Rancho Santa Margarita

Drainage and sewer fees required by this Section shall be paid into a local drainage and sewer facilities fund. A separate fund shall be established for each local drainage area.

A subdivider, as a condition of approval of a tentative map, or a building permit applicant, as a condition of issuance of a building permit, shall pay a fee as hereinafter established to defray the costs of constructing bridges over waterways, railways, freeways and canyons, or constructing major thoroughfares.

No building, structure, or land shall be used or occupied, and no building or sign shall be erected, constructed, reconstructed, moved, or structurally altered, except in conformity with all of the provisions set forth for the zoning district in which such building, structure, or land is located.

Any use that is not consistent with Federal, State or local law and is not expressly permitted in a zoning district as a permitted uses or as a conditionally permitted use... shall be deemed a prohibited use. The Planning Commission may permit unlisted uses if findings are made.

The purpose of the auto center overlay district regulations is to... provide an attractive and architecturally compatible environment along Santa Margarita Parkway...

This section applies to properties in the workforce housing overlay (WHO) identified on the zoning map by a 'WHO' label after the base zone.

The purpose of the mixed-use (MU) district is to provide the ability for development projects to combine compatible uses in ways which offer a balance of land uses where people can live, work, shop and dine on a neighborhood scale.

An approved or conditionally approved tentative map shall expire 36 months after its approval or conditional approval, unless prior to the expiration date a subdivider requests an extension of time to record said map.

Private streets serving four or fewer parcels as access to a public street shall provide for a minimum pavement width of 16 feet within a minimum twenty-foot-wide right-of-way.

Additional pedestrian ways not abutting a street shall be provided when necessary for access to schools, recreation and other public areas. These pedestrian ways shall not be less than six feet in width.

Utility lines, including, but not limited to, electric, communications, street lighting and cable television, shall be required to be placed underground within any new, revised or reactivated residential subdivision.

All lots intended for development shall be connected to a sanitary sewer system.

Where any lot is designed in such a manner that it will not drain with a minimum one percent grade directly to a street or common drainage facility, it shall be designed in a manner that will conform to the following criteria.

The maximum height of man-made slopes steeper than five feet horizontal to one foot vertical shall be as follows: Type A and B no maximum; Type C twenty feet.

The design of the areas listed below shall include appropriate landscaping for aesthetic, noise suppression, fire protection and/or erosion control purposes: man-made slopes greater than five feet in height; common areas; roadway medians and parkway areas; lots containing existing significant trees or other plants proposed to be preserved; fuel modification areas; other open space areas.

Any proposed subdivision fronting upon a public waterway, river or stream shall be designed so as to provide reasonable public access by fee or easement from a public highway to and along that portion of the bank of the river or stream bordering or lying within the proposed subdivision.

Any subdivision proposed to be located in an area shown in the safety element of the General Plan to be a State designated high or extreme fire hazard area or an Orange County designated special fire protection area shall provide appropriate fire protection by means of firebreaks, fuel modification programs, access roads, sufficient water supply, landscaping and open spaces.

Areas proposed for subdivision in floodplains, as defined by Chapter 9.12, shall comply with the following: all subdivision proposals shall be consistent with Chapter 9.12; have public utilities and facilities located and constructed to minimize flood damage; have adequate drainage; and provide base flood elevation data.

Security in the form specified by Subdivision Map Act shall be furnished with every improvement agreement. The amount of the security shall be as follows: If bonds are furnished by one of the authorized corporate sureties: a performance bond in the amount of 100 percent of the estimated cost of the improvement.

Prior to the filing of a final tract map with the City Council, the subdivider shall cause to be issued and filed by and with the Treasurer-Tax Collector a certificate stating that, according to the records of such office, there are no liens against the subdivision or any part thereof for unpaid State, County, municipal or local taxes or special assessments collected as taxes, except taxes or special assessments not yet payable.