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.
(Ord. 99-23 § 1)
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.
(Ord. 99-23 § 1)
The authority for review and approval of subdivisions and related
land actions is as follows:
Table 16.01.100
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Type of Action
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Review Authority
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Approval Authority
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Tentative maps
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City staff
Other responsible agencies
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Planning commission
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Vesting tentative maps
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City staff
Other responsible agencies
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Planning commission
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Tentative parcel maps
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City staff
Other responsible agencies
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Director hearing
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Tentative map extensions
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City staff
Other responsible agencies
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Director hearing
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Final parcel maps
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City staff
Other responsible agencies
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City council
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Waivers of parcel maps
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City staff
Other responsible agencies
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Director hearing
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Reversion to acreage
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City staff
Other responsible agencies
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City council
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Lot and parcel mergers
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City staff
Other responsible agencies
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Community development director Planning commission (city-initiated)
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Lot line adjustments
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City staff
Other responsible agencies
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Community development director
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(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)