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Article IV — Design Standards Generally.

Sec. 25-41. - Blocks.

Sonoma County Municipal Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-09-27 · Sonoma County

(a)

Long blocks shall be provided adjacent to main thoroughfares for the purpose of reducing the number of intersections; however, blocks shall not exceed twelve hundred feet in length unless existing conditions justify a variation from this requirement thereto upon their own volition or upon written request of the subdivider.

(b)

Pedestrian ways ten feet in width may be required through the middle of blocks over one thousand feet in length to connect dead end streets, or to provide access to stream, lake, bay or ocean frontage, or such park or playground areas as may be indicated.

(c)

At street intersections, the block corners shall be rounded at the property line by a radius of not less than twenty-five feet, or such other radius as will provide one hundred feet sight distance.

(d)

Sidewalks may be required along all streets in a subdivision where the average area of the lots is less than fifteen thousand square feet.

(Ord. Nos. 965 § 4, 1137 § 4.)

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