Ventura Municipal Code Ch. 26.10 General Provisions

The ordinance codified in this title shall be known and may be cited as the “subdivision ordinance of the city of San Buenaventura” or the “subdivision ordinance.” The primary purpose of this subdivision ordinance is to regulate and control the division of land within the city of San Buenaventura and to supplement the provisions of the Subdivision Map Act as it may be amended from time to time concerning the design, improvement and survey of subdivisions and other land divisions, the form and content of tentative maps, final maps and parcel maps, and the procedure to be followed in securing the approval of the city of San Buenaventura on such maps. The further purposes of this subdivision ordinance are to promote and protect the public health, safety, and general welfare and to promote and implement the goals, objectives, policies, and provisions of the city’s comprehensive plan.

All findings, approvals, determinations, or other exercises of discretionary judgment or any other delegation of authority pursuant to this subdivision ordinance by the director of community development or the city engineer or their successors or designees, or any other advisory agency or city official, shall be carried out in a manner consistent with the purposes of this subdivision ordinance, the Subdivision Map Act, the city’s comprehensive plan, and the orderly development of the city. (Code 1971, § 8211; Ord. No. 2001-11, § 3, 6-18-01)

Except as hereinafter provided, no division of land shall be permitted in the city unless a final map of a subdivision or an approved parcel map has been recorded pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. (Code 1971, § 8212)

Every hearing required by this title before the community development director, the planning commission, or city council on tentative tract maps or tentative parcel maps shall be noticed in the manner required by the State Subdivision Map Act of the state of California. In addition, notice of any hearing before either the community development director, planning commission or the city council on a tentative tract map or tentative parcel map shall be posted on the property that is the subject of the hearing at the time and in the manner required by Section 24.560.065, Standards for posted notices. (Ord. No. 2004-012, § 3, exh. B, 5-25-04; Ord. No. 2005-009, § 3, exh. B, 10-24-05)