This title is adopted pursuant to Article XI, Section 7 of the California Constitution to supplement and implement the California Subdivision Map Act, Section 66410 et seq. of the Government Code and may be cited as the Subdivision Ordinance of the City of Temecula.
(Ord. 99-23 § 1)
The purpose of this title is to provide the city with legal authority for the review of the design and improvement of subdivisions and the processing of any proposed subdivision, reconfiguration and/or consolidation of land within the city to the extent authorized by the California Subdivision Map Act.
(Ord. 99-23 § 1)
This title shall apply to any division of land within the city and shall control the preparation, processing and approval of all tentative maps, final tract maps, final parcel maps, lot line adjustments, parcel mergers, reversions to acreage and waivers and all other actions regulated hereby. Any other matter not regulated by this title shall be regulated by the California Subdivision Map Act.
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This title shall not apply to:
A. 
The financing or leasing of apartments, offices, stores or similar space within apartment buildings, industrial buildings, commercial buildings, mobilehome parks or trailer parks;
B. 
Mineral, oil or gas leases;
C. 
Land dedicated to cemetery purposes under the California Health and Safety Code;
D. 
Lot line adjustments between two or more existing adjacent parcels, where the land taken from one parcel is added to an adjacent parcel, and where no new parcels are created and no existing parcels are deleted, provided that subject to the provisions of Section 66412(d) of the Subdivision Map Act, the lot line adjustment is approved pursuant to Chapter 16.12 of this title;
E. 
Any separate assessment under Section 2188.7 of the California Revenue and Taxation Code;
F. 
The financing or leasing or any parcel of land, or any portion thereof, in conjunction with the construction of commercial or industrial buildings on a single parcel, unless the project is not subject review under other city ordinances regulating design and improvement;
G. 
The financing or leasing of existing separate commercial or industrial buildings on a single parcel;
H. 
The construction, financing or leasing of dwelling units pursuant to Section 65852.1 or second units pursuant to Section 65852.2 of the California Government Code; but this title shall apply to the sale or transfer, but not the leasing of those units;
I. 
Leasing of agricultural land for agricultural purposes, meaning the cultivation of food or fiber, or the grazing or pasturing of livestock;
J. 
Subdivisions of four parcels or less for construction of removable commercial buildings having a floor area of less than one hundred square feet.
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The authority for review and approval of subdivisions and related land actions is as follows:
Table 16.01.100
Type of Action
Review Authority
Approval Authority
Tentative maps
City staff
Other responsible agencies
Planning commission
Vesting tentative maps
City staff
Other responsible agencies
Planning commission
Tentative parcel maps
City staff
Other responsible agencies
Director hearing
Tentative map extensions
City staff
Other responsible agencies
Director hearing
Final parcel maps
City staff
Other responsible agencies
City council
Waivers of parcel maps
City staff
Other responsible agencies
Director hearing
Reversion to acreage
City staff
Other responsible agencies
City council
Lot and parcel mergers
City staff
Other responsible agencies
Community development director Planning commission (city-initiated)
Lot line adjustments
City staff
Other responsible agencies
Community development director
(Ord. 99-23 § 1)
All applicants submitting maps as required by this title shall pay all fees and/or deposits as provided by this title and by city council resolution establishing applicable fees and deposits.
(Ord. 99-23 § 1)
All divisions of land pursuant to this title shall conform to those grading and erosion control standards set forth in Appendix Chapter 33 of the 1998 edition of the California Building Code.
(Ord. 99-23 § 1)