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Under the authority of the City Charter, Article III, Section 12, Land Use, and state statutes granting to municipalities the right to review and approve subdivision of lands (Title 9, Chapter 6, Article 6.2, Municipal Subdivision Regulations), the city shall regulate as is necessary for the public benefit the use of all land within the corporate limits. The subdivision of land affects public rights-of-way and their use. Therefore, procedural requirements for the review and processing of plats shall be established for the subdivision of land.
(Ord. O2002-24, passed 5-1-02)
For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
AGREED SCHEDULE. A time schedule agreed upon by the subdivider and the Planning Commission for installation of required public improvements, and the sequence in which each will be installed.
ALLEY. A minor public right-of-way used primarily for vehicular access to the rear or side of properties otherwise abutting on a street.
ASSURANCE OF COMPLETION. A contract secured by a bond in an amount and with surety satisfactory to the City Engineer, guaranteeing completion of public improvements which are shown on the subdivision preliminary plan.
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. Chief legislative body of the County of Yuma.
BUILDING SETBACK LINE. The line indicating the minimum horizontal distance between the street right-of-way line and buildings or any projection thereof, other than steps, eaves, or overhangs.
CITY. The City of Yuma, being in Yuma County, State of Arizona.
CITY COUNCIL. The chief legislative body of the City of Yuma.
CITY ENGINEER. The City Engineer of the City of Yuma or their designee for oversight of a given functional role or project.
COUNTY. County of Yuma, State of Arizona.
CUL-DE-SAC. A short, minor street having but one end open for motor traffic; the other being terminated by a vehicular turn-a-round.
DEPARTMENT OF BUILDING SAFETY. The Department of Building Safety of the City of Yuma, Arizona.
DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES. The Department of Planning and Neighborhood Services of the City of Yuma, Arizona.
EASEMENT. A grant by a property owner of the use, for a specific purpose or purposes, of a designated strip of land to the general public, a corporation, or other individuals.
GENERAL PLAN. The comprehensive, long-range general plan for the development of the City of Yuma consisting of statements of community goals and development policies, including maps, any necessary diagrams and text setting forth objectives, principles, standards and plan proposals.
LOT. A portion of a subdivision intended as a unit for transfer of ownership or for development or both, and having frontage on a dedicated street. In determining the area and dimensions of a lot, no part of the right-of-way of a street or crosswalk may be included.
LOT FRONTAGE. The front dimension of a lot measured along the street right-of-way.
LOT WIDTH. The width of the lots at the building line measured parallel to the street
right-of-way line.
MAJOR STREET PLAN OR OFFICIAL MAP. A part of the master plan showing the location and dimensions of principal thoroughfares (land shown in parks along such thoroughfares is not deemed part of the street right-of-way).
MASTER PLAN. A comprehensive subdivision development or neighborhood plan consisting of statements of neighborhood goals and development policies, including maps, any necessary diagrams and text setting forth objectives, principles, standards and plan proposals to guide subdivision design and platting. A MASTER PLAN shall consist of not less than 80 acres of land.
OFFICIAL MAP. The map established by the City Council as provided by law, showing the streets theretofore existing and established by law as public streets and any amendments thereto adopted by the City Council, as appropriate, or additions thereto resulting from approval of subdivision plats and the subsequent recording of such approved plats.
PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. Planning and Zoning Commission of the City
of Yuma.
PLAT OF SUBDIVISION. A map showing the division of any tract of land into two or more parcels, and prepared for the purpose of recording.
PROTECTIVE COVENANT. A restriction on the use of private property within a subdivision for the purpose of providing mutual protection against undesirable aspects of development. Protective covenants regulating the use of land represent an express agreement between the subdivider and the lot purchasers.
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS. Any of the following: roadway pavement section, curbs, gutters, sidewalks, crosswalks, water mains, sanitary sewer, storm drains, landscaping, retention basins, and other appurtenant construction as related to the subdivision plan.
RIGHT-OF-WAY. The entire strip of land lying between the property lines of a street or thoroughfare, alley, walkway, or easement.
ROADWAY. The portion of a street available for vehicular traffic between curbs, or the improved portion within the right-of-way.
RULES OF PROCEDURE. Regulations adopted by the Planning and Zoning Commission and the City Council for the submission and approval of subdivision plats.
SIDEWALKS. The portion of a street or walkway, paved or otherwise surfaced, intended for pedestrian use only.
STREET. A right-of-way designed for vehicular and pedestrian traffic, regardless of its designation by name, such as street, thoroughfare, avenue, land, place or the like.
STREET, ACCESS OR FRONTAL. A street running parallel to and adjacent to or in the immediate vicinity of a major street or highway and which has as its purpose the relief of such major street from the local service of abutting properties.
