Santa Barbara County Municipal Code Div. 3.1 Vesting Tentative Maps

A tentative map including a tentative parcel map filed in compliance with the provisions of this chapter may be approved for residential development as a vesting tentative map if it is in conformity with the provisions of this division and with the applicable provisions of division 2, title 7, of the California Government Code (the Subdivision Map Act). Such map shall have printed conspicuously on its face the words "Vesting Tentative Map" in compliance with California Government Code Section 66452.

(Ord. No. 3552, § 1: Ord. No. 4436, § 17)

A vesting tentative map approved pursuant to this division shall be subject to the provisions of chapter 4.5 (Development Rights) of division 2 of title 7 of the California Government Code. The rights conferred by a vesting tentative map as provided herein shall last for an initial period of one year beyond the date of the recording of the final or parcel map. This one-year time period may be extended by the decision-maker for an additional one year in accordance with State Subdivision Map Act, California Government Code Sections 66452.6(g) and 66463.5(g), provided an application is filed with the planning and development department prior to the expiration of the initial time period.

(Ord. No. 3552, § 1; Ord. No. 4157, § 11: Ord. No. 4436, § 17)

No tentative map shall be approved as a vesting tentative map within any zoning district requiring a development plan for any project requiring a development plan unless a final development plan in conformity with the provisions of chapter 35 of the Santa Barbara County Code is approved before or concurrently with the approval of the vesting tentative map. A vesting tentative map may be approved without a final development plan in those zoning districts in which there is no requirement for a development plan. Projects within a zoning district requiring a development plan for only certain kinds of development will acquire vested rights to such development only for the improvements included in an approved development plan.

(Ord. No. 3552, § 1: Ord. No. 4436, § 17)

Approval of a vesting tentative map under the provisions of this division is made upon the condition that all development which is to acquire vested rights to be made in substantial compliance with the ordinances, policies, and standards in effect at the time of the approval or conditional approval must be disclosed and incorporated in any final development plan required under this division or in an amendment to such final development plan.

(Ord. No. 3552, § 1: Ord. No. 4436, § 17)

A final development plan approved in connection with a vesting tentative map may be amended on application of the owner in conformity with any requirements provided in chapter 35 of the County Code for the amendment of final development plans. During the time such vested rights are effective, such amendment of a final development plan filed in connection with a vesting tentative map shall be made in substantial compliance with the ordinances, policies, and standards in effect at the time of the approval or conditional approval of the vesting tentative map.

(Ord. No. 3552, § 1: Ord. No. 4436, § 17)

A vesting tentative map shall not be approved for a parcel, any portion of which is within a zoning district which is subject to the coastal land use plan and coastal zoning ordinance, unless a coastal development permit for the subdivision and any required final development plan is obtained or required before the recording of the final or parcel map.

(Ord. No. 3552, § 1: Ord. No. 4436, § 17)

A subdivision of property which has a zoning designation subject to Santa Barbara County Ordinance No. 661 or other, similar, outdated zoning designation, filed for approval as a vesting tentative map, may be approved as a tentative map without the development rights of a vesting tentative map.

(Ord. No. 3552, § 1: Ord. No. 4436, § 17)