Nevada City

Thirty (30) percent of all new lots... shall be designated on a map as requiring the construction of a home less than or equal to one thousand five hundred (1,500) square feet in size and a garage not to exceed five hundred (500) square feet in size. Thirty (30) percent of all homes located in new subdivisions shall be one thousand five hundred (1,500) square feet or smaller. These homes shall be affordable to below moderate-income households.

Twenty (20) percent of all new single-family lots... shall contain a second dwelling attached or detached which is not less than three hundred fifty (350) square feet in size nor more than six hundred forty (640) square feet in size.

The size, design, grade, location and configuration of lots within a proposed subdivision, and the improvements required in connection therewith, shall be consistent with the density and uses authorized for the area by the general plan, any applicable specific plan and the zoning regulations, whichever is the most restrictive.

Each minor street providing access to lots within a subdivision shall connect directly or through one or more minor streets to a collector street or major street...

Permanently deadended streets (except cul-de-sacs) are prohibited.

Where property is subdivided into lots substantially larger than the minimum size required for the zoning district in which the subdivision is located, streets and lots shall be laid out so as to permit future resubdivision in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.

A cul-de-sac street shall not exceed five hundred feet in length. Cul-de-sacs shall have a minimum right-of-way radius of forty feet... Street rights-of-way shall be a minimum of fifty feet. Grades on streets shall not be less than 0.25 percent. Grades shall not exceed ten percent... All streets shall intersect as nearly as possible at right angles, and in no case shall the angle of intersection be less than sixty degrees. Street jogs shall have a minimum centerline offset of one hundred fifty feet. Block corners shall be rounded by a minimum radius curve of twenty feet at property lines.

Alleys shall not be permitted in a single-family development except as may be permitted or required at the rear of single-family attached (townhouse) dwellings or at the rear of single-family detached dwellings which front upon major streets.

Improved pedestrianways not less than ten feet in width may be required where needed for traffic safety, or for access to schools, playgrounds, shopping facilities or other community facilities.

Suitable trails and paths for hiking, bicycle and equestrian use shall be provided in locations established by the general plan or any specific plan pertaining to such uses.

Utility easements shall be ten feet in width, except that where required on side lot lines or across the rear of double tier lots they shall be five feet in width. All utility lines... shall be placed underground.

All lots shall be graded to provide adequate drainage. Provision shall be made for proper erosion control, including the prevention of damage to off-site property by sedimentation or otherwise.

The rear lot line shall be at least one hundred feet from the right-of-way line of the street or road on which the lot fronts. The side lot lines shall normally be at right angles or radial to street or road lines.

When a conditional use permit is granted for a planned unit development and such development is subdivided, exceptions to the foregoing lot standards may be approved, as follows:

All areas designated as open space or for park or recreational use shall, unless contained within the various lots of the subdivision and maintained by the owners of such lots, be designated either as a separate parcel or parcels and dedicated to the city for park and recreational purposes, or as a separate parcel or parcels and maintained as common open space within an approved planned unit development.

No lot shall be divided by a city or county boundary line. Remnants of property which do not conform to lot requirements, or are not needed for a public or private utility or for approved access, shall not be created in a subdivision.

As a condition of approval of a final or parcel map, the subdivider shall dedicate, or make an irrevocable offer of dedication of, all parcels of land within the subdivision that are needed for streets, alleys, including access rights and abutters' rights, drainage, public utility easements, and other public easements.

The subdivider shall construct or install all improvements in streets, alleys, pedestrianways, bicycle paths, drainage channels, easements and rights-of-way as are necessary for the general use of residents of the subdivision and for local traffic and drainage needs, and the improvements may include pavement, curbs, gutters, sidewalks, culverts, bridges, retaining walls, storm drains and drainage works, water mains and laterals, sanitary sewers, fire hydrants, street lighting facilities, street signs and other improvements as required.

The city council shall have authority to grant, conditionally grant or deny requests by subdividers for modifications of the requirements or standards imposed by this chapter.

A petition for reversion to acreage may be initiated by the city council on its own motion or by petition of all of the owners of record of the real property within the subdivision.