A.
These regulations are designed to promote the health,
safety, morals and general welfare of the community by establishing
standards for the subdivision of land within the City of El Reno.
B.
The provisions of this chapter are specifically designed
to lessen the congestion on streets, promote the orderly layout and
use of land, secure safety from fire and other dangers, provide adequate
light and air, facilitate adequate provisions for transportation,
water, sewerage, schools, parks, playgrounds and other public requirements,
and protect neighborhood areas from the hazard of through traffic.
C.
These regulations are designed and intended to achieve
the following and should be administered so as to:
(1)
Implement the Comprehensive Plan;
(2)
Provide for conservation of existing standard residential
areas and prevent the development of slums and blight;
(3)
Harmoniously relate the development of the various
tracts of land to the existing community and facilitate the future
development of adjoining tracts;
(4)
Provide that the cost of improvements which primarily
benefit the tract of land being developed be borne by the owners or
developers of the tract, and that the cost of improvements which primarily
benefit the whole community be borne by the whole community;
(5)
Provide the best possible design for the tract;
(6)
Reconcile any differences of interest; and
(7)
Establish adequate and accurate records of land subdivision.
These regulations shall be known as the "Subdivision
Regulations of the City of El Reno, Oklahoma."
These regulations are enacted pursuant to Chapter
256, Oklahoma Municipal Code, Article XLI, Sections 41-101 through
41-115, approved June 17, 1977, by the 36th Legislature of the State
of Oklahoma.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See 11 O.S. § 41-101
et seq.
A.
These regulations shall govern the subdivision of
land in the corporate limits of the City of El Reno, Oklahoma.
B.
These regulations shall apply to the following forms
of land subdivision:
(1)
The division of land into two or more tracts, lots,
sites or parcels, any part of which, when subdivided, shall contain
less than 10 acres in area;
(2)
The division of land, previously subdivided or platted,
into tracts, lots, sites or parcels of less than 10 acres in area;
(3)
The dedication, vacation or reservation of any public
or private easement through any tract of land regardless of the area
involved, including those for use by public and private utility companies;
or
(4)
The dedication or vacation of any street or alley
through any tract of land regardless of the area involved.
No person, firm or corporation shall dispose
of, offer for sale, or lease for any time any lots or blocks in the
City of El Reno which are hereafter laid out before all the requirements
of this chapter have been complied with.
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
A minor right-of-way dedicated to public use which gives
a secondary means of vehicular access to the back or side of properties
otherwise abutting a street, and which may be used for public utility
purposes.
A parcel of land, intended to be used for urban purposes,
which is entirely surrounded by public streets, highways, railroad
rights-of-way, public walks, parks or greenstrips, rural land or drainage
channels, or a combination thereof.
A line or lines designating the area outside of which a building
may not be erected.
The City of El Reno, Oklahoma.
The official body of the City of El Reno, Oklahoma.
The qualified professional planner designated by the City
Council to advise the Planning Commission and Council on matters relating
to the development of the community.
The official plan of the City of El Reno, Oklahoma.
For the purpose of this chapter, density in terms of gross
land area is:
A grant of the use of a strip of land for specific purposes
by the property owner to the public, a corporation, or persons.
A subdivision of a block or other parcel intended as a unit
for the transfer of ownership or for development.
A lot located at the intersection of and abutting on two
or more streets.
A lot which runs through a block from street to street and
which has two nonintersecting sides abutting on two or more streets.
Any division of land by metes and bounds description into
two or more parcels for the purpose, whether immediate or future,
of transfer of ownership. A lot split may also be referred to as a
"minor subdivision."
The division of any tract, block or lot into not more than
four parcels by means of a metes and bounds description; otherwise
known as a "lot split."
The Planning Commission of the City of El Reno as established
by the Municipal Code of Ordinances.[1]
A map of a land subdivision prepared in a form suitable for
filing of record with necessary affidavits, dedications, and acceptances,
and with complete bearings and dimensions of all lines defining lots
and blocks, streets and alleys, public areas, and other dimensions
of land.
A map of a proposed land subdivision showing the character
and proposed layout of the tract in sufficient detail to indicate
the suitability of the proposed subdivision of land.
That portion of any street so designated for vehicular traffic;
and where curbs are in place, that portion of the street between curbs.
The entire width of whatever nature between the property
lines when any part thereof is open to the use of the public as a
matter of right for the purpose of vehicular traffic and/or pedestrian
traffic, and whether designated as a street, highway, thoroughfare,
expressway, road, avenue, boulevard, lane, place, cul-de-sac, or however
otherwise designated.
Any street designated on the thoroughfare plan or Comprehensive
Plan as an arterial, primary arterial, secondary arterial, major street,
or any four-lane street, and/or as may be designated by ordinance
by the City Council, and which is designed to carry intercommunity
traffic and to relate the various neighborhoods within the community.
[Amended 10-1-1996 by Ord. No. 2819]
A street collecting traffic from minor streets and serving
as the most direct route to an arterial street or a community facility.
Any street may be designated by the City Council as a collector street
when it serves, or when extended may serve, more than 50 dwelling
units.
A street which abuts a commercial or industrial zoned property
and is designed to provide access to those parcels so designated.
A minor street having one end open to vehicular traffic and
having one closed end terminated by a turnaround.
A minor street auxiliary to and located on the side of an
arterial street for service to abutting properties and adjacent areas
and for control of access.
A service road or other roadway normally running parallel
to or with an arterial street for the purpose of intercepting traffic
from abutting property and/or intersecting streets for the purpose
of limiting access to the arterial street main roadway.
Any street not specifically classified on the thoroughfare
plan and/or Comprehensive Plan whose primary purpose is to provide
access to adjacent properties.
Any person, firm, partnership, or corporation or other entity
acting as a unit, subdividing or proposing to subdivide land as herein
defined.
The division or redivision of land by map into two or more
lots, tracts, sites or parcels for the purpose of transfer of ownership
or for the development, or the dedication or vacation of a public
or private right-of-way or easement.
The part of an official community plan referring to street
development goals, principles and standards.
