§ 17.34.020. Street improvements.

A.

Public access to each parcel must be provided by fronting on a county-maintained road or a private road of adequate right-of-way width, as determined by the director of planning.

B.

The street pattern of a subdivision shall not landlock adjacent property or preclude access to public land.

C.

The street system in the proposed land division shall relate, in general, to the existing streets in the area adjoining the proposed land division.

D.

The proposed street plan shall give consideration to the future land division of adjoining undivided property.

E.

All streets shall be designed to serve the proposed use of the abutting land.

F.

Additional right-of-way, over and above that required in the Road Standards, shall be required where necessary to accommodate roadway slopes, drainage structures, and other facilities related to land division improvements.

G.

Design of streets shall make provisions for railroads, parkways, expressways, grade separations, flood control channels, prevailing geological conditions, and local drainage facilities.

H.

Whenever lots of a proposed land division abut on a dead-end road or a cul-de-sac exceeding one thousand two hundred feet in length, or whenever a proposed land division lies more than one thousand two hundred feet from a publicly maintained road, alternate or secondary access shall be provided, unless waived as part of the tentative map review. Improvement of such access shall be determined as part of the tentative map review.

I.

Dead-end and part-width streets shall not be permitted if it is determined that adjacent land use or topographical features will not permit the extension or widening of such streets. Dead-end streets shall be so designed that access to abutting property shall be physically possible.

J.

On land divisions where improvements are not required, the centerline alignment of the street right-of-way shall be so located that future improvements will be feasible and in accordance with county standards and ordinances.

(Ord. 854 § 2 (part), 1987: prior code § 11664.1)

(Ord. No. 1379, § 117, 1-29-2013)