San Diego Municipal Code Div. 1 General Provisions for Subdivisions

(Added 12-9-1997 by O-18451 N.S.; effective 1-1-2000.)

The purpose of this article is to regulate the design and improvement of subdivisions of land and to protect the public and purchaser and to supplement the provisions of the Subdivision Map Act. (Added 12-9-1997 by O-18451 N.S.; effective 1-1-2000.)

The filing of maps and other related documents regulated in this article shall be processed in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 12, Article 5 (Subdivision Procedures). (Added 12-9-1997 by O-18451 N.S.; effective 1-1-2000.)

Parcels of land that were not subdivided in compliance with the provisions of this article or are not legal lots shall not constitute legal building sites, and no permit shall be issued for development of the parcel unless a map as required by this article is filed in accordance with Chapter 12, Article 5 (Subdivision Procedures). (Added 12-9-1997 by O-18451 N.S.; effective 1-1-2000.)

(a) Where a tentative map is filed with the intention to secure development rights conferred by the Subdivision Map Act, Chapter 4.5, the map shall be conspicuously labeled as a vesting tentative map or vesting tentative parcel map.

(b) Where a final or parcel map is filed pursuant to a vesting tentative map, the
map shall bear a notation in the lower left-hand corner of the first sheet of the
map that such map secures vested development rights including the date of the
regulations for which the vesting rights will apply in accordance with the
Subdivision Map Act, Section 66498.1.
(Added 12-9-1997 by O-18451 N.S.; effective 1-1-2000.)

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(a) Survey monuments shall be set in accordance with the Subdivision Map Act, Chapter 4, Article 9, to the satisfaction of the City Engineer. When the setting of monuments is deferred, a cash security deposit, in the amount of the estimated cost as provided by the engineer or land surveyor, shall be deposited with the City to guarantee setting such monuments and payment of the surveyor of record for setting them. When the final monuments are set as certified on the final map or parcel map and are accepted by the City Engineer and the surveyor of record is paid for setting them, the monument security shall be released in accordance with Section 144.0130(b).

(b) The City Land Surveyor may approve the release of any security posted for
the setting of monuments upon the satisfaction of the requirements in Section
144.0130(a), the Subdivision Map Act Chapter 4, Article 9, and California
Government Code section 66497(d).
(Added 12-9-1997 by O-18451 N.S.; effective 1-1-2000.)
(Amended 4-5-2016 by O-20634 N.S.; effective 5-5-2016.)

All lands that have been included within the boundaries of the tentative map but which are not proposed to be divided, as defined by the Subdivision Map Act, Section 66424, shall be shown on the final or parcel map and designated as a remainder parcel. Where the remainder parcel has a gross area of 5 acres or more, the location and configuration of the parcel may be indicated by deed references. The improvement security and the time of completion of any public improvements required within the remainder parcel may be made a condition of a separate agreement pursuant to the provisions of the Subdivision Map Act, Section 66424.6, relating to remainder parcels. (Added 12-9-1997 by O-18451 N.S.; effective 1-1-2000.)

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(a) Whenever an agreement providing for grading, the construction of public improvements and the undergrounding of existing private utilities in conjunction with a subdivision is required, an improvement security shall be provided by the subdivider. Such improvement security shall be one of the types specified by the Subdivision Map Act, Chapter 5, and shall be subject to approval as to type and form by the City.

(b) Whenever the subdivider presents evidence satisfactory to the City of an
executed agreement with a private utility company for the undergrounding of
existing overhead facilities by the private utility company, the improvement
securities need not include such work.

(c) Security to guarantee performance of any act or agreement shall be in the
following amounts:

(1) An amount equal to 100 percent of the total estimated cost of public
improvement to be performed plus the amount equal to that required
by Section 129.0119, conditioned upon faithful performance of the act
or agreement; and

(2) An additional amount equal to 50 percent of the total estimated cost of
public improvement and land development to be performed, securing
payment to the contractor, the subcontractors and to persons furnishing
labor, materials, or equipment to them for the improvement or the
performance of the required act.
(Added 12-9-1997 by O-18451 N.S.; effective 1-1-2000.)

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(a) At the time of filing of a final map or parcel map, additional information may be required for disclosure purposes as provided in the Subdivision Map Act, Section 66434.2. The informational disclosure may be recorded by separate document with the recording data reflected on the final map or parcel map, or it may be included on an additional sheet of the map.

(b) Such informational disclosures, if placed upon a final or parcel map, shall
contain a statement that the disclosure is for informational purposes and is not
intended to affect the record title interest. Where the informational disclosure
is contained in a separate document that is recorded concurrently with the
final or parcel map, the final or parcel map shall by note refer to the
document and indicate its identifying recording information.

(c) The information required to be included in the informational disclosure may
be established at the time of the approval of the tentative map or by the City
Engineer before the filing of the final or parcel map.
(Added 12-9-1997 by O-18451 N.S.; effective 1-1-2000.)

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Article 4: Subdivision Regulations