PDF City of Rainbow City, Alabama Subdivision Regulations

CITY OF RAINBOW CITY, ALABAMA

SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS

Adopted May, 1994 Revised May, 2007

Building Department 3700 Rainbow Drive Rainbow City, Alabama 35906 Phone Number: 256-413-1230 Fax Number: 256-442-3896

RAINBOW CITY, ALABAMA

SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ARTICLE

PAGE

I.

IN GENERAL..................................................................................................................1

Section 1. Purpose .........................................................................................................1 Section 2. Title................................................................................................................1 Section 3. Authority ........................................................................................................2 Section 4. Jurisdiction ....................................................................................................2 Section 5. Scope ............................................................................................................2 Section 6. Administration................................................................................................3 Section 7. Variances ......................................................................................................3

Section 8. Penalties........................................................................................................3 Section 9. Severability and Separability.........................................................................4 Section 10. Amending Regulations................................................................................4

II. DEFINITIONS.................................................................................................................5

Section 11. In General....................................................................................................5 Section 12. Specific Definitions......................................................................................5

III. PROCEDURE FOR PLAT APPROVAL .........................................................................9

Section 13. In General....................................................................................................9 Section 14. Preapplication .............................................................................................9 Section 15. Preliminary Plat Review & Approval ...........................................................9 Section 16. Final Plat ...................................................................................................12

IV. DESIGN STANDARDS ................................................................................................14

Section 17. Conformity to Land Use Plan ....................................................................14 Section 18. Street Plan.................................................................................................14 Section 19. Street Construction Standards................................................................. 17

Section 20. Alignment and Visibility .............................................................................31 Section 21. Intersections..............................................................................................31 Section 22. Alleys .........................................................................................................32

Section 23. Blocks........................................................................................................32 Section 24. Lots............................................................................................................33 Section 25. Easements ................................................................................................33

Section 26. Drainage and Inundation...........................................................................34 Section 27. Non-Residential Subdivision .....................................................................34 Section 28. Vacating a Street.......................................................................................34 V. REQUIRED IMPROVEMENTS ....................................................................................35 Section 29. In General..................................................................................................35

VI. GUARANTEES.............................................................................................................38 Division 1. Guarantee of Completion ...........................................................................38 Division 2. Guarantee Against Faulty Material.............................................................39

Appendix A - Planning Commission Resolution

SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS

ARTICLE I. IN GENERAL

Sec. 1. Purpose.

(a) It is with the intent of creating a climate conducive to the orderly and progressive growth of the City of Rainbow City, Alabama; a climate of mutual and reasonable understanding, with prompt and just consideration to the various interests involved in subdivision work, that these procedures and requirements have been established.

(b) Community interest requires the regulation and control of development to insure reasonable protection of property values, and to promote a healthy environment for the citizens of Rainbow City.

(c) These regulations are designed, intended, and should be administered in a manner to:

- Implement the Land Use Plan.

- Provide neighborhood conservation by preventing the development of slums and blight.

- Harmoniously relate the development of the various tracts of land to the existing community and facilitate the future development of adjoining tracts.

- Provide that the cost of improvements which primarily benefit the tract of land being developed be borne by the owners or developers of the tract, and that the cost of improvements which primarily benefit the whole community be borne by the whole community.

- Provide the best possible design for each tract of land being subdivided.

- Establish adequate and accurate records of all land subdivision activity.

(d) The regulations contained herein have been formulated and adopted for the purpose of promoting the health, safety, and the general welfare of the people of the City of Rainbow City, Alabama.

Sec. 2. Title

These regulations shall be known as the "Official Subdivision Regulations" of the City of Rainbow City, Alabama.

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Sec. 3. Authority

Pursuant to the authority granted by Code of Alabama (1975) Article 2, Sections 11-52-30 through 11-52-54 inclusive, of the Code of Alabama which provisions are hereby made a part of these regulations, the following regulations are hereby adopted by the Planning Commission for the City of Rainbow City, Alabama. A copy of these regulations shall be certified to by the Probate Judge of Etowah County, Alabama.

Sec. 4. Jurisdiction

(a) From and after the effective date hereof, these regulations shall govern the subdivision of all land located in the City of Rainbow City, Alabama, and, in addition, shall govern the subdivision of land within three (3) miles of the corporate limits of the City of Rainbow City, Alabama except where there are contiguous borders with another municipality. When there is another municipality with a planning commission within five (5) miles and its borders are not contiguous with Rainbow City's, these regulations shall govern one-half (1/2) the distance from Rainbow City to the other municipality.

(b) Any owner of land within the limits of said subdivision jurisdiction wishing to subdivide land shall submit to the Planning Commission a plat of the subdivision which shall conform to the minimum requirements set forth in these regulations. No plat of a subdivision lying within such territory or part thereof shall be filed or recorded in the Office of the Probate Judge, and no subdivider may proceed with improvement or sale of lots in a subdivision until such subdivision plat shall have been approved by the Planning Commission and the County Engineer(s), and such approval entered in writing on the plat by the Secretary of the Planning Commission and said plat is filed for record in the Office of the Probate Judge of Etowah County, Alabama.

Sec. 5. Scope

(a) Any owner of land lying within the area of jurisdiction of these regulations who wishes to divide such land into two (2) or more lots, sites, or divisions, for the purpose, whether immediate or future, of sale or building development provided, however, it shall not apply to any division of land into parcels of five (5) acres or more where no new street is involved and on which no more than one single family dwelling is located, or who wishes to re-subdivide for this purpose, shall submit a plan of such proposed subdivision to the Rainbow City Planning Commission for approval, and shall obtain such approval prior to the filing of his subdivision plat for record. Any such plat or subdivision shall conform to the minimum standards of design for the subdivision of land as set forth in Article IV of these standards, and shall be presented in the manner specified in the following sections of this Article. If a subdivision does not lie within the force and effect of an existing zoning ordinance, the Planning Commission shall require provisions for minimum front, side, rear yards, and use requirements based upon standards of the zoning ordinance and Health Department Regulations. No plat of a subdivision of land within the area of planning jurisdiction of the City of Rainbow City shall be filed or recorded by the Probate Judge without the prior approval of the Planning Commission as specified herein. 2

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