Chapter 16.01 — GENERAL PROVISIONS

This title is adopted pursuant to Article XI, Section 7 of the California Constitution to supplement and implement the California Subdivision Map Act, Section 66410 et seq. of the Government Code and may be cited as the Subdivision Ordinance of the City of Temecula. (Ord. 99-23 § 1)

The purpose of this title is to provide the city with legal authority for the review of the design and improvement of subdivisions and the processing of any proposed subdivision, reconfiguration and/or consolidation of land within the city to the extent authorized by the California Subdivision Map Act.

(Ord. 99-23 § 1)

This title shall apply to any division of land within the city and shall control the preparation, processing and approval of all tentative maps, final tract maps, final parcel maps, lot line adjustments, parcel mergers, reversions to acreage and waivers and all other actions regulated hereby. Any other matter not regulated by this title shall be regulated by the California Subdivision Map Act.

(Ord. 99-23 § 1)

This title shall not apply to:

• A. The financing or leasing of apartments, offices, stores or similar space within apartment buildings, industrial buildings, commercial buildings, mobilehome parks or trailer parks;

• B. Mineral, oil or gas leases;

• C. Land dedicated to cemetery purposes under the California Health and Safety Code;

• D. Lot line adjustments between two or more existing adjacent parcels, where the land taken from one parcel is added to an adjacent parcel, and where no new parcels are created and no existing parcels are deleted, provided that subject to the provisions of Section 66412(d) of the Subdivision Map Act, the lot line adjustment is approved pursuant to Chapter 16.12 of this title;

• E. Any separate assessment under Section 2188.7 of the California Revenue and Taxation Code;

• F. The financing or leasing or 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 review under other city ordinances regulating design and improvement;

• G. The financing or leasing of existing separate commercial or industrial buildings on a single parcel;

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City of Temecula, CA § 16.01.080

SUBDIVISIONS

§ 16.01.140

• H. The construction, financing or leasing of dwelling units pursuant to Section 65852.1 or second units pursuant to Section 65852.2 of the California Government Code; but this title shall apply to the sale or transfer, but not the leasing of those units;

• I. Leasing of agricultural land for agricultural purposes, meaning the cultivation of food or fiber, or the grazing or pasturing of livestock;

• J. Subdivisions of four parcels or less for construction of removable commercial buildings having a floor area of less than one hundred square feet.

• (Ord. 99-23 § 1)

The authority for review and approval of subdivisions and related land actions is as follows:

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Table 16.01.100
Type of Action Review Authority Approval Authority
Tentative maps City staff Planning commission
Other responsible agencies
Vesting tentative maps City staff Planning commission
Other responsible agencies
Tentative parcel maps City staff Director hearing
Other responsible agencies
Tentative map extensions City staff Director hearing
Other responsible agencies
Final parcel maps City staff City council
Other responsible agencies
Waivers of parcel maps City staff Director hearing
Other responsible agencies
Reversion to acreage City staff City council
Other responsible agencies
Lot and parcel mergers City staff Community development
Other responsible agencies director Planning commission
(city-initiated)
Lot line adjustments City staff Community development
Other responsible agencies director
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(Ord. 99-23 § 1)

All applicants submitting maps as required by this title shall pay all fees and/or deposits as provided by this title and by city council resolution establishing applicable fees and deposits. (Ord. 99-23 § 1)

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City of Temecula, CA § 16.01.140

TEMECULA CODE

§ 16.01.140

All divisions of land pursuant to this title shall conform to those grading and erosion control standards set forth in Appendix Chapter 33 of the 1998 edition of the California Building Code. (Ord. 99-23 § 1)

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City of Temecula, CA § 16.03.020

SUBDIVISIONS