Extracted standards
17 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Environmental
- FloodplainFloodplainLand expected to flood at a stated frequency, where building carries extra conditions. prohibition
No land subject to flooding or deemed by the Planning Commission to be uninhabitable shall be plotted for residential occupancy.
Other
- Alley intersection corner cutoff10 ft
Where two (2) alleys intersect, ten (10) foot corner cutoffs measured along the property lines from the point of intersection will be required.
- Drainage dedication required
The subdivider shall, subject to riparian rights, dedicate a right-of-way for storm drainage purposes conforming substantially with the lines of any natural watercourse or channel, stream or creek that traverses the subdivision
- Landmark preservation approval
Applications for tentative or parcel map approval which include property designated as a landmark preservation site will be deemed complete only when proof of project approval by the Landmark Preservation Commission has been submitted with the application.
- Maximum block length1,100 ft
Block lengths shall not exceed eleven hundred (1,100) feet.
- Maximum block width500 ft
the width shall not exceed five hundred (500) feet in each of any other direction perpendicular or nearly perpendicular to the length.
- Maximum cul-de-sac length750 ft
No cul-de-sac or dead-end streets shall be more than seven hundred fifty (750) feet in length unless emergency access and utility delivery capabilities are acceptable to the Fire Chief and City Engineer, respectively.
- Minimum commercial/industrial alley width30 ft
Alleys shall be provided where needed to serve existing or proposed commercial or industrial areas, and shall have a minimum width of thirty (30) feet
- Minimum intersection corner rounding radius15 ft
the block corners shall be rounded at the property line with a curve having a radius of not less than fifteen (15) feet.
- Minimum part-width street width40 ft
a minimum of forty (40) feet along and adjacent to a boundary of the subdivision shall be required
- Minimum planting/utility easement width3 ft
Where streets are less than sixty (60) feet in width, easements three (3) feet in width for planting and utilities shall be required adjacent to each street right-of-way line.
- Minimum residential alley width20 ft
Residential alleys shall be a minimum of twenty (20) feet in width.
- Minimum street centerline offset100 ft
the center lines of all streets wherever practicable shall be the continuations of the center lines of existing streets, or shall be offset at least one hundred (100) feet.
- Minimum turnaround radius50 ft
a turnaround having a minimum radius of fifty (50) feet measured to the property line or a comparable area in another form shall be required
- Sewage disposal required
Provision shall be made for adequate sewerage to be installed in accordance with the provisions of the applicable laws of the City.
- Street trees required
it is the policy of the City of Modesto to require street trees to be planted and maintained along the street frontages of the affected properties
- Underground utilities required
All utility distribution facilities and lines, including, but not limited to, gas, water, sewer, electrical communications, street lighting and cable television shall be installed underground
From the ordinance
The following general conditions of design shall apply: (a) Streets and Highways. (1) Relationship to Existing Streets.