This chapter determines when City approval of a tentative map or a parcel or final map is required.
(Prior code § 16-620.010)
A.
Tentative Map Requirements. Any subdivision or resubdivision of land shall require the filing and approval of either a tentative map or tentative parcel map (see Chapter 16.188, Tentative Map and Tentative Parcel Map Filing and Processing), except as provided by the Map Act (Section 66426) and/or Section 16.184.030 (Exemptions from subdivision approval requirements). Tentative maps shall be required for subdivisions of five or more parcels and tentative parcel maps shall be required for subdivisions of less than five parcels and those exceptions described in the Map Act (Section 66426).
B.
Parcel and Final Map Requirements. A parcel or final map shall be required as follows:
1.
Parcel Map. The filing and approval of a parcel map (Chapter 16.192) shall be required for a subdivision creating four or fewer parcels and a subdivision that qualifies as an exception (Section 66426), in compliance with the Map Act, except for the following subdivisions:
a.
Public Agency or Utility Conveyances. Any conveyance of land, including a fee interest, an easement, or a license, to or from a governmental agency, public entity, public utility, or a subsidiary of a public utility for rights-of-way, unless the Director determines, based on substantial evidence, that public policy necessitates a parcel map in an individual case;
b.
Rail Right-of-Way Leases. Subdivisions of a portion of the operating right-of-way of a railroad corporation as defined by California Public Utilities Code Section 230, which are created by short-term leases (terminable by either party on not more than 30 days' notice in writing); or
c.
Waived Parcel Map. A subdivision that has been granted a waiver of parcel map requirements in compliance with Section 16.192.020(A)(1) (Waiver of parcel map).
(Prior code § 16-620.020; Ord. 001-08 C.S. § 29)
The following subdivisions do not require the filing or approval of tentative, parcel, or final maps:
A.
The subdivisions listed in Map Act Sections 66412, 66412.1, 66412.2, and 66426.5; and
B.
Short-term leases (terminable by either party on not more than 30 days' notice in writing) of a portion of the operating right-of-way of a railroad corporation as defined by Section 230 of the California Public Utilities Code, unless the Director determines in an individual case, based on substantial evidence, that public policy necessitates the application of the subdivision regulations of this Subdivision Ordinance to the short-term lease.
(Prior code § 16-620.030)