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CA Govt Code § 66416 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 7 - PLANNING AND LAND USE|DIVISION 2 - SUBDIVISIONS|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions|ARTICLE 2 - Definitions|Section 66416.

66416.  “Appeal board” means a designated board or other official body charged with the duty of hearing and making determinations upon appeals with respect to divisions of real property, the imposition of requirements or conditions thereon, or the kinds, nature and extent of the design or improvements, or both, recommended or decided by the advisory agency to be required.(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536.)
CA Govt Code § 66416.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 7 - PLANNING AND LAND USE|DIVISION 2 - SUBDIVISIONS|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions|ARTICLE 2 - Definitions|Section 66416.5.

66416.5.  (a) “City engineer” means the person authorized to perform the functions of a city engineer. The land surveying functions of a city engineer may be performed by a city surveyor, if that position has been created by the local agency.(b) A city engineer registered as a civil engineer after January 1, 1982, shall not be authorized to prepare, examine, or approve the surveying maps and documents. The examinations, certifications, and approvals of the surveying maps and documents shall only be performed by a person authorized to practice land surveying pursuant to the Professional Land Surveyors Act (Chapter 15 (commencing with Section 8700) of Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code) or a person registered as a civil engineer prior to January 1, 1982, pursuant to the Professional Engineers Act (Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 6700) of Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code).(c) Nothing contained in this provision shall prevent a city engineer from delegating the land surveying functions to a person authorized to practice land surveying. Where there is no person authorized to practice land surveying within the city or agency, nothing shall prevent the city engineer from contracting with a person who is authorized to practice land surveying to perform the land surveying functions.(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 872, Sec. 63. Effective January 1, 1997.)
CA Govt Code § 66417 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 7 - PLANNING AND LAND USE|DIVISION 2 - SUBDIVISIONS|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions|ARTICLE 2 - Definitions|Section 66417.

66417.  (a) “County surveyor” includes county engineer, if there is no county surveyor.(b) A county engineer registered as a civil engineer after January 1, 1982, shall not be authorized to prepare, examine, or approve the surveying maps and documents. The examinations, certifications, and approvals of the surveying maps and documents shall only be performed by a person authorized to practice land surveying pursuant to the Professional Land Surveyors Act (Chapter 15 (commencing with Section 8700) of Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code) or a person registered as a civil engineer prior to January 1, 1982, pursuant to the Professional Engineers Act (Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 6700) of Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code).(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 872, Sec. 64. Effective January 1, 1997.)
CA Govt Code § 66418 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 7 - PLANNING AND LAND USE|DIVISION 2 - SUBDIVISIONS|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions|ARTICLE 2 - Definitions|Section 66418.

66418.  “Design” means: (1) street alignments, grades and widths; (2) drainage and sanitary facilities and utilities, including alignments and grades thereof; (3) location and size of all required easements and rights-of-way; (4) fire roads and firebreaks; (5) lot size and configuration; (6) traffic access; (7) grading; (8) land to be dedicated for park or recreational purposes; and (9) other specific physical requirements in the plan and configuration of the entire subdivision that are necessary to ensure consistency with, or implementation of, the general plan or any applicable specific plan as required pursuant to Section 66473.5.(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 1109, Sec. 1.3. Effective January 1, 2003.)
CA Govt Code § 66418.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 7 - PLANNING AND LAND USE|DIVISION 2 - SUBDIVISIONS|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions|ARTICLE 2 - Definitions|Section 66418.1.

66418.1.  “Development” means the uses to which the land which is the subject of a map shall be put, the buildings to be constructed on it, and all alterations of the land and construction incident thereto.(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1113, Sec. 2. Operative January 1, 1986, by Sec. 10 of Ch. 1113.)
CA Govt Code § 66419 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 7 - PLANNING AND LAND USE|DIVISION 2 - SUBDIVISIONS|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions|ARTICLE 2 - Definitions|Section 66419.

66419.  (a) “Improvement” refers to any street work and utilities to be installed, or agreed to be installed, by the subdivider on the land to be used for public or private streets, highways, ways, and easements, as are necessary for the general use of the lot owners in the subdivision and local neighborhood traffic and drainage needs as a condition precedent to the approval and acceptance of the final map thereof.(b) “Improvement” also refers to any other specific improvements or types of improvements, the installation of which, either by the subdivider, by public agencies, by private utilities, by any other entity approved by the local agency, or by a combination thereof, is necessary to ensure consistency with, or implementation of, the general plan or any applicable specific plan.(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1187, Sec. 2.)
CA Govt Code § 66420 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 7 - PLANNING AND LAND USE|DIVISION 2 - SUBDIVISIONS|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions|ARTICLE 2 - Definitions|Section 66420.

