26.32 — PARCEL SPLITS

When an owner or subdivider desires to consolidate, to divide, and/or rearrange one or more existing lots, or parcels, into not more than four parcels, or as otherwise provided by Section 66426, and other applicable provisions of the Map Act, it shall be done in the manner set out in this chapter. This procedure may be used to revert to acreage land containing four or less contiguous parcels as authorized by Section 66499.20 1/2 of the Map Act. (Ord. 125 § 1, 1976, Exhibit A § 26.10-1)

An acceptable tentative parcel map, showing the proposed land division, shall be prepared by a registered civil engineer, or licensed land surveyor and filed with the city in the manner provided in Chapter 26.20.

(Ord. 125 § 1, 1976, Exhibit A § 26.10-2)

Except as provided in this chapter, the owner or subdivider shall offer for dedication additional streets, alleys, and public ways and easements, as are required for conformance with the general plan and city's master plan of streets and highways, and the existing or projected local street system.

As a condition precedent to the approval of a parcel map, the owner or subdivider shall agree to construct improvements in or along the parcel frontage upon all existing or proposed public streets and ways as reasonably required for subdivisions. A parcel map may not be approved until the required improvements have been satisfactorily constructed or until an adequate security, as approved by the city attorney and in an amount determined by the city engineer for the estimated cost of the work, has been posted with the city.

Extraordinary conditions may make construction of certain improvements impracticable. In extreme circumstances, the city may grant conditional exception to be made only upon written statement of the owner, citing the extraordinary or extreme circumstances and shall be granted only by the council, subject to such conditions as they may impose. (Ord. 125 § 1, 1976, Exhibit A § 26.10-3)

Upon completion of requirements for the tentative map and improvements, the owner or subdivider may proceed with the processing of a parcel map of the land division in the manner provided in Chapter 26.24 for final maps. The map shall be of a size and form prescribed by the city engineer and shall comply with the provisions of Section 66444-50 of the Map Act. The map shall be based upon a field survey showing monuments found and set and shall include other data as required by the city; except that record data may be used if all corners of the parcel being created are of record and if the location of one exterior boundary line can be established from an existing monumented line.

Upon approval of the parcel map by the city, the city clerk shall transmit the map to the clerk of

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the board of supervisors for ultimate transmittal to the county recorder. The applicant shall pay the recording fee and return an acceptable reproducible, duplicate copy of the recorded map on linen tracing cloth or polyester base film, one clothback print and seven blue-line prints to the city engineer for filing.

(Ord. 125 § 1, 1976, Exhibit A § 26.10-4)

The building department shall not issue permits for the erection of any structures upon lots or parcels not complying with this title.

(Ord. 125 § 1, 1976, Exhibit A § 26.10-5)

The owner or subdivider shall comply with Chapter 26.48 for each new parcel created in excess of the number of original parcels.

(Ord. 125 § 1, 1976, Exhibit A § 26.10-6)

In the event that the owners of two, three or four adjoining parcels desire to modify the location of a common boundary between the two parcels in such a manner that no additional parcels are created, the applicant shall only be required to process the final parcel map. The city engineer is authorized to review, approve and process the map for recording without further action by the planning commission or city council. The applicant shall pay only the fees for processing and recording a final parcel map; all other fees, improvements and dedications, required by this title shall be waived.

(Ord. 125 § 1, 1976, Exhibit A § 26.10-7; Ord. 282 § 1, 1982)

When the applicant or any interested citizen is adversely affected by or is dissatisfied with any action of the commission or city engineer with respect to the tentative map, the kind, nature, and extent of the improvements required, or a lot line adjustment, he may appeal to the council as provided in Section 66452.5 of the Map Act.

(Ord. 125 § 1, 1976, Exhibit A § 26.10-8)

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City of Palm Desert, CA

SUBDIVISIONS

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§ 26.34.030

CHAPTER 26.34 PARCEL MAP WAIVER