CHAPTER 4. Requirements [66473. - 66498.]
Chapter 4 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536.
§§ 66473–66498 · 76 sections
ARTICLE 1. General §§ 66473–66474.10 · 19 sections
- § 66473 A local agency shall disapprove a map for failure to meet or perform any of the requirements or conditions imposed by this division or local ordinance enacted…
- § 66473.1 (a) The design of a subdivision for which a tentative map is required pursuant to Section 66426 shall provide, to the extent feasible, for future passive or…
- § 66473.3 The legislative body of a city or county may, by ordinance, require the design of a subdivision for which a tentative map or parcel map is required pursuant to…
- § 66473.5 No local agency shall approve a tentative map, or a parcel map for which a tentative map was not required, unless the legislative body finds that the proposed…
- § 66473.6 Whenever a city or county imposes as a condition to its approval of a tentative map or a parcel map a requirement that necessitates replacing, undergrounding,…
- § 66473.7 (a) For the purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Subdivision” means a proposed residential development of more than 500 dwelling…
- § 66474 A legislative body of a city or county shall deny approval of a tentative map, or a parcel map for which a tentative map was not required, if it makes any of…
- § 66474.01 Notwithstanding subdivision (e) of Section 66474, a local government may approve a tentative map, or a parcel map for which a tentative map was not required,…
- § 66474.02 (a) Before approving a tentative map, or a parcel map for which a tentative map was not required, for an area located in a state responsibility area or a very…
- § 66474.1 A legislative body shall not deny approval of a final or parcel map if it has previously approved a tentative map for the proposed subdivision and if it finds…
- § 66474.2 (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b) or (c), in determining whether to approve or disapprove an application for a tentative map, the local…
- § 66474.3 (a) If the legislative body of a city or county finds, based upon substantial evidence in the record, that any project for which a tentative map or a vesting…
- § 66474.4 (a) The legislative body of a city or county shall deny approval of a tentative map, or a parcel map for which a tentative map was not required, if it finds…
- § 66474.5 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, after the amendments required by Sections 65302.9 and 65860.1 have become effective, the legislative body of each city and…
- § 66474.6 The governing body of any local agency shall determine whether the discharge of waste from the proposed subdivision into an existing community sewer system…
- § 66474.7 The responsibilities of the governing body under the provisions of Sections 66473.5, 66474, 66474.1 and 66474.6 may be assigned to an advisory agency or appeal…
- § 66474.8 No ordinance, regulation, policy, or procedure which regulates or prescribes standards for grading or drainage, adopted by or applicable to a local agency…
- § 66474.9 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a local agency may not require, as a condition for a tentative, parcel, or final map application or approval, that…
- § 66474.10 If the legislative body or advisory agency determines that engineering or land surveying conditions are to be imposed on a tentative map or a parcel map for…
ARTICLE 2. Advisory Agencies §§ 66474.60–66474.64 · 5 sections
- § 66474.60 (a) In cities having a population of more than 2,800,000, the design, improvement and survey data of subdivisions and the form and content of tentative and…
- § 66474.61 In cities having a population of more than 2,800,000, the advisory agency, appeal board or legislative body shall deny approval of a tentative map, or a parcel…
- § 66474.62 In cities having a population of more than 2,800,000, a legislative body shall not deny approval of a final subdivision map pursuant to Section 66474.61 if it,…
- § 66474.63 In cities having a population of more than 2,800,000, the advisory agency, appeal board or legislative body shall determine whether the discharge of waste from…
- § 66474.64 In cities having a population of more than 2,800,000, if the legislative body authorizes the advisory agency to report its action directly to the subdivider,…
ARTICLE 3. Dedications §§ 66475–66478 · 11 sections
- § 66475 There may be imposed by local ordinance a requirement of dedication or irrevocable offer of dedication of real property within the subdivision for streets,…
- § 66475.1 Whenever a subdivider is required pursuant to Section 66475 to dedicate roadways to the public, the subdivider may also be required to dedicate additional land…
- § 66475.2 (a) There may be imposed by local ordinance a requirement of a dedication or an irrevocable offer of dedication of land within the subdivision for local…
- § 66475.3 For divisions of land for which a tentative map is required pursuant to Section 66426, the legislative body of a city or county may by ordinance require, as a…
- § 66476 There may be imposed by local ordinance a requirement that dedications or offers of dedication of streets include a waiver of direct access rights to any such…
- § 66477 (a) The legislative body of a city or county may, by ordinance, require the dedication of land or impose a requirement of the payment of fees in lieu thereof,…
- § 66477.1 (a) At the time the legislative body or the official designated pursuant to Section 66458 approves a final map, the legislative body or the designated official…
- § 66477.2 (a) If at the time the final map is approved, any streets, paths, alleys, public utility easements, rights-of-way for local transit facilities such as bus…
- § 66477.3 Acceptance of offers of dedication on a final map shall not be effective until the final map is filed in the office of the county recorder or a resolution of…
- § 66477.5 (a) The local agency to which property is dedicated in fee for public purposes, or for making public improvements or constructing public facilities, other than…
- § 66478 Whether by request of a county board of education or otherwise, a city or county may adopt an ordinance requiring any subdivider who develops or completes the…
ARTICLE 3.5. Public Access to Public Resources §§ 66478.1–66478.14 · 14 sections
- § 66478.1 It is the intent of the Legislature, by the provisions of Sections 66478.1 through 66478.10 of this article to implement Section 4 of Article X of the…
- § 66478.2 The Legislature finds and declares that the public natural resources of this state are limited in quantity and that the population of this state has grown at a…
- § 66478.3 The Legislature further finds and declares that it is essential to the health and well-being of all citizens of this state that public access to public natural…
- § 66478.4 (a) No local agency shall approve either a tentative or a final map of any proposed subdivision to be fronted upon a public waterway, river, or stream which…
- § 66478.5 (a) No local agency shall approve either a tentative or a final map of any proposed subdivision to be fronted upon a public waterway, river, or stream which…
- § 66478.6 Any public access route or routes and any easement along the bank of a public waterway, river, or stream provided by the subdivider shall be expressly…
- § 66478.7 Nothing in this article shall be construed to limit any powers or duties in connection with or affect the operation of beaches or parks in this state or to…
- § 66478.8 Nothing in Sections 66478.1 to 66478.10, inclusive, of this article shall require a local agency to disapprove either a tentative or final map solely on the…
- § 66478.9 Nothing in Section 66478.5 shall apply to the site of electric power generating facilities.