66420.  “Local agency” means a city, county or city and county.(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536.)
CA Govt Code § 66421 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 7 - PLANNING AND LAND USE|DIVISION 2 - SUBDIVISIONS|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions|ARTICLE 2 - Definitions|Section 66421.

66421.  “Local ordinance” refers to a local ordinance regulating the design and improvement of subdivisions, enacted by the legislative body of any local agency under the provisions of this division or any prior statute, regulating the design and improvements of subdivisions, insofar as the provisions of the ordinance are consistent with and not in conflict with the provisions of this division.(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536.)
CA Govt Code § 66422 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 7 - PLANNING AND LAND USE|DIVISION 2 - SUBDIVISIONS|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions|ARTICLE 2 - Definitions|Section 66422.

66422.  “Certificate of exception” means a valid authorization to subdivide land, issued by the County of Los Angeles pursuant to an ordinance thereof, adopted between September 22, 1967, and March 4, 1972, and which at the time of issuance did not conflict with this division or any statutory predecessor thereof.(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1041, Sec. 3.)
CA Govt Code § 66423 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 7 - PLANNING AND LAND USE|DIVISION 2 - SUBDIVISIONS|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions|ARTICLE 2 - Definitions|Section 66423.

66423.  “Subdivider” means a person, firm, corporation, partnership or association who proposes to divide, divides or causes to be divided real property into a subdivision for himself or for others except that employees and consultants of such persons or entities, acting in such capacity, are not “subdividers.”(Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 660.)
CA Govt Code § 66424 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 7 - PLANNING AND LAND USE|DIVISION 2 - SUBDIVISIONS|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions|ARTICLE 2 - Definitions|Section 66424.

66424.  “Subdivision” means the division, by any subdivider, of any unit or units of improved or unimproved land, or any portion thereof, shown on the latest equalized county assessment roll as a unit or as contiguous units, for the purpose of sale, lease, or financing, whether immediate or future. Property shall be considered as contiguous units, even if it is separated by roads, streets, utility easement, or railroad rights-of-way. “Subdivision” includes a condominium project, as defined in Section 4125 or 6542 of the Civil Code, a community apartment project, as defined in Section 4105 of the Civil Code, or the conversion of five or more existing dwelling units to a stock cooperative, as defined in of Section 4190 or 6566 of the Civil Code.(Amended (as amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 181, Sec. 57) by Stats. 2013, Ch. 605, Sec. 31. (SB 752) Effective January 1, 2014.)
CA Govt Code § 66424.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 7 - PLANNING AND LAND USE|DIVISION 2 - SUBDIVISIONS|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions|ARTICLE 2 - Definitions|Section 66424.1.

66424.1.  Nothing in Section 66424 shall prevent a purchaser of a unit of land created under the provisions of this division or a local ordinance enacted pursuant thereto, from subdividing the land one or more times, pursuant to the provisions of this division prior to the time that an equalized county assessment roll has been completed reflecting the creation of the unit proposed to be subdivided.Nothing contained in this chapter shall prevent the same subdivider of a unit of land created under the provisions of this division, or a local ordinance enacted pursuant thereto, from making consecutive subdivisions of the same parcel or any portion thereof.Further, local agencies shall not, by ordinance or policy, prohibit consecutive subdivision of the same parcel or any portion thereof either by the same subdivider or a subsequent purchaser because the parcel was previously subdivided.Nothing contained in this section shall limit the authority of a local agency to impose appropriate conditions or requirements on the consecutive subdivisions.(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 35, Sec. 1.)
CA Govt Code § 66424.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 7 - PLANNING AND LAND USE|DIVISION 2 - SUBDIVISIONS|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions|ARTICLE 2 - Definitions|Section 66424.5.

66424.5.  (a) “Tentative map” refers to a map made for the purpose of showing the design and improvement of a proposed subdivision and the existing conditions in and around it and need not be based upon an accurate or detailed final survey of the property.(b) “Vesting tentative map” refers to a map which meets the requirements of subdivision (a) and Section 66452.(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1113, Sec. 3. Operative January 1, 1986, by Sec. 10 of Ch. 1113.)
CA Govt Code § 66425 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 7 - PLANNING AND LAND USE|DIVISION 2 - SUBDIVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Maps|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 66425.

