§ 16.02

This title may be cited as the Los Alamitos Subdivision Code. (Ord. 580 § 2, 1994; Ord. 19-03 § 3, 2019)

• A. The purpose of this title is to provide regulations and controls for the design and improvement of subdivisions in the City, in accordance with the Subdivision Map Act (Government Code Section 66410 et seq.).

• B. Other purposes of this title are to:

  1. Implement the General Plan;

  2. Provide regulations and controls, within the law, over the use of land in the City for the health, safety, and welfare of present and future residents; and

3. Provide a procedure for lot line adjustments and mergers in the City.

(Ord. 580 § 2, 1994; Ord. 19-03 § 3, 2019)

• A. No person shall offer to sell or lease, contract to sell or lease, sell or lease, finance any lot or lots of real property or commence construction of any building for sale, lease, or financing thereon, except for model homes, or allow occupancy, for which a final tract map is required by this Code, until such map, in full compliance with the provisions of this Municipal Code and the Subdivision Map Act, has been filed for record by the City Clerk.

• B. No person shall sell, lease, or finance any lot or lots of real property or commence construction of any building for sale, lease, or financing thereon, except for model homes, or allow occupancy, for which a parcel map is required by this Municipal Code, until such map, in full compliance with the provisions of this Municipal Code, and the Subdivision Map Act, has been filed for record by the City Clerk.

• C. No permit to develop any real property which has been divided or which has resulted from a division in violation of the Subdivision Map Act or this title shall be granted by any officer or employee of the City or by the Planning Commission or the City Council unless a certificate of compliance has been issued and recorded for the property to be developed in accordance with this title.

• (Ord. 580 § 2, 1994; Ord. 19-03 § 3, 2019)

Any reference to the "Director" in this title shall be to the City's Development Services Director or that person designated by the Director holding the appropriate licenses or credentials required by the Subdivision Map Act. The Director shall be responsible for enforcing the provisions of this title. The Director is designated as an advisory agency as that term is used in the Subdivision Map Act, and shall have the authority to review and approve, conditionally approve, or deny

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City of Los Alamitos, CA § 16.02.040

LOS ALAMITOS CODE

§ 16.02.070

amendments to approved tentative maps, certificates of compliance and conditional certificates of compliance, lot line adjustments, mergers of lots, and subdivision improvement plans. (Ord. 580 § 2, 1994; Ord. 19-03 § 3, 2019)

• A. The Planning Commission is designated as an advisory agency as that term is used in the Subdivision Map Act, and shall have the authority to review and approve, conditionally approve, or deny tentative parcel maps and waivers of parcel maps.

• B. The Planning Commission shall review and make recommendations to the City Council on residential condominium conversions and petitions for reversions to acreage.

• C. The Planning Commission shall perform such other duties as may be specified by the City Council.

• (Ord. 580 § 2, 1994; Ord. 19-03 § 3, 2019)

• A. The City Council, referred to in this title as Council, is designated as an appeal board as that term is used in the Subdivision Map Act and shall hear appeals from actions of the Planning Commission.

• B. The Council shall have the authority to review and approve, conditionally approve, or deny extensions of time for tentative maps, final parcel maps, final tract maps, petitions for reversions to acreage, tentative tract maps, and vesting tentative maps.

• (Ord. 580 § 2, 1994; Ord. 19-03 § 3, 2019)

Fees to cover the costs incurred by the City in processing maps, plans, and requests filed pursuant to the provisions of the Subdivision Map Act and this Municipal Code shall be paid to the City in compliance with the fee resolution adopted by the Council.

(Ord. 580 § 2, 1994; Ord. 19-03 § 3, 2019)

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City of Los Alamitos, CA

SUBDIVISIONS

§ 16.04.010

§ 16.04.060

CHAPTER 16.04 DEFINITIONS