§ 17.44

The width of blocks shall ordinarily be sufficient to allow for two tiers of lots with rear easements as required.

(Ord. 143-76 § 2, 1976)

Depth and width of properties reserved for commercial or industrial purposes shall be adequate to provide for development which includes off-street parking and loading areas. (Ord. 143-76 § 2, 1976)

Pedestrian paths at least fifteen feet in width shall be provided across blocks when required for public convenience or access to schools, playgrounds, shopping centers or to other community facilities. All paths shall be improved according to City standards, and shall be delineated in a manner approved by the City Planning Commission; provided that where the average grade of the path right-of-way within a block prior to improvement exceeds fifteen percent, groups of steps of concrete or other approved material shall be placed at appropriate locations in the path. In all paths within which steps are provided, the portion of the path above such steps shall be sloped away from the steps for a minimum distance of five feet. (Ord. 143-76 § 2, 1976)

Block lengths in residential subdivisions shall not normally exceed thirteen hundred and fifty feet.

(Ord. 143-76 § 2, 1976)

Residential lot area shall be as required in the zoning district in which the lot is located. Lot arrangement and design shall be such that lots will provide satisfactory sites for buildings and shall be properly related to topography and to existing and probable future requirements.

For lots on portions of streets having a centerline radius of less than six hundred feet, the average frontages of all lots on both sides of the street within such a portion shall be according to City standards except that no frontage shall be less than thirty-five feet. Lots fronting on the rounded end of a cul-de-sac shall have a minimum frontage of thirty-five feet.

(Ord. 143-76 § 2, 1976; amended during 1990 republication)

In residential subdivisions, corner lots and reverse corner lots shall have an area of at least ten percent greater than that of the minimum lot area required or twenty thousand square feet, whichever is less. Corner lots and reverse corner lots shall have a width of ten feet more than required for an interior lot.

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Union City, CA

SUBDIVISIONS

§ 17.44.060

§ 17.44.110

(Ord. 143-76 § 2, 1976)

Through lots, reverse lots and reverse corner lots shall be avoided except where essential to provide separation of residential development from traffic arteries or otherwise required by topography and/or orientation.

(Ord. 143-76 § 2, 1976)

Side lot lines shall be substantially normal or a radial to street lines. (Ord. 143-76 § 2, 1976)

No subdivision shall be accepted which leaves unsubdivided island strips, or parcels of property unsuited for subdividing and not accepted by the City or other public agency for appropriate use. (Ord. 143-76 § 2, 1976)

Residential lots abutting a major thoroughfare shall normally have frontages on a minor street or collector street.

(Ord. 143-76 § 2, 1976)

All lots created shall be developable and capable of being built upon, unless accepted by the City or other public agency for appropriate use. No subdivision or parcel map shall create lots which are impractical for improvement due to steepness of terrain, location or watercourses or other natural physical conditions.

(Ord. 143-76 § 2, 1976)

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Union City, CA

SUBDIVISIONS

§ 17.48.020

§ 17.48.030

CHAPTER 17.48 PLANTING