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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTC Ord 1964-11-23 ORDINANCE NOa 2~ AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY OF TIBURO~ SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE INCREASEL LOT SIzr The City Council of the City of Tiburon does ordain a~ follows: Section 1. FINDINGS. The City Council of the City 0: Tiburon does hereby find and declare that the following factE are true. (a) Indiscriminate, unplanned and uncoordinated subdivision of land fails to provide for adequate design, im- provement and circulation for streets1 fails to assure adequate design of lots1 fails to promote an integrated land pattern1 impairs the desirability of residence and investment in the CitY1 fails to attain the optimum use and value of the land~ results in inadequate provision for ingress to and egress from the said property to be subdivided by failing to take into consideration the location of the property being developed, and the City1s unique topography and geography, thus creating dangerous traffic conditions. That for the reasons afore- mentioned, and others, indiscriminate, unplanned and unco- ordinated subdivision of land causes special harm and injury to the residential, commercial and industrial economy of the City of Tiburon, and to the general prosperity, health, welfare and safety of the citizens of Tiburon. (b) The City of Tiburon just recently incorporated and the Planning Commission is, in good faith, conducting studies and is consulting with a professional planning firm for the pur90se of studying and preparing plans and recommen- dations leading to the adoption of revised and comprehensive zoning regulations governing subdivisions. (c) In order to prevent the destruction of the effect and purpose of the above studies, it is necessary that the City of Tiburon Subdivision Ordinance be ammended as herein provided. (d) This Ordinance is of a temporary nature, to serve for a period of six months only, unless for good cause further extended at the end of said period of time by the City Council. Section 2. AMENDMENT. Section 2.5(a) of the City of Tiburon Subdivision Ordinance (Ordinance N~~ber 7 adopting by reference I~rin County Ordinance No. 640) is hereby amended to 1. read as follows: "2.5 Lots SizE: .(a) No lot shall have an averaae width of less tnar ,,:, j,,_,....Jj~ qOO): feet or a width at any ooint of less thar ",~r forty (40) feet. No lot shall have an area of less tha~ thousand (20,000 ) square feet. In any case lO1:s shall conform with the requirements of any Zonin~ Ordinance effective for the area in which the proposec subdivision is located. Where property is zoned fa: business uses, other widths and areas may be permittee at the discretion of the Planning Commission. I Section 3. SEVERABILITY. If any section, subsectio~! sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance is for any reason held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such decision shall not effect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance. The City Council hereby declares it would have passed this Ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause and phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that anyone or more be held invalid. Section 4. APPLICATION. This Ordinance shall apply prospectively, and shall apply to all applications for approval of tentative maps presently pending before the City or any department, commission or official body thereof, which said tentative maps have not been approved as of the effective date thereof. Section 5. EFFEC'rIVE DATE AND EXPIRATION DATEo This Ordinance shall go into effect immediately upon its adoption as an ordinance necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, ,health, and safety, and shall expire six months after the effective date unless further extended prior to expiration by the City Council. The facts constituting the urgency and requiring that this Ordinance become effective immediately are as follows~ 2. The City has only recently been incorporated ana vari- ous owners of large parcels of land located within the juris- diction of the City of Tiburon are preparing, or have prepare~r plans for the development and subdivision of said lands an~ intend to proceed with such development in the immediate fu~urc. Unless this Ordinance is made immediately effective, tn( purposes of the City's efforts to study,pr~pare and adop: sound and comprehensive regulations relating to subdivisions, anc its efforts to avoid the damages referred to in ~ection 1 (6' above will be defeated. ~his Ordinance shall be posted in three public piace~ within tne City of Tiburon as previously designated by Counci~ Resolution. PASSED AND ADOPTED at a meeting of the City Council of the City of Tiburon on the 23rd day of November, 1964, by the following vote: AYES: Councilmen: Ell inwood, Hannahs, Hoffmire, SOUZil, Strilwbrldge NOES: Councilmen: None ABSENT: Councilmen: None A!'l'EST :-'; /_ ./) ( ~d~ J-'-/~~ 'I.A RENCE D. ROSE, Ci Y Clerk 3.