(a) This chapter shall be known as, and may be cited as, the “Subdivision and Related Regulations of the County.”
(b) The purpose of this chapter shall be the establishment of the following principles in the interests of protecting the health, safety, and general welfare of the people of the County:
(1) To implement the County’s General Plan and to implement and supplement the State Subdivision Map Act (Sections 66410 et seq. of Division 2 of Title 7 of the California Government Code and all amendments or additions thereto);
(2) To ensure that a proposed subdivision, street plan, or land division shall be consistent with the General Plan of the County, this chapter, and the Yolo County Improvement Standards;
(3) To ensure the creation of reasonable building sites;
(4) To provide for the dedication, construction and installation of streets, roads, alleys, highways, public utilities, stormwater conveyance facilities, and other improvements and/or facilities;
(5) To ensure adequate street alignment and means of ingress and egress to property;
(6) To control the division of land that is subject to inundation or other detrimental influences that make land unsuitable for many uses;
(7) To provide for planned development subdivisions; and
(8) To provide rules and regulations governing the contents of tentative and final maps, including parcel maps, and the filing thereof, and other matters related thereto.
(Ord. 1445, eff. August 14, 2014; as amended by § 2, Ord. 1466, eff. March 24, 2016)