West Covina Municipal Code § 26-338 Tentative parcel map required

A tentative parcel map in accordance with this chapter and the Subdivision Map Act is required for each parcel map.

(Ord. No. 2519, § 5(Exh. A), 2-20-24)

Improvements and dedications in accordance with this chapter and the Subdivision Map Act are required for parcel maps.

(Ord. No. 2519, § 5(Exh. A), 2-20-24)

Required improvements will be completed prior to recordation of the final tentative parcel map, or an agreement in the format provided by the City Engineer secured by appropriate security shall be executed prior to recordation to guarantee the improvements. The time of completion of the improvements shall be prior to occupancy of any new structure constructed on any parcel included in the tentative parcel map. This section precludes the satisfaction of improvement requirements by certificate on the tentative parcel map.

(Ord. No. 2519, § 5(Exh. A), 2-20-24)

The requirement for a tentative parcel map in accordance with this chapter and the Subdivision Map Act may be waived by the Community Development Director or their designee after submittal of a plot map of the proposed division which shall contain a detailed survey of all affected parcels. The content of the plot map shall be determined by the City Engineer. Additionally, the applicant shall submit a request for waiver in the format provided by Community Development Director or their designee. The preparation and recordation of a final parcel map is still required.

The Community Development Director or their designee must make the following findings to approve a waiver of a tentative parcel map:

(a) The proposed division complies with the Subdivision Map Act and this chapter as to area, improvement and design, floodwater drainage control, appropriate improved public roads, sanitary disposal facilities, water supply availability, and environmental protection.

(b) All fees, dedications or combinations of such fees or dedications which would normally be required of the proposed division of land have been paid or made.

(c) The fire protection for the proposed division of land is adequate as determined by the City fire chief.

(d) A field survey has been completed and all monuments and center line ties which would normally be required of the proposed division of land have been set, found, or reset within the year preceding the approval of the waiver.

(Ord. No. 2519, § 5(Exh. A), 2-20-24)

The fee for processing a parcel map shall be as established from time to time by resolution of the City Council. The fee for processing a request for waiver of a parcel map shall be the same as the fee for processing the tentative map submitted with the request for waiver. In addition, the fee for checking the parcel map shall be as established by the agency performing the checking, and such fee shall be paid directly to that agency.

(Ord. No. 2519, § 5(Exh. A), 2-20-24)

The procedure for processing, approval, conditional approval or disapproval and filing of tentative parcel maps and modifications thereof shall be as provided in this chapter and the subdivision map act for processing, approval, conditional approval, or disapproval and filing of tentative maps and final maps and modifications thereof. The Community Development Director shall review and deny, approve, or conditionally approve the filing of tentative parcel maps and modification.

(Ord. No. 2519, § 5(Exh. A), 2-20-24; Ord. No. 2525, § 51, 3-18-25)

The tentative parcel map shall include any additional map requirements as this chapter may require of final maps.

(Ord. No. 2519, § 5(Exh. A), 2-20-24)

Where a subdivider does not have a record title ownership in the property to be divided, the persons with record title ownership shall sign a certificate on the parcel map consenting to the subdivision.

(Ord. No. 2519, § 5(Exh. A), 2-20-24)

(a) An approved or conditionally approved tentative parcel map shall expire twenty-four (24) months after its approval or conditional approval or such other period as may be set by section 66452.6 of the Government Code or any successor law. Failure to file a final map prior to the expiration of a tentative parcel map will automatically void the tentative parcel map.

(b) A subdivider may apply for up to three (3) two-year extensions of time of the tentative parcel map expiration. Such application must be filed prior to the expiration of the tentative parcel map and must clearly state the reasons why the final map has not been recorded. An application for an extension may be granted by the Planning Commission only after first finding all of the following:

(1) There have been no changes to the provisions of the General Plan, any applicable Specific Plan, or this chapter applicable to the project since the approval of the tentative parcel or tract map;

(2) There have been no changes in the character of the site or its surroundings that affect how the policies of the General Plan, any applicable Specific Plan, or other standards of this chapter apply to the project; and

(3) There have been no changes to the capacities of community resources, including but not limited to roads, sewage treatment or disposal facilities, schools, or water supply so that there is no longer sufficient remaining capacity to serve the project.

(c) The Community Development Director may impose new conditions on the tentative parcel map, based on changed circumstances, code amendments, or oversights disclosed in review of the application for extension of the tentative parcel map.

(Ord. No. 2519, § 5(Exh. A), 2-20-24)