Chapter 16.03
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
Sections:
16.03.010 Final and Final Parcel Maps Required—Exceptions.
16.03.020 Exceptions to Final Parcel Map Requirements.
16.03.030 Approval of Final Parcel Map—City Engineer Authority.
16.03.040 Lot Line Adjustment.
16.03.010 Final and Final Parcel Maps Required—Exceptions.
A. A final map is required for all subdivisions, except where:
1. The land before division contains less than five (5) acres, each parcel created by the division abuts upon a maintained public street or highway, and no dedications or improvements are required; or
2. Each parcel created by the division has a gross area of twenty (20) acres or more and has an approved access to a maintained public street or highway; or
3. The land consists of a parcel or parcels of land having approved access to a public street or highway which comprises part of a tract of land zoned for industrial or commercial development; or
4. Each parcel created by the division has a gross area of not less than forty (40) acres or is not less than a quarter of a quarter section.
B. A final parcel map is required for all subdivisions for which a final map is not required.
C. No person shall offer to sell, lease, finance or transfer title to; contract to sell, lease, finance or transfer title to; sell, lease, finance or transfer title to; commence construction of any building other than a model home; or permit the occupancy other than for model-home purposes of any building on any real property for which a final map or final parcel map is required, until the required map has been filed for record by the Recorder of Los Angeles County. These prohibitions shall not apply in the case of final parcel map requirements where a waiver has been approved pursuant to Section 16.39.020 (Requirements for the Merging of Substandard Parcels), and to minor lot line adjustments approved pursuant to Section 16.03.040 (Lot Line Adjustment), or in any instance where a certificate of compliance has been issued and any required conditions have been fulfilled as provided in the Subdivision Map Act. Nor do the provisions of this section apply to any parcel or parcels of a subdivision offered for sale, lease, financing or transfer, or sold, leased, financed or transferred in compliance with or exempt from any law, including this code or any other ordinance of the City, regulating the design and improvement of subdivisions, in effect at the time the subdivision was established. (Ord. 13-8 § 4 (Exh. A), 6/11/13)
16.03.020 Exceptions to Final Parcel Map Requirements.
Final parcel maps are not required for subdivisions created by short-term leases (terminable by either party on not more than thirty (30) days’ notice in writing) of a portion of the operating right-of-way of a railroad corporation defined as such by Section 230 of the Public Utilities Code, or for land conveyed to or from a governmental agency, public entity or public utility, or to a subsidiary of a public utility for conveyance to such public utility for rights-of-way or facilities, unless a showing is made in individual cases, upon substantial evidence, that public policy necessitates such a parcel map. (Ord. 13-8 § 4 (Exh. A), 6/11/13)
16.03.030 Approval of Final Parcel Map—City Engineer Authority.
A final parcel map shall be submitted to the City Engineer for examination and approval. The City Engineer shall, upon completion of his examination of the final parcel map and receipt of the reports from City officers and departments required pursuant to Section 16.25.040 (Contents and Submittal Requirements), approve the map if it conforms to the tentative map, as approved, and the conditions of approval of the tentative map and all applicable requirements of this title and of the Subdivision Map Act have been complied with. (Ord. 13-8 § 4 (Exh. A), 6/11/13)
16.03.040 Lot Line Adjustment.
The adjustment of lot lines between two (2) to four (4) existing adjacent parcels shall be done in accordance with the provisions of this code. (Ord. 13-8 § 4 (Exh. A), 6/11/13)