Paso Robles Municipal Code Ch. 22.20 Design of Improvements

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.

(Ord. 164 N.S. § 5.11, 1951)

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 shall determine 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 rights-of-way.

(Ord. 164 N.S. § 5.12, 1951)

The following general conditions shall apply to street and highway design:

(a) All streets shall, as far as practicable, be in alignment with existing adjacent streets by continuations of the center lines 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 it 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 turn-around. In all other cases a turn-around having a minimum radius of forty feet, shall be required.

(d) 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 or corner cutoff as specified by the city engineer. 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) The center line 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) No street or highway shall have a grade of more than ten per cent unless because of topographical conditions or other exceptional conditions, the city engineer determines that a grade in excess of ten per cent is necessary.

(g) Reserved strips controlling the access to public ways of 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, if placed definitely within the jurisdiction of the city under conditions approved by the planning commission.

(Ord. 164 N.S. § 5.13, 1951)

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 government bodies shall not be of less width than those set forth hereunder, 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: Ninety 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: Sixty feet.

(d) Cul de sac streets and service roads when not over three hundred and fifty feet in length—minimum right-of-way of fifty feet.

(Ord. 164 N.S. § 5.14, 1951)

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 or egress to and from such lots or in lieu thereof if approved by the planning commission, the subdivider shall provide and improve an area approved by the planning commission and adjacent to such lots, for off-street parking purposes as provided by the zoning ordinance of the city as now enacted or hereafter enacted or amended. 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 areas for all lots proposed for commercial usage.

(Ord. 164 N.S. § 5.15, 1951)

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 and egress to 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.

(Ord. 164 N.S. § 5.16, 1951)

When any lots are proposed for commercial or industrial usage, a twenty-four foot paved alley shall be provided at the rear thereof with adequate ingress and egress for truck traffic.

(Ord. 164 § 5.17, 1951)

All street names shall be as approved by the planning commission.

(Ord. 164 N.S. § 5.18, 1951)

Street name changes shall be accomplished by resolution, following the procedure for such changes as set forth in Section 5026 of the Streets and Highways Code of the state of California, provided, that prior to any street name change the city planning commission shall give notice and conduct a public hearing. The planning commission shall submit a report and recommendation to the city council for consideration.

(Ord. 487 N.S., 1984)

Where a parcel is subdivided into lots of one acre or more, the planning commission may require that the blocks shall 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.

(Ord. 164 N.S. § 5.19, 1951)

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 or that 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. Five foot 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.

(Ord. 164 N.S. § 5.21, 1951)

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. The planning commission may recommend the granting of exception to this provision where lots are to be used for commercial or industrial purposes or where there are unusual topographic or other conditions, curved or cul-de-sac streets or other special conditions.

(Ord. 164 N.S. § 5.31, 1951)

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 approximate radial if the street is curved.

(Ord. 164 N.S. § 5.32, 1951)

No lot shall be divided by a city boundary line.

(Ord. 164 N.S. § 5.33, 1951)

Lots without frontage on a street will not be permitted.

(Ord. 164 N.S. § 5.34, 1951)

Lots, other than corner lots, may front on more than one street, where necessitated by topographic or other unusual conditions. The width of each block shall be sufficient for an ultimate layout of two tiers of lots therein of a size required by the provisions of this title unless the general layout in the vicinity, lines of ownership, topographical conditions or location of major or secondary highways justify or make necessary a variation from this requirement.

(Ord. 164 N.S. § 5.35, 1951)

Blocks shall not exceed eight hundred feet in length unless topographical conditions justify a variation from this requirement.

(Ord. 164 N.S. § 5.41, 1951)

The subdivider may be required to dedicate and improve walkways across long blocks or to provide access to school, park, or other public areas.

(Ord. 164 N.S. § 5.42, 1951)

The subdivider shall, subject to riparian rights, dedicate a right-of-way for storm drainage purposes conforming substantially with the lines of any natural water course or channel, stream or creek that traverses the subdivision, or at the option of the subdivider provided by dedication further and sufficient easements or construction, or both, to dispose of such surface and storm waters.

(Ord. 164 N.S. § 5.51, 1951)

The subdivider shall be responsible for payment of a storm drainage fee. Fees will be established from time to time by resolution of the city council. Revenues shall be placed in a separate account entitled "planned local drainage facilities fund" for the purpose of construction of local drainage facilities in accordance with the city-wide storm drainage plan. This fee shall not exempt the subdivider from providing all necessary storm drainage facilities required by the subdivision.

Parcels which are zoned agricultural or are residential zoned and larger than five acres in size are exempt from payment from storm drainage fees.

(Ord. 668 N.S. § 2, 1993; Ord. 442 N.S. § 1, 1979)

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Editor's note— Resolutions amending this section are Resolutions 82-2704, 82-2746 and 84-2933, and are on file in the office of the city clerk.

In all respects, the subdivision will be considered in relation to the master plan of the city and the zoning plan of the city, or any part thereof or preliminary plans made in anticipation thereof.

(Ord. 164 N.S. § 5.61, 1951)

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

(Ord. 164 N.S. § 5.71, 1951)

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.

(Ord. 164 N.S. § 5.81, 1951)