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CA Govt Code § 65963.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 7 - PLANNING AND LAND USE|DIVISION 1 - PLANNING AND ZONING|CHAPTER 4.5 - Review and Approval of Development Projects|ARTICLE 6 - Development Permits for Classes of Projects|Section 65963.1.

65963.1.  Except as otherwise provided in Article 8.7 (commencing with Section 25199) of Chapter 6.5 of Division 20 of the Health and Safety Code, this chapter applies to the making of a land use decision or the issuance of a permit for a hazardous waste facility project by a public agency, as defined in Section 25199.1 of the Health and Safety Code, including, but not limited to, all of the following actions:(a) The approval of land use permits and conditional use permits, the granting of variances, the subdivision of property, and the modification of existing property lines pursuant to this division or Division 2 (commencing with Section 66410) of Title 7, and, for purposes of this chapter, “project” includes an activity requiring any of those actions.(b) The issuance of hazardous waste facility permits by the State Department of Health Services pursuant to Chapter 6.5 (commencing with Section 25100) of Division 20 of the Health and Safety Code.(c) The issuance of waste discharge requirements by California regional water quality control boards pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 13260) of Chapter 4 of Division 7 of the Water Code.(d) The issuance of authority to construct permits by the district board of an air pollution control district or an air quality management district pursuant to Division 26 (commencing with Section 39000) of the Health and Safety Code.(e) The issuance of solid waste facilities permits by the enforcement agency pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 66796.30) of Chapter 3 of Title 7.3.(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1504, Sec. 2. Note: See changes set forth in Governor's Reorg. Plan 1 of 1991.)
CA Govt Code § 65963.2 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 7 - PLANNING AND LAND USE|DIVISION 1 - PLANNING AND ZONING|CHAPTER 4.5 - Review and Approval of Development Projects|ARTICLE 6 - Development Permits for Classes of Projects|Section 65963.2.

65963.2.  (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:(1) “Commission” means the Public Utilities Commission.(2) “Pipeline integrity management program” means a program verified by the commission to be in compliance with state or federal regulations that includes an activity undertaken by a gas corporation that is a public utility to enhance the safety of a natural gas pipeline as required by the commission, or the federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration in Subpart O of Part 192 of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations and 74 Federal Register 63906 (December 4, 2009).(3) “Pipeline project” means a pipeline inspection, remediation, removal, or replacement, including any valve, flange, meter, or other piece of equipment directly attached to the pipeline, in accordance with a pipeline integrity management program.(b) A city, county, or city and county shall act on an application by a gas corporation that is a public utility for a ministerial pipeline project permit within a public street or highway or any other public right-of-way within 10 business days of determining that an application for the pipeline project is complete.(c) If the city, county, or city and county cannot act on the application within 10 business days of determining that an application for the pipeline project is complete pursuant to subdivision (b), the city, county, or city and county shall provide the gas corporation with a written timeline indicating the time, which shall occur as soon as possible, by which the city, county, or city and county will act on the application.(Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 486, Sec. 1. (AB 2559) Effective January 1, 2013.)
CA Govt Code § 65964 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 7 - PLANNING AND LAND USE|DIVISION 1 - PLANNING AND ZONING|CHAPTER 4.5 - Review and Approval of Development Projects|ARTICLE 6 - Development Permits for Classes of Projects|Section 65964.

65964.  As a condition of approval of an application for a permit for construction or reconstruction for a development project for a wireless telecommunications facility, as defined in Section 65850.6, a city or county shall not do any of the following:(a) Require an escrow deposit for removal of a wireless telecommunications facility or any component thereof. However, a performance bond or other surety or another form of security may be required, so long as the amount of the bond security is rationally related to the cost of removal. In establishing the amount of the security, the city or county shall take into consideration information provided by the permit applicant regarding the cost of removal.(b) Unreasonably limit the duration of any permit for a wireless telecommunications facility. Limits of less than 10 years are presumed to be unreasonable absent public safety reasons or substantial land use reasons. However, cities and counties may establish a build-out period for a site.(c) Require that all wireless telecommunications facilities be limited to sites owned by particular parties within the jurisdiction of the city or county.(Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 676, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2007.)
CA Govt Code § 65964.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 7 - PLANNING AND LAND USE|DIVISION 1 - PLANNING AND ZONING|CHAPTER 4.5 - Review and Approval of Development Projects|ARTICLE 6 - Development Permits for Classes of Projects|Section 65964.5.

