Opinion ID: 1159129
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Heading: The subdivision ordinance.

Text: The town's subdivision ordinance by its terms appl[ied] to the subdivision [6] or other division of land for any purpose whatsoever within the Town of Woodside. For the purpose of this ordinance the division of land shall mean the division of a lot, tract, or parcel of land, as shown as a unit in the last preceding tax assessment roll of the Town of Woodside, into two or more lots, plots, sites or parcels for the purpose, whether immediate or future of sale, transfer, lease or building development.... (§ 1.10.) The ordinance specifically imposes a duty of compliance with its procedures on [e]very person desiring to divide a piece of land. (§§ 2.1, 2.2.) The town's subdivision ordinance made it a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of up to $500 and incarceration in the county jail for up to six months to violat[e] any of the provisions of the Ordinance. (2) (See fn. 7.) Moreover, Government Code section 66499.34 prohibits localities from issu[ing] any permit or grant necessary to develop any real property which ... has resulted from a division[] in violation of the provisions of ... local ordinances enacted pursuant to this division if it finds that development of such real property is contrary to the public health or the public safety, and authorizing them to impose those conditions which would have been applicable to the division of the property at the time the applicant acquired his interest in such real property.... [7]