Article VI

• A. The street and highway design shall conform both in width and alignment to any master plan of streets and highways approved by the city council, and right-of-way for any such street or highway indicated on said master plan shall be dedicated.

• B. The street and highway design shall conform to any proceedings affecting the subdivision, which may have been initiated by the city council, or approved by said council, upon initiation 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 public freeway or parkway, and the city council determines the boundaries of the right-of-way to be acquired, the subdivider shall either dedicate or withhold from subdivision all the area included in said right-of-way.

(1966 Code § 9070; 1976 Code § 10-3.601; Ord. 69 § V)

• A. All streets shall, as far as practicable, be in alignment with existing adjacent streets by continuations of the centerlines thereof or by adjustments by curves and shall be in general conformity with the plans of the planning commission for the most advantageous development of the area in which the subdivision lies.

• B. Streets shall be required to intersect one another at an angle as near to a right angle as is practicable in each specific case.

• C. 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 streets may be approved without a turnaround. In all other cases, a turnaround having a minimum radius of forty feet shall be required.

• D. Intersection Corner Rounding. Whenever a major street or state highway intersects any other street or highway, the property lines at each block corner shall be rounded with a curve having a radius of not less than thirty feet. On all other street intersections, the property line at each block corner shall be rounded with a curve having a radius of not less than twenty feet. In either case, a greater curve radius may be required if streets intersect other than at right angles.

• E. Curve Radius. The centerline curve radius on all streets and highways shall conform to accepted engineering standards of design and shall be subject to approval by the city engineer.

• F. Grades of Streets and Highways. No street or highway shall have a grade of more than twelve percent, unless, because of topographical conditions or other exceptional conditions, the city engineer determines that a grade in excess of twelve percent is necessary.

• G. Reserved strips controlling the access to public ways or minimizing values for special improvement assessments will not be approved, unless such strips are necessary for the protection of the public welfare or of substantial property rights, or both, and in no case unless the control and disposal of the land comprising such strips is placed definitely within

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City of Millbrae, CA § 10.15.410

MILLBRAE CODE

§ 10.15.450

the jurisdiction of the city under conditions approved by the planning commission. (1966 Code § 9071; 1976 Code § 10-3.602; Ord. 69 § V)

Streets and highways not shown on any master street and highway plan, or not affected by proceedings initiated by the city council or approved by the city council upon initiation by other legally constituted governmental bodies, shall not be of less width than those set forth under this chapter, except where it can be shown by the subdivider, to the satisfaction of the planning commission, that the topography of the small number of lots served and the probable future traffic development are such as to unquestionably justify a narrower width. Increased widths may be required where streets are to serve commercial property, or where probable traffic conditions warrant such. Approval or determination of street or highway classification shall be made by the planning commission.

• A. Major streets or highways, minimum right-of-way: eighty-six feet in commercial areas and eighty feet in residential areas;

• B. Secondary streets or highways, minimum right-of-way: sixty feet. The planning commission may require up to eighty feet where street may become a major street at some future date;

• C. Local streets, minimum right-of-way: fifty feet;

• D. Cul-de-sac streets and service roads when not over three hundred fifty feet in length, minimum right-of-way of fifty feet.

(1966 Code § 9072; 1976 Code § 10-3.603; Ord. 69 § V)

When the front of any lots proposed for commercial usage front on any major or secondary street or highway, the subdivider shall be required to dedicate and improve a service road to provide ingress to or egress from such lots or, in lieu thereof, if approved by the planning commission, the subdivider may dedicate for public use and improve an area approved by the planning commission and adjacent to such lots, for off-street parking purposes. When the front of any lots proposed for residential usage front on any freeway, state highway or parkway, the subdivider shall dedicate and improve a service road at the front of such lots, unless such is already existent as a part of such freeway or parkway. In addition to any requirement for a service road, the planning commission may require adequate off-street parking area for all lots proposed for commercial usage.

(1966 Code § 9073; 1976 Code § 10-3.604; Ord. 69 § V)

When the rear of any lots border 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 right of ingress to and egress from the rear of such lots across the side lines of such streets or highways. When the rear of any lots border any freeway, state highway or parkway, the subdivider may be required to dedicate and improve a planting strip adjacent to such parkway or freeway.