65964.5.  (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:(1) “Fiber” means fiber optic cables, and related ancillary equipment such as conduit, ancillary cables, hand holes, vaults, and terminals.(2) “Local agency” means a city, county, city and county, charter city, special district, or publicly owned utility.(3) “Microtrench” means a narrow open excavation trench that is less than or equal to 4 inches in width and not less than 12 inches in depth and not more than 26 inches in depth and that is created for the purpose of installing a subsurface pipe or conduit.(4) “Microtrenching” means excavation of a microtrench.(b) (1) The local agency with jurisdiction to approve excavations shall allow microtrenching for the installation of underground fiber if the installation in the microtrench is limited to fiber, unless the local agency makes a written finding that allowing microtrenching for a fiber installation would have a specific, adverse impact on the public health or safety.(2) Upon mutual agreement, a microtrench may be placed shallower than 12 inches in depth.(3) To the extent necessary, a local agency with jurisdiction to approve excavations shall adopt or amend existing policies, ordinances, codes, or construction rules to allow for microtrenching pursuant to this subdivision.(4) Nothing in this section shall supersede, nullify, or otherwise alter the requirements to comply with safety standards, including, but not limited to, the following:(A) Article 2 (commencing with Section 4216) of Chapter 3.1 of Division 5 of Title 1.(B) Public Utilities Commission General Order No. 128, or a successor standard.(c) A local agency may impose a fee on an application for a permit to install fiber consistent with Section 50030. The reasonable costs of providing the service for which the fee is charged, as that phrase is used in Section 50030, shall be limited to the reasonable costs of the local agency to process and issue the permit and inspect the installation that is the subject of the permit, including any costs incurred if the applicant elects to expedite processing and review.(d) The Legislature finds and declares that installation of fiber is critical to the deployment of broadband services and other utility services, is a matter of statewide concern, and is not a municipal affair as that term is used in Section 5 of Article XI of the California Constitution. Therefore, this section applies to all cities, including charter cities.(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 677, Sec. 3. (SB 378) Effective January 1, 2022.)
CA Govt Code § 66410 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 7 - PLANNING AND LAND USE|DIVISION 2 - SUBDIVISIONS|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 66410.

66410.  This division may be cited as the Subdivision Map Act.(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536.)
CA Govt Code § 66411 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 7 - PLANNING AND LAND USE|DIVISION 2 - SUBDIVISIONS|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 66411.

66411.  Regulation and control of the design and improvement of subdivisions are vested in the legislative bodies of local agencies. Each local agency shall, by ordinance, regulate and control the initial design and improvement of common interest developments as defined in Section 4100 or 6534 of the Civil Code and subdivisions for which this division requires a tentative and final or parcel map. In the development, adoption, revision, and application of this type of ordinance, the local agency shall comply with the provisions of Section 65913.2. The ordinance shall specifically provide for proper grading and erosion control, including the prevention of sedimentation or damage to offsite property. Each local agency may by ordinance regulate and control other subdivisions, provided that the regulations are not more restrictive than the regulations for those subdivisions for which a tentative and final or parcel map are required by this division, and provided further that the regulations shall not be applied to 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 Public Utilities Code unless a showing is made in individual cases, under substantial evidence, that public policy necessitates the application of the regulations to those short-term leases in individual cases.(Amended (as amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 181, Sec. 55) by Stats. 2013, Ch. 605, Sec. 29. (SB 752) Effective January 1, 2014.)
CA Govt Code § 66411.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 7 - PLANNING AND LAND USE|DIVISION 2 - SUBDIVISIONS|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 66411.1.

66411.1.  (a) Notwithstanding Section 66428, whenever a local ordinance requires improvements for a division of land which is not a subdivision of five or more lots, the regulations shall be limited to the dedication of rights-of-way, easements, and the construction of reasonable offsite and onsite improvements for the parcels being created. Requirements for the construction of offsite and onsite improvements shall be noticed by a statement on the parcel map, on the instrument evidencing the waiver of the parcel map, or by a separate instrument and shall be recorded on, concurrently with, or prior to the parcel map or instrument of waiver of a parcel map being filed for record.(b) Notwithstanding Section 66428, fulfillment of the construction requirements shall not be required until the time a permit or other grant of approval for development of the parcel is issued by the local agency or, where provided by local ordinances, until the time the construction of the improvements is required pursuant to an agreement between the subdivider and the local agency, except that in the absence of an agreement, a local agency may require fulfillment of the construction requirements within a reasonable time following approval of the parcel map and prior to the issuance of a permit or other grant of approval for the development of a parcel upon a finding by the local agency that fulfillment of the construction requirements is necessary for either of the following reasons:(1) The public health and safety.(2) The required construction is a necessary prerequisite to the orderly development of the surrounding area.(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 655, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1995.)
CA Govt Code § 66411.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 7 - PLANNING AND LAND USE|DIVISION 2 - SUBDIVISIONS|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 66411.5.

