Needles Municipal Code Art. 19 IV Specifications And Requirements

19-20 Requirements Generally 19-21 Required Improvements 19-22 Streets 19-23 Lots 19-24 Water Supply 19-25 Utility Easements 19-26 Dedication Of Easements, Etc., For Natural Watercourses 19-27 Parking Areas

19-20 Requirements Generally

All sidewalks, curbs, gutters, pavements, sanitary sewer lines, water mains, culverts, street name signs, fire hydrants, street lights and drainage structures in a subdivision shall be installed at the cost of the subdivider, and shall conform to grades and specifications established by the city manager and approved by the city council.

All street names shall be approved by the planning commission and the city council. (Ord. No. 297 N.S., § 2-b.)

19-21 Required Improvements

Every subdivider shall agree to improve all land deeded to streets and easements. Such improving shall include such grading, surfacing or paving, sidewalks, curbs, gutters, shade trees, water mains, culverts, bridges, drains, sewers, permanent subdivision monuments and such other structures or improvements as the city council may deem to be necessary for the public use and safety, all in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.

19-22 Streets

1. Streets in a subdivision shall be arranged to conform with the master plan or major street plan duly adopted by the planning commission, as in force at the time of the filing of the final subdivision map with the planning commission. All streets, as far as if practical, shall be in alignment with existing streets on either side of such subdivision, and in general conformity with the most advantageous development of the area.
2. The minimum width for streets shall be forty feet, and the minimum width for alleys shall be twenty feet.
3. Any street intersecting any other street shall do so at any angle at as nearly a right angle as is practical.
4. No street shall have a grade of more than six percent, except for short stretches where the topography makes it impractical to keep within such grade, and in no event shall such grade exceed ten percent, except where evidence, which is satisfactory to the planning commission, is given that a lower grade is not possible.
5. Lots on street intersections and in all other points likely to be dangerous, in the opinion of the planning commission, shall have a radius of not less than fifteen feet at the street corners. (Ord. No. 251 N.S., §§ 97.03 to 97.10; Ord. No. 111-AC; Ord. No. 126-AC, § 1.)

19-23 Lots

1. Lot area in a subdivision shall be such as will conform to the standards of development as defined by the zoning regulations of the city.

   2. The width of lots shall be such as will conform to standards of development as defined by the zoning regulations of the city or other official plans, provided, that the minimum width of interior lots shall be fifty feet, corner lots shall be a minimum width of seventy-five feet and odd shaped lots shall be subject to individual determination by the planning commission.

   3. The side lines of lots shall be approximately at right angles to the street line on straight streets or to the tangent on curved streets.

   4. Double frontage lots having legal ingress and egress rights on parallel streets should be avoided. All lots shall be suitable for the purpose for which there are intended to be sold.

   5. The planning commission may require that not more than ten percent of the acreage be dedicated for public use, not including the streets.

   6. Each lot in any subdivision hereafter authorized shall consist of not less than five thousand square feet in area, and shall be a minimum width of fifty feet and a minimum depth of one hundred feet.

   7. Irregular shaped lots in any subdivision shall be approved by the planning commission. For such approval the minimum area and average width shall conform to the requirements set forth in this section.

   8. All lots shall have a minimum street/easement frontage as follows:

      Minimum

Zone Street Frontage (feet) Easement Frontage (feet)

R-1 40

R-2 50

R-3 50

CRR 50 or 50

C-1 50

C-2 50

C-3 50

M-1 100

M-2 150

OS -

P -

9. Lots fronting on easements shall require a minimum 26’ paved, 4’ utility.

10. Lots fronting on a cul-de-sac shall have a minimum street frontage of forty feet.

19-24 Water Supply

Water in a subdivision shall be provided from common source and water mains shall be constructed to serve each lot within the subdivided area and shall be of such sizes and design as designated by the city manager and approved by the city council. (Ord. No. 297 N.S., § 2-c.)

19-25 Utility Easements

Where alleys are not required in a subdivision, utility easements twenty feet in width may be required generally through the interior of the block and in approximately the location that would be occupied by an alley. If the easement parallels the boundary of a subdivision, the utility easement shall be ten feet in width.

Overhead utilities should be located, where possible, through the interior of the block along the immediate edge of either alleys or easements, as the case may be.

Utility easements shall be located where possible through the interior of the block, but may be required along side lot lines, where necessary, to provide for street lighting. (Ord. No. 297 N.S., § 2-d; Ord. No. 418 N.S.)

19-26 Dedication Of Easements, Etc., For Natural Watercourses

In the event that a subdivision is traversed by any major watercourse, channel, stream or creek, the subdivider shall dedicate a right-of-way for storm drainage purposes, the side lines thereof conforming substantially to the high water lines of major flow of such watercourse, channel, stream or creek; or, at the option of such subdivider, he may provide by dedication other easements and construction, or either sufficient to dispose of such surface and storm waters, including the satisfactory disposal thereof in the adjoining property. Right-of- way for streets may be required by the planning commission in connection with such dedications or easements, and vice versa. In the case of any reversion to acreage map or any map prepared solely for the purpose of defining existing boundary lines, not right-of-way or easement mentioned in this section shall be required. (Ord. No. 251 N.S., § 97.28.)

19-27 Parking Areas

Special areas for off-street parking of motor vehicles offered for dedication or to be otherwise reserved for public use in connection with proposed business, industrial, unlimited multiple residential, or institutional property in a subdivision shall be subject to determination by the city as to size, location, shape and adequacy, and shall conform to the city’s zoning regulations. (Ord. No. 297 N.S., § 2-e.)