(1966 Code § 9074; 1976 Code § 10-3.605; Ord. 69 § V)

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City of Millbrae, CA

PLANNING AND ZONING

§ 10.15.450

§ 10.15.490

When any lots are proposed for commercial or industrial usage, alleys at least thirty feet in width may be required at the rear thereof with adequate ingress and egress for truck traffic. (1966 Code § 9075; 1976 Code § 10-3.606; Ord. 69 § V)

All street names shall be as approved by the planning commission. (1966 Code § 9076; 1976 Code § 10-3.607; Ord. 69 § V)

Where a parcel is subdivided into lots of one acre or more, the planning commission may require that the blocks be of such size and shape, and be so divided into lots, as to provide for the extension and opening of streets and alleys at such intervals as will permit a subsequent division of any parcel into lots of normal size.

(1966 Code § 9078; 1976 Code § 10-3.608; Ord. 69 § V)

• A. The subdivider shall grant easements not less than five feet in width for public utility, sanitary sewer and drainage purposes on each side of rear lot lines, along side lot lines, and in planting strips wherever necessary, provided easements of lesser width may be allowed when at the determination of the city engineer the purposes of easements may be accomplished by easements of lesser width; and provided further, that in such determination the city engineer shall prescribe the width of such easements. Easements for overhead wire lines shall be provided at the rear of all lots except where alleys are available, and in contiguous locations to permit of anchorage, line continuity, ingress and egress. Dedication of easements shall be to the city for the purpose of installing utilities, plantings, strips and for other public purposes as may be ordered or directed by the city council.

• B. As an alternative to providing the minimum required lot frontage along a dedicated street, road, or highway, the subdivider, at the city's sole discretion, shall create an easement of not less than twenty-five feet in width and not more than one hundred twenty-five feet in length from a lot to a dedicated street, road, or highway.

• (1966 Code § 9079; 1976 Code § 10-3.609; Amended by Ord. 691 § 3; Ord. 69 § V)

• A. The size and shape of lots shall be in conformance to any zoning regulations effective in the area of the proposed subdivision and shall not be less than fifty feet in width, nor less than five thousand square feet in area, nor less than eighty feet in depth; provided, that for corner lots the width shall not be less than sixty feet, nor less than six thousand square feet in area. The planning commission may recommend the granting of exceptions to this provision, where lots are to be used for commercial or industrial purposes, or where there are unusual topographic conditions, curved or cul-de-sac streets or other special conditions.

• B. 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.

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City of Millbrae, CA § 10.15.490

MILLBRAE CODE

§ 10.15.540

• C. Building setback lines shall be indicated by dotted lines on the subdivision map, as required by the planning commission.

• D. Divided Lots. No lots shall be divided by a city boundary line.

• E. Lots without frontage on a dedicated street, road or highway will not be permitted and such street frontage shall not be less than thirty-five feet.

• F. Lots, other than corner lots, may front on more than one street where necessitated by topographic or other unusual conditions.

(1966 Code § 9080; 1976 Code § 10-3.610; Amended by Ord. 250 § 1; Ord. 69 § V)

The subdivider may be required to dedicate and improve walkways across long blocks or to provide access to school, park, or other public areas. (1966 Code § 9081; 1976 Code § 10-3.611; Ord. 69 § V)

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 further and sufficient easements or construction, or both, to dispose of such surface and storm waters.

(1966 Code § 9082; 1976 Code § 10-3.612; Ord. 69 § V)

In all respects, the subdivision will be considered in relation to the master plan of the city, or any part thereof, or preliminary plans made in anticipation thereof. (1966 Code § 9083; 1976 Code § 10-3.613; Ord. 69 § V)

A copy of the deed restrictions applicable to the subdivision shall be filed with the planning commission at the time of filing final map.

(1966 Code § 9084; 1976 Code § 10-3.614; Ord. 69 § V)

If any portion of any land, within the boundaries shown on any such final map, is subject to overflow, inundation or flood hazard by storm waters, such fact and said portion shall be clearly shown on such final map enclosed in a border on each sheet of said map. (1966 Code § 9085; 1976 Code § 10-3.615; Ord. 69 § V)

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City of Millbrae, CA

PLANNING AND ZONING

§ 10.15.550

§ 10.15.560