten (10) percent except where the city council determines a grade not to exceed fifteen (15) percent to be appropriate.

(Ord. No. 208, § 2, 9-15-75)

Streets and alleys shall have minimum right-of-way and roadway widths as shown in the following cross sections; alternative cross sections may be used where existing improvement patterns or neighborhood design warrants and the city council so finds:

STREETS, STREETS ADJACENT TO SCHOOLS, MULTIPLE RESIDENTIAL USE STREETS

[Figure: Streets Adjacent to Schools Illustration]

Streets Adjacent to Schools Illustration

ALTERNATE CROSS SECTION

[Figure: Alternate Cross Section]

Alternate Cross Section

INTERIOR LOCAL STREETS—ONE-FAMILY RESIDENCES

[Figure: Interior Local Streets]

Interior Local Streets

ALTERNATE CROSS SECTION

[Figure: Alternate Cross Section]

Alternate Cross Section

ALLEY

[Figure: Alley Illustration]

Alley Illustration

*Easement for utility purposes

(Ord. No. 208, § 2, 9-15-75)

The city council may require that future streets and alleys be provided for the future division of lots shown on the tentative map and for the development of adjoining property.

(Ord. No. 208, § 2, 9-15-75)

The city council may require that an alley be provided at the rear of lots which are intended for multiple residential (not including two-family use), commercial or industrial use.

(Ord. No. 208, § 2, 9-15-75)

An adequate turning area, conforming to the specifications of the superintendent of streets, shall be provided at the end of cul-de-sac streets and dead-end alleys.

(Ord. No. 208, § 2, 9-15-75)

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 thirteen (13) feet, unless otherwise determined by the superintendent of streets.

Intersections of road right-of-way lines, where both streets are highways or one of the streets serves a commercial or industrial development shall be rounded with a curve having a radius of twenty-seven (27) feet, unless otherwise determined by the superintendent of streets.

(Ord. No. 208, § 2, 9-15-75)

Where two (2) alleys intersect, a cutoff of not less than ten (10) feet at the intersection of right-of-way lines shall be provided.

(Ord. No. 208, § 2, 9-15-75)

(a) Each lot in a division of land shall have an area, lot width, and street frontage of not less than the required standard for the zone within which the lot is located, unless approved as a planned residential development under section 11-1.30.17 of this title. Strips of land intended for use as vehicular access shall not be included in calculating average width or required area. The required area and the required width shall be the same as those terms are defined in the zoning ordinance. Where said zoning ordinance does not establish a required area or width in a particular zone, the required area shall be five thousand (5,000) square feet. The required lot width for all lots shall be not less than fifty (50) feet along the entire length of the lot, including a minimum of fifty (50) feet of frontage on a fully dedicated street unless approved as a planned residential development under section 11-1.30.17 of this title. A lot fronting on the turnaround portion of a cul-de-sac street may have a minimum frontage of forty (40) feet. A variance from these requirements may be applied for pursuant to article 70 of the Lomita Municipal Code, "Zoning Ordinance Administration."

(b) 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.

(c) This section does not apply to any lot which the subdivider offers to deed or dedicate to the public.

(d) Where public sewers are not available and private sewage disposal is to be used, every lot or parcel or building site shall be of sufficient size to provide for satisfactory sewage disposal for the land use intended.

(e) In all cases where practical, the side lines of lots shall be at an approximate right angle to the street upon which such lots front.

(f) Wherever practical, divisions of property abutting rights-of-way for freeways, limited access highways, railroads, transmission lines and flood-control channels shall be designed so as to create lots which back up to said rights-of-way.

(g) Any lot line created or adjusted after the adoption of this ordinance (July 20, 1992) shall be designed so that flag lots, "L", or other peculiar shaped lots and landlocked lots are not created.

(Ord. No. 208, § 2, 9-15-75; Ord. No. 411, § 2, 12-15-86; Ord. No. 440, § 3, 4-17-89; Ord. No. 498, § 2, 7-20-92; Ord. No. 733, § 2(pt. 2), 9-7-10; Ord. No. 852, § 4(C), 5-16-23)

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

(Ord. No. 208, § 2, 9-15-75)