ORDINANCE 379AORDINANCE N0. 379
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING REGULATIONS FOR
THE SUBDIVISION OF LAND IN THE CITY OF
EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, AND FOR THE
PREPARATION AND PRESENTATION OF SUB-
DIVISION MAPS THEREOF.
In order to promote:
Public health, safety and general welfare; orderly
growth and development of the City; proper use of land; conser-
vation, stabilization and protection of the use value of proper-
ty; adequate provision for necessary utilities and convenience;
NOW9 FORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL
SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: AUTHORITY
Pursuant to the "Subdivision Map Act" of the State
of California, (California Business and Professions Code, Sec-
tions 11500 at seq.) as amended, the provisions of this ordi-
nance are supplemental to those of said Act, as amended, and
shall apply to all subdivisions of land hereafter made when said
land is entirely, or partially, within the limits of the City
of E1 Segundo; and all terms herein used which are defined in
the said "Subdivision Map Act" shall have the same meaning as
ascribed thereto in the said Act, and as the said Act may he= -
after be amended. The E1 Segundo City Planning Commission is
hereby designated as the "advisory agency" referred to in said
Act, and is charged with the duty of making investigations and
reports on the design and improvement of proposed subdivisions;
and is hereby authorized to approve, conditionally approve or
disapprove tentative maps of subdivisions prepared and filed
according to this ordinance and the said "Subdivision Map Act ",
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to recommend the kinds, nature and extent of the improvements
required to be installed in subdivisions, and to report to the
City Council the action taken on tentative maps. The City Coun-
cil shall report its action thereon to the subdivider and the
Planning Commission not later than fifteen (15) days after re-
ceiving the report from the Planning Commission.
SECTION 2: GMML4L CONTROLS
A. Conformance to Plans
1. A subdivision plan shall conform to the of-
fioial plan of streets. In the absence of an official plan of
streets and highways there shall be substantial conformance to
the master plan. In the absence of a master plan, the street
system in a proposed subdivision shall relate to the existing
streets in the area adjoining the subdivision. All existing
streets adjacent to a subdivision need not necessarily be carried
into the new subdivision.
B. Streets and Highways
1. Freeways, limited- acoess and unlimited state
highways shall conform to the standards of the Division of High-
ways, Department of Public Works, State of California, and where
same are involved in any subdivision, they shall receive special
attention. Said standards of the Division of Highways shall be
deemed to be the minimum standards that will be acceptable.
100 feet wide.
80 feet wide.
wide.
2. Major thoroughfares shall be not less than
3. Secondary thoroughfares shall be not less than
4. Local streets shall be not less than 60 feet
5. Minor and cul -de -sac streets shall be not less
than 50 feet wide except where special conditions might justify
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4. Alloys
(a) Alleys 20 feet wide shall be provided at
the rear of all lots classified for and to be used for commercial
and multiple - family purposes unless adequate off- street parking
areas to serve such property are securely reserved for such pur-
pose and are shown upon the map and approved by the City in the
manner herein provided. Such requirements may be modified for
cause. Alleys elsewhere shall be optional, but if offered, shall
be approved by the City. If the official plan indicates alleys
which are not required by the general rule, then the alleys thus
shown shall be required.
(b) Alleys at the rear of business, indus-
trial or unlimited multiple residential property shall have spe-
cial consideration as to design, location and possible increased
width.
(c) Alleys shall be required at the rear of
all property fronting directly upon any major highway.
(d) Where two alleys intercept or intersect,
not less than a 10 foot by 10 foot corner cut -off shall be pro-
vided.
5. Utility Easements
(a) Where alleys are not required, utility
easements 16 feet in width shall be provided generally through
the interior of the block and in approximately the location that
would be occupied by an alley.
(b) Overhead utilities should be located,
where possible, through the interior of the block along either
alleys or easements, as the case may be.
6. Parking Areas
(a) Special areas for off- street parking of
motor vehicles, offered for dedication or to be otherwise reser-
ved for public use in connection with proposed business, industrial,
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unlimited multiple residential, or institutional property, shall
receive special attention as to size, location, shape and adequacy,
and shall generally conform to the city zoning ordinance.
7. Lots
(a) Lots shall have a minimum area of 6,000
square feet. Larger lot areas may be required.
(b) Lots having no frontage on a public
street may be cause for disapproval of a subdivision.
(c) The minimum width of lots shall be 50
feet, except that odd - shaped lots shall have special attention.
Greater lot widths may be required to conform to zoning standards
for type of area development.
(d) 'No lot shall be divided by a county,
city or school district boundary line.
(e) The side lines of lots shall be approx-
imately at right angles to the street line on straight streets or
to the tangent on curved streets.
(f) Double frontage lots should be avoided.
All lots shall be suitable for the purpose for which they are in-
tended to be sold.
(g) Corner lots shall have a width sufficie&
to permit adequate side yards.
(h) Minimum width on reversed corner lots
shall be 60 feet.
