Chapter 26.16 — PROCESSING—RESPONSIBILITIES

The subdivider shall cause to be prepared maps consistent with the design standards contained in this title and accomplish improvements consistent with the improvement standards of the city and shall process the maps in accordance with the regulations set forth in this title. The subdivider shall fully cooperate in the provision and development of areas for required public facilities.

(Ord. 125 § 1, 1976, Exhibit A § 26.4-1.01)

The director shall process tentative maps and shall stamp on the maps the date and time received and be responsible for the review, the expeditious processing and analysis of the planning aspect of tentative maps and prompt referral thereof to other governmental boards, bureaus and agencies and affected utility companies, both public and private.

(Ord. 125 § 1, 1976, Exhibit A § 26.4-1.02)

The city engineer shall be responsible for acknowledging receipt of final maps and reporting to the council as to whether the proposed improvements are consistent with the regulations contained in this title.

(Ord. 125 § 1, 1976, Exhibit A § 26.4-1.03)

The commission is charged with the duty of making investigations and reports on the design and improvement of proposed subdivisions and the conformance of such subdivisions with the General Plan and this title. The commission shall act by resolution thereon and report its action to the subdivider.

(Ord. 125 § 1, 1976, Exhibit A § 26.4-1.04; Ord. 291, 1982)

The subdivider shall file a tentative map in the case of a major subdivision or a parcel split with the planning division and, as provided in this title, shall procure the recordation respectively of a final subdivision map or a parcel map with the county recorder which shall, in all respects, be in full compliance with the provisions of this title.

(Ord. 125 § 1, 1976, Exhibit A § 26.4-4)

Maps may be filed for noncomplying subdivisions and to revert previously divided land to acreage in the following manner:

• A. The purchaser, or his successor in interest, of a lot which is the result of a division of land that is in violation with the provisions of this title may file a major subdivision or parcel split as required in Sections 26.16.050 and 26.16.090, which shall comply in all respects

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City of Palm Desert, CA

SUBDIVISIONS

§ 26.16.060

§ 26.16.090

with the provisions of this chapter.

• B. Previously subdivided land may be reverted in Chapter 6, Article 1 of the Subdivision Map Act. Proceedings for reversion may be initiated by the council at the request of the land owner or by petition of all of the owners of record of the real property to be reverted to acreage. Dedications as are required for subdivisions may be required.

• (Ord. 125 § 1, 1976, Exhibit A § 26.4-6)

All divisions of land situated outside the corporate limits which require action by the commission and the director prior to annexation shall comply with the regulations of this chapter insofar as applicable, subject to the limitations of Section 66454 of the Map Act. (Ord. 125 § 1, 1976, Exhibit A § 26.4-7)

The city or any person, firm or corporation may file a suit in the superior court to restrain or rejoin any attempted or proposed land division or sale in violation of this chapter pursuant to the authority of Section 66499.33 of the Map Act.

(Ord. 125 § 1, 1976, Exhibit A § 26.4-8)

Those parcels of land which are created contrary to the provisions of this title shall not constitute legal building sites and no permit shall be issued for the installation of fixtures or equipment or for the erection, construction, conversion, establishment, alteration or enlargement of any building or structure or improvement thereon unless and until map as required by Section 26.16.050 has been filed, approved in accordance with the requirements of this title, and recorded, and any person who divides or causes to be divided land without complying in all respects with the provisions of this title shall be subject to prosecution for a misdemeanor as defined in this section. Any contract to sell, sale or deed of conveyance made contrary to the provisions of this title is a misdemeanor, and any person, firm or corporation, upon conviction thereof, shall be punishable by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars, or imprisonment in the County Jail for a period of not more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. (Ord. 125 § 1, 1976, Exhibit A § 26.4-5)

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City of Palm Desert, CA

SUBDIVISIONS

§ 26.20.010

§ 26.20.040

CHAPTER 26.20 TENTATIVE MAP