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)
