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Title 11 — DIVISION OF LAND ORDINANCE

La Puente Municipal Code Ch. 11.21 Vesting Tentative Maps

La Puente Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · La Puente

Cite as: La Puente Municipal Code Chapter 11.21 · Text as of 2026-10-04

Sections:

  • 11.21.010 General.

  • 11.21.020 Description required.

  • 11.21.030 Development entitlements required.

  • 11.21.040 Vested rights.

  • 11.21.050 Duration.

11.21.010 General.

Whenever a provision of this title requires that a tentative map be filed, a vesting tentative map may instead be filed. A vesting tentative map shall be filed and processed in the same manner as a tentative map except as otherwise provided by this chapter. The provisions of this chapter shall apply only to residential developments.

(Ord. 537 § 2 (part), 1985)

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11.21.020 Description required.

At the time a vesting tentative map is filed it shall have printed conspicuously on its face the words “Vesting Tentative Map.” (Ord. 537 § 2 (part), 1985)

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11.21.030 Development entitlements required.

If a project requires additional zoning approval such as an unclassified use permit or development review board approval, under the ordinances and resolutions effective on the date the application is complete, the unclassified use permit, development review board approval, or other zoning entitlement must be obtained prior to the approval of a vesting tentative map.

(Ord. 537 § 2 (part), 1985)

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11.21.040 Vested rights.

Approval of a vesting tentative map confers a vested right on the subdivider to proceed with development in substantial compliance with the ordinances, policies and standards in effect on the date that the application for the vesting tentative map was complete. However, such vested rights of the subdivider may be denied only under the following circumstances:

(a) Where recognition of the vested right would place the residence of the subdivision or the immediate community, or both in a condition dangerous to their health or safety, or both;

(b) Recognition of the vested right would be a violation of state or federal law.

(Ord. 537 § 2 (part), 1985)

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11.21.050 Duration.

The rights conferred by this section shall expire if a final map is not approved prior to the expiration of the vesting tentative map. If the final map is approved, the rights conferred by this section shall be subject to the periods of time set forth in subdivisions (g) and (h) of Section 66452.6 of the Subdivision Map Act.

(Ord. 537 § 2 (part), 1985)

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