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Chapter 25›Article XI — URBAN LOT SPLITS

§ 25-78. Application requirements and review process.

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

  • (a) Only individual property owners may apply for an urban lot split. "Individual property owner" means a natural person holding fee title individually or jointly in the person's own name or as a beneficiary of a trust that holds fee title. "Individual property owner" does not include any corporation or corporate person of any kind (partnership, LP, LLC, C corp, S corp, etc.) except for a "community land trust," as defined in Revenue and Taxation Code section 402.1(a)(11)(C)(ii), or a "qualified nonprofit corporation" as described in Revenue and Taxation Code section 214.15.

  • (b) The applicant for an urban lot split shall submit an application on a city-approved application form and shall simultaneously file a tentative parcel map in accordance with section 25-16.

  • (c) The tentative parcel map shall be examined by the director of public works and planning director for its correctness in compliance with city ordinances and policies.

  • (d) Following this examination, the director of public works shall approve, conditionally approve, or deny approval of the tentative parcel map. The director of public work's consideration of the tentative parcel map shall be ministerial, without discretionary review or a hearing. The tentative parcel map shall be approved if the director of public works finds that the map complies with the Subdivision Map Act, the requirements of this article, and other requirements of this code applicable to tentative parcel maps that are not inconsistent with this article.

  • (e) Notwithstanding subsection (d), the director of public works may deny an application for an urban lot split if the building official, or designee, makes a written finding, based upon a preponderance of the evidence, that the proposed urban lot split would have a specific, adverse impact, as defined in Government Code section 65589.5(d)(2), upon public health and safety or the physical environment and for which there is no feasible method to satisfactorily mitigate or avoid the specific, adverse impact.

  • (f) Following approval of a tentative parcel map, the applicant shall submit a final map for review in accordance with section 25-21.

  • (g) The director of public works shall approve the final map if it is in compliance with the Subdivision Map Act, this chapter, and other applicable provisions of this code, and the conditions of approval of the tentative parcel map have been met. The director of public works shall, at the time of his or her action on the final map, accept or reject any and all offers of dedication and other easements.

  • (h) The appeal process for the decision of the director of public works shall be as described in

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City of Cypress, CA

SUBDIVISIONS

§ 25-78

§ 25-80

section 25-19(b).

  • (i) Upon the approval of the final map, the final map shall be recorded in accordance with section 25-21.

  • (Ord. No. 1198, § 4, 9-26-22)

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▸ Contents — Cypress Planning Code
Cypress Planning Code
  1. ▸ Chapter 25
    Overview
    1. Article I — GENERAL PROVISIONS
    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
      Overview
      1. § 25-77. Purpose.
      2. § 25-78. Application requirements and review process.
      3. § 25-79. Parcel requirements.
      4. § 25-80. Additional requirements.
      5. § 25-81. Limitations applicable to new parcels.
      6. § 25-82. Limitation on number of units.
      7. § 25-83. Deed restriction.
  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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