16.28.010 - Hillside subdivision defined.

Notwithstanding any other provisions contained in this title, the Advisory Agency may accept and recommend to the City Council, for its approval, maps or hillside subdivision in the manner hereinafter in Sections 16.28.020 to 16.28.070, inclusive, set forth. Hillside subdivision provisions shall apply only where street extensions or new street patterns are to be built on previously unsubdivided land. For the purposes of this title, the term "hillside subdivision" shall be construed to mean land proposed to be subdivided which has an average difference in elevation of more than fifteen (15) feet in a horizontal distance of one hundred (100) feet.

(Prior code § 7-4.50)

16.28.020 - Design principles.

In reviewing the design of a proposed hillside subdivision, the Advisory Agency shall be guided by the following consideration: The Advisory Agency, in the exercise of sound discretion, shall apply the requirements of this title pertaining to hillside subdivision in a manner that will result in the best possible utilization of the land to be subdivided, giving due consideration to the topography of land and the general character of the proposed land division.

(Prior code § 7-4.51)

16.28.030 - Sections applicable.

All provisions of this title hereinbefore set forth shall apply to "hillside subdivisions" except as superseded by Sections 16.28.040 through 16.28.070 which are made expressly applicable to hillside subdivisions only.

(Prior code § 7-4.52)

16.28.040 - Street design standards.

In hillside subdivisions the dedicated widths of all streets, other than arterial and collector streets, shall be not less than forty (40) feet. With lot frontage on both sides of the street the paved roadway widths shall be not less than thirty (30) feet; with lot frontage on one side of the street only the paved roadway widths shall be not less than twenty-four (24) feet.

(Prior code § 7-4.53)

16.28.050 - Lot area less than one acre—Area, frontage and sidewalk requirements.

A.

In hillside subdivisions where lots front on both sides of a street, each such lot shall have an area of not less than eight thousand (8,000) square feet with an average frontage of not less than eighty (80) feet and the minimum width of any such lot shall be not less than sixty (60) feet at the front building line. A five-foot paved sidewalk on both sides of the street shall be provided.

B.

In hillside subdivisions where lots front on one side of a street only, each such lot shall have an area of not less than six thousand (6,000) square feet and a minimum width of not less than sixty (60) feet at the front building line or the minimum required by the zoning regulations, whichever is greater. A five-foot paved sidewalk on the same side of the street as the accessible lots shall be provided, and a reserve strip of land one foot in width along the inaccessible side shall be granted in fee to the city.

(Prior code §§ 7-4.54, 7-4.55)

16.28.060 - Lot area more than one acre.

A.

In hillside subdivisions where lots front on both sides of a street and have an average area of not less than one acre, the average frontage of each of such lots shall be not less than one hundred (100) feet and the minimum width of any such lot shall be not less than eighty (80) feet at the front building line. A five-foot graded sidewalk area on both sides of the street shall be provided.

B.

In hillside subdivisions where lots front on one side of the street only and have an average area of not less than one acre, the average frontage of each of such lots shall be not less than one hundred (100) feet and the minimum width of any such lot shall be not less than eighty (80) feet at the front building line. A five-foot graded sidewalk area on the same side of the street as the accessible lots shall be provided, and a reserve strip of land one foot in width along the inaccessible side shall be granted in fee to the city.

(Prior code §§ 7-4.56, 7-4.57)

16.28.070 - Zoning district change.

Before any subdivider may file a map of a subdivision of hillside lands wherein the provisions of Section 16.28.060 are applicable, he or she shall first apply for, and obtain, unless the land to be included in the division shall then be in such district, a change of the district to the residential classification requiring a minimum lot size of twenty-five thousand (25,000) square feet.

(Prior code § 7-4.58)