Morro Bay Municipal Code Ch. 16.12 General Requirements for Maps

Except as provided in Section 16.12.030, the division of real property into five or more parcels or creation of five or more condominiums or a stock cooperative or community apartment project having five or more parcels or units requires the filing, approval and recording of tentative and final maps as provided in these regulations and the Subdivision Map Act.

(Ord. No. 522, § 3, 3-12-2007)

Except as provided in Section 16.12.030, the division of real property into four or fewer parcels, or creation of four or fewer condominiums or a stock cooperative or community apartment project having four or fewer parcels or units requires the filing, approval and recording of tentative and parcel maps as provided in these regulations and the Subdivision Map Act.

(Ord. No. 522, § 3, 3-12-2007)

A. No maps shall be required for divisions of property that are exempted from the definition of subdivision within the Subdivision Map Act.

B. Parcel maps, but not final maps, shall be required for those land divisions enumerated under Section 66426 of the Subdivision Map Act.

C. No maps shall be required for:

1. The financing or leasing of apartments, offices, stores or similar space within apartment buildings, industrial buildings, commercial buildings, mobile home parks or trailer parks;

2. Mineral, oil or gas leases;

3. Land dedicated for cemetery purposes under the Health and Safety Code of the state;

4. Boundary line or exchange agreements to which the State Land Commission or a local agency holding a trust grant of tide and submerged lands is a party;

5. Any separate assessment under Section 2188.7 of the Revenue and Taxation Code;

6. The financing or leasing of any parcel of land, or portion of parcel, in conjunction with the construction of commercial or industrial buildings on a single parcel, when the project is subject to planned development or use permit approval pursuant to the Zoning Ordinance;

7. The financing or leasing of existing separate commercial or industrial buildings on a single parcel.

D. Any conveyance of land to a governmental agency, public entity or public utility shall not be considered a division of land for the purpose of determining the number of parcels within a subdivision.

E. Parcel maps shall not be required for those conveyances involving government agencies or public utilities, as provided in Section 66428 of the Subdivision Map Act.

(Ord. No. 522, § 3, 3-12-2007)

The adjustment of a boundary line between four or fewer existing adjoining parcels, where the land taken from one parcel is added to an adjacent parcel, and where a greater number of parcels than originally existed is not thereby created, does not require a final or parcel map. However, the director of public services must approve the lot line adjustment as provided in Chapter 16.28.

(Ord. No. 522, § 3, 3-12-2007)

Recorded final maps and recorded parcel maps may be amended, corrected or modified, as provided in the Subdivision Map Act (Sections 66469 through 66472.1). Approved lot line adjustments may be amended as provided for final and parcel maps, with amending or correcting documents to be filed with the public services department and the county recorder.

(Ord. No. 522, § 3, 3-12-2007)

Contiguous parcels under common ownership may be merged (interior lot lines may be removed) by approval of a parcel merger, together with recordation of a certificate of merger for the new parcel, as provided in Chapter 16.32 of this title.

(Ord. No. 522, § 3, 3-12-2007)

Notwithstanding Section 16.12.040, the addition of floor area to a condominium project shall require approval of the type of map previously approved. If the City Engineer finds such a map is not necessary for the purposes of these regulations, the City Engineer may waive the requirement for such a map (i.e. if the expansion is within the airspace).

(Ord. No. 522, § 3, 3-12-2007)