10-28-2018, 10:48 AM
Access to a lot is required by law.
HCC 23-34 only stipulates access as a prerequisite for subdivision approval. A subsequent "act of god" wihch removes this access would not be subject to this requirement.
Each subdivided lot shall abut upon a public street or approved private street. No lot shall be platted without access on a street.
There are, of course, numerous examples of land-locked lots which were "somehow" platted.
Note also this requirement from HCC 23-37:
A lot shall be suitable for the purposes for which it is intended to be sold. No area subject to periodic inundation which endangers the health or safety of its occupants may be subdivided for residential purposes.
Which brings us right back to the "faux zoning" problem.
HCC 23-34 only stipulates access as a prerequisite for subdivision approval. A subsequent "act of god" wihch removes this access would not be subject to this requirement.
Each subdivided lot shall abut upon a public street or approved private street. No lot shall be platted without access on a street.
There are, of course, numerous examples of land-locked lots which were "somehow" platted.
Note also this requirement from HCC 23-37:
A lot shall be suitable for the purposes for which it is intended to be sold. No area subject to periodic inundation which endangers the health or safety of its occupants may be subdivided for residential purposes.
Which brings us right back to the "faux zoning" problem.