16.02.020 Purpose.
The subdivision regulations are adopted to supplement and implement the provisions of the Subdivision Map Act pertaining to the design, improvements and survey data of subdivisions, as a “local ordinance” as that term is used in that act. All provisions of the Subdivision Map Act and future amendments thereto not incorporated in these regulations shall apply to all subdivisions, subdivision maps and proceedings under the subdivision regulations.
Additionally, the regulations codified in this title are adopted for the following purposes:
A. To protect and provide for the public health, safety and general welfare;
B. To guide the development of the city in accordance with the city of San Luis Obispo general plan and specific plans;
C. To ensure that real property, which is to be divided, can be used without danger to inhabitants or property due to fire, flood, soil instability, noise or other hazard;
D. To ensure that proper provision will be made for traffic circulation, public utilities, facilities, and other improvements within the subdivided land and within the city as a whole pursuant to the circulation element of the general plan;
E. To protect and enhance the value of land and improvements and to minimize conflicts among the uses of land and buildings;
F. To protect potential buyers and inhabitants by establishing standards of design, and by establishing procedures which ensure proper legal description and monumenting of subdivided land;
G. To protect the natural and cultural resources of the community, including topographic and geologic features, historic sites and structures, solar exposure, watercourses, wildlife habitats and scenic vistas, and to provide reasonable public access to such resources;
H. To enable innovations in subdivision procedures which facilitate development that will best reflect the capability of the land to support a desirable living environment. (Ord. 1729 § 4 (Exh. A), 2023)