Note: Prior history: 1953 Code §§ 9211—9218.2;
Ords. 355, 433, 516 and 922.
The following shall be the standards of design applicable to
any subdivision, street extension or new building site, or any other
project that proposes the opening up, design, construction or creation
of accessways within the city of Laguna Beach by recorded map, recorded
instrument, lease or other agreement contemplated after the effective
date of this section, as amended.
(Ord. 1216 § 2, 1991)
Whenever it is proposed to divide or subdivide land abutting
an arterial or collector street as designated by resolution of the
city council, vehicular access from abutting property shall be restricted
or limited by dedication of such vehicular access rights to the city,
in accordance with the policies established in the general plan. Such
dedication of vehicular access rights to the city shall be designated
upon the title sheet of the final tract map.
(Ord. 1216 § 2, 1991)
The street system in a proposed subdivision or other development
project shall relate to the existing streets in the area adjoining
the subdivision or building site; however, existing local streets
adjacent to the subdivision need not be carried into the new subdivision.
(Ord. 1216 § 2, 1991)
The minimum street pavement width in all cases, excepting access
driveways, shall be twenty feet for two travel lanes, excluding parking
lanes.
(Ord. 1216 § 2, 1991)
Collector streets shall be sixty feet wide (minimum right-of-way).
The minimum street pavement width for collector streets shall be twenty-four
feet for two travel lanes, excluding parking lanes.
(Ord. 1216 § 2, 1991)
Hillside collector streets shall be forty-four feet wide (minimum
right-of-way). The minimum pavement width for hillside collector streets
shall be twenty-four feet for two travel lanes, excluding parking
lanes.
(Ord. 1216 § 2, 1991)
Hillside collector streets with driveway access on one side
only may be reduced to thirty-six feet wide (minimum right-of-way).
The minimum pavement width shall be twenty-four feet for two travel
lanes, excluding parking lanes.
(Ord. 1216 § 2, 1991)
Local streets shall be fifty feet wide (minimum right-of-way).
The minimum pavement width shall be twenty feet for two travel lanes,
excluding parking lanes.
(Ord. 1216 § 2, 1991)
Hillside local streets shall be forty feet wide (minimum right-of-way).
The minimum pavement width shall be twenty feet for two travel lanes,
excluding parking lanes.
(Ord. 1216 § 2, 1991)
Hillside local streets with driveway access on one side only
may be reduced to thirty-two feet wide (minimum right-of-way). The
minimum pavement width shall be twenty feet for two travel lanes,
excluding parking lanes.
(Ord. 1216 § 2, 1991)
Turnarounds shall be sixty-two feet diameter (minimum) and fifty-four
feet diameter paving (minimum). A hammerhead turnaround may be substituted
if designed and constructed to fire department standards.
(Ord. 1216 § 2, 1991)
A hillside turnaround shall be fifty-eight feet diameter (minimum)
and fifty feet diameter paving (minimum). A hammerhead turnaround
may be substituted if designed and constructed to fire department
standards.
(Ord. 1216 § 2, 1991)
Common access driveways shall be sixteen feet wide (minimum)
and sixteen feet paving.
(Ord. 1216 § 2, 1991)
Private access driveways shall be designed and constructed in accordance with the standards contained in Chapter 25.53 (Zoning) and elsewhere.
(Ord. 1216 § 2, 1991)
Half-width streets shall not be permitted excepting that, with
consent of the planning commission, street improvements may be phased
outwards from the centerline.
(Ord. 1216 § 2, 1991)
The basic travel lane widths set forth herein may be increased
as necessary to provide parallel street parking at a rate of not less
than one space per fifty feet of frontage per residential lot. On
curbed streets, such spaces shall be at least six feet wide where
an adjoining walkway exists; all other spaces shall be at least eight
feet wide.
The planning commission may, based on the type of land use,
terrain constraints, or other considerations, increase the basic requirement
as it deems necessary provided, however, that spaces shall not be
decreased unless adequate and accessible provisions are made for a
like quantity and quality of parking.
(Ord. 1216 § 2, 1991)
In all cases, greater right-of-way or pavement width, or both,
may be required where found necessary by the planning commission in
the interest of public safety and welfare.
