[Amended 12-12-1988 by Ord. No. 1491]
This chapter is enacted for the following purposes: to assure
sites suitable for building purposes and human habitation and to provide
for the harmonious development of the City of Warren; for the coordination
of existing streets with proposed streets, parks or other features
of the official street plan of said City; for ensuring adequate open
spaces for traffic, recreation, light and air and for the proper distribution
of population, thereby creating conditions favorable to the health,
safety, morals and general welfare of the citizens of the City of
Warren.
[Amended 12-12-1988 by Ord. No. 1491]
The regulations adopted by this chapter shall be known as and
may be cited as "Warren City Subdivision Regulations."
The approval of any subdivision plan shall be based upon considerations as set forth in § 415-1 of this chapter, and approval shall also be based upon the following considerations:
A.
Recognition of a desirable relationship of the development proposed
to the general land form, topographic and geologic character, to natural
drainage and surface water runoff, and to the groundwater table.
B.
Recognition of a desirable standard of subdivision design, including
adequate provision for pedestrian and vehicular traffic, and for suitable
building sites for the contemplated land use.
C.
Preservation of such natural assets as ponds, streams, shrubs, trees
and watershed areas.
D.
Provisions for adequate and safe water supply, sewage disposal, storm
drainage and other utilities.
No subdivision of any lot, tract or parcel of land into one
or more additional lots, tracts or parcels for residential, commercial
or industrial purposes shall be effected; no street, sanitary sewer,
storm sewer, water main or other facilities in connection therewith
shall be laid out, constructed, opened or dedicated for public use
or travel, or for the common use of occupants of buildings abutting
thereon, except in strict accordance with the provisions of these
regulations.
[Amended 12-12-1988 by Ord. No. 1491]
No lot in a subdivision may be sold, leased or rented; no permit
to erect, alter or repair any building upon land in a subdivision
may be issued; and no building may be erected unless and until a subdivision
plan has been approved by City Council and recorded in the County
Recorder's office, and until the improvements required by the
City Council in connection therewith have been constructed or guaranteed
as hereinafter provided.