66411.5.  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, whenever a parcel map or final map is required to effectuate a judicial partition of property pursuant to subdivision (b) and pursuant to Section 872.040 of the Code of Civil Procedure, the local agency approving the parcel map or final map may establish the amount of any monetary exaction or any dedication or improvement requirement authorized by law as a condition of approving the parcel map or final map, but shall not require payment of the exaction, the undertaking of the improvement, or posting of security for future performance thereof and shall not accept any required offer of dedication until the time specified in subdivision (b).(b) This section applies to judicial partition of real property which is subject to a contract under Article 3 (commencing with Section 51240) of Chapter 7 of Part 1 of Division 1 of Title 5 and which will remain subject to that contract subsequent to the filing of the parcel map or final map. With respect to any parcel created by a parcel map or final map subject to this section, payment of exactions and acceptance of offers of dedication under this section shall be deferred by the local agency until the contract terminates or is canceled as to that parcel, except that no deferral is required under this subdivision as to fees and assessments that are due and payable for governmental services provided to the parcel prior to termination or cancellation of the contract. The applicants for a parcel map or final map subject to this section shall be personally liable for performance of obligations deferred under this section at the time they become due.(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 494, Sec. 1.)
CA Govt Code § 66412.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 7 - PLANNING AND LAND USE|DIVISION 2 - SUBDIVISIONS|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 66412.1.

66412.1.  This division shall also be inapplicable to:(a) The financing or leasing of any parcel of land, or any portion thereof, in conjunction with the construction of commercial or industrial buildings on a single parcel, unless the project is not subject to review under other local agency ordinances regulating design and improvement.(b) The financing or leasing of existing separate commercial or industrial buildings on a single parcel.(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 87, Sec. 4. Effective March 1, 1982.)
CA Govt Code § 66412.2 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 7 - PLANNING AND LAND USE|DIVISION 2 - SUBDIVISIONS|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 66412.2.

66412.2.  This division shall not apply to the construction, financing, or leasing of dwelling units pursuant to Section 65852.1 or accessory dwelling units pursuant to Section 65852.2, but this division shall be applicable to the sale or transfer, but not leasing, of those units.(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 720, Sec. 6. (SB 1069) Effective January 1, 2017.)
CA Govt Code § 66412.3 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 7 - PLANNING AND LAND USE|DIVISION 2 - SUBDIVISIONS|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 66412.3.

66412.3.  In carrying out the provisions of this division, each local agency shall consider the effect of ordinances and actions adopted pursuant to this division on the housing needs of the region in which the local jurisdiction is situated and balance these needs against the public service needs of its residents and available fiscal and environmental resources.(Added by renumbering Section 66412.2 by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1013, Sec. 1. Effective September 22, 1983.)
CA Govt Code § 66412.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 7 - PLANNING AND LAND USE|DIVISION 2 - SUBDIVISIONS|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 66412.5.

66412.5.  When so provided by local ordinance, this division shall be inapplicable to subdivisions of four parcels or less for construction of removable commercial buildings having a floor area of less than 100 square feet.(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 412.)
CA Govt Code § 66412.6 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 7 - PLANNING AND LAND USE|DIVISION 2 - SUBDIVISIONS|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 66412.6.

66412.6.  (a) For purposes of this division or of a local ordinance enacted pursuant thereto, any parcel created prior to March 4, 1972, shall be conclusively presumed to have been lawfully created if the parcel resulted from a division of land in which fewer than five parcels were created and if at the time of the creation of the parcel, there was no local ordinance in effect which regulated divisions of land creating fewer than five parcels.(b) For purposes of this division or of a local ordinance enacted pursuant thereto, any parcel created prior to March 4, 1972, shall be conclusively presumed to have been lawfully created if any subsequent purchaser acquired that parcel for valuable consideration without actual or constructive knowledge of a violation of this division or the local ordinance. Owners of parcels or units of land affected by the provisions of this subdivision shall be required to obtain a certificate of compliance or a conditional certificate of compliance pursuant to Section 66499.35 prior to obtaining a permit or other grant of approval for development of the parcel or unit of land. For purposes of determining whether the parcel or unit of land complies with the provisions of this division and of local ordinances enacted pursuant thereto, as required pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 66499.35, the presumption declared in this subdivision shall not be operative.(c) This section shall become operative January 1, 1995.(Amended (as added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1041, Sec. 2) by Stats. 1993, Ch. 500, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1994. Section operative January 1, 1995, by its own provisions.)
CA Govt Code § 66412.7 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 7 - PLANNING AND LAND USE|DIVISION 2 - SUBDIVISIONS|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 66412.7.

