Chapter 17.56 — EXCEPTIONS — Sand City Municipal Code

§ 17.56.010. Optional Design and Improvement Provisions.¶

Where a subdivider, by written affirmation, signifies his or her intent to enhance the livability, appearance, health, safety, convenience or general welfare of his or her proposed subdivision by using new concepts in the arrangement, size or shape of lots, internal and external circulation facilities and patterns to serve the lots and the adjacent neighborhood, the standard design and improvement regulations may be modified by the City Council upon making the finding and determination that the development as proposed will provide:

A. Variety in the physical development patterns of the City;

B. Maximum amounts of usable open space within the development;

C. Standards equivalent to the land use and density requirements for the district in which located;

D. Increased privacy and livability within residential properties and neighborhoods;

E. A system of streets and ways which are suitable and adequate to serve the uses proposed;

F. A development which is in harmony with the goals and policies of the general plan and local coastal program and which can be coordinated with the existing development of surrounding areas and any specific plans for the area. (Ord. 84-4 Div. A, Part 5 §1)

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