8. Blocks
(a) Blocks less than 330 feet in length, or
more than 990 feet in length, may be cause for disapproval, but
in no case shall a block be longer than 1320 feet.
(b) In Blocks 990 feet or over, pedestrian
ways at least 10 feet wide may be required.
(c) Long blocks are desirable adjacent to
main thoroughfares in order to reduce the number of intersections.
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9. Grades
(a) Any grade greater than 6 percent shall
be subject in each case to review. Grades of more than 10 per-
cent may be cause for disapproval of a map.
10. Tangents
eats
(a) Suitable tangents when possible must be
used between all curves.
11. Exceptions
(a) Conditional exceptions to the regula-
tione herein defined may be authorized if exceptional or special
circumstances apply to the property. Such special circumstances
may include limited size, unusual shape, extreme topography,
dominating drainage problems, or the impracticability of employ-
ing a comprehensive plan or layout by reason of prior existing
recorded subdivisions of contiguous properties.
SECTION S: TMgTATIVE MAP
A. Requirements
1. Each proposed subdivision shall be submitted
in map form. Not less than nine (9) copies of such map shall be
filed with the City Planning Commission. When such required
copies of a tentative map are filed, the Secretary of the City
Planning Commission shall immediately forward one copy to each
of the following with a request that each report recommendations,
if any, to the City Planning Commission.
(a) City Council of the City of E1 Segundo.
(b) Division of Highways, State Departmsn t
of Public Works, if affected.
(c) City Health Officer.
(d) State Division of Real Estate.
(e) City Engineer.
(f) County Planning Commission.
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(g) Each city entitled by law to review and
recommend thereon.
(h) Two copies retained by the City Planning
Commission.
2. The size of such tentative map, or maps, is
optional; the scale shall be not less than 200 feet to the inch.
3. Each such map shall contain the following
information;
(a) Tract number of the subdivision.
(b) Name and address of the owner of proper-
ty proposed to be subdivided.
(c) Name and address of registered civil
engineer, licensed surveyor, landscape architect or other person
who prepared the map.
(d) Approximate acreage.
(e) North point.
(f) Scale.
(g) Date of preparation.
(h) Boundary lines.
M The location and width of all street3
within the boundaries of proposed subdivision.
(j) The location and width of alleys.
(k) Name, location and width of adjacent
streets9
(1) The approximate grade of any street or
part of street having a grade of more than 6 percent. Profiles
may be required where topography may be a problem.
(m) Lot lines and approximate dimensions.
(n) Approximate location and width of water
courses or areas subject to inundation from floods, or location
of structures, irrigation ditches and other permanent physical
features.
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(o) Description of the exterior boundaries
of the subdivision or legal description of the property com-
prising the subdivision.
(p) Width and location of all existing or
proposed public or private easements.
(q) Classification of lots as to intended
residential, commercial, industrial or other uses.
(r) Railroads.
(s) Approximate radii of curves.
(t) Topography shall be shown drawn to con-
tour intervals prescribed the the City Engineer.
4. The tentative map shall show thereon, or be
accompanied by reports and written statements from the subdivider
giving essential information regarding the following matters:
(a) Source of water supply.
(b) Type of street improvement and utilities
which the subdivider proposes to install.
(e) Proposed storm water sewer or other
means of drainage (grade and size).
if any.
(d) Proposed method of sewage disposal.
(e) Protective covenants to be recorded,
(f) Proposed tree planting, if any.
B. Procedure:
1. After noting the above requirements it is
desirable that the subdivider should confer with the City Engi-
neer and the staff of the City Planning Commission before pre-
paring the tentative map of the proposed subdivision.
2. Each tentative subdivision map must have a
tract number to be assigned by the County Surveyor.
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3. The tentative map shall be prepared in
accordance with the "Subdivision Map Act" and the provisions
of this ordinance, and shall be filed with the City Planning
Commission. Such filing should be prior to the completion of
final surveys of streets and lots and before grading or construc-
tion work within the proposed subdivision that might be affected
by changes in the tentative map. To assure to the Planning
Commission all necessary information to consider a tentative
map, the Commission shall act only upon such tentative maps as
shall have been filed with the Commission not less than ten
(10) days prior to the date of the Commission meeting at which
such matter is to be considered.
4. Prior to the consideration by the Planning
Commission of a tentative map and within the ten (10) days ib f-
lowing its filing the City Engineer shall make a report in writ-
ing to the Planning Commission as to any recommendations in con-
nection with the tentative map and its bearing on particular
functions. Failure to so report shall be deemed approval.
The Planning Commission shall consider a
tentative map at its first regular meeting held not less than
ten (10) days following the filing of said map. Action on such
tentative map in approving, conditionally approving or disap-
proving, shall be taken not later than thirty -five (35) days
following the meeting at which it was first considered. Failure
to act within such time limit shall be deemed to constitute ap-
proval. Within not to exceed ten (10) days following the action
by the Planning Commission upon any tentative map, the Secretary
of the Commission shall transmit a copy of the record pertaining
to such action to the subdivider, the City Council, the City
Engineer, the Real Estate Commissioner of the State of California
and the State Division of Highways. A copy of such official
action on a tentative map shall also be permanently affixed to
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the official file copy of such map in the records of the Plan -
ning Commission.
