Santa Clara County Municipal Code Art. 1 Generally

This chapter is enacted to protect and promote the public health, safety, peace, comfort or general welfare and to accomplish more particularly the following purposes:

(a) To provide for the systematic execution of the Circulation Element of the General Plan of the County of Santa Clara, by designating the precise location of planned rights-of-way and limiting the location of buildings and other improvements with respect to planned rights-of-way;

(b) To provide an authentic source of information as to the development of the County for residents and investors.

(Code 1954, § 12.2.1-1; Ord. No. NS-1204, § 1, 4-18-60; Ord. No. NS-1203.23, § 2, 3-18-69; Ord. No. NS-1203.23.1, § 3, 5-21-69; Ord. No. NS-1203.35, § 10, 3-13-78)

This chapter, which is adopted pursuant to Title 7, Division 1, Chapter 3, Article 8 of the Government Code (Government Code § 65450 et seq.), shall be known and cited as the Official Plan Lines Ordinance of the County of Santa Clara.

(Code 1954, § 12.2.1-2; Ord. No. NS-1204, § 1, 4-18-60; Ord. No. NS-1203.23, § 2, 3-18-69; Ord. No. NS-1203.23.1, § 3, 5-21-69; Ord. No. NS-1203.35, § 10, 3-13-78)

No building, structure or other improvement shall hereafter be erected, constructed, enlarged or placed within the official plan lines established by this chapter or amendments hereto, except that this provision shall not apply to garden and agricultural crop planting. All departments, officials and public employees of the County which are vested with the duty or authority to issue permits, licenses, or grant approval of the subdivision of land, shall conform to the provisions of this chapter and shall issue no such permit, license or approval for uses, buildings, structures, or subdivisions where the same would be in conflict with the provisions of this chapter and any such permit, license, or approval, if issued in conflict with the provisions of this chapter, shall be null and void.

(Code 1954, § 12.2.1-3; Ord. No. NS-1204, § 1, 4-18-60; Ord. No. NS-1203.23, § 2, 3-18-69; Ord. No. NS-1203.23.1, § 3, 5-21-69; Ord. No. NS-1203.35, § 10, 3-13-78)

The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation of this chapter:

(a) Map: An illustration, including a drawing, aerial photograph, or photomap, accurately indicating the precise location of a planned right-of-way or portion thereof.

(b) Official plan line: The boundaries and limits of a planned right-of-way, including the future right-of-way of an existing street as it is proposed to be widened and including all lands necessary for the building, widening or maintenance of any road, street, highway, or any other type of public way, which planned right-of-way is based on the General Plan of the County of Santa Clara.

(c) Right-of-way: All or any part of the entire width of a road, street, or highway easement whether or not such entire area is actually used for road, street or highway purposes.

(Code 1954, § 12.2.1-4; Ord. No. NS-1204, § 1, 4-18-60; Ord. No. NS-1203.23, § 2, 3-18-69; Ord. No. NS-1203.23.1, § 3, 5-21-69; Ord. No. NS-1203.35, § 10, 3-13-78)