The purpose of this article is to protect and improve the master street and highway plan adopted by the city in order to:
(1) 
Serve as a general guide for the development of streets and highways;
(2) 
Promote the public welfare, safety and convenience;
(3) 
Provide a comprehensive guide for capital outlay on streets and highway improvements in the city;
(4) 
Provide an authentic source of information for residents and investors in the city;
(5) 
Obviate the menace to the public safety and the damage to property values resulting from inadequate provisions for traffic thoroughfare.
(Prior code § 22-17)
That certain map entitled "Master Plan of Streets and Highways of the City of Placentia, California," as adopted November 21, 1961, adopted by the city council on the twenty-first day of November, 1961, is on file in the office of the city clerk for the purpose of identification and reference, and is referred to and by this reference incorporated herein and made a part of this chapter as fully and for all intents and purposes as though the same were set forth at length.
(Prior code § 22-18)
For the purpose of this article, and to implement the master street and highway plan as adopted by the city council, the following designations shall be made to streets of more than local importance in the city:
(1) 
Major highway. A highway with a right-of-way width of one hundred twenty feet;
(2) 
Primary highway. A highway with a right-of-way width of one hundred feet;
(3) 
Secondary highway. A highway with a right-of-way width of eighty feet.
(Prior code § 22-19)
The public works director shall develop precise plans for the alignment of all streets shown on the master street and highway plan. Such precise plans shall be adopted and become a part of the master street and highway plan under the provisions provided for in the state law.
(Prior code § 22-20)
No building shall be constructed nor shall a permit for the construction of any building be issued by the building department where the land for such building abuts upon, or any ingress or egress to such building or land is by way of or into or upon any existing highway or street for which minimum street widths have been adopted by the city as a part of the master plan of streets and highways of the city, until and unless the right-of-way for such highways or streets to the width indicated in this article or in the master plan has been dedicated to or vested in the city and such right-of-way has been approved by installation of curbs, gutters and street drainage in full compliance with the requirements of the public works director, or the owner has dedicated or irrevocably offered to dedicate such right-of-way and prepared plans for the improvement and has entered into agreement with the city to make such improvements. In the event an agreement with the city to make such improvements is entered into, the city council shall require that the agreement be secured by a good and sufficient bond or it may accept in lieu thereof a cash deposit which bond or cash deposit shall be in an amount equal to the estimated cost of the improvement.
Such requirement for dedication and improvement of streets shall not include farming of any nature or the conducting of temporary stands for sale of agricultural or farming products grown or produced in or on the premises as an accessory use to the land.
(Prior code § 22-22)
Building setback lines as established by the zoning title of the city or any future ordinance adopted by the city shall be measured from the edge of the right-of-way line as established by the master street and highway plan.
(Prior code § 22-23)
It shall be required of any subdivider filing a map on property adjacent to or abutting on any secondary, primary or major highway in the city to provide for dedication of vehicular access rights to the city along the right-of-way of such streets, except in such points where necessary ingress and egress from such property to such street as determined by the planning commission needs to be provided.
(Prior code § 22-24)
It shall be the duty of the building official to enforce this article. The building official shall not issue any building permit in conflict with the terms of this article and any such permit or license issued in conflict with the provisions of this article shall be null and void.
(Prior code § 22-25)