66425.  The necessity for tentative, final and parcel maps shall be governed by the provisions of this chapter.(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536.)
CA Govt Code § 66426 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 7 - PLANNING AND LAND USE|DIVISION 2 - SUBDIVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Maps|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 66426.

66426.  A tentative and final map shall be required for all subdivisions creating five or more parcels, five or more condominiums as defined in Section 783 of the Civil Code, a community apartment project containing five or more parcels, or for the conversion of a dwelling to a stock cooperative containing five or more dwelling units, except where any one of the following occurs:(a) The land before division contains less than five acres, each parcel created by the division abuts upon a maintained public street or highway, and no dedications or improvements are required by the legislative body.(b) Each parcel created by the division has a gross area of 20 acres or more and has an approved access to a maintained public street or highway.(c) 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, and which has the approval of the governing body as to street alignments and widths.(d) Each parcel created by the division has a gross area of not less than 40 acres or is 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.(f) A parcel map shall be required for those subdivisions described in subdivisions (a), (b), (c), (d), and (e).(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 76, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2004.)
CA Govt Code § 66426.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 7 - PLANNING AND LAND USE|DIVISION 2 - SUBDIVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Maps|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 66426.5.

66426.5.  Any conveyance of land to or from a governmental agency, public entity, public utility, or subsidiary of a public utility for conveyance to that public utility for rights-of-way shall not be considered a division of land for purposes of computing the number of parcels. For purposes of this section, any conveyance of land to or from a governmental agency shall include a fee interest, a leasehold interest, an easement, or a license.(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 382, Sec. 6. (SB 194) Effective January 1, 2012.)
CA Govt Code § 66427 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 7 - PLANNING AND LAND USE|DIVISION 2 - SUBDIVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Maps|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 66427.

66427.  (a) A map of a condominium project, a community apartment project, or of the conversion of five or more existing dwelling units to a stock cooperative project need not show the buildings or the manner in which the buildings or the airspace above the property shown on the map are to be divided, nor shall the governing body have the right to refuse approval of a parcel, tentative, or final map of the project on account of the design or the location of buildings on the property shown on the map that are not violative of local ordinances or on account of the manner in which airspace is to be divided in conveying the condominium.(b) A map need not include a condominium plan or plans, as defined in Section 4120 or 6540 of the Civil Code, and the governing body may not refuse approval of a parcel, tentative, or final map of the project on account of the absence of a condominium plan.(c) Fees and lot design requirements shall be computed and imposed with respect to those maps on the basis of parcels or lots of the surface of the land shown thereon as included in the project.(d) Nothing herein shall be deemed to limit the power of the legislative body to regulate the design or location of buildings in a project by or pursuant to local ordinances.(e) If the governing body has approved a parcel map or final map for the establishment of condominiums on property pursuant to the requirements of this division, the separation of a three-dimensional portion or portions of the property from the remainder of the property or the division of that three-dimensional portion or portions into condominiums shall not constitute a further subdivision as defined in Section 66424, provided each of the following conditions has been satisfied:(1) The total number of condominiums established is not increased above the number authorized by the local agency in approving the parcel map or final map.(2) A perpetual estate or an estate for years in the remainder of the property is held by the condominium owners in undivided interests in common, or by an association as defined in Section 4100 or 6528 of the Civil Code, and the duration of the estate in the remainder of the property is the same as the duration of the estate in the condominiums.(3) The three-dimensional portion or portions of property are described on a condominium plan or plans, as defined in Section 4120 or 6540 of the Civil Code.(Amended (as amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 181, Sec. 58) by Stats. 2013, Ch. 605, Sec. 32. (SB 752) Effective January 1, 2014.)
CA Govt Code § 66427.2 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 7 - PLANNING AND LAND USE|DIVISION 2 - SUBDIVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Maps|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 66427.2.

66427.2.  Unless applicable general or specific plans contain definite objectives and policies, specifically directed to the conversion of existing buildings into condominium projects or stock cooperatives, the provisions of Sections 66473.5, 66474, and 66474.61, and subdivision (c) of Section 66474.60 shall not apply to condominium projects or stock cooperatives, which consist of the subdivision of airspace in an existing structure, unless new units are to be constructed or added.A city, county, or city and county acting pursuant to this section shall approve or disapprove the conversion of an existing building to a stock cooperative within 120 days following receipt of a completed application for approval of such conversion.This section shall not diminish, limit or expand, other than as provided herein, the authority of any city, county, or city and county to approve or disapprove condominium projects.(Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 1192.)
CA Govt Code § 66427.4 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 7 - PLANNING AND LAND USE|DIVISION 2 - SUBDIVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Maps|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 66427.4.

