Elk Grove Municipal Code Ch. 22.26 Dedications and Reservations

The purpose of this chapter is to identify a process for the City to require and accept, or reserve, dedications of land for public purposes, including streets, highways, drainage courses, public utility easements, other public easements, public school sites, and local transit facilities consistent with the Subdivision Map Act.

(Ord. 13-2025 § 3 (Exh. D), eff. 7-25-2025)

A. Overview. As a condition of approval of a tentative map the City may require, to the extent permitted by applicable law, dedication or irrevocable offer of dedication of real property within a subdivision for public use. For purposes of this title, dedications include, but are not limited to, streets, highways and interchanges, alleys, bikeways and trails, parks, landscaping, recreation facilities, drainage facilities and courses, school sites, fire stations, libraries, utility facilities, and public safety or other municipal facilities, including access and abutter’s rights, drainage, public utility easements, and other public easements.

B. Form of Dedication. The form of dedications (easement or fee title) shall be specified on the final or parcel map and shall be to the satisfaction of the City Engineer.

C. Acceptance, Consent, or Rejection of Dedications. At the time the approving authority approves a final map or parcel map, it shall also accept, accept subject to improvement, consent or reject any offers of dedication. The City Clerk shall certify or state on the final map or parcel map the action of the approving authority. Acceptance of offers of dedication on a final map or parcel map shall not be effective until the final map or parcel map is filed with the Sacramento County Recorder’s Office.

(Ord. 13-2025 § 3 (Exh. D), eff. 7-25-2025)

A. Overview. As a condition of approval of a tentative map, the City may require, to the extent permitted by law, that areas of real property within a subdivision be reserved for public use. For purposes of this title, such reservations include, but are not limited to, sites appropriate for recreational facilities, fire stations, libraries, and other public uses.

B. Standards for Reservations. Reservations required in connection with subdivision shall be subject to the following conditions:

1. The required reservation(s) shall be based on and in accordance with policies and standards for such public uses contained in the General Plan and any applicable specific plan, area plan, or master plan, or the plans or standards of an applicable utility or public services agency.

2. The reserved area(s) shall be of such size and shape as to permit the balance of the property within which the reservation(s) are located to develop in an orderly manner.

3. The amount of land reserved shall not make development of the remaining land held by the subdivider economically unfeasible.

4. Each reserved area shall conform to the General Plan and any applicable specific plan, area plan, or master plan and shall be in such multiples of streets and parcels as to permit an efficient division of the reserved area in the event the City or other public agency does not acquire it within the time prescribed by this section.

C. Reservation Procedures.

1. The public agency for whose benefit an area has been reserved shall, at the time of final map or parcel map approval, enter into a binding agreement to acquire such reserved area within two (2) years after the completion and acceptance of all improvements. Such period of time may be extended by mutual agreement.

2. The purchase price for the reserved area shall be the market value thereof at the time of the filing of the tentative map, plus the taxes against such reserved area from the date of the reservation and any other costs incurred by the subdivider in the maintenance of the reserved area, including interest costs on any loan covering the reserved area.

3. If the public agency for whose benefit an area has been reserved does not enter into a binding agreement as described herein, the reservation shall automatically terminate.

(Ord. 13-2025 § 3 (Exh. D), eff. 7-25-2025)

When a dedication or irrevocable offer of dedication of easement or fee is made to the City and is not included as part of a final map or parcel map (e.g., dedications for off-site improvements), such dedications or irrevocable offers of dedication shall be offered through deed, map, and legal description with original engineer’s stamp and notarized signatures. If the dedication(s) is needed for immediate use, the approving authority will consider accepting the dedication then recording. If dedications are needed for future use, the approving authority will acknowledge and record an irrevocable offer of dedication as part of the recording documents.

(Ord. 13-2025 § 3 (Exh. D), eff. 7-25-2025)