§ 16.14.030. Access to public streets.

All lots or parcels created by the subdivision of land, except in large lot subdivisions as set forth below, shall have direct access onto a public street improved to the standards hereinafter required. Private streets shall not be permitted. The planning commission may, however, impose a requirement that any dedication or offer of dedication of a street shall include a waiver of direct access rights, including ingress and egress, to such street from any property shown on a final map as abutting thereon, and that if the dedication is accepted, such waiver shall become effective in accordance with the provisions of the waiver of direct access. Whenever the planning commission finds a safety hazard would be created as a result of direct access, it may also require a waiver of direct access to any existing street already dedicated as a condition to approval. As an exemption to the foregoing requirements, the planning commission is authorized to approve large lot subdivisions, with a two-acre minimum lot size, in agricultural and rural estate zones, with some or all of the lots having direct access onto private rather than public streets. Any such approval shall be conditioned on such private streets being developed to the standards hereinafter required and the developer entering into an agreement acceptable to the city which ensures adequate maintenance thereof.

(Ord. 662 (part), 1997; Ord. 338 § 2 (part), 1975)