Morro Bay

The RS district is intended to provide a single-unit residential area free of disturbing noises, excessive traffic, and hazards created by moving automobiles.

In no case shall the width of a lot be less than forty feet for a standard detached single-family lot. In addition, no lot for a standard single-family lot shall be less than sixty feet in depth.

New lots shall not be permitted where the average slope is over thirty percent; unless there is a building envelope with an average slope of less than twenty percent or the creation of such a lot offers public dedications or easements beneficial to the community.

The accessway to the rear shall be at least twenty feet wide (developed to city standards) for residential districts, except where the accessway is more than one hundred fifty feet long, it shall be at least twenty-four feet wide with twenty feet of pavement, unless otherwise approved by the planning commission.

All new utility distribution facilities shall be placed underground, except accessory facilities such as terminal boxes, meter cabinets and transformers may be installed above ground.

Blocks shall not be longer than five hundred feet between intersecting street lines, except on expressways and major streets, where longer blocks may be required by the planning commission.

in the coastal zone, public recreational access facilities and uses, such as trails, accessways, and public parks, shall be permissible uses in all zoning districts.

For the purposes of the zoning and use charts below, only the provisions of the IP as specified in 17.01.050(a) shall govern CDP review.

A zoning clearance is required for property improvements, buildings or structures erected, constructed, altered, repaired or moved, the use of vacant land, changes in the character of the use of land or building, or for substantial expansions in the use of land or building, which are allowed as a matter of right by this title.

The following provisions shall apply to cluster development proposals... In no case shall lots in a cluster development subdivision, be smaller than three thousand square feet in area and forty feet in width for detached single-family lots.

No mandatory element of the general plan can be amended more frequently than four times during any calendar year. (Sec. 17.46.050)

All improvement plans, including grading plans, shall be completed by the subdivider's registered engineer prior to the acceptance of the final map for filing.

A grading plan and specifications prepared substantially in accordance with the preliminary grading plan approved as part of the approved or conditionally approved tentative map shall be submitted as part of the improvement plans.

the subdivider shall pay a fee for plan checking, in an amount established by resolution of the city council.

All improvements shall be constructed under the inspection of the city engineer

Provision for the repair and replacement of defective material and workmanship of the improvements by the subdivider for a period of twelve months after the improvements have been accepted by the council

The subdivider shall secure the foregoing improvement agreement in an amount determined by the city engineer to be one hundred and fifty percent of the total estimated cost of the improvements

it shall be accompanied by a bond for the security of laborers and materials in an amount not less than fifty percent of the estimated cost of the improvements

all such changes or alterations do not exceed ten percent of the original estimated cost of the improvement

No building permit or similar entitlement of use shall be issued for the development of any lot within a subdivision until all required improvements are substantially completed or bonded for