Chapter 26.04 — GENERAL PROVISIONS

The procedure for filing subdivision maps and regulating public improvements on lands designated on such maps shall be as provided in this title. (Ord. 541 § 1, (1953); Ord. 1032 § 1, (1975))

§ 26.04.020. "Map act" defined.

"Map act," as used in the following sections, applies and refers to that certain act of the legislature of the state of California entitled the "Subdivision Map Act" as the same is in effect as of March 1, 1975, and thereafter amended, and which appears in the Government Code of the state of California. (1941 Code § 1986, Ord. 541, (1953); Ord. 1032 § 2, (1975))

The planning commission shall constitute the "advisory agency" whenever said term is used in the Map Act. (Ord. 1032 § 3, (1975))

When any parcel of land within the city of Burlingame is to be divided or subdivided into two or more separate lots or parcels and where such subdivision requires the enlarging or changing the boundaries of, or necessitating the performance of work by the city in, or on, any public streets, highways, alleys, lanes, parks, squares, courts, sidewalks, places or parking lots, all the provisions of the following sections of this title shall apply. (1941 Code § 1987, Ord. 541, (1953))

Every person, firm, corporation, partnership or association who proposes to subdivide a parcel of land in the city under the conditions set forth in Section 26.04.030, shall first cause a map to be made thereof and have the same recorded in the office of the county recorder of San Mateo County in accord with the requirements of the said "Map Act" and of this title.

Subdivision regulations governing the preparation and filing of maps, both tentative and final, are hereby established and are set forth in the following sections. (1941 Code § 1988, Ord. 541, (1953))