TITLE 16
SUBDIVISIONS
SUBDIVISIONS
SECTION:
16.02.010: Title
16.02.020: Policy
16.02.030: Purpose
16.02.040: Master Plan
16.02.050: Authority
16.02.060: Jurisdiction
16.02.070: Reserved
16.02.080: Delegation Of Authority
16.02.090: Interpretation
16.02.100: Conflict With Public And Private Provisions
16.02.110: Amendments
16.02.120: Conditions
16.02.130: Resubdivision Of Land
16.02.140: Vacation Or Abandonment Of Streets, Easements Or Plats, And Reversion To Acreage
16.02.150: Planned Unit Development (PUD), Condominium Or Cooperative Development
A. It is the policy of the county to consider the subdivision of land, and the subsequent development of the subdivided plat, as subject to the control of the county pursuant to the master plan to assure orderly, planned, efficient, and economical development.
B. Land to be subdivided shall be of such character that it can be used safely for building purposes without imminent danger to health or from fire, flood, earthquake, or other menace, and land shall not be subdivided until proper provision has been made for public facilities and improvements such as drainage, water, sewerage, schools, parks, recreation, transportation, and utilities.
C. The existing and proposed public improvements shall conform to and be properly related to the proposals shown in the master plan and the public improvement program. It is intended that these regulations shall supplement and facilitate the enforcement of the provisions and standards contained in the building and housing codes and in the zoning ordinance. (Ord. 209A, 2010)
This title is adopted to regulate the division of land and to require the construction of certain prescribed improvements which are needed as a consequence of the division of land. The design, improvement, mapping and sale of subdivision lots and parcel map lots, and the division of land into large parcels are regulated by Nevada Revised Statutes chapters 278, 278A and 117 and by this title. Specific purposes are as follows:
A. To promote public health, safety, convenience and general welfare by ensuring development of land in a manner consistent with community objectives as set forth in the master plan and subarea plans;
B. To preserve and protect the natural environment and to safeguard against excessive stormwater runoff, erosion and flooding;
C. To ensure, at the time of land division, the provision of adequate water supply, storm drainage, sewage disposal, and other utilities, services and improvements needed as a consequence of any change or intensification of the land use;
D. To encourage conservation of natural resources, e.g., streambeds, ridgelines, scenic areas, currently assuring coordination with a system of open space and trails;
E. To facilitate, through orderly design and development, law enforcement, fire protection and other services;
F. To safeguard the general welfare by limiting the division of land in proposals for major development in isolated areas where provision of public services results in excessive costs and low efficiency of service;
G. To ensure that governmental maintenance costs are minimized by requiring timely and coordinated installation of improvements adequate in size and quality;
H. To provide road rights of way of adequate capacity for arterial traffic and, at the same time, design a system minimizing through traffic on residential streets;
I. To ensure that streets and roads are designed so as to minimize safety hazards to vehicles and their occupants as well as to pedestrians;
J. To assure a circulation pattern within the subdivision which is well integrated into the existing roadway pattern, and to provide the most beneficial access to and relationship between the uses of the land and buildings and the circulation of traffic throughout the county;
K. To encourage an organized continuum of urban development by establishing conditions favoring agricultural uses in appropriate locations, thereby reducing taxpayer costs engendered by the need to provide utilities and public services to a scattered, inconvenient pattern of urban activities. (Ord. 209A, 2010)
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