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This Chapter shall be known as the "Subdivision Code of the City and County of San Francisco for Candlestick Point/Hunters Point Shipyard" (hereinafter referred to as this "Code") and applies only to the areas designated as the Candlestick Point/Hunters Point Shipyard Redevelopment Subdivision Area (also referred to as the "Subdivision Area"), which is comprised of both: 1) the Hunters Point Shipyard Plan Area as identified in the Hunters Point Shipyard Redevelopment Plan; and 2) Zone 1 of the Bayview Hunters Point Redevelopment Project Area as identified in the Bayview Hunters Point Redevelopment Plan.
(Added by Ord. 304-04, File No. 041544, App. 12/24/2004; Ord. 209-10, File No. 100661, App. 8/3/2010)
(a) This Code is adopted pursuant to the Subdivision Map Act of California, Title 7, Division 2 of the Government Code, commencing with Section 66410 (hereinafter referred to as "SMA").
(b) Any amendments to SMA, adopted subsequent to the effective date of this Code, shall not invalidate any provisions of this Code. Any amendments to SMA that may be inconsistent with this Code shall govern.
(c) Subject to the procedures and requirements for development in the Candlestick Point/Hunters Point Shipyard Subdivision Area set forth in the Plan and Plan Documents, as defined herein, this Code shall govern in relation to all other City regulations to the extent such regulations are inconsistent. Except as required by the SMA, in the event of any inconsistency or conflict between the provisions of this Code and the Plan, the Plan and Plan Documents shall control. All applications for Tentative Maps, Vesting Tentative Maps, Parcel Maps and Final Maps shall be consistent with the Plan and Plan Documents.
(d) This Code and the regulations adopted pursuant to this Code shall apply to all subdivisions hereafter made entirely or partially within the Candlestick Point/Hunters Point Shipyard Subdivision Area. This Code shall be effective until the later of the termination of the Hunters Point Shipyard Redevelopment Plan or Bayview Hunters Point Redevelopment Plan, including any modifications or extensions thereof. Upon termination all the subdivisions in the Candlestick Point/Hunters Point Shipyard Subdivision Area shall be governed by the San Francisco Subdivision Code and applicable regulations unless otherwise specified.
(Added by Ord. 304-04, File No. 041544, App. 12/24/2004; Ord. 209-10, File No. 100661, App. 8/3/2010)
(a) This Code is enacted to establish procedures and requirements for the control and approval of subdivision development within the Candlestick Point/Hunters Point Shipyard Subdivision Area of the City and County of San Francisco in accordance with SMA and the Plans and Plan Documents.
(b) This Code is enacted to accomplish the following purposes in accordance with the procedures and requirements for the control and approval of development of the Subdivision Area as set forth in the Plans and Plan Documents:
(1) To provide policies, standards, requirements, and procedures to regulate and control the design and improvement of all subdivisions within the Candlestick Point/Hunters Point Shipyard Subdivision Area, and to ensure that all subdivisions are built to City standards consistent with the Plans and Plan Documents;
(2) To assist in implementing the objectives, policies, and programs of the General Plan by ensuring that all proposed subdivisions, together with the provisions for their design and improvement, are consistent with the General Plan of the City;
(3) To preserve and protect, to the maximum extent possible, the unique and valuable natural resources and amenities of the City's environment, including topographic and geologic features, open space lands, waterfront recreational areas, fish and wildlife habitats, historical and cultural places, and scenic vistas and attractions; and, to maximize the public's access to and enjoyment of such resources and amenities through the dedication or continuance of applicable easements thereto;
(4) To relate land use intensity and population density to existing development, street capacity and traffic access, the slope of the natural terrain, and the availability of public facilities and utilities and open space;
(5) To provide lots of sufficient size and appropriate design for the purposes for which they are to be used;
(6) To provide streets of adequate capacity and design for anticipated uses and to ensure maximum safety for pedestrians and vehicles;
(7) To ensure adequate access to each building parcel;
(8) To provide sidewalks, and where needed, pedestrian ways, biking paths, and jogging trails for the safety, convenience, and enjoyment of the residents of new developments;
(9) To provide adequate systems of water supply, sanitary sewage disposal, storm drainage, street lighting, Transportation Infrastructure, and other utilities needed for the public health, safety and convenience;
(10) To provide adequate sites for public facilities needed to serve the residents of new developments;
(11) To ensure that land is subdivided in a manner that will promote the public health, safety, convenience, and general welfare in conformance with the General Plan, the Hunters Point Shipyard Redevelopment Plan, and the Bayview Hunters Point Redevelopment Plan.
(Added by Ord. 304-04, File No. 041544, App. 12/24/2004; Ord. 209-10, File No. 100661, App. 8/3/2010)
(a) This Code supplements SMA, prescribing rules, regulations and procedures authorized therein.
(b) The necessity for Tentative Maps, Final Maps and Parcel Maps shall be governed by this Section and SMA.
(c) For subdivisions creating five or more parcels or units, a Tentative Map and a Final Map shall be required pursuant to this Code and SMA.
(1) A Tentative Map and a Final Map shall be required for all such subdivisions except those coming within the exceptions set forth in Section 66426 of SMA.
(2) A Tentative Map and a Parcel Map shall be required for all subdivisions coming within the exceptions set forth in Section 66426 of SMA.
(d) For subdivisions creating fewer than five parcels or units, no Tentative Map shall be required except as provided in Section 1633.1(a) for Vesting Tentative Maps and except where the Director deems a Tentative Map would be appropriate and the applicable City Regulations for the subject property would permit development at a density such that the subject property, or any portion thereof, may be resubdivided in a manner which would ultimately permit five or more parcels on the subject property. In all other subdivisions creating fewer than five parcels or units, a Parcel Map containing the information specified by Section 1659 of this Code and SMA shall be required. Said Parcel Map shall be filed with the Director and recorded according to the procedure set forth in Sections 1660 through 1664 of this Code.
(e) No Tentative Map, Final Map or Parcel Map shall be required for those specific types of subdivisions exempted by Sections 66412 and 66428 of SMA; provided, however, that with respect to subdivisions described in Subsection (h) of Section 66412 of the SMA, certification pursuant to the provisions of Section 1397 must be obtained.
(f) The Director may waive the requirement of a Parcel Map for any improved or unimproved land shown on the latest equalized County assessment roll as contiguous units or parcels where the units or parcels have been subdivided legally and comply with the requirements as to lot width and area, improvement and design, floodwater drainage control, appropriate improved public roads, sanitary disposal facilities, water supply availability and environmental protection.
(g) Nothing herein shall preclude the approval and filing of Subdivision Maps for purposes of financing and conveyancing only as provided in Section 1612.1 herein.
(Added by Ord. 304-04, File No. 041544, App. 12/24/2004; Ord. 209-10, File No. 100661, App. 8/3/2010)
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