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Title 17 — SUBDIVISIONS

Chowchilla Municipal Code Ch. 17.22 Vesting Tentative Maps

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

Cite as: Chowchilla Municipal Code Chapter 17.22 · Text as of 2026-10-04

17.22.010 - Applicability.

Any person desiring to subdivide land in the city may, in place of a tentative map as set forth in Chapter 17.20, file a "vesting tentative map," with the director. Such a map shall be a vesting tentative map if and only if it complies with the provisions of this section.

(Ord. No. 492-18, § 2(Att. A), 12-11-2018)

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17.22.020 - Identification.

At the time the map is filed it shall have printed conspicuously on its face the words "vesting tentative map."

(Ord. No. 492-18, § 2(Att. A), 12-11-2018)

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17.22.030 - Filing.

A vesting tentative map shall be filed and processed in the same manner as a tentative map except as otherwise provided by the Subdivision Map Act, as set forth in Division 2 of Title 7 of the Government Code, Sections 66410 to 66498, and this title.

(Ord. No. 492-18, § 2(Att. A), 12-11-2018)

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17.22.040 - Requirements.

The vesting tentative map shall comply with all of requirements applicable to a tentative map, which are set forth above in this chapter.

(Ord. No. 492-18, § 2(Att. A), 12-11-2018)

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17.22.050 - Additional filing requirements.

At the time of filing a vesting tentative map, the applicant shall also file the following:

A. Evidence of the title, acceptable to the county recorder, secured from a title company and which indicates that, as shown by the public records, the parties whose signatures appear on the map and consent to the recordation of the map are all parties having a record title interest in the land being subdivided and whose signatures are required by the Subdivision Map Act;

B. The vesting tentative map shall show and contain the following information:

  1. All information required in Section 17.20.060 and 17.20.070 of this code for a tentative map;

  2. The total area in roads and the total lineal length of each road;

  3. The total area in each of the following: parks, school sites, or other lands offered for dedication or reserved for future public or quasi-public uses;

  4. The height, size, and location of each proposed building;

  5. Information on the uses to which the proposed buildings will be used, including architectural plans;

C. Two copies of the covenants, conditions and restrictions, if any, that are to be recorded;

D. Improvement plans as defined in Section 17.08.310 of this code, showing all the improvements required by this title and all other improvements proposed to be installed by the subdivider, in, on, over or under any road, way, right-of-way, easement, or parcel of land dedicated by the map;

E. All notes, sheets and drawings showing traverse closure and the computation of all distances, angles and courses shown on the final map and ties to existing and proposed monuments, and adjacent subdivisions, pursuant to Section 17.24.020(6) of this code;

F. Preliminary soil and geologic reports as set forth in Section 17.24.030.

(Ord. No. 492-18, § 2(Att. A), 12-11-2018)

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17.22.060 - Environmental requirements.

The city may require additional information in order to permit the city to make the determination required by Section 20180.1 of the Public Resources Code, as provided by Section 65941 of the Government Code, and in order to comply with federal or state requirements.

(Ord. No. 492-18, § 2(Att. A), 12-11-2018)

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