10-1.503 Waiver of Parcel Map Requirements.
Walnut Creek Zoning Code · 2026-06 edition · ingested 2026-07-07 · Walnut Creek
A subdivider may file an application for a waiver of the requirements for a tentative and/or parcel map in a form acceptable to the Zoning Administrator. The Zoning Administrator may waive the parcel map for the following:
Division of real property or interests therein created by probate, eminent domain procedures, partition, or other civil judgments or decrees; or
A division of property resulting from the conveyance of land or any interest therein to or from the City, public entity or public utility for a public purpose, such as school sites, public building sites, or rights of way or easements for streets, sewers, utilities, drainage, or other facilities or
Any other division of real property which would otherwise require a parcel map.
Upon receipt of an application for a parcel map waiver, the Zoning Administrator shall give notice of the application by mail or delivery to all persons, businesses, corporations or other public or private entities, shown on the last equalized assessment roll as owning real property within ninety (90) meters [three hundred (300) feet] of the subject property, and all such persons and entities shall be given an opportunity to respond in writing within ten (10) days of receipt of the notice.
The Zoning Administrator may waive the parcel map as provided in this section only upon making a finding that the proposed division of land complies with requirements as to area, improvement and design, floodwater drainage control, appropriate improved public roads, sanitary disposal facilities, water supply availability, environmental protection, and other requirements of this chapter, local ordinance and the Subdivision Map Act.
The Zoning Administrator shall act upon the application for a parcel map waiver with sixty (60) days after the application is deemed complete.
The Zoning Administrator shall deny the parcel map waiver if all public improvements have not been constructed.
Upon waiving the parcel map requirement, the Zoning Administrator shall cause to be recorded with the County Recorder a "Certificate of Compliance" for the land to be divided, a plat map showing the division and a legal description of the parcels. The certificate shall include a statement regarding payment of taxes for signature by the County Clerk according to §10-1.403.5.c(8).
A parcel map waived by the Zoning Administrator may be conditioned to provide for payment of park land dedication, drainage, and other fees by a method approved by the Zoning Administrator. If the Zoning Administrator denies an application to waive a parcel map, the subdivider may apply for a tentative and parcel map in accordance with this Article. (§1, Ord. 1530, eff. April 22, 1982, by §1, Ord. 1603, eff. September 13, 1984, and by §1, Ord. 1629, eff. July 25, 1985)
Article 6. Dedications and Reservations