Tuolumne County Municipal Code Ch. 16.02 General Provisions

Sections:

• 16.02.010 Short title, citation.
• 16.02.020 Authority and applicability.
• 16.02.030 Purpose.
• 16.02.040 Requirements generally.

be known and may be cited as the "Tuolumne County Land Division Ordinance." (Ord. 1562 ' 2 (part), 1987).

A. This title is adopted to supplement and implement the Subdivision Map Act, being Title 7, Section 4, Division 2 commencing with Section 664 1 0 of the Government Code. This title shall regulate land divisions for which the Subdivision Map Act requires a tentative and final or parcel map, except as exempted by Government Code Sections 66412, 66412.1, 66412.5 and 66428, and shall also regulate resubdivisions, parcel mergers, reversions to acreage, and boundary line adjustments. B. This title shall not affect any agreement, bond or contract previously executed with the county with respect to any division of land, any rights accrued thereunder or any previous action to approve a tentative or final map. Conditions of approval and time limitations previously imposed thereon shall prevail, except that any map not previously expired or extended shall henceforth have a basic expiration time as set forth herein. (Ord. 1562 ' 2 (part), 1987).

regulate the division of land to achieve the following purposes: A. To implement the general plan of Tuolumne county which has been adopted by the board of supervisors as a long range, comprehensive guide to physical development of the county. B. To implement the uniform zoning ordinance of Tuolumne county in providing lots of sufficient sizes and appropriate design for the purposes for which they are to be used. C. To provide streets of adequate capacity and design so as to minimize safety hazards to drivers, pedestrians and vehicles. D. To provide for water supply, sewage disposal, storm drainage and other utilities needed for the public health, safety and convenience. E. To preserve the natural assets of the county and to create new beauty through skilled subdivision design, and to provide a means for encouraging orderly development of hillsides and mountainous areas in the county by relating the number and distribution of dwelling units to the topographical, vegetative, geological and hydrological conditions, thus minimizing the dangers to life and property by fire, water pollution, soil erosion and land slippage. F. To establish reasonable standards of design and procedures for subdivisions and resubdivisions. G. To insure proper legal descriptions and monumenting of subdivided land. (Ord. 1562 ' 2 (part), 1987).

to any and all requirements prescribed by law and contained within the provisions of the state subdivision Map Act, as amended, relating to the division of land and the filing of maps thereof, the general regulations set forth in this title for final and parcel maps in the county must be complied with. (Ord. 2864 § 1, 2007; Ord. 1562 ' 2 (part), 1987).

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