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Title 16 — SUBDIVISIONS›Chapter 16.04 — SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS

Nevada City Municipal Code Art. III Map Requirements Generally

Nevada City Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Nevada City

Cite as: Nevada City Municipal Code Article III · Text as of 2026-10-04

16.04.080 - Tentative map required.

A tentative map shall be required for all subdivisions, followed by either a final map or a parcel map.

(Ord. 369 § 3-01, 1975)

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16.04.090 - Final map required when.

A final map shall be required, in addition to the tentative map, for all subdivisions creating five or more parcels, five or more condominiums as defined in Section 783 of the Civil Code, or a community apartment project containing five or more parcels, except where:

A. The land before division contains less than five acres, each parcel created by the division abuts upon a maintained public street or highway, and no dedications or improvements are required by the city council; or

B. Each parcel created by the division has a gross area of twenty acres or more and has an approved access to a maintained public street or highway; or

C. The land consists of a parcel or parcels of land having approved access to a public street or highway which comprises part of a tract of land zoned for industrial or commercial development, and which has the approval of the city council as to street alignment and widths; or

D. Each parcel created by the division has a gross area of forty acres or more, or each of which is a quarter-quarter section or larger.

(Ord. 369 § 3-02, 1975)

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16.04.100 - Parcel map required when.

A parcel map shall be required, in addition to the tentative map, for all subdivisions described in subsections A, B, C and D of Section 16.04.090 of this article, as well as for all subdivisions created four or less parcels.

(Ord. 369 § 3-03, 1975)

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