§ 20-1. Scope.


Latest version.
  • (a)

    This chapter is enacted to facilitate and insure orderly development of lands in the unincorporated areas in the county.

    (b)

    This chapter shall implement the objectives established for the development of the county in conformance with its general plan, and the master streets and highways plan. A proposed subdivision or land division shall be considered in relation to such plans.

    (c)

    This chapter shall provide standards governing the surveys, designs and improvements of subdivisions; and the submission of maps, plans and specifications for the construction of improvements.

    (d)

    This chapter shall provide for governing standards for health and sanitation requirements, and the construction and installation of streets, roads, highways, public utilities and other improvements. The Butte County board of supervisors shall provide a fee schedule for services rendered by the county.

    (e)

    This chapter shall provide for the creation of reasonable building sites by establishing adequate road widths, proper alignment of roads, adequate lot sizes and means of ingress and egress to and from the property.

    (f)

    This chapter shall control the division of land which is subject to inundation by flooding from natural streams or artificial ponding caused by man, and other detrimental influences which may cause land to be unsuitable for satisfactory development.

    (g)

    This chapter shall control the division of land which may be subject to dangerous or unsuitable soil conditions of any type, or subject to any other impediments affecting the use of the land for human habitation.

    (h)

    This chapter shall provide rules and regulation governing the contents of tentative and final subdivision maps, land divisions and parcel maps; it shall establish methods for the processing and filing of the maps and regulate other related matters.

    (i)

    This chapter shall provide for the numbering of all final subdivision maps in addition to the name given by the subdivider. Such numbers shall give the last two (2) digits of the year in which the map was filed and the number, in order, of the subdivision map submitted in that year.

(Ord. No. 3188, § 1(Exh. A), 3-14-95)