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Zoning›ZONING ORDINANCE›Division 8 — CONSERVATION AND OPEN SPACE PHASED DEDICATION DISTRICTS

Irvine Municipal Code Ch. 8-5 Dedication and Entitlement Procedures for Planning Areas Containing…

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

Cite as: Irvine Municipal Code Chapter 8-5 · Text as of 2026-10-04

Sec. 8-5-1. - Map requirements for contiguous phased dedication districts.

A. The master tentative tract map for any planning area containing a contiguous phased dedication district included in this phased dedication program and identified in Section 8-23-1 shall include numbered builder lot(s) to reflect the development areas identified on Figure 8-2A and lettered open space lot(s) to reflect the preservation areas to be dedicated to the City identified on Figure 8-2A.

B. Said master tentative tract map shall include a condition that, prior to or concurrent with the recordation of the first final tract map within any of the numbered development lot(s) on the master tentative tract map, the landowner shall irrevocably offer by grant deed the open space lettered lots on the master tentative tract map for dedication to the City of Irvine or its designee.

C. Said offer shall be an instrument of record meeting the approval of the Director of Community Development and the City Attorney prior to recordation with the County of Orange.

D. Said offer shall be subject to Sections 8-14-1 and 8-23-1.

(Code 1976, § V.E-704.1; Ord. No. 92-3, 4-14-92; Ord. No. 94-7, § 3, 6-14-94; Ord. No. 95-3, § 3C, 4-25-95; Ord. No. 95-4, 5-9-95; Ord. No. 95-8, § 3, 7-11-95; Ord. No. 96-10, § 4, 6-11-96)

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Sec. 8-5-2. - Map requirements for noncontiguous phased dedication districts.

A. If the development areas and corresponding preservation areas of the same district are not contiguous, and the preservation areas to be conveyed are located outside the boundary of the planning area for which the master tentative tract map has been submitted, then the corresponding preservation areas to be dedicated to the City of Irvine shall be identified by a metes and bounds description meeting the approval of the Director of Community Development and the City Attorney.

B. Said metes and bounds description shall be submitted concurrently with the master tentative tract map submitted for the development area.

C. The master tentative tract map submitted for the development area shall then include a condition that, concurrent with the recordation of the first final tract map within the master tentative tract map submitted for the development area, the landowner of the preservation area shall irrevocably offer by grant deed the preservation area identified by the metes and bounds description for dedication to the City of Irvine or its designee.

D. Said offer shall be a recordable instrument meeting the approval of the Director of Community Development and the City Attorney prior to recordation with the County of Orange.

E. Said offer shall be subject to Sections 8-14-1 and 8-23-1.

(Code 1976, § V.E-704.2; Ord. No. 92-3, 4-14-92; Ord. No. 94-7, § 3, 6-14-94; Ord. No. 95-3, § 3C, 4-25-95; Ord. No. 95-4, 5-9-95; Ord. No. 95-8, § 3, 7-11-95; Ord. No. 96-10, § 4, 6-11-96)

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