(Ord. 1216 § 2, 1991)
Design of collector streets or local streets where parkways,
grade separations, or other obstructions, or where exceptional terrain
conditions prevail shall receive special attention, including mitigation
techniques or conditions of approval as necessary to implement these
regulations and the provisions of the general plan.
(Ord. 1216 § 2, 1991)
A street terminating within the boundaries of a proposed subdivision,
the future extension of which is proposed and/or shown to be feasible
shall not come within the meaning of a deadend street but shall be
established at a width and gradient, within the limits prescribed
by this code, in a manner that protects such future extension. Such
street shall be terminated by a turnaround.
(Ord. 1216 § 2, 1991)
The maximum length of a deadend street shall not serve more
than twenty-four building sites, shall not exceed seven hundred fifty
feet in length and shall be terminated by a turnaround.
(Ord. 1216 § 2, 1991)
A turnaround is not required for an access driveway less than
one-hundred fifty feet in length.
(Ord. 1216 § 2, 1991)
An adequate setback from the edge of pavement shall be provided
for street furniture, including hydrants, light standards and other
above-ground obstructions. Such facilities shall not interfere with
any walkway, and shall be set back a minimum distance of six feet
from the edge of pavement or curb face.
(Ord. 1216 § 2, 1991)
(a)
Minimum. Minimum grades for new streets and street extensions shall
be not less than one-half of one percent.
(b)
Ten to Twelve Percent Grades. Grades for new streets and street extensions
between ten percent and twelve percent will be approved only for such
distances as topographical conditions make a lesser grade impractical.
(c)
Variance. Grades for new streets or street extensions exceeding twelve percent, but not in excess of fourteen percent, are allowed only upon the approval of a variance in accordance with Section 25.05.025 of this title.
(d)
Maximum Grades. Grades exceeding fourteen percent are prohibited
for new streets and street extensions.
(e)
Transitions. Grade breaks shall be transitioned by vertical curves
in accordance with accepted and prevailing engineering practice.
(Ord. 1216 § 2, 1991; Ord. 1454 § 2, 2005)
Where street lines within a block deflect from each other with
an angle they shall be connected with a horizontal curve.
(Ord. 1216 § 2, 1991)
Curved streets in nonhillside street locations shall have a
centerline radius of three hundred feet or greater, and eighty feet
or greater in hillside locations.
(Ord. 1216 § 2, 1991)
Street intersection corners shall have a minimum twenty-five
foot curb radius with the property line designed so as not to reduce
the parkway widths.
(Ord. 1216 § 2, 1991)
All street and access driveway intersections shall be at approximately
right angles within a tolerance of twenty degrees within the right-of-way.
(Ord. 1216 § 2, 1991)
(a)
Need for Alleys in Business Districts. Improved alleys twenty feet
wide shall be provided at the rear of all lots in all business districts
unless adequate parking is provided with access through any parking
area for service purposes.
(b)
Alley Intersections—Radius of Corner Cutbacks. All alley intersections
shall have corner cutbacks of not less than a fifteen foot radius.
(c)
Relationship of Alleys to Use. Alleys in the rear of business, industrial
or income property shall be at right angles to the intersecting street
and shall be designed and located according to the specific plan for
the development of the particular use involved.
(Ord. 1216 § 2, 1991)
The maximum length of a common access driveway will be one hundred
fifty feet and such access driveways will be permitted only where
it can be conclusively demonstrated to the satisfaction of the planning
commission that a street of greater width is impractical and that
such a driveway will not be detrimental to public safety or the general
welfare.
(Ord. 1216 § 2, 1991)
Walkways shall have a minimum width of five feet and shall be
improved to city specifications. Sidewalk requirements shall be based
upon the specific needs of the area to be served.
(Ord. 1216 § 2, 1991)
(a)
Along Rear and Side Lot Lines. Easements or rights-of-way shall be
provided for sewers, utilities and storm drains five feet in width
along all rear and side lot lines of all lots or such lots as the
council may in its discretion require.
(b)
In Alley Instead of Along Rear Lot Line. Where alleys are provided
at the rear of lots, said easements and rights-of-way running along
the rear line of said lots may be in the alley and not in the lots.
