This title is known as the "Subdivision Ordinance of the City" and may be so cited and pleaded.
(Ord. 143-76 § 2, 1976)
The purpose of this title and any rules, regulations, and specifications adopted pursuant thereto is to control and regulate the division of land within the City. This title is enacted pursuant to Division 2 of Title 7 of the Government Code of the State of California, including the Subdivision Map Act. The provisions of this title are in addition to the regulations of the Subdivision Map Act and are supplemental thereto.
(Ord. 143-76 § 2, 1976)
The purpose of this title is to implement the proposals of the General Plan and to accomplish the following:
A. 
To promote and protect the public health, safety, morale, comfort, convenience, and the general welfare of the people;
B. 
To govern the subdivision of land into lots and blocks for such uses as are indicated in the General Plan;
C. 
To insure sound community growth and safeguard the interest of the subdivider, the homeowner, and the City;
D. 
To prevent excessive government operating and maintenance costs in connection with the installation of improvements;
E. 
To develop land for its highest possible use consistent with the General Plan and with all necessary protection against deterioration and obsolescence;
F. 
To employ standards that are reasonable and equitable to all parties including the developer, investor, homeowner, and the City;
G. 
To insure that community facilities will be provided in accordance with the General Plan including police and fire protection, adequate provisions of water supply, sanitary and storm sewers and schools, parks, and recreation areas;
H. 
To encourage the safe, convenient, and expeditious movement of vehicular and pedestrian traffic;
I. 
And to define and limit the powers and duties of the administrative officers and bodies in connection with preparation and filing of maps and plans as provided in this title.
(Ord. 143-76 § 2, 1976; amended during 1990 republication)
It shall be the duty of the Public Works Director of the City to enforce this title. All departments, officials, and public employees of the City vested with the duty or authority to issue permits shall conform to the provisions of this title and shall issue no permit or license for uses, buildings, or purposes in conflict with the provisions of this title and any plan adopted under this title; and any such permits or any business license issued in conflict with the provisions of this title or any plan adopted under this title shall be null and void.
(Ord. 143-76 § 2, 1976)
A. 
It is unlawful for any person to offer to sell or lease, to contract to sell or lease, or to sell or lease any subdivision or any part thereof until a final map thereof in full compliance with the provisions of the Subdivision Map Act and this title has been duly recorded or filed in the office of the Recorder of the County in which any portion of the subdivision is located.
B. 
Subsection A does not apply to any parcel or parcels of a subdivision offered for sale or lease, contracted for sale or lease, or sold or leased in compliance with or exempt from any law, including this title, regulating the design and improvement of subdivisions in effect at the time the subdivision was established.
C. 
No permits shall be issued for the construction of or alteration to any building or structure including underground storage tanks located or to be located on land which is divided in violation of the provisions of the Subdivision Map Act or this chapter until such time as the provisions of the Subdivision Map Act and this chapter have been met.
(Ord. 143-76 § 2, 1976)
Any deed of conveyance, sale or contract to sell made contrary to the provisions of this title is voidable at the sole option of the grantee, buyer or person contracting to purchase, his or her heirs, personal representative or trustee in insolvency or bankruptcy within one year after the date of execution of the deed of conveyance, sale or contract to sell, but the deed of conveyance, sale or contract to sell is binding upon any assignee or transferee of the grantee, buyer or person contracting to purchase, other than those above enumerated, and upon the grantor, vendor, or person contracting to sell, or his or her assignee, heir or devisee.
(Ord. 143-76 § 2, 1976)
All remedies prescribed under this title shall be cumulative and the use of one or more remedies by the City shall not bar the use of any other remedy for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this title.
(Ord. 143-76 § 2, 1976)