- § 66478.10 Nothing in Sections 66478.1 through 66478.10 of this article shall apply to industrial subdivisions.
- § 66478.11 (a) No local agency shall approve either the tentative or the final map of any subdivision fronting upon the coastline or shoreline which subdivision does not…
- § 66478.12 (a) No local agency shall approve either the tentative or the final map of any subdivision fronting upon any lake or reservoir which is owned in part or…
- § 66478.13 No local agency shall issue any permit or grant any approval necessary to develop any real property which is excluded from regulation under this division as a…
- § 66478.14 Nothing in this article shall be construed as requiring the subdivider to improve any route or routes which are primarily for the benefit of nonresidents of…
ARTICLE 4. Reservations §§ 66479–66482 · 4 sections
- § 66479 There may be imposed by local ordinance a requirement that areas of real property within the subdivision be reserved for parks, recreational facilities, fire…
- § 66480 The public agency for whose benefit an area has been reserved shall at the time of approval of the final map or parcel map enter into a binding agreement to…
- § 66481 If the public agency for whose benefit an area has been reserved does not enter into such a binding agreement, the reservation of such area shall automatically…
- § 66482 The authority granted by this article is additional to all other authority granted by law to local agencies relating to subdivisions and shall in no way be…
ARTICLE 5. Fees §§ 66483–66484.9 · 8 sections
- § 66483 There may be imposed by local ordinance a requirement for the payment of fees for purposes of defraying the actual or estimated costs of constructing planned…
- § 66483.1 After completion of the facilities and the payment of all claims from any “planned local drainage facilities fund” or any “planned local sanitary sewer fund,”…
- § 66483.2 Any surplus remaining shall be refunded as follows: (a) There shall be refunded to the current owners of property for which a fee was previously collected, the…
- § 66484 (a) A local ordinance may require the payment of a fee as a condition of approval of a final map or as a condition of issuing a building permit for purposes of…
- § 66484.3 (a) Notwithstanding Section 66007, the Board of Supervisors of the County of Orange and the city council or councils of any city or cities in that county may,…
- § 66484.5 (a) The legislative body of a local agency may adopt an ordinance requiring the payment of a fee as a condition of approval of a subdivision requiring a final…
- § 66484.7 (a) A local ordinance may require the payment of a fee, subject to the Mitigation Fee Act (Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 66000), Chapter 6 (commencing…
- § 66484.9 The authorizations granted by this article are additional to all other authority granted by law to local agencies relating to subdivisions and shall in no way…
ARTICLE 6. Reimbursement §§ 66485–66489 · 5 sections
- § 66485 There may be imposed by local ordinance a requirement that improvements installed by the subdivider for the benefit of the subdivision shall contain…
- § 66486 In the event of the installation of improvements required by an ordinance adopted pursuant to Section 66485, the local agency shall enter into an agreement…
- § 66487 In order to pay the costs as required by the reimbursement agreement, the local agency may: (a) Collect from other persons, including public agencies, using…
- § 66488 Any local agency within a local drainage or sanitary sewer area may adopt the plan and map designated in Section 66483 and impose a reasonable charge on…
- § 66489 Any local agency may establish an area of benefit pursuant to Section 66484 and may impose a reasonable charge on property within the area which in the opinion…
ARTICLE 7. Soils Report §§ 66490–66491 · 2 sections
- § 66490 A preliminary soils report, prepared by a civil engineer registered in this state, and based upon adequate test borings, shall be required for every…
- § 66491 With respect to the soils report, a local ordinance may provide that: (a) The preliminary soils report may be waived if the local agency determines that, due…
ARTICLE 8. Taxes and Assessments §§ 66492–66494.1 · 4 sections
- § 66492 Prior to the filing of the final map or parcel map with the legislative body, the subdivider shall, in accordance with procedures established by the county,…
- § 66493 (a) Whenever any part of the subdivision is subject to a lien for taxes or special assessments collected as taxes which are not yet payable, the final map or…
- § 66494 (a) If the taxes or special assessments are allowed to become delinquent, the county shall recover from the security the principal sum of the security without…
- § 66494.1 The board of supervisors may, by resolution, authorize any county officer to perform the duties required of the clerk of the board of supervisors under this…
ARTICLE 9. Monuments §§ 66495–66498 · 4 sections
- § 66495 At the time of making the survey for the final map or parcel map unless the survey is not required pursuant to Section 66448, the engineer or surveyor shall…
- § 66496 Interior monuments need not be set at the time the map is recorded, if the engineer or surveyor certifies on the map that the monuments will be set on or…
- § 66497 (a) Within five days after the final setting of all monuments has been completed, the engineer or surveyor shall give written notice to the subdivider, and to…
- § 66498 In the event of the death, disability or retirement from practice of the engineer or surveyor charged with the responsibility for setting monuments, or in the…