Guam § 62108 - General Requirements for Subdivisions.

§ 62108. General Requirements for Subdivisions.

In all subdivisions presented for recording under this Chapter

the subdivider shall:

(a) Not subdivide or develop land for any purpose contrary

to the provisions of the Zoning law, Chapter 61 of this Title of the

Guam Code Annotated.

(b) Cause every lot to abut a roadway right-of-way having a

minimum width of forty (40) feet; provided, however, that in

agricultural subdivisions and in parental subdivisions, every lot

shall abut a roadway right-of-way having a minimum width of

twenty (20) feet.

(c) Except as may be provided for pursuant to §56111, Title

5, Guam Code Annotated, provide for the installation of power,

water and telephone lines, fire hydrants, roads and highways

within the subdivision in accord with any general or precise plan

approved by the Commission.

(d) Where an established framework of local streets exists,

provide for the uniformity of street widths and alignment thereto

with the streets of the subdivision, and for the continuation of

existing street names.

(e) Provide for adequate light, air privacy on all lots

regardless of land use, and design the location of streets to prevent

excessive grading and scarring of the landscape.

(f) Provide sufficient drainage of the land to provide

reasonable protection against flooding.

(g) Provide that streets within residential areas shall not be

planned for through traffic in order to insure privacy and safety.

(h) In cases where public access is not already provided,

dedicate land for public access by right-of-way for pedestrian

travel from a public highway or public street to abutting lands

below the high-water mark on any coastal shoreline, and to

dedicate land for public access by right-of-way from a public

highway or public street to abutting public lands in the hills and

jungle so such lands shall be accessible for hiking, hunting, fruit-

picking and other recreational purposes.

The right-of-way shall be clearly designated on the final map

of the subdivision or development upon the dedication of land for

a right-of-way as required by this Subparagraph and acceptance

by Guam, Guam shall thereafter assume the cost of improvements

for and the maintenance of the right-of-way, and the subdivider

shall accordingly be relieved from such costs.