66427.4.  (a) At the time of filing a tentative or parcel map for a subdivision to be created from the conversion of a mobilehome park or floating home marina to another use, the subdivider shall adhere to the requirements of Section 65863.7 relating to the impact of the conversion upon the displaced residents of the mobilehome park or floating home marina to be converted.(b) The legislative body, or an advisory agency that is authorized by local ordinance to approve, conditionally approve, or disapprove the map, in addition to complying with other applicable law, shall be subject to Section 65863.7 relating to requiring mitigation of any adverse impact of the conversion on the ability of displaced mobilehome park or floating home marina residents to find adequate housing in a mobilehome park or floating home marina, respectively.(c) This section establishes a minimum standard for local regulation of conversions of mobilehome parks and floating home marinas into other uses and shall not prevent a local agency from enacting more stringent measures.(d) This section shall not be applicable to a subdivision that is created from the conversion of a rental mobilehome park or rental floating home marina to resident ownership.(Amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 35, Sec. 5. (AB 2782) Effective January 1, 2021.)
CA Govt Code § 66428 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 7 - PLANNING AND LAND USE|DIVISION 2 - SUBDIVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Maps|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 66428.

66428.  (a) Local ordinances may require a tentative map where a parcel map is required by this chapter. A parcel map shall be required for subdivisions as to which a final or parcel map is not otherwise required by this chapter, unless the preparation of the parcel map is waived by local ordinance as provided in this section. A parcel map shall not be required for either of the following:(1) Subdivisions of a portion of the operating right-of-way of a railroad corporation, as defined by Section 230 of the Public Utilities Code, that are created by short-term leases (terminable by either party on not more than 30 days’ notice in writing).(2) Land conveyed to or from a governmental agency, public entity, public utility, or for land conveyed to a subsidiary of a public utility for conveyance to that public utility for rights-of-way, unless a showing is made in individual cases, upon substantial evidence, that public policy necessitates a parcel map. For purposes of this subdivision, land conveyed to or from a governmental agency shall include a fee interest, a leasehold interest, an easement, or a license.(b) A local agency shall, by ordinance, provide a procedure for waiving the requirement for a parcel map, imposed by this division, including the requirements for a parcel map imposed by Section 66426. The procedure may include provisions for waiving the requirement for a tentative and final map for the construction of a condominium project on a single parcel. The ordinance shall require a finding by the legislative body or advisory agency, that the proposed division of land complies with requirements established by this division or local ordinance enacted pursuant thereto as to area, improvement and design, floodwater drainage control, appropriate improved public roads, sanitary disposal facilities, water supply availability, environmental protection, and other requirements of this division or local ordinance enacted pursuant thereto. In any case, where the requirement for a parcel map is waived by local ordinance pursuant to this section, a tentative map may be required by local ordinance.(c) If a local ordinance does not require a tentative map where a parcel map is required by this division, the subdivider shall have the option of submitting a tentative map, or if he or she desires to obtain the rights conferred by Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 66498.1), a vesting tentative map.(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 210, Sec. 16. (SB 184) Effective January 1, 2014.)
CA Govt Code § 66429 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 7 - PLANNING AND LAND USE|DIVISION 2 - SUBDIVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Maps|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 66429.

66429.  Of the maps required by this division, only final and parcel maps may be filed for record in the office of the county recorder.(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536.)
CA Govt Code § 66430 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 7 - PLANNING AND LAND USE|DIVISION 2 - SUBDIVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Maps|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 66430.

66430.  No final map or parcel map required by this chapter or local ordinance which creates a subdivision shall be filed with the local agency without the written consent of all parties having any record title interest in the real property proposed to be subdivided, except as otherwise provided in this division.(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536.)
CA Govt Code § 66431 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 7 - PLANNING AND LAND USE|DIVISION 2 - SUBDIVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Maps|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 66431.

66431.  Upon mutual agreement of their respective legislative bodies, the county surveyor may perform any or all of the duties assigned to the city engineer, including required certifications or statements. Whenever these duties have been divided between the county surveyor and city engineer, each officer shall state the duties performed by him or her.(Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 982, Sec. 2.)
CA Govt Code § 66433 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 7 - PLANNING AND LAND USE|DIVISION 2 - SUBDIVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Maps|ARTICLE 2 - Final Maps|Section 66433.

66433.  The content and form of final maps shall be governed by the provisions of this article.(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536.)