STREET ARTERIAL. A street of great continuity, existing or planned which serves or is intended to serve foreign and local traffic, and which is designated on the major street plan to identify those streets comprising the basic structure of the street system of the city and surrounding area. Arterials are only those streets designated on the master street plan, including additions or corrections thereto.
STREET, COLLECTOR. A street designed to serve as an important trafficway for a neighborhood, or as a feeder to an arterial street.
STREET, LOCAL. A street of limited continuity which serves or is intended to serve the local needs of a neighborhood.
STREET STANDARDS. City of Yuma standard specifications as adopted or amended.
SUBDIVIDER. Any person, firm or corporation acting as a unit, or any agent thereof, dividing or proposing to divide land so as to constitute a subdivision as defined herein.
SUBDIVISION. A division of land into two or more lots, tracts or parcels for the purpose of financing, sale or lease, whether immediate or future, except for any division of land which qualifies as a lot split as specified in § 153-18. SUBDIVISION shall include any condominium, cooperative, community apartment, townhouse, or similar project in which an undivided interest in the land is coupled with the right of exclusive occupancy of any unit thereon, and further indicating the building(s) or the manner in which the building(s) or airspace above the property shown on the plat is to be recorded.
SUBDIVISION PRELIMINARY PLAT. A drawing showing a proposed subdivision of land together with the public improvements which are to be installed therein. Such a drawing is not recordable.
TRACT. A defined area of land regardless of size.
WALKWAY. A public right-of-way used primarily for pedestrian travel through or across any portion of a block.
ZONING. Regulation by districts of the height, area, and use of buildings; use of land and density of population.
('80 Code, App. B, § I) (Ord. 1012, passed 4-20-66; Ord. 1966, passed 10-1-80; Ord. 2384, passed 1-6-88; Ord. O2002-24, passed 5-1-02; Ord. O2022-053, passed 12-7-22)
(A) Master plan.
(1) Streets shall conform substantially to the general plan adopted by the city and any revisions or amendments thereof. Whenever a tract to be subdivided includes any part of a street indicated as an arterial street on the major street plan of the general plan, such part of such street shall be dedicated by the subdivider.
(2) Where frontal or access roads are deemed necessary, additional right-of-way shall be 40 feet on either side of the arterial street.
(B) Public open spaces and sites. Where, as indicated by the master plan, a proposed subdivision contains, wholly or in part, a proposed public open space or a proposed site for a public building, such sites shall be reserved unless the concerned authority states it has no intention of development in the area. The Planning and Zoning Commission will immediately notify the concerned authority.
(C) Neighborhood plan. If a tentative plan has been approved by the Planning and Zoning Commission for the neighborhood of the proposed subdivision, the street system of the latter shall conform substantially thereto.
(D) Unsubdivided portion of tract. The Planning and Zoning Commission may require a sketch of the tentative future street system beyond the limits of the tract adjacent to the land area presently being subdivided.
(E) Provision for future subdivision. If a tract is subdivided into parcels larger than ordinary building lots, such parcels shall be arranged to allow the opening of the future streets and logical further subdivision.
(F) Reserved strips prohibited. There shall be no “reserved” strips controlling access to land dedicated or intended to be dedicated to public use.
('80 Code, App. B, § VI) (Ord. 1012, passed 4-20-66; Ord. 1496, passed 5-19-76; Ord. 2384, passed 1-6-88; Ord. O2002-24, passed 5-1-02; Ord. O2022-053, passed 12-7-22) Penalty, see § 153-99
(A) Circulation.
(1) The street pattern shall provide ease of circulation within the subdivision as well as convenient access to adjoining streets or unsubdivided land, as may be required by the City Engineer.
(2) Local residential streets should be so planned as to discourage their use by non-local traffic. Where a street will eventually be extended beyond the subdivision but is temporarily dead-ended, an interim turn-around may be required.
(B) Arterial streets. If a new subdivision involves frontage on an arterial street, as defined herein, the street layout should be planned to avoid, as far as possible, any private residential driveways from having direct access to such by providing access or frontal streets.
(C) Existing streets. Existing streets (constructed or recorded) in adjoining territory shall be continued at equal or greater width and in similar alignment by streets proposed in the subdivision, unless variations are approved by the City Engineer.
(D) Cul-de-sacs. Cul-de-sacs shall not be longer than 600 feet, unless necessitated by topography or other circumstances beyond the subdividers control.
(E) Half-streets. No half-streets will be accepted. Where there exists a dedicated or platted half-street adjacent to the tract to be subdivided, the other half, being a minimum width to meet this chapter, shall be platted.
