Victorville Municipal Code Art. 5 Standards and Design

To insure that a proposed subdivision shall reflect the best interest of the City, all subdivisions shall conform to the standards for subdivision design of this Title and all improvements and design not otherwise set forth in this Title, and required in connection with the subdivisions shall conform to the Standard Specifications for Public Improvements of the City which shall be adopted by resolution of the City Council. It is the intent of this Chapter that the standard specifications shall be supplementary to provisions of this Title.

The design and layout of all required streets shall comply with the following requirements:

(a) The Circulation Element and all other related provisions of the General Plan;

(b) The provisions of this Chapter and the Standard Specifications for Public Improvements;

(c) Where the subdivision adjoins unsubdivided land, streets in the subdivision shall ordinarily be extended to the adjacent unsubdivided land as prescribed by the City Planning Commission to provide access to the unsubdivided land in the event of its future subdivision.

(d) All streets shall normally intersect as nearly as possible at right angles. Streets entering upon opposite sides of any given street shall have their centerlines directly opposite each other or the centerlines shall be offset by at least one hundred fifty feet for all minor residential streets and two hundred feet for all other streets.

(e) The length of cul-de-sac streets in a residential subdivision shall not exceed five hundred feet in length. Property line radius shall be fifty feet. The length of cul-de-sac streets and property line radius within a nonresidential subdivision shall be determined by the City and fire chief.

(f) Grade of streets shall be not less than .4% and shall not be greater than 10% for local streets and 7% for arterial and collector designated streets, unless otherwise approved by the City Engineer.

(g) All subdivisions shall be connected to a dedicated public street that is within the City, County or State maintained system. Paved roads within the City, County or State maintained system shall be considered as dedicated for the purpose of this Section.

(h) The Planning Commission may require greater street widths and improvements on streets serving multiple residential, commercial or industrial subdivisions, whenever it determines that due to the size, location, the conditions in the surrounding area or the topographical conditions existing in the proposed subdivision such a requirement would promote public safety, health and welfare.

(i) Streets, curbs, gutters, sidewalks, alleys, bicycle and pedestrian ways shall be designed in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter and the Standard Specifications for Public Improvements.

(j) Bicycle paths shall be provided for in accordance with the adopted Non-Motorized Transportation Plan. Bicycle paths shall conform to the Plan and the Standard Specifications for Public Improvements.

It shall be the duty of the City Manager or his/her designee to review and approve all proposed street names on any tentative map. The street names shall be derived from a Planning Commission-approved master list of street names on file in the planning department. Street names other than those on the approved list can be submitted for approval by the Planning Director at the time of submittal of a tentative map.

(Ord. No. 2388, § 3, 3-19-19)

The design and layout of the lots shall comply with the following requirements:

(a) The width of blocks shall be sufficient to allow for two tiers of lots with easements along rear lot lines as required;

(b) In determining the permissible minimum lot area of lots, the area of all public utility transmission line easements, even though included in the lot design, shall not be included in the area of the lot;

(c) In a residential subdivision, reverse corner lots shall not exceed three percent of the total lot count;

(d) Through lots, flag lots, reverse frontage lots and reverse corner lots shall be avoided except where essential to provide a separation of residential development from traffic arteries or where otherwise required by topography and/or orientation;

(e) Side lot lines shall be substantially perpendicular or radial to street lines; however, in order to prevent skewed side lot lines because of subdivision design or orientation, the Planning Commission may allow non-perpendicular or non-radial side lot lines;

(f) Lots fronting on the turnaround portion of a cul-de-sac, or on the exterior curve of a street, shall have a minimum of thirty feet of frontage, and shall be no less than the minimum required lot width of the zone district at the front yard building setback;

(g) Single-family residential lots abutting any major arterial, arterial or collector street shall not front or have access rights to such streets. The Planning Commission may allow, however, single-family residential lots one-half acre or larger in size with frontages of one hundred feet or greater to front on and have access rights to arterial or collector streets. Lots rearing onto collector streets shall provide an additional ten foot wide lettered lot dedicated to the City to establish a Landscape Maintenance Assessment District. Lots rearing or siding onto arterial streets shall provide an additional seven foot wide lettered lot for the establishment of Landscape Management Assessment District (LMAD). Where an LMAD meets a street intersection, the LMAD shall provide a 45 degree taper cutoff that maintains the minimum LMAD width at the mid-point of the cutoff;

(h) Where a residential subdivision abuts commercially or industrially zoned property, a street (to serve as a buffer) shall be provided along the lot line abutting the commercially or industrially zoned property. The street shall contain adequate width to allow for the installation of landscaping along the common lot line on a lettered lot dedicated to the City to establish a Landscape Maintenance Assessment District. Further, the subdivision shall be designed to eliminate residential units fronting on the street serving as the buffer, unless the subdivider can demonstrate sufficient constraints which necessitate it. In lieu of the required street and landscaping, the Planning Commission may substitute the requirement with an alternative of sufficient width to serve as the buffer. In addition to the buffer requirement, a minimum six-foot solid masonry wall shall be provided along the common lot line between the buffer and the commercial or industrial properties.

(Ord. No. 2302, § 1, 10-15-13)