(c)
Reservations of Right to Build Over Easements. As to any such easements
the subdivider may, with the consent of the council, and by reservation
designated upon the title sheet of the final map, reserve the right
to construct and maintain permanent buildings, structures and improvements
over and across such easements and rights-of-way in any commercial
or industrial zone. Such reservations, when located within the required
setback of any residential or other zone, shall be confined to surface
rights only for minor structures such as fencing, walkways, landscaping
and flatwork. Substantial construction such as pools, buildings and
patio covers shall not be permitted within such reserved areas.
(Ord. 1216 § 2, 1991)
The location of easements for all public utilities required
to serve any subdivision shall be designated on the tentative map.
(Ord. 1216 § 2, 1991)
The location of, and evidence of the existence of, all such
easements shall be designated on the final map.
(Ord. 1216 § 2, 1991)
The minimum size of lots shall conform to the requirements of
Title 25 provided, that in determining such compliance, each building
site has sufficient dimensions to encompass an imaginary rectangle
the width and depth of which is equivalent to the minimum standards
of the zone.
(Ord. 1216 § 2, 1991)
No lot, nor any subdivision, shall be divided by a city or county
boundary line.
(Ord. 1216 § 2, 1991)
Side lines of lots shall be approximately at right angles to
the street line.
(Ord. 1216 § 2, 1991)
Monuments shall be placed at all boundary corners and at such
block corners, angle points, points of curves and intermediate points
as shall be required by the city engineer, or as dictated by accepted
professional surveying practice.
(Ord. 1216 § 2, 1991)
(a)
Facility to Retrace Work. In general, sufficient permanent monuments
shall be set so that any other surveyor or engineer may retrace the
work.
(b)
Specifications—Permanent Monuments. Nothing less substantial
than a one inch (inside dimension) pipe, two feet long set entirely
in the ground filled and surrounded with concrete in which is placed
a copper or brass nail and disc bearing the surveyor's or engineer's
number, shall be considered as a permanent monument.
(c)
Lot Corners. Monument size for lot corners shall be not less substantial
than one-inch pipe.
(d)
Discretion of City Engineer. Where the use of iron pipe as above
specified is deemed to be impractical, the city engineer shall determine
the type of monument to be used in lieu thereof.
(Ord. 1216 § 2, 1991)
All building setback lines and all yards shall be as required
by the zoning regulations. Setback lines in park areas shall be established
so as to control recreational use and building locations as determined
necessary by the planning commission.
(Ord. 1216 § 2, 1991)
No portion of any property shown on the latest county assessor's
tax roll as a unit or contiguous units shall be excluded from within
the boundaries of a subdivision or division of land but may be designated
a "remainder" in accordance with prevailing provisions of state law.
(Ord. 1216 § 2, 1991)
(a)
The subdivider shall improve or agree to improve all streets, arterial
streets, ways, public ways and easements shown upon said final map,
including streets specifically reserved for the private and exclusive
use of lot owners in the subdivision, their licensees, visitors, tenants
and servants, and the improvement of, or agreement to improve, such
streets, arterial streets, ways, public ways and easements shall be
a condition precedent to the approval of the final map. Where such
streets, arterial streets, ways, public ways and easements are offered
for depiction or conveyed to the city for public use, then the improvement
of, or agreement to improve, the same shall also be a condition precedent
to the acceptance to such offer of a dedication or conveyance.
(b)
Such improvements may include, but not be limited to, the construction
of street subgrade and surfacing, drainage devices, sanitary sewers,
domestic water supply facilities, other underground utilities, curbing,
gutters and sidewalks, and any other improvements, facilities and
appurtenances, residents and tenants.
(c)
Provisions shall also be made for the posting, striping and enforcement,
in the case of private streets, of all traffic control devices including
parking restrictions where only the minimum travel lane width is provided.
(Ord. 1216 § 2, 1991)
Building sites created through a subdivision or street extension review and approval process shall be provided by roads with direct access (see Section 25.53.004). Secondary emergency access when required or proposed shall be provided by roads with direct access.
(Ord. 1417 § 3, 2002)
