It is the purpose of this ordinance to provide for the systematic execution of the Circulation Element of the General Plan of the City by designating the precise location of certain planned rights-of-way, limiting the location of buildings and other improvements with respect to planned rights of way, and prescribing setback lines along planned rights of way, and to provide an authentic source of information regarding the development of said City for residents and investors.

A.

"Map" means an illustration, including a drawing, aerial photograph or photomap, accurately indicating the precise location of a planned right-of-way, or portion thereof.

B.

"Official Plan Lines" mean the boundaries and limits of a planned right-of-way, including the future right-of-way of an existing street as it is proposed to be widened and including all lands necessary for the building, widening or maintenance of any road, street, highway or any other type of public way, which planned right of way is based on the General Plan of the City of Monte Sereno.

C.

"Right-of-Way" means all or any part of the entire width of a road, street, or highway easement whether or not such entire area is actually used for highway purposes.

The City Council may, from time to time, adopt by resolution official plan lines to be placed on the map to precise identify the location of certain rights-of-way in the City.

No building, structure, or other improvement shall hereafter be erected, constructed, enlarged or placed within the official plan lines established by this Chapter or amendments hereto, except that this provision shall not apply outside of existing rights-of-way to lawns, gardens, crops, shrubbery and like planting nor to such ordinary front yard fences and non-permanent structures as will not defeat the purposes of this Chapter. The setbacks of all buildings, structures and other improvements shall hereafter be measured from the official plan lines established by this Chapter and amendments thereto.