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Chapter 25›Article I — GENERAL PROVISIONS

§ 25-2. Compliance with chapter.

Cypress Planning Code · 2026-07 edition · updated 2026-07-25 · Cypress

  • (a) No person, firm, corporation, partnership or association shall offer to sell or lease, to contract to sell or lease, to sell or lease, or to finance any parcel or parcels of real property, or to commence construction of any building or structure for sale, lease or financing thereon, or to allow occupancy thereof, and no building permit, certificate of use and/or occupancy, or other official evidence of authority for the use of the premises shall be valid, unless the lot, parcel, or parcels in question are shown in the office of the county recorder as a part of one of the following:

    • (1) A subdivision tract map, filed and approved in compliance with the Subdivision Map Act;

    • (2) A lot or parcel created by the division, combination, or reversion of a lot or lots in compliance with the Subdivision Map Act, and/or local ordinances and which is shown on a parcel map or record of survey map; or,

    • (3) The lot or parcel is a legal lot as defined in the zoning ordinance of the City of Cypress.

  • (b) No reversion to acreage, or lot combination shall be valid unless the provisions of this chapter are first met.

  • (Ord. No. 582, § 2, 9-13-76)

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▸ Contents — Cypress Planning Code
Cypress Planning Code
  1. ▸ Chapter 25
    Overview
    1. ▸ Article I — GENERAL PROVISIONS
      Overview
      1. § 25-1. Applicability of chapter.
      2. § 25-2. Compliance with chapter.
      3. § 25-3. Exceptions.
      4. § 25-4. Denial of land division.
      5. § 25-5. Advisory agency designated; powers and duties thereof.
      6. § 25-6. Definitions.
    2. Article II — DIVISION OF LAND BY TRACT MAP
    3. Article III — DIVISION OF LAND BY PARCEL MAP
    4. Article IV — REVERSION TO ACREAGE
    5. Article IV — A MERGER OF PARCELS
    6. Article V — PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS, DEDICATIONS, PERFORMANCE AGRE…
    7. Article VI — PARK AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES
    8. Article VIII — NEW RENTAL HOUSING CONVERSION
    9. Article IX — VESTING TENTATIVE MAP[1 ]
    10. Article X — PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS AND FEES
    11. Article XI — URBAN LOT SPLITS
  2. Chapter 28
  3. Division 1 — Generally
  4. Division 2 — Financing Projects
  5. Division 4 — Applications
  6. Division 5 — Supplemental Provisions

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