66412.7.  A subdivision shall be deemed established for purposes of subdivision (d) of Section 66499.30 and any other provision of this division on the date of recordation of the final map or parcel map, except that in the case of (1) maps filed for approval prior to March 4, 1972, and subsequently approved by the local agency or (2) subdivisions exempted from map requirements by a certificate of exception (or the equivalent) applied for prior to such date and subsequently issued by the local agency pursuant to local ordinance, the subdivision shall be deemed established on the date the map or application for a certificate of exception (or the equivalent) was filed with the local agency.(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 479.)
CA Govt Code § 66412.8 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 7 - PLANNING AND LAND USE|DIVISION 2 - SUBDIVISIONS|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 66412.8.

66412.8.  (a) A project located in Los Angeles County that is approved by a public agency before the effective date of the act adding this section is not in violation of any requirement of this division by reason of the failure to construct a roadway across the property transferred to the state pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 21080.29 of the Public Resources Code and to construct a bridge over the adjacent Ballona Channel in Los Angeles County, otherwise required as a condition of approval of a vesting tentative map or a tentative map, if all of the following conditions apply:(1) The improvements specified in subdivision (a) are not constructed, due in whole or in part, to the project owner’s or developer’s relinquishment of easement rights to construct the improvements.(2) The easement rights specified in paragraph (1) are relinquished in connection with the acquisition by the State of California, acting by and through the Wildlife Conservation Board of the Department of Fish and Game, of a wetlands project that is a minimum of 400 acres in size and located in the coastal zone.(b) Where the easement rights have been relinquished, any municipal ordinance or regulation adopted by a charter city or a general law city shall be inapplicable to the extent that the ordinance or regulation requires construction of the transportation improvements specified in subdivision (a), or would otherwise require reprocessing or resubmittal of a permit or approval, including, but not limited to, a final recorded map, a vesting tentative map, or a tentative map, as a result of the transportation improvements specified in subdivision (a) not being constructed.(Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 739, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2004.)
CA Govt Code § 66412.9 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 7 - PLANNING AND LAND USE|DIVISION 2 - SUBDIVISIONS|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 66412.9.

66412.9.  This division shall not apply to leases of agriculturally zoned land to nonprofit organizations for the purpose of operating an agricultural labor housing project on the property if all of the following conditions apply:(1) The property to be leased shall not be more than five acres.(2) The lease shall be for not less than 30 years.(3) The lease shall be executed prior to January 1, 2017.(Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 447, Sec. 1. (AB 494) Effective January 1, 2010.)
CA Govt Code § 66413 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 7 - PLANNING AND LAND USE|DIVISION 2 - SUBDIVISIONS|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 66413.

66413.  (a) When any area in a subdivision as to which a final map has been finally approved by a board of supervisors and filed for record pursuant to this division is thereafter annexed to a city, the final map and any agreements relating to the subdivision shall continue to govern the subdivision.(b) When any area in a subdivision or proposed subdivision as to which a tentative map or vesting tentative map has been filed but a final map has not been finally approved, or as to which a parcel map is required by this division or local ordinance but the final act required to make the parcel map effective has not been taken, is annexed to a city, all procedures and regulations required by this division or by local ordinance of the annexing city shall be deemed to commence as of the effective date of the annexation and the map shall comply with the requirements of any applicable ordinance of the city to which the area is annexed.(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 613, Sec. 1.)
CA Govt Code § 66414 (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 66414.

66414.  The definitions in this article apply to the provisions of this division only and do not affect any other provisions of law.(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536.)
CA Govt Code § 66415 (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 66415.

66415.  “Advisory agency” means a designated official or an official body charged with the duty of making investigations and reports on the design and improvement of proposed divisions of real property, the imposing of requirements or conditions thereon, or having the authority by local ordinance to approve, conditionally approve or disapprove maps.(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536.)