ORDINANCE 2421NA
ORDINANCE N0. "242.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO,
CALIFORNIA, PRESCRIBING RULES AND RE-
GULATIONS GOVERNING THE PLATTING ARID
SUBDIVIDING OF LANDS AND THE FILING
AND APPROVAL OF SUBDIVISION NAPS WITHIN
SAID CITY.
The City Council of the City of E1 Segundo,
California, does ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS.
(a) All words used in the singular shall in-
olude the plural and the plural the singular; each gender
shall include all others; any tense shall include all
other tenses.
(b) The use of the title of any board, department,
office, officer or employee, or ordinance, shall mean such
board, department, office, officer, employee or ordinance
respectively, of the City of E1 Segundo, unless otherwise
speoifioa.11y designated.
(c) Prohibited Aots: Wherever in this ordinance
any act or omission is made unlawful, it shall include causing,
permitting, aiding or abetting such act or omission.
SECTION 2. DEFINITIONS:
For the purpose of this ordinance the following
words and phrases are defined as follows:
"Approved" shall mean "approved by the City Engineer
of the City of E1 Segundo" unless otherwise specified;
"City" shall mean the City of El Segundo;
"Council" shall mean the City Council of the
City of E1 Segundo;
"Person" shall mean natural person, joint venture,
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joint stock company, partnership, association, club,
company, corporation, business trust, organization, or
the manager, lessee, agent, servant, officer or employee
of any of them;
"Shall" and "may ": "shall" is mandatory; "may"
is permissive;
"Subdivision Map Act " shall mean and refer to
the Subdivision Map Act of the State of California, being
Chapter 670 of the 1937 Statutes of said state, as same
now exists or may hereafter be amended.
"Planning Act" shall mean and refer to the
Planning Act of the State of California, being Chapter 838
of the 1929 Statutes of said state, as same now exists or
may hereafter be amended.
The definitions contained in said "Subdivision
Map Act" and in said "Planning Aot" are hereby adopted as
the definitions and meanings of each and all of said words
so defined, whenever the same appear in this ordinance.
"Primary Street" shall mean any thoroughfare of
an existing or intended one hundred (100) foot width or more,
or its equivalent width in traffic carrying capacity (inolud-
Ing side - walks) when shown as such on any official street plan
of the City.
"Secondary Street" shall mean any thoroughfare
other than a primary street as defined herein, which is or
is intended for through traffic carrying purposes and is
shown as such in any official street plan of the City.
"Local Street" shall mean any thoroughfare other
than a "primary street" or "secondary street" as defined
herein, or alley, walkway or trail.
SECTION 3. Tentative Map. Every subdivider shall
file with the City Council at least six copies of a tentative
map of each proposed subdivision and one additional copy
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building construction, in which case, at right
angle intersections a substantial equivalent shall
be a ten -foot by ten -foot out off.
(10) Private Streets. Private streets, alleys,
or ways shall not be platted or laid out, except
with the approval and consent of the Council, and
then only on conditions which guarantee the permanent
maintenance thereof.
(11) In lieu of the dedication of any street or
alley, a future street or alley dedication may be
permitted and shall be made in the following language:
"We hereby dedicate for public use for street
or alley purposes (as the case may be), thALt certain
strip of land designated as future street or alley
as shown on said map within said subdivision, reserv-
ing to ourselves for the use of ourselves and
successive owners of the respective lots adjoining
the future street or alley shown on said map and all
ordinary uses of said land except the erection or
construction of buildings thereon, until such time
as the legislative body shall accept the same for
street or alley purposes."
(B) Alleys. Alleys shall be provided at the
rear of all lots fronting on primary or secondary
streets, or in the rear of any property where the
property between the alley and the street is zoned
or designated as business or income property. All
alleys shall have a width of at least twenty (20) feet.
When two alleys intersect, the intersection corner
shall be out back with a 10 foot by 10 foot out -off
or rounded with fifteen (15) foot radius curves.
Dead -end alleys shall be provided with adequate
turning facilities.
(C) Lots.
(1) size of Lots. All lots shall have a minimum
average width of fifty (50) feet and a minimum area
of five thousand (5,000) square feet; provided, that
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(2) Existing Improvements. Where improvements
have been previously constructed in a proposed sub.
division and are found to be satisfactory by the City
Council, approved plans and profiles showing the
grades and the nature and extent of the existing im-
provements shall be filed with the City Council.
(3) Dangerous Areas. Areas known to be dangerous
by reason of geological conditions, or which are sub-
ject to inundation, overflow by storm water or any
other dangerous condition shall not be subdivided
except under approved restrictions as to the uses of
all or any part thereof.
(F) Easements.
Easements for public utilities, water mains, sewers,
storm drains or storm water channels, and slope rights
shall be provided wherever deemed necessary by the
City Council.
(a) Walkways.
