(a) Interpretation. The provisions of these rules and regulations shall be held to be minimum requirements for the protection of the public health, safety and welfare. These rules and regulations are not intended to repeal, abrogate, annul or in any way impair or interfere with existing provisions of other laws or regulations. Where these rules and regulations impose a greater restriction upon land than is imposed or required by such existing provisions of law, resolution, contract or deed, the provisions of these rules and regulations shall control.
(b) Purpose. The purposes of these Subdivision Regulations are:
(1) To protect and provide for the public health, safety and general welfare.
(2) To ensure land to be subdivided is of such character that it can be used safely for building purposes without danger to health or peril from fire, flood or other menace.
(3) To ensure that development subject to the subdivision regulations occurs in accordance with the City’s adopted comprehensive plan, as amended, and other City plans and policies.
(4) To provide for the orderly and beneficial development of the City of Fremont through appropriate growth management techniques assuring the timing and sequence of development and the proper design and construction of major and minor subdivisions.
(5) To ensure land is not subdivided until adequate public facilities and improvements exist and proper provision has been made for stormwater, water, sewerage and capital improvements such as schools, parks, recreation facilities and transportation facilities.
(6) To ensure the proper arrangement of streets, roads or highways in relation to existing or planned streets and roadways, city and county corridor plans, and city and county thoroughfare plans.
(7) To ensure adequate and convenient traffic movement, sidewalk connectivity, utilities, access of fire-fighting apparatus, recreation, light, air, privacy and to avoid congestion of population.
(8) To prevent the pollution of air, streams, rivers and ponds, and to ensure that development subject to the Subdivision Regulations is sensitive to and compatible with environmental considerations.
(9) To ensure the ability of the natural environment to adequately support such development without significant negative consequences, and to ensure critical natural resources, areas and habitats are preserved, conserved and/or protected.
(10) To establish reasonable standards of design and procedures for subdivisions and resubdivisions in order to further the orderly layout and use of land, and to ensure proper legal descriptions and monumenting of subdivided land.
(Ord. 2020-4053. Passed 1-7-21.)