[CC 1984 §26-1; Ord. No. 4294 §1, 10-2-1989]
This Chapter, and ordinances supplementary or amendatory hereto,
shall be known and may be cited as "The Subdivision Regulations of
the City of Richmond Heights, Missouri".
[CC 1984 §26-2; Ord. No. 4294 §1, 10-2-1989]
The purpose of this Chapter is to provide rules, regulations
and standards to guide land subdivision within the City of Richmond
Heights, Missouri, in order to promote the public health, safety,
convenience and general welfare of the municipality. It is to be administered
to insure the orderly growth and development of the community, the
conservation, protection and proper use of land, and adequate provision
for traffic circulation, utilities and other municipal purposes.
[CC 1984 §26-3; Ord. No. 4294 §1, 10-2-1989; Ord. No. 4480 §1, 11-16-1992]
For purposes of this Chapter, the following terms shall have
the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this Article:
A minor right-of-way used primarily for vehicular access
to the rear or side of properties otherwise abutting on a street.
An area of land, consisting of a series of lots, entirely
surrounded by streets, streams, rights-of-way, parks, etc., or a combination
thereof.
A line or lines on a plat designating the area outside of
which buildings may not be erected, except as permitted in the zoning
ordinance.
The person(s) employed or designated by the City of Richmond
Heights to perform particular engineering services.
The plan adopted by the Planning and Zoning Commission of
the City.
A grant by a property owner to the public, a corporation
or a person of the use of land for a specified purpose.
The engineering plans showing types of materials and construction
details for the proposed subdivision improvements.
Street pavements, sidewalks, pedestrian walkways, water mains,
sanitary sewers, storm sewers, sewage treatment and disposal plants,
street signs, survey monuments, landscaping, street light installations
and other similar items.
A platted parcel of land intended to be separately owned,
developed or otherwise used as a unit.
The total horizontal surface area within the boundaries of
a lot exclusive of any area designated for street purposes, public
or private.
A lot abutting upon two (2) or more streets at their intersection.
A lot having a frontage on two (2) non-intersecting streets,
as distinguished from a corner lot.
Is one in which:
An easement or right-of-way dedicated to public use to facilitate
pedestrian access to adjacent streets and/or properties.
A map or drawing, to scale, of a tract of land proposed for
subdivision showing such information as is required elsewhere in this
Chapter.
A strip of land reserved or acquired by dedication, prescription,
condemnation, gift, purchase, eminent domain, or any other legal means
occupied or intended to be occupied by a street, sidewalk, railroad,
utility, sewer or other similar use. In the case of a private street,
the right-of-way shall be dedicated to the property owners or trustees
for street maintenance purposes.
A general term denoting a public or private way which affords
the principal means of vehicular access to abutting property. The
term includes all facilities which normally occur within the right-of-way;
it shall also include such other designations as highway, thoroughfare,
parkway, throughway, road, pike, avenue, boulevard, lane, place and/or
court but shall not include an alley, driveway, common driveway, driveway
easement or a pedestrian way.
A street designed to carry traffic from several minor streets
to the system of major streets, or a street located in a zoning district
other than a single-family residential district.
A street having only one (1) end open for vehicular traffic
and the other permanently terminated by a turnaround for vehicles.
A street designed or used primarily for high vehicular speeds
or heavy volumes of traffic on a continuous route with an average
daily traffic of five thousand (5,000) vehicles.
A street of limited continuity in a single-family residential
zoned district which serves or is intended to serve the local needs
of a neighborhood and is used primarily for access to abutting properties.
A private way which affords the principal means of vehicular
access to abutting property.
The division of a lot, tract or parcel of land into two (2)
or more lots, sites or parcels for the purpose of either immediate
or future sale or building development, including also the resubdivision
of land or lots; providing however, that the sale or exchange of parcels
of land to or between adjoining owners, where such sale or exchange
does not create additional lots, shall not be considered a subdivision;
also
The dedication of a new road, highway, street, alley, pedestrian
way or public way, or of a public easement; or
The dedication of property for the widening of an existing road, highway or street to conform to the minimum street right-of-way requirements of this Chapter. (See Section 410.150(F))
[CC 1984 §26-4; Ord. No. 4294 §1, 10-2-1989]
A.
No land
within the limits of the City of Richmond Heights shall be subdivided
after the adoption of these regulations without complying with the
provisions of this Chapter.
B.
No lot,
tract or parcel of land within any such proposed subdivision shall
be offered for sale nor shall any sale, contract for sale, or option
be given until the plan for such subdivision has been reviewed by
the Planning and Zoning Commission of the City of Richmond Heights,
officially approved by the Council of the City of Richmond Heights,
and the final plat of such subdivision has been recorded in the office
of the Recorder of Deeds of St. Louis County, Missouri.
C.
No building
construction or improvement, such as sidewalks, water supply, stormwater
drainage, sewage facilities, gas service, electric service, street
lighting or grading, paving or surfacing of any street, shall hereafter
be made within any such subdivision by any owner or owners or his/her
or their agent, or by any public service corporation at the request
of such owner or owners or by his/her or their agent until the final
plat for the subdivision and also the plans for the improvements thereto
have been properly reviewed by the Planning and Zoning Commission
and officially approved by the Council of the City of Richmond Heights.
D.
Where
a tract of land is proposed to be subdivided in several stages over
a period of years, and the subdivider requests approval in parts,
he/she shall submit a preliminary plan of the entire tract to be developed
at the time of submission of request for the first (1st) section,
with appropriate sectioning to demonstrate to the Planning and Zoning
Commission that the total design, as proposed for the entire subdivision,
is feasible. The Planning and Zoning Commission may give preliminary
approval to the overall plan and final approval on the parts as submitted
from time to time.
E.
The provisions
of this Chapter shall be held to be the minimum requirements necessary
in the subdivision of land.
F.
Where
a tract of land to be subdivided abuts a street requiring additional
right-of-way for future widening purposes, the net area for building
sites and the front building setback line shall be determined as if
said additional right-of-way was not required.
G.
All interpretations
of these rules and regulations are reserved to the administrative
bodies referred to herein.
[CC 1984 §26-5; Ord. No. 4294 §1, 10-2-1989]
A.
In addition
to the requirements, standards and regulations more specifically enumerated
herein, the Planning and Zoning Commission and the City Council shall
consider and determine whether the subdivision and use of the land
will:
1.
Comply
with the coordinated development of the City;
2.
Provide
for the coordination of streets within the subdivision with other
existing or planned streets or with other features of the City Comprehensive
Plan or Zoning Map of the City;
3.
Provide
for adequate open spaces for traffic, recreation, light and air;
4.
Provide
for a distribution of population and traffic;
5.
Not
adversely affect the character of the neighborhood nor diminish the
environmental quality of the area;
6.
Not
adversely affect the general welfare of the community;
7.
Not
overtax public facilities, public roads or public utilities; and
8.
Not
adversely affect future development of the area.
B.
An application for approval of a subdivision may be denied if the findings are negative with regard to any matter set forth in Subsection (A) above.
C.
Within
sixty (60) days after the submission of a plat to the Planning and
Zoning Commission, the Commission shall approve or disapprove the
plat; otherwise the plat is deemed approved by the Commission, except
that the Commission, with the consent of the applicant for approval,
may extend the sixty (60) day period. The ground for disapproval of
any submitted plat shall be made a matter of record by the Commission
in its minutes.
D.
If the
application for plat approval is denied by the Planning and Zoning
Commission, the application shall then be transmitted to the City
Council for final decision.
E.
No application
for final plat approval shall be considered before a decision is reached
on the application for preliminary plat approval.