Walkways shall be at least ten (10) feet in width
and shall not have an average grade exceeding forty
per cent (40 %).
SECTION 5. FINAL MAP.
(A) Submission.
(1) Conformity to Tentative Map. Within six (6 )
months after the date of the approval or conditional approval
of the tentative map by the Council, the subdivider shall
cause the proposed subdivision to be accurately surveyed in
accordance with the tentative map and with any and all
alterations and changes required thereto, except where a
survey is not required by the "Subdivision Map Act ", and
within said period, he shall file with the City Engineer a
final map of the subdivision conforming in all particulars
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to the provisions of the "Subdivision Map Act" and of
this ordinance.
(2) Time Limit. The failure of a subdivider to
so file such final map with the City Engineer within said
period or to have said map recorded in the office of the
County Recorder within one (1) year after the date of the
approval or conditional approval of the tentative map by
the Council, shall automatically terminate and void the
proceedings.
(3) Guarantee for the Construction of Improvements.
No final map shall be presented to the Council for approval
until the subdivider either completes the required improve-
ments; or
(a) Files with the City Council a surety bond in
such an amount as the City Engineer shall estimate and
determine to be necessary to complete all the improve-
ments required to be done by the subdivider, which surety
bond shall be executed by the subdivider as principal, and
a corporation authorized to so act under the laws of the
State of California, as surety, the same to be payable to
the City and to be conditioned upon the faithful perform-
ance of any and all work required to be done by the sub-
divider, and said bond shall be further conditioned to the
effect that should the subdivider fail to complete all
work required to be done by him within a specified reason-
able tine, the City may, at its option, cause all required
work to be done and the parties executing the bond shall
be firmly bound for the payment of all necessary costs
therefor; or
(b) Eaters into a contract with the Council to com-
plete such improvements within a specified reasonable time
after the approval and recordation of the final map, such
ao ntract to be secured in such an amount as the City
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Engineer shall estimate and determine will be necessary
to complete all the improvements required to be done by
the subdivider, by a deposit of money or of negotiable
bonds, of the kind approved by law for securing deposits
of public money, made with either the Council or a reliable
escrow agent or trust company approved by the Council,
which said deposit shall be conditioned upon the faithful
performance of any and all work required to be done by
the subdivider under the terms of said contract and shall
further be conditioned to the effect that should the sub.
divider fail to complete all such work required within a
specified reasonable time, the City may, at its option,
cause all required work to be done and the money or bonds
of the deposit shall be firmly bound for the payment of
all necessary costs therefor; and in such contract the
escrow agent or depositary shall be instructed to pay to
the City out of the moneys and bonds on deposit all costs
and expenses incurred and expended by the City in causing
any and all such required work to be done and to secure
the cost of which said deposit was made, upon the filing
by the City Engineer with the escrow agent or depositary
of a statement signed by him that all the work required
under said contract to the extent that the cost of said work
was covered by the deposit has been completed, together with
a statement of costs and expenses incurred and expended by
the City therefor; and said contract may by its terms
provide for the acceptance of the work as it progresses
and for partial withdrawal of the deposit, in money or
bonds, upon certificate of the City Engineer in a manner
similar to cash payments under cash contracts and under
rules established by the City Council; or
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(e) Enters into a contract with the Council,
secured by a faithful performance bond, or other form
of guaranty or guaranty deposit approved by the Council,
and in accordance with all of the provisions of Section
20 of the Subdivision Map Act, thereunto appertaining,
for the construction and completion of the.improvements
under an appropriate special assessment act by the forma-
tion of a special assessment district covering said
subdivision or part thereof.
Every surety bond furnished and every contract under
which a deposit is made to secure and guarantee the con-
struction and completion of the improvements required to
be done by the subdivider shall further provide and be
conditioned that the surety executing such bond, or such
deposit, respectively, shall continue to be firmly bound
under a continuing obligation for the payment of all
necessary costs and expenses that may be incurred or
expended by the City in causing any and all such required
work to be done, and that said surety or depositor, re-
spectively, assents to any lawful extensions of time
within which to construct and complete such improvements
that may be granted to the subdivider.
A guarantee for the construction and completion of
improvements, in the form provided insubdivisions(a), (b)
or (e) of this section, shall not be waived under any
condition.
(B) Permanent Monuments. Before the transmission
of any final map to the Council for approval, approved per-
manent monuments shall be set at or near each boundary corner
of the subdivision and along the boundary lines at intervals
of approximately one thousand (1,000) feet, and interior
monuments shall be set at the exterior corners of each block,
or satisfactory assurance shall be given the City Engineer
that they will be so set later.
