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Title 16 — SUBDIVISIONS

Beaumont Municipal Code Ch. 16.20 Tentative Maps—information Required

Beaumont Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Beaumont

Cite as: Beaumont Municipal Code Chapter 16.20 · Text as of 2026-10-04

16.20.010 - Tentative subdivision maps.

A. The following information shall be shown on or accompany tentative subdivision maps unless certain items are determined by the staff as not being required for a particular land division:

  1. Tract number, title of map and legal description of property, not including tract name;

  2. Name and address of owner and land divider, and name and address of person preparing map;

  3. Ownership information on additional property owned adjacent or continue to the land to be subdivided;

  4. Approximate acreage, overall dimensions, north arrow, scale and date;

  5. Subdivision boundary line and vicinity map showing relationship to surrounding community;

  6. Names, locations, rights-of-way, widths and improvements of adjacent streets, alleys, railroads and existing structures, both above and below ground;

  7. Names, locations, widths of rights-of-way for proposed streets, alleys and easements, and the approximate grade of proposed and existing streets and approximate street centerline radii of curves;

  8. Streets, alleys and rights-of-way providing legal access to the property;

  9. If private streets are proposed, they shall be so noted on the tentative map;

  10. Names of utility purveyors and locations of existing public utility easements;

  11. Watercourses, channels, existing culverts and drain pipes, including existing and proposed facilities for control of stormwaters;

  12. Land subject to overflow, inundation or flood hazards;

  13. Any land or right-of-way to be dedicated to public use;

  14. Identify common areas and open spaces;

  15. Proposed lot lines and approximate dimensions;

  16. Adjoining property and lot lines;

  17. Contours, with maximum interval as follows:

Slope (in percent) Interval (in feet)
0 to 4.99 1
5 plus 4

Copies of U.S.G.S. maps are not acceptable;

  1. Site grading:

a. Whenever any area of the proposed subdivision has a gradient of five percent or more, as measured between natural contours, the following information shall be shown on or accompany the tentative map:

i. The proposed cuts and fills in the subdivision.

ii. The elevations of all individual building pads in the subdivision

iii. The elevations at the perimeter of the subdivision

iv. The relationship to adjoining land and development,

b. The finished grade elevations on the final grading plan where the gradient is five percent or more shall not vary more than two feet, plus or minus, from the difference in elevations shown on the approved tentative map,

c. On gradients less than five percent, when elevations are not shown on the tentative map, the finished grade elevations shall not create cuts or fills of more than four feet, plus or minus, from the natural contour;

  1. Existing use of property immediately surrounding tract;

  2. Existing zoning, and proposed land use (single family, multiple-family, business, industrial);

  3. Two typed sets of gummed labels indicating all the property owners' names, and the mailing addresses, that are within a 300-foot radius of the exterior of the proposed project, as shown on the last equalized assessment roll, and any update issued by the County Assessor.

B. Reports and written statements on the following matters shall accompany the tentative map:

  1. Proposed method of control of storm water, including data as to amount of runoff, and the approximate grade and dimensions of the proposed facilities;

  2. A written statement stating that:

a. The Beaumont-Cherry Valley Water District has agreed in writing to serve all lots in the land division; or

b. The land divider has an acceptable application for a water purveyor permit on file with the department of public health; or

c. The land divider has agreed in writing to form a domestic water system under permit from the proper authorities to serve the land division;

d. The land divider has filed with the health department information regarding the quantity and quality of water of any wells existing on the property, and the estimated current cost of drilling a well on the property.

  1. A written statement stating the type of sewage disposal that will be used. If on-site sewage disposal is proposed, the Public Works Director shall require soil percolation tests or other pertinent information.

C. If the land division lies within a special studies zone shown on the map prepared by the State Geologist pursuant to the Alquist-Priolo Geologic Hazard Zone Act, a geologic report or waiver thereof pursuant to the provisions of Riverside County Ordinance No. 547 shall accompany the tentative map.

(Ord. 547 §5.1, 1983)

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16.20.020 - Tentative parcel maps.

A. The following information shall be shown on or accompany all tentative parcel maps unless certain items are determined by the staff as not being required for a particular land division:

  1. Parcel map identification, title of map, and legal description of property, but not including tract name;

  2. Name and address of owner and land divider and name and address of person preparing map;

  3. Approximate acreage, overall dimensions, north arrow, scale and date;

  4. Land division boundary line and vicinity map showing relationship to surrounding community;

  5. Map book and page numbers of adjoining land divisions;

  6. Names, locations, rights-of-way, widths and improvements of adjacent streets, alleys, railroads, and existing structures, both above and below ground;

  7. Names, locations, widths of rights-of-way for proposed streets, alleys and easements, and the approximate grades of proposed streets and approximate street centerline radii of curves;

  8. Streets, alleys and rights-of-way providing legal access to the property;

  9. If private streets are proposed, it shall be so noted on the tentative map;

  10. Names of utility purveyors and location of existing known public utilities;

  11. Watercourses, channels, existing culverts and drain pipes, including existing and proposed facilities of control of storm waters;

  12. Land subject to overflow, inundation or flood hazard;

  13. Any land or right-of-way to be dedicated to public use and rights-of-way for railroads and other uses;

  14. Identify common areas and open spaces;

  15. Proposed lot lines and approximate dimensions;

  16. Adjoining property and lot lines;

  17. Contours with maximum interval as follows:

Slope (in percent) Interval (in feet)
0 to 4.99 1
5 plus 4

Copies of U.S.G.S. maps are not acceptable;

  1. Existing use of property immediately surrounding tentative map;

  2. Existing zoning and proposed land use (single family, multifamily, business, industrial);

  3. A statement as to whether the tentative map includes the entire contiguous ownership of the land divider or only a portion thereof;

  4. A list of the names and addresses of the owners of real property located within 300 feet of the exterior boundaries of the property to be considered, as shown on the last equalized assessment roll, and any update issued by the County Assessor.

B. Reports and written statements on the following matters shall accompany the tentative map:

  1. Proposed method of control of storm water, including data as to amount of runoff, and the approximate grade and dimensions of the proposed facilities;

  2. A written statement stating the type of sewage disposal that will be used shall be submitted for all commercial and industrial parcel map as defined in subdivision 4 of subsection B of Section 16.08.190. If on-site sewage disposal is proposed, the Public Works Director shall require soil percolation tests or other pertinent information;

  3. A written statement shall be submitted for all commercial and industrial maps as defined in subsection 4 of subsection B of Section 16.08.190, stating that:

a. The Beaumont-Cherry Valley Water District has agreed in writing to serve all lots in the land division; or

b. The land divider has an acceptable application for a water purveyor permit on file with the State Department of Public Health or the County Department of Public Health; or

c. The land divider has agreed in writing to form a domestic water system under permit from the proper authorities to serve the land division; or

d. The land divider has filed with the health department information regarding the quantity and quality of water of any wells existing on the property, and the estimated current cost of drilling a well on the property; or

e. Water is not available, or will not be furnished.

C. If the land division lies within a special studies zone shown on the map prepared by the State Geologist, pursuant to the Alquist-Priolo Geologic Hazard Zone Act, a geologic report or waiver thereof pursuant to the provisions of Riverside County Ordinance No. 547 shall be filed at. The time of the filing of the tentative parcel map.

(Ord. 547 §5.1, 1983)

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