In the subdivision of land lying wholly or partly within the City, the following regulations shall apply, and no tentative or final subdivision map shall be approved by the advisory agency until and unless such map or maps indicate a full compliance with the requirements of this chapter.
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No tentative or final subdivision map shall be approved by the advisory agency unless it finds that the subject property is in compliance with all laws, rules and regulations pertaining to zoning uses, subdivisions, height and setbacks, and any other provisions applicable to the property for which the map is sought, and such zoning violation enforcement fees as established from time to time by the City have been paid. This section shall not be interpreted to impose new requirements on legal nonconforming uses and structures.
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Block Lengths. Blocks shall not exceed 1,500 feet between street lines except where topographic conditions require longer blocks.
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Block Widths. Blocks should be of sufficient width to permit the platting of two tiers of lots of normal depth. No block shall be less than 200 feet wide.
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Relation to General Plan. The street and highway arrangement of every subdivision shall not conflict with the circulation element of the General Plan with respect to the placement of such streets, highways, or ways.
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Relation to Topography. Topographic conditions shall determine the general pattern of blocks, and natural contours shall control the placement and alignment of streets, highways, and ways.
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Relation to Adjoining and Adjacent Street System. Streets may be required to be laid out so as to directly continue the centerlines of the principal existing streets or highways in adjacent or adjoining subdivided areas. In general, such streets shall have a width at least as great as the existing streets.
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Waterfront Streets. In the subdivision of land abutting the Pacific Ocean or tidewater thereof, where conditions warrant, a street, walk, or roadway may be required parallel to the line of mean high tide, and no private development shall be permitted between such street, walk, or roadway and the Pacific Ocean.
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Street Names. The names of new streets shall be subject to the approval of the decision-maker after review by the City Surveyor and shall not duplicate or approximate existing street names where confusion is likely to result.
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Dead-End Streets. Where necessary to give access to or permit a satisfactory subdivision of adjoining land, streets shall run through to the boundary of the property and the resulting dead-end streets may be approved without a turn-around.
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Road Standards. In addition to the foregoing, road standards and principles shall be as prescribed by the City. In cases where the Community Services Director deems that circumstances warrant, minor deviations may be permitted from any of the foregoing requirements or any other requirements adopted by the City pursuant to the terms of this title relating to roads, road standards and specifications.
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Narrow parcels or reserve strips controlling access to streets or highways from adjoining property will not be approved unless the control or disposal of such land is placed under the jurisdiction of the City under conditions satisfactory to the City Council and the advisory agency.
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The advisory agency may require that alleys be provided at the rear of commercial or multiple family parcels.
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Easements for public utility purposes shall be provided at the location and of a width approved by the serving utilities and the advisory agency. Rights-of-way as required by the advisory agency for access shall be provided along all natural watercourses where access is necessary for flood control maintenance and improvement and for other public purposes. Depending on topography, such rights-of-way shall be required to include the natural channel plus a strip of land 20 feet wide on the flat land along the edge of channels which do not exceed 25 feet in width. Such rights-of-way shall include strips of land 20 feet wide on both sides of all natural channels wider than 25 feet. These requirements may be modified or deleted for good cause shown.
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The regulations of Section 16.06.080 may be modified by the advisory agency in the case of a subdivision being developed pursuant to a development plan or open space provisions in accord with zoning regulations. The advisory agency shall prescribe conditions deemed necessary to the public interest.
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In subdividing property, due consideration shall be given to the dedication or reservation of pathways, landscaped rights-of-way and open spaces, of suitable sites for parks, playgrounds, and schools, and the establishing of other open area for public use. The location of these features shall conform to the General Plan.
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Whenever property is proposed to be subdivided for a use or purpose different from that permitted by the applicable zoning regulations, or which is in conflict with the General Plan, a formal request for rezoning of the subject property to appropriate zone districts, and where deemed appropriate by the Planning and Environmental Services Director, a formal request for amendment of the General Plan shall be filed concurrently with the filing of the tentative subdivision map. No tentative subdivision map shall be approved unless and until appropriate changes in zoning regulations to permit the proposed use and purposes of such subdivision have first been recommended and acted upon by the advisory agency in the first instance and by the City Council where its action is needed.
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In all subdivisions, due regard shall be given to the preservation of all natural features such as large trees, natural groves, watercourses, scenic points, historic, spots, and similar community assets which will add attractiveness and value to the property if preserved.
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Fire hydrants may be required where recommended by the Fire Chief and failure to provide for them may be cause for denial for the subdivision or lot split.
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At the time the subdivider presents a final map to the City Council there shall be presented certificates executed respectively by the various public utility companies authorized to serve in the area of the subdivision, certifying that satisfactory provisions have been made with each of such public utility companies as to location of their facilities and that satisfactory easements where required by such companies have been executed and delivered to the certifying companies for recording. Easements for public utility companies shall be designated on the final map as easements for public utilities.
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The advisory agency may authorize modifications from these regulations when in its opinion better design will result. The advisory agency shall prescribe conditions deemed necessary to the public interest and which have a direct relation to the granting of the modification.
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