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thereof for each adjacent City or County that has requested
the submission of such maps for report. Such map shall
be prepared with respect to all engineering data required
therein, by or under the direction of a licensed surveyor
or a registered civil engineer, and shall contain the
following information:
(a) The tract number, name or designation;
(b) Sufficient legal description of the land
to describe the location of the proposed subdivision;
(c) Dames and addresses of record owners shown
on the County Assessor's records, the subdivider,
and the engineer or surveyor, if any;
(d) The locations, names and existing widths
of all adjoining and contiguous highways, streets
and ways;
(e) The width and approximate grades of all
existing and proposed highways, streets and ways;
(f) The approximate width and location of all
existing and proposed easements for drainage, sewer
and public utility purposes;
(g) Approximate radii of all curves;
(h) The approximate lot layout and the approxi-
mate dimensions of each lot;
(i) Approximate location, width and direction
of flow of all water courses;
(j) Proposed method of sewage disposal, if any;
(k) Proposed use of property;
(1) Approximately accurate contours drawn to
intervals prescribed by the City Engineer where topo-
graphy controls or influenoes the layout or water
supply;
(m) The approximate locations of all trees that
will affect locations of easements;
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(n) Date, north point and scale;
(o) Approximate location and outline of each
existing building or structure;
(p)
The
boundary line of
the subdivision;
(q)
Any
of the foregoing
required data which
it is impossible or impracticable to place upon the
tentative map shall be submitted in writing with
the map.
SECTION 4. SUBDIVISI0N STANDARDS.
All subdivisions shall conform to the following
regulations:
(A) Streets.
(1) Primary and Secondary Streets.
The widths and alignments of all primary and
secondary streets shall conform to any plan of
traffio.arteries or to any proceeding for any public
improvement affected by or related to any subdivision
which has been initiated or approved by the Council
prior to the date of approval or conditional approval
of the tentative map by the Council.
(2) Alignment. All streets as far as practicable
shall be in alignment with existing adjacent, connect-
ing and surrounding streets and their proper projections
or prolongations; provided, that where the subdividers
property is large enough, a modified curved street
layout may be permitted.
(3) Local Street Width. All local streets shall
be at least fifty (50) feet in width unless the topo-
graphy will not permit such width.
(4) Street Grades. On hillside streets comprising
a through traffic route, a grade in excess of six per-
cent (6 %) shall not be permitted unless a grade not
to exceed eight percent (8 %) will obviate an excessive
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curvature or eliminate excessive outs. Grades
of all streets shall be as low as possible con-
sistent with the advantageous development of the
proposed subdivision.
The grade of any street of more than local
traffic needs shall not exceed ten per cent (10,x).
No local street grade shall exceed fifteen per
cent (15,x).
(5) Curves and tangents. A minimum center line
radius of at least five hundred (500) feet shall be
used on all through traffic streets. In flat areas,
curves on local streets shall have radii as long as
possible consistent with local conditions. Suitable
tangents must be used between all curves.
(6) Street intersections. Street intersections
shall be as nearly at right angles as practicable.
(7) Effect on Adjoining Property. Street layout
shall be designed to provide access to and not impose
undue hardship upon property adjoining the subdivision.
(8) Dead..End Streets. Dead -end streets shall be
permitted only when through streets are not practicable,
and adequate provisions shall be made at the and of
such streets for turning by dedicating a turning
circle at least fifty (50) feet in diameter or adequate
space to facilitate backing and turning.
(9) Rounding Block Corner. At all block corners
the property line shall be rounded or out back. Inter-
section corners on all primary and secondary streets
shall be rounded with twenty -foot radius curves and
all other corners shall be rounded with fifteen -foot
radius curves; provided, that where business develop-
ment is indicated a diagonal out -off substantially
equivalent to rounding may be used in order to aid
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where property is zoned as business property, the
minimum width may be reduced to forty (40) feet.
(2) Frontage of Lots. Lots abutting primary
or secondary streets shall front on said streets.
Lots abutting local streets shall front upon the
streets which parallel the long dimension of the
block. Key lots and double frontage lots shall be
avoided wherever possible.
(3) Side Lines. The side lines of all lots, so
far as practicable, shall be at right angles to the
streets on which the lots front.
(D) Blocks.
Blocks more than six hundred sixty (660) feet
in length shall not be permitted unless the topo-
graphy or other special conditions require longer
blocks.
(E) Improvements and Drainage.
(1) New Improvements. In all subdivisions the
streets, alleys, lots and easements shall be laid
out to provide for approved sewer and drainage facili-
ties. All such streets and alleys shall be graded
and improved to an approved width and grade. The
improvements shall include necessary surface im-
provements, curbs, sidewalks, water mains, fire
hydrants, catch. basins, pipe culverts, and storm
drains; and sewers shall be installed where connec-
tions for said sewers are available into an existing
system.
Drainage easements shall be improved in an approv-
ed manner. Primary and secondary streets shall be
graded:, and improved to an approved grade and -A dth
necessary for the general use of the lot owners in
the subdivision and through traffic needs.
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