(F) Stub streets. Where a subdivision adjoins unsubdivided land, stub streets shall be provided at locations as determined by the City Engineer to insure future access and traffic circulation.
(G) Intersections. All street intersections shall be at right angles. Where, because of topographic or other reasons, an intersection cannot be at right angles, such intersection shall be designed to insure safety.
(H) Easements. Easements for slopes and utilities shall be dedicated wherever necessary as required by the City Engineer. Easements shall be at least eight feet wide across the rear or front of all lots, except that a utility easement adjacent to unsubdivided lands shall be at least ten feet wide. In addition, easements may be required at other suitable locations by the City Engineer.
(I) Dimensional standards.
(1) Minimum width. The street right-of-way and roadway width shall not be less than the minimum width shown in the latest adoption of the City of Yuma Construction Standards Detail Drawings and the Transportation Element of the General Plan. Additional right-of-way or easements may be required for utilities, slope rights, drainage facilities or irrigation facilities.
(2) Alignment; minimum standards.
(a) One electronic copy of the complete, plans and profiles for street and alley improvements shall be submitted for approval of the City Engineer prior to approval of the final plat by City Council.
(b) Vertical curves:
1. Arterial streets: As determined by the City Engineer.
2. Collector, local streets: Minimum length 100 feet, except in cases approved by the City Engineer.
(c) Horizontal curves:
1. Arterials, access and frontal streets: 500 feet.
2. Collector streets: 200 feet.
3. Local streets: 100 feet.
4. Alleys: Laid out to provide turning radius at alley intersection.
(3) Reversed curve. Unless approved by the City Engineer, all streets shall have a tangent of 100 feet between reverse curves.
(4) Corners. At the intersection of two streets, property line corners shall be chamfered by a corner triangle in accordance with the currently adopted design and construction standards. The minimum corner triangle size shall be increased when the smallest angle of intersection is less than 90 degrees, or in any case where the City Engineer considers an increase necessary.
('80 Code, App. B, § VI) (Ord. 1012, passed 4-20-66; Ord. 1496, passed 5-19-76; Ord. 2384, passed 1-6-88; Ord. O2002-24, passed 5-1-02; Ord. O2022-053, passed 12-7-22) Penalty, see § 153-99
(A) Length of residential blocks shall not be more than 1,000 feet long unless approved by the Planning and Zoning Commission.
(B) Irregular shaped blocks (including superblocks) indented by cul-de-sacs containing interior parks or playgrounds and adequate parking space, will be acceptable when properly designed and covered by agreements as to maintenance of such park areas.
(C) Orientation on arterials: If frontage on an arterial street is involved, the long dimension of the block shall preferably front thereon by means of an access or frontal road, in order to create as few intersections as possible with the arterials.
(D) Business or industrial: Blocks intended for business or industry shall be of such length and depth as may be considered most suitable for their prospective use by the Planning and Zoning Commission, including adequate provision for parking, on-site loading and unloading and buffer, as required by the zoning ordinance.
('80 Code, App. B, § VI) (Ord. 1012, passed 4-20-66; Ord. 1496, passed 5-19-76; Ord. 2384, passed 1-6-88; Ord. O2002-24, passed 5-1-02; Ord. O2022-053, passed 12-7-22) Penalty, see § 153-99
(A) Minimum width. The minimum width of residential lots for all subdivisions shall be 50 feet at the building line and shall have a minimum area as approved by the County Health Unit, unless a larger area is required by the zoning ordinance.
(B) Length and width ratio. It is desirable that the length of a lot shall be not more than four times its width.
(C) Fronting on arterials. Lots fronting on arterials should be of such depth to accommodate setbacks as set forth in the zoning ordinance.
(D) Double frontage. Double frontage lots shall be avoided, except to overcome disadvantages of topography and orientation.
(E) Side lot lines. Side lines of lots shall be approximately at right angles or radial to the street line unless, in the opinion of the Planning and Zoning Commission, a variation from this rule will give a better street and lot plan.
(F) Corner lots. Corner lots shall have sufficient width to permit the maintenance of the side street building line after providing a minimum building width of 30 feet, and a side yard, as required by the zoning ordinance, on the interior side of the lot.
(G) Building sites. Every lot must contain a suitable building site, which will provide minimum yard requirements in compliance with the zoning ordinance.
(H) Street frontage. Every lot shall front on a public street having a minimum right-of-way of 50 feet for a distance of not less than 35 feet measured along said right-of-way line.
('80 Code, App. B, § VI) (Ord. 1012, passed 4-20-66; Ord. 1496, passed 5-19-76; Ord. 2384, passed 1-6-88; Ord. O-2002-24, passed 5-1-02; Ord. O2022-053, passed 12-7-22) Penalty, see § 153-99
Procedure for Plat Approval
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