Title 16 — SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE[[1]]›Chapter 16.02 — GENERAL PROVISIONS
§ 16.12
Woodlake Planning Code · 2026-07 edition · updated 2026-07-25 · Woodlake
16.12.010 - Filing. ¶
A.
Applications for tentative parcel maps shall be filed in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 16.04 and this chapter.
B.
A tentative parcel map may be filed in place of a tentative map when the subdivision creates four (4) or less parcels, or when one (1) of the following applies:
1.
The land before division contains less than five (5) acres, each parcel created by the division abuts upon a maintained public street or highway, and no dedications or improvements are required by the legislative body.
2.
Each parcel created by the division has a gross area of twenty (20) acres or more and has an approved access to a maintained public street or highway.
3.
The land consists of a parcel or parcels of land having approved access to a public street or highway, which comprises part of a tract of land zoned for industrial or commercial development, and which has the approval of the governing body as to street alignments and widths.
4.
Each parcel created by the division has a gross area of not less than forty (40) acres or is not less than a quarter of a quarter section.
The land being subdivided is solely for the creation of an environmental subdivision pursuant to Government Code Section 66418.2.
(Ord. No. 642, § 3, 5-23-2022)
16.12.020 - Form and content.
A.
Applications for tentative parcel map shall include the application prescribed by the city, the application fee, the proposed tentative map, and a preliminary title report describing the status of all interests in the parcel to be divided.
B.
Maps shall be clearly and legibly drawn, printed, or reproduced and shall contain the information specified by the city engineer and director.
C.
Application for the approval of a tentative parcel map shall contain the following information:
1.
A legal description of the whole parcel proposed to be divided.
2.
Existing use of the parcel to be divided.
3.
Existing structures on the property.
4.
The proposed use of the parcels to be created.
5.
Total areas for each of the proposed uses.
6.
The existing and proposed zoning on the parcel to be divided.
7.
The source of domestic water supply and the proposed method of sewage disposal.
Name, address, telephone number, and signature of the applicant and owners.
9.
Certification by the owner that he is the owner of the property on the map as proposed for subdivision, has examined the map and consents to its submission.
D.
A tentative parcel map shall be legibly drawn on reproducible material, to a scale and in a manner prescribed by the city engineer to best illustrate the proposed division of land.
E.
The following information shall be shown on the map:
1.
Date of preparation, north point and scale.
2.
The boundary lines of the entire parcel including the area to be divided, with dimensions, based on existing survey data or property description.
3.
The proposed division lines with dimensions.
4.
Identification of each parcel with a number.
5.
All existing buildings and structures located within one hundred (100) feet of all proposed boundary lines, together with their major exterior dimensions and the distance from the boundary lines, except when located on the opposite side of public rights-of-way.
6.
The location of all existing wells, septic tanks, and leaching fields located within one hundred (100) feet of all proposed boundary lines, along with the distance from the boundary lines.
7.
The location, widths, and names of all abutting roads.
The location, widths, and names of any proposed rights-of-way.
9.
Source of data from which the map was drawn.
10.
Name, address, and telephone number of the person preparing the map.
11.
The width and location of all existing or proposed easements or rights-of-way within the land being divided.
12.
Land subject to flooding.
13.
Watercourses, streams, and drainage channels.
14.
Such additional information as the city deems necessary due to unusual topography or drainage conditions.
(Ord. No. 642, § 3, 5-23-2022)
16.12.030 - Termination of proceedings. ¶
Failure to file a final parcel map within twenty-four (24) months after the date on which the tentative parcel map is approved or conditionally approved, or any time extension thereof, shall terminate all proceedings.
(Ord. No. 642, § 3, 5-23-2022)
16.12.040 - Revised parcel map. ¶
In the event the parcel map has been recorded with the county recorder, a revised parcel map may be prepared in the manner prescribed in this chapter for an original parcel map, and the revised parcel map shall supersede any previous parcel map.
(Ord. No. 642, § 3, 5-23-2022)
Chapter 16.14 - FINAL PARCEL MAPS
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