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SECTION 4: FINAL MAP
After approval of tentative map by the City Planning
ComAdssion and the City Council, the subdivider may cause a final
map to be prepared in accordance with a completed survey of the
subdivision and in substantial compliance with the approved ten -
tative map, and in full compliance with the "Subdivision Map Act"
and this ordinance.
A. Required Information
1. If more than 3 sheets are used, an index
showing entire subdivision with lots numbered consecutively shall
be included.
scale.
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12. Title, number of tract, date, north point and
31 Description of land included.
40 Location and names, without abbreviations, of
(a) Proposed streets and alleys.
(b) Proposed public areas and easements.
(c) Adjoining streets.
5. Dimensions in feet and decimals of a foot.
6. Dimensions of all lots.
7. Each lot shall be numbered; each block may
be lettered or numbered. Each lot shall be shown entirely on
one sheet.
8. Center line data on streets, alleys and ease-
meats, including bearings and distances.
9. Record of easements
(a) The final map shall show the center line
data, width and side lines of all easements to which the lots are
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subject. If the easement is not definitely located of record,
a statement as to the easement shall appear on the title sheet.
(b) Easements for storm drains, sewers and
other purposes shall be denoted by broken lines.
(e) The easement shall be clearly labeled
and identified and if already of record proper reference to the
records given.
(d) Easements being dedicated shall be so
indicated in the certificate of dedication.
10. Radius, tangent, arc and central angle of
curves.
11. Suitable primary survey control points.
(a) Section corners.
(b) Monuments (existing outside of subdivi-
sioa
12. Location of all permanent monuments within
subdivision.
13. Ties to and names of adjacent subdivisions.
14. Ties to any city or county boundary lines
involved.
15. Required certificates.
B. Preparation
1. Sizes and materials.
(a) The final map shall be clearly and
legibly delineated upon tracing cloth of good quality. All lines,
letters, figures, certificates, acknowledgements and signatures
shall be made in black waterproof india ink, except that affi-
davits, certificates and acknowledgements may be legibly stamped
or printed upon the map with black opaque ink.
(b) The size of each sheet shall be 18 a 26
inches.
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(c) A marginal line shall be drawn complete-
ly around each sheet, leaving an entirely blank margin of one
inch.
(d) The scale of the map shall be large
enough to show all details clearly, and enough sheets shall be
used to accomplish this end.
(e) Each sheet shall be numbered, the rela-
tion of one sheet to another clearly shown, and the number of
sheets used shall be set forth on each sheet.
(f) The tract number, scale, north point
and sheet number shall be shown on each sheet of the final map.
2. Title sheet.
(a) Below the title shall be a sub -title con-
sisting of a general description of all the property being sub-
divided, by reference to subdivision or to sectional surveys.
(b) Reference to tracts and subdivisions
shall be spelled out and worded identically with original rec-
ords, with complete references to proper book and page of the
record.
(e) Title sheet shall show, in addition,
the basis of bearings.
(d) Maps filed for purpose of reverting sub-
divided land to acreage shall be conspicuously marked under the
title "The Purpose of this Map is a Reversion to Acreage ".
3. Certificates.
(a) Forms for certificates required by the
"Subdivision Map Act" and this ordinance may be secured from the
City Engineer.
4. Surveying data for lots.
(a) Sufficient data shall be shown to ds-
termine readily the bearing and length of each line.
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dimensions.
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(b) Dimensions of lots shall be the net
(c) No ditto marks shall be used.
(d) Lots containing one acre or more shall
show net acreage to nearest hundredth.
5. Survey Data.
(a) The final map shall show the center
lines of all streets; lengths, tangents, radii and central angles
or radial bearings of all curves; the total width of each street,
the width of the portion being dedicated and the width of exist-
ing dedication and the width of each side of the center line;
also the width of rights -of -way of railroads, flood control or
drainage channels and any other easements existing or being dedi-
cated by the map.
(b) Surveys in connection with the prepar-
ation of subdivision maps as in this ordinance provided shall be
made in accordance with standard practices and principles for
land surveying. A traverse of the boundaries of the subdivisions
and all lots and blocks shall close.
6. Existing Monuments.
(a) The final map shall show clearly what
stakes, monuments or other evidence was found on the ground which
were used as ties to determine the boundaries of the tract.
(b) The corners of adjoining subdivisions
or portions thereof shall be identified and ties shown.
7. New Monuments.
(a) In making the survey for the subdivision,
the Surveyor shall set sufficient permanent monuments so that the
survey or any part thereof may be readily retraced. Such monu-
ments shall generally be placed at all angle points and curve
points on the exterior boundary lines of the tract, and at such
other points as may be necessary to serve the above requirements.
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