San Francisco County Municipal Code Art. 11 Reversion

Sec. 1500. General. Sec. 1501. Initiation of Proceedings. Sec. 1502. Contents of Petition. Sec. 1503. Submittal of Petition to the Director. Sec. 1504. Board of Supervisors Approval. Sec. 1505. Filing with County Recorder.

SEC. 1500. GENERAL. Subdivided property may be reverted to acreage pursuant to the provisions of the SMA and this Article. This Article shall apply to Final Maps and Parcel Maps. Subdivisions may also be merged and resubdivided without reverting to acreage pursuant to Section 66499.20 1/2 of the Subdivision Map Act and this Chapter. (Added by Ord. 329-98, App. 10/30/98) SEC. 1501. INITIATION OF PROCEEDINGS. (a) Proceedings to revert subdivided property to acreage may be initiated by the Board or by petition of all of the owners of record of the property. The petition shall be in a form prescribed by the Director. The petition shall contain the information required by Section 1502 and any other information as required by the Director. (b) The Board of Supervisors, at the request of any person or on its own motion may, by resolution, initiate proceedings to revert property to acreage. The Board shall request the Department to obtain the necessary information to initiate and conduct the proceedings. (Added by Ord. 329-98, App. 10/30/98) SEC. 1502. CONTENTS OF PETITION.

The petition shall contain, but not be limited to, the following: (a) Evidence of title to the real property; (b) Evidence of the consent of all of the owners of an interest in the property; (c) Evidence that none of the improvements required to be made have been made within two years after the date the Final or Parcel Map was filed for record, or within the time allowed by agreement for completion of the improvements, whichever is later; (d) Evidence that no lots shown on the Final or Parcel Map have been sold within five years after the date such Final or Parcel Map was filed for record; (e) A Final or Parcel Map in the form, and with the contents, prescribed by Sections 1455 through 1464 which delineate dedications which will not be vacated and dedications required as a condition to reversion. Final or Parcel Maps shall be conspicuously designated with the title, "The Purpose of this Map is a Reversion to Acreage"; (f) Fees and/or deposits in accordance with Section 1415; (g) Any other information required by the SMA or necessary to make the findings required by the SMA. (Added by Ord. 329-98, App. 10/30/98) SEC. 1503. SUBMITTAL OF PETITION TO THE DIRECTOR. The Final or Parcel Map for the reversion, together with all other data as required by this Article, shall be submitted to the Director for review. Upon finding that the petition meets with all the requirements of the SMA or this Chapter, the Director shall submit the Final or Parcel Map, together with a report and recommendations of approval or conditional approval of the reversion to acreage, to the Board of Supervisors for its consideration. (Added by Ord. 329-98, App. 10/30/98) SEC. 1504. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS APPROVAL. A public hearing shall be held by the Board of Supervisors on all proposed reversions to acreage. Notice of the public hearing shall be given by the Director as provided in this Code. The Director may give such other notice that the Director deems necessary or advisable. The Board of Supervisors may approve a reversion to acreage only if it finds and records by resolution that: (a) Dedications or offers of dedication to be vacated or abandoned by the reversion to acreage are unnecessary for present or prospective public purposes; and (b) Either: (1) All owners of an interest in the real property within the subdivision have consented to reversion; or (2) None of the public improvements required to be made have been made within two years from the date the Final or Parcel Map was filed for record, or within the time allowed by agreement for completion of the public improvements, whichever is later; or (3) No lots shown on the Final or Parcel Map have been sold within five years from the date such map was filed for record. The Board of Supervisors may require as conditions of the reversion: (c) That the owners dedicate or offer to dedicate streets, public rights-of-way or easements; (d) Such other conditions of reversion as are necessary to accomplish the purposes or provisions of the Subdivision Map Act or this Chapter or necessary to protect the public health, safety or welfare. (Added by Ord. 329-98, App. 10/30/98) SEC. 1505. FILING WITH COUNTY RECORDER. Upon approval of the reversion to acreage, the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors shall transmit the Final or Parcel Map, together with the Board of Supervisors resolution approving the reversion, to the Recorder for recordation. Reversion shall be effective upon the Final

Map being filed for record by the Recorder. Upon filing, all dedications and offers of dedication not shown on the Final or Parcel Map for reversion shall be of no further force and effect. (Added by Ord. 329-98, App. 10/30/98)