§ 21.04

The ordinance codified in Title 21 of this code shall be known as the "subdivision ordinance," and may be referred to as such.

(Ord. 7634 § 1, 1959: Ord. 4478 Art. 1 § 10, 1945.)

Pursuant to the provisions of the Subdivision Map Act, and in addition to any other regulations provided by law, the regulations hereinafter in this Title 21 contained shall apply to all subdivisions or parts of subdivisions hereafter made, of land wholly or partially within the unincorporated territory of the county of Los Angeles, and to the preparation of subdivision maps thereof, and to other maps provided for by the

Subdivision Map Act, for approval; and each such subdivision and each part thereof lying within the unincorporated territory of the county shall be made, and each such map shall be prepared and presented for approval, as hereinafter provided for and required in this title.

(Ord. 11665 § 2, 1978: Ord. 4478 Art. 1 § 1, 1945.)

The provisions of this Title 21, insofar as they are the same as the provisions of Ordinance 3114 relating to the same subject matter, shall be construed as restatements and continuations thereof and not as new enactments. This section shall not be construed as implying that no change in law is intended. Insofar as the provisions of this title differ substantially from those of said Ordinance 3114, the board of supervisors hereby declares a change in law is intended.

(Ord. 4478 Art. 1 § 3, 1945.)

21.04.040 - References to amendments and additions included.

Whenever reference is made to any portion of the ordinance codified in this title or any other ordinance or statute, such reference applies to all amendments and additions now or hereafter made.

(Ord. 4478 Art. 1 § 5, 1945.)

21.04.050 - Lease projects, condominiums and community apartment projects—Provisions applicable.

Provisions of this Title 21 which except or exempt a subdivider from complying with a design, improvement, dedication or fee requirement, or which provide for the waiver of such a requirement because of the size of parcels resulting from a subdivision, shall not be construed to apply to lease projects, condominiums, or community apartment projects.

(Ord. 11665 § 3, 1978: Ord. 10965 § 1, 1974: Ord. 4478 Art. 1 § 1.2, 1945.)

Nothing contained in this ordinance shall apply to land dedicated for cemetery purposes under the Health and Safety Code of the state of California.

(Ord. 10486 § 1, 1972: Ord. 4478 Art. 1 § 1.1, 1945.)

21.04.070 - Violation—Penalty.

A violation of this Title 21 which is not also prohibited by the Subdivision Map Act or by any other state statute is a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not more than $500.00 or by imprisonment in the County Jail for not more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

(Ord. 7345 § 1, 1958: Ord. 5584 § 1 (part), 1950: Ord. 4478 Art. 1 § 9, 1945.)

21.04.080 - Severability.

If any provision of the ordinance codified in this Title 21, or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held to be invalid, the remainder of the ordinance and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.

(Ord. 4478 Art. 1 § 4, 1945.)

As a condition of the approval of a subdivision, the subdivider shall agree to reimburse the county for any court and attorney's fees which the county may be required by a court to pay as a result of any claim or action brought against the county the cause of such approval pursuant to Government Code Section 66499.37. Although the subdivider is the real party in interest in such an action, the county may, at its sole discretion, participate at its own expense in the defense of the action, but such participation shall not relieve the subdivider of its obligations under this condition.

(Ord. 86-0134 § 1, 1986.)

Chapter 21.08 - DEFINITIONS

21.08.010 - Definitions—Subdivision Map Act applicable when.

Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, all terms used in this Title 21 which are defined in the Subdivision Map Act are used in this title as so defined, unless from the context hereof it clearly appears that a different meaning is intended.

(Ord. 4478 Art. 2 § 15, 1945.)

21.08.020 - Advisory agency.

"Advisory agency" means and refers to both the regional planning commission and the hearing officer. The hearing officer shall exercise all of the duties associated with the submission, review and approval or disapproval of maps of reversions to acreage which are delegated to the advisory agency by this Title 21, unless the regional planning commission determines to and itself exercises such duties.

(Ord. 85-0194 § 1, 1986: Ord. 11665 § 13, 1978: Ord. 10965 § 5, 1974: Ord. 9071 § 3 (part), 1966: Ord. 7345 § 4 (part), 1958: Ord. 4478 Art. 2 § 12, 1945.)

21.08.030 - Article.

"Article" means an article of the ordinance codified in this Title 21 unless some statute or other ordinance is referred to.

(Ord. 4478 Art. 2 § 14, 1945.)