HomeMy WebLinkAbout264ORDINANCE N0. 264
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF THE TOWN OF LOS ALTOS
HILLS AMENDING SECTION 9-4.703, AND SUBSECTIONS
(a) AND (b) OF SECTION 9-4.704, RESPECTIVELY, OF
CHAPTER 4 ENTITLED "SUBDIVISIONS" OF TITLE 9
ENTITLED "PLANNING AND ZONING" OF THE LOS ALTOS
HILLS MUNICIPAL CODE, AND REPEALING SECTIONS
9-4.707 AND 9-4.710, THEREOF
The City Council of the City of the Town of Los Altos Hills
does ORDAIN as follows:
SECTION 1. AMENDMENT OF CODE.
Section 9-4.703 of Chapter 4 entitled "Subdivisions" of Title
9 of the Los Altos Hills Municipal Code hereby is amended to read
as follows:
SECTION 9-4.703. RIGHTS OF WAY; WIDTH; RADIUS.
(a) The minimum right-of-way width for all public and
private roads, except fire or emergency roads, shall be
sixty feet (60').
(b) The minimum right-of-way for a fire or emergency road
shall be determined upon the recommendation of the City
Engineer based upon a consideration of the expected use,
terrain, vegetation, soils and all other factors pertinent
to the width of the road.
(c) Where a cut or fill road slope is outside the right-
of-way of a road, a slope control easement may be required
of sufficient width to permit the maintenance of the slope
upon the recommendation of the City Engineer.
(d) Exceptions can be made only when one-way streets are
permitted or where the City Engineer recommends that the
standard width as applied to the particular case would
be impractical or would create unnecessary detriment to
the land.
(e) The right-of-way width of a road may be increased to
include the following:
1. Sufficient space for cuts and fills unless slope
easements are provided in addition to the uniform
right-of-way width. where cuts attain ten feet
(101) in height, or fills attain eight feet (8')
in height (maximum cut and fill permitted), the
right-of-way or slope easement shall clear the top
of cut or the toe of fill slope by at least six feet
(6');
2. Space for all required street improvements such
as pavement, gutter, paths, bikeways, shoulders and
drainage structures and appurtenances;
3. Space for all public utilities; and,
4. Space for safe driveway approaches.
(f) Cul-de-sac rights-of-way shall terminate in turnaround
areas having a minimum radius of fifty feet (5o'), measured
at the property lines. This right-of-way area will also
be required for a "hammerhead" as depicted in the City
standards.
(g) At the intersection of two or more streets, the property
lines shall be rounded with a curve having a radius of not
less than thirty feet (30').
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SECTION 2. AMENDMENT OF CODE.
Subsections (a) and (b) of Section 9-4.704 of Chapter 4,
entitled "Subdivisions" of Title 9 of the Los Altos Hills Municipal
Code hereby is amended to read as follows:
SECTION 9-4.704. TYPES OF ROAD DESIGN.
(a) Split level, One-way Streets.
Split level, one-way streets shall be designed to take
advantage of the natural contour of the land so as to provide
the best possible access to building sites, reduce cuts and
fills and establish desirable grades. When, in the opinion
of the City Engineer, the use of split level, one-way streets
will result in a more efficient use of the existing terrain,
will minimize the scarring effects of development on the
hillsides, retain existing vegetation, and their use is
Justified by detailed engineering studies, they shall be
considered by the Planning Commission. There shall be
provided standard emergency pullout parking stalls, adequate
to contain two (2) vehicles, each of which shall be eight
feet (8') wide by fifty feet (501) in length.
(b) Cul-de-sac Streets.
Cul-de-sacs normally shall not be more than 1,500 feet,
measured along the centerline of the cul-de-sac, from the
center of the cul-de-sac to the center of the first inter-
section from the cul-de-sac, unless topographic conditions
justify the use of longer cul-de-sacs. In cases where the
length of the -cul-de-sac is greater than 1,000 feet, there
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shall be provided standard emergency pullout parking areas,
adequate to contain two (2) vehicles. The space shall be
eight feet (8') wide by fifty feet (501) in length, not to
exceed intervals of 500 feet on straight sections, and may
be required at each end of every blind curve.
Turning circles at the end of cul-de-sac streets shall
have a roadway radius of not less than thirty-two feet (32'),
except that in mountainous or hillside areas the roadway
radius may be reduced to twenty-two feet (22').
Alternate designs such as hammerheads for turning or
reversing direction may be used in lieu of the turning
circle, as depicted in the City standards and approved by
the City Engineer.
SECTION 3. AMENDMENT OF CODE.
Section 9-4.707, entitled "Street Corner Cutoff" of Chapter 4,
entitled "Subdivisions" of Title 9 of the Los Altos Hills Municipal
Code be and the same hereby is repealed.
SECTION 4. AMENDMENT OF CODE.
Section 9-4.710, entitled "Turning Circles" of Chapter 4,
entitled "Subdivisions" of Title 9 of the Los Altos Hills Municipal
Code be and the same hereby is repealed.
SECTION 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. POSTING.
This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect thirty (30)
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days from and after its passage, and shall be posted within the
City of the Town of Los Altos Hills in three (3) public places.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance was introduced
at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of the Town
of Los Altos Hills on the 21ht day of May 1980, and was
thereafter passed and adopteToon the 4th ay of ,Time ,
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