This title shall be cited and known as the subdivision ordinance of the city. The purpose of this title is to establish the following principles in the interests of protecting the health, safety, and general welfare of the people of the city:
A. 
Implement and supplement the California Subdivision Map Act (Government Code Section 66410 et seq.);
B. 
Implement the city general plan;
C. 
Set forth the legal procedures and requirements applicable to subdivisions, land divisions and mergers;
D. 
Insure that the resulting lots or parcels are served by all necessary utilities and that such utilities are installed in a manner that will permit access for maintenance of such utilities;
E. 
Insure that the required public improvements are provided to adequately meet present and anticipated future needs;
F. 
Insure that the physical alteration of the environment, which will result from the development proposed by the subdivision, land division or merger, will not adversely impact the character of the city in general or the immediate area in which the development will be located;
G. 
Ensure that reasonable access is provided for the intended users; and
H. 
Consider the housing needs of the region against the public service needs of city citizens and available fiscal and environmental resources.
(Ord. 91-9 § 3; Ord. 03-21 § 1 (part))
The provisions and requirements of this title shall apply to all or any portion of any subdivision, land division or merger of property entirely or partially within the incorporated limits of the city. Additionally, such provisions and requirements shall apply to unincorporated properties within the city's sphere of influence where the subdivision, land division, or merger is proposed as a preannexation procedure as described in Section 16.04.080.
(Ord. 91-9 § 3)
This title shall be inapplicable to:
A. 
The financing or leasing of apartments, offices, stores or similar space within apartment buildings, industrial buildings, commercial buildings, mobile home parks, or trailer parks;
B. 
Mineral, oil or gas leases;
C. 
Land dedicated for cemetery purposes under the Health and Safety Code of the state;
D. 
A lot line adjustment between two or more existing adjacent parcels, where the land taken from one parcel is added to an adjacent parcel, and where a greater number of parcels than originally existed is not thereby created, provided the lot line adjustment is approved by the city;
E. 
Boundary line or exchange agreements to which the state Lands Commission or local agency holding a trust grant of tide and submerged lands is a party;
F. 
Any separate assessment under Section 2188.7 of the Revenue and Taxation Code of the state;
G. 
Unless a parcel or final map was approved by the city council, the conversion of a community apartment project, as defined in Section 11004 of the Business and Professions Code, to a condominium, as defined in Section 783 of the Civil Code, but only if all of the following requirements are met:
1. 
At least seventy-five percent of the units in the project were occupied by record owners of the project on March 31, 1982,
2. 
A final or parcel map of the project was properly recorded, if the property was subdivided, as defined in Section 66424, after January 1,1964, with all of the conditions of that map remaining in effect after the conversion;
H. 
Unless a parcel or final map was approved by the city council, the conversion of a stock cooperative, as defined in Section 11003.2 of the Business and Professions Code, to a condominium, as defined in Section 783 of the Civil Code, but only if all of the following requirements are met:
1. 
At least fifty-one percent of the units in the cooperative were occupied by stockholders of the cooperative on January 1, 1981, or individually owned by stockholders of the cooperative on January 1, 1981. As used in this paragraph, a cooperative unit is "individually owned" if and only if the stockholder of that unit owns or partially owns an interest in no more than one unit in the cooperative;
2. 
No more than twenty-five percent of the shares of the cooperative were owned by any one person, including an incorporator or director of the cooperative, on January 1, 1981;
3. 
A person renting a unit in a cooperative shall be entitled at the time of conversion to all tenant rights in state or local law, including, but not limited to, rights respecting first refusal, notice, and displacement and relocation benefits;
I. 
The leasing of, or the granting of an easement to, a parcel of land, or any portion or portions thereof, in conjunction with the financing, erection, and sale or lease of a wind powered electrical generation device on the land;
J. 
The financing or leasing of 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 to review under other local agency ordinances regulating design and improvement;
K. 
The financing or leasing of existing separate commercial or industrial buildings on a single parcel;
L. 
The construction, financing, or leasing of dwelling units pursuant to Section 65852.1 or second units pursuant to Section 65852.2 but this division shall be applicable to the sale or transfer, but not leasing, of those units;
M. 
The construction of removable commercial buildings having a floor area of less than one hundred square feet;
N. 
The leasing of agricultural land for agricultural purposes.
(Ord. 91-9 § 3)
A. 
Authority. The commission may authorize conditional exceptions to any of the requirements and regulations set forth in this title.
B. 
Petitions. Applications for exceptions to the provisions of this title shall be made by verified petition of the subdivider or developer, stating fully the grounds of the application and the facts relied upon by the petitioner.
C. 
Petitions—Filing—Criteria for Approval. Such petition shall be filed with the tentative map of the subdivision or the street dedication map, whichever the case may be. In order for the property referred to in the petition to come within the provisions of this chapter, the commission shall find that all of the following facts apply with respect to the subject property:
1. 
That there are special circumstances or conditions of topography, size, shape or location affecting such property;
2. 
That the exception recommended is necessary for preservation and enjoyment of a substantial property right of the petitioner;
3. 
That the granting of the exception will not be detrimental to the public welfare or injurious to other property in the territory in which the subject property is situated; and
4. 
That the granting of the exception will not adversely affect the general plan.
D. 
Petitions—Approval by the Commission. The commission may approve the tentative map with the requested exceptions and any conditions of approval which the commission may deem appropriate, provided that the findings set forth in Section 16.04.070(C) are met.
(Ord. 91-9 § 3)
It is unlawful for any individual, firm, association syndicate, copartnership, corporation, trust, or any other legal entity, as a principal, agent or otherwise to sell, or to convey title in any way to, any subdivision of land or any part thereof in the city, unless and until all the requirements hereinafter provided have been complied with.
(Ord. 91-9 § 3)
A. 
When any area in a subdivision as to which a final map has been finally approved by the Yolo County board of supervisors and filed for record pursuant to this division is thereafter annexed to the city, the final map and any agreements relating to the subdivision shall continue to govern the subdivision.
B. 
When any area in a subdivision or proposed subdivision as to which a tentative map, tentative parcel map or vesting tentative map has been filed but a final map has not been finally approved, or as to which a parcel map is required by this division but the final act required to make the parcel map effective has not been taken, is annexed to the city, all procedures and regulations required by this title shall be deemed to commence as of the effective date of the annexation and the map shall comply with the requirements of any applicable ordinance of the city.
(Ord. 91-9 § 3)