Article 7-9, Subdivision Code

Other

• Minimum vehicular access width for commercial/industrial parcel map28 ft

  The parcel of land proposed to be subdivided is within a tract of land zoned for commercial or industrial uses and abuts streets or highways which have been approved by the County as to alignment and width and to which it has a right of vehicular access for a minimum continuous width of not less than twenty-eight (28) feet.

• Minimum vehicular access width for parcel map (20-acre parcels)20 ft

  Each parcel proposed to be created by the subdivision will have a gross area of twenty (20) acres or more and a right of vehicular access for a continuous width of not less than twenty (20) feet to a maintained public street or highway.

• Notice distance for substantial deprivation300 ft

  Where approval of a tentative map will constitute a substantial or significant deprivation of the property rights of other landowners, notice shall be given to all persons shown in the latest equalized assessment roll as owning property within three hundred (300) feet of the property proposed to be subdivided by at least one of the following methods: (1) Direct mailing to the owners. (2) Posting of notice on and off the site in the area where the project is to be located. (3) Delivery of notice by any means other than mail to the owners. (4) Any other methods reasonably determined to provide actual notice.

• Soils report required

  Tentative maps shall be accompanied by a preliminary soils report based upon adequate test borings and prepared by a registered civil engineer. If the preliminary soils report indicates the presence of critically expansive soils or other soils problems which, if not corrected, would lead to structural defects, a soils report on each proposed lot in the subdivision containing any such soils problem shall accompany the tentative map.

• Tentative map validity36 months

  An approved or conditionally approved tentative map shall expire thirty-six (36) months after its approval or conditional approval, unless prior to the expiration date a subdivider requests an extension of time to record said map.

• Maximum lots for tentative parcel map4 lots

  A tentative parcel map is a preliminary map that is used whenever a parcel or contiguous parcels of land is proposed to be subdivided for the purpose of creating four (4) or fewer parcels or condominium units, or where: (a) The land before division contains less than five (5) acres, each parcel proposed to be created by the subdivision will abut upon a maintained public street or highway, and all dedications and improvements required by County standards will have been previously complied with, or (b) Each parcel proposed to be created by the subdivision will have a gross area of twenty (20) acres or more and a right of vehicular access for a continuous width of not less than twenty (20) feet to a maintained public street or highway; or (c) The parcel of land proposed to be subdivided is within a tract of land zoned for commercial or industrial uses and abuts streets or highways which have been approved by the County as to alignment and width and to which it has a right of vehicular access for a minimum continuous width of not less than twenty-eight (28) feet; or (d) Each parcel proposed to be created by the subdivision will have a gross area of not less than forty (40) acres or not less than a quarter of a quarter section. (e) The land being subdivided is solely for the creation of an environmental subdivision pursuant to Section 66418.2, of the Subdivision Map Act.

• Minimum lots for tentative tract map5 lots

  A tentative tract map is a preliminary map that is used whenever a parcel or a number of contiguous parcels of land is proposed to be subdivided for the purpose of creating five (5) or more lots, five (5) or more condominium units, the conversion of five (5) or more existing dwelling units to a stock cooperative, or a community apartment project containing five (5) or more apartment units, except as otherwise specified by section 7-9-232 or section 7-9-235.

• Zoning conformance required

  The Subdivision Committee shall not approve or conditionally approve a tentative map which does not conform with applicable zoning except as provided in subsection (b) below.