Chapter 3 — GENERAL — Agoura Hills Municipal Code

- Compliance.

No person shall sell, lease, finance or transfer title nor offer to sell, lease, finance or transfer title to any portion of any subdivision or parcel of land in the city for which a tentative, final or parcel map or waiver certificate is required pursuant to the Subdivision Map Act or this article, unless a parcel, tentative or final map or waiver certificate in full compliance with the Subdivision Map Act and this article has been filed for record by the recorder of the county in which any portion of the subdivision is located.

(Ord. No. 125, 6-2-87)

- Tract maps; exceptions.

A tentative and final tract map shall be required for all subdivisions creating five (5) or more parcels, five (5) or more condominiums as defined in Section 783 of the California Civil Code, a community apartment project containing five (5) or more parcels, or for the conversion of a dwelling to a stock cooperative containing five (5) or more dwelling units. A tract map shall not be required for a division of land if:

(a)

The land before division contains less than five (5) acres, each parcel created by the division abuts upon a maintained public street or highway and no dedications or improvements are required by the planning commission, or

(b)

Each parcel created by the division has a gross area of twenty (20) acres or more and has an approved access to a maintained public street or highway, or

(c)

The land consists of a parcel or parcels of land having approved access to a public street or highway which comprises part of a tract of land zoned for industrial or commercial development, and which has the approval of the governing body as to street alignments and widths, or

(d)

Each parcel created by the division has a gross area of not less than forty (40) acres or is not less than a quarter of a quarter section.

(Ord. No. 125, 6-2-87)

- Parcel maps; required.

A tentative and final parcel map shall be required for all land divisions creating four (4) or fewer parcels and for all divisions of land described in subsections (a) through (d) of section 10301 of this article.

(Ord. No. 125, 6-2-87)

- Processing fees.

Every person submitting a tentative or final tract or parcel map, or application for waiver, certificate of compliance, lot line adjustment or other request for processing as required in this article shall pay a processing fee in the amount established by resolution of the city council. Except as otherwise specified in such resolution, or in this article, such fees shall not be refundable.

(Ord. No. 125, 6-2-87)

- Dedication; public easements.

As a condition of approval of a map, the subdivider shall dedicate or make an irrevocable offer of dedication of real property within the subdivision or redevelopment that is needed for streets, alleys, including access rights and abutters' rights, drainage, public utility easements and other public easements. The subdivider shall improve or agree to improve all streets, alleys, including access rights and abutters' rights, drainage, public utility easements, and public easements.

(Ord. No. 125, 6-2-87)

- Waiver of direct access to streets.

A condition of approval of a map may impose a requirement that any dedication or offer of dedication of a street shall include a waiver of direct access rights to such street from any property shown on a final map as abutting, and that if the dedication is accepted, such waiver shall become effective in accordance with the terms of the Subdivision Map Act.

(Ord. No. 125, 6-2-87)

- Reservation; public uses.

As a condition of approval of a map, the subdivider shall reserve sites, appropriate in the area and location for schools, parks, recreation facilities, fire stations, libraries or other public facilities, subject to the provisions of the Subdivision Map Act.

(Ord. No. 125, 6-2-87)

- Soil report.

A preliminary soils report, prepared by a registered civil engineer, and based upon adequate test borings, shall be required for every subdivision for which a final map is required, and shall be subject to the provisions of the Subdivision Map Act.

(Ord. No. 125, 6-2-87)

- Reversion to acreage.

Subdivided property may be reverted to acreage pursuant to the provisions of the Subdivision Map Act.

(Ord. No. 125, 6-2-87)

- Improvement agreement and security; release.

Any agreement, performance, or act required or authorized by the Subdivision Map Act for which security may be required shall be secured in the manner provided in Section 66499 of the Subdivision Map Act.

(Ord. No. 125, 6-2-87)