Division 7›Chapter 4 — DIVISION OF LAND PROCEDURES

Article 8

Yucaipa Zoning Code · 2026-06 edition · ingested 2026-07-07 · Yucaipa

REVERSION TO ACREAGE

Sections:

83.040801 Filing Criteria

83.040805 Reversion to Acreage by Final Map or Parcel Map

83.040810 Data for Reversion to Acreage by Final Map or Parcel Map

83.040815 Fee

83.040820 Proceedings

83.040825 Conditions for Reversion to Acreage by Final Map

83.040830 Conditions for Reversion to Acreage by Parcel Map

83.040835 Return of Deposits and Release of Securities

83.040840 Delivery of Final Map or Parcel Map

83.040845 Effect of Filing Reversion Map with the County Recorder Previously subdivided property may be reverted to acreage pursuant to the provisions of this Article.

83.040801 Filing Criteria.

  • (a) Requirement for Reversion to Acreage

Reversions to acreage may be required as a condition of approval for a land use application or allowed upon review and approval of a subdivider’s request pursuant to the provisions of this Article.

83.040805 Reversion to Acreage by Final Map or Parcel Map.

Subdivided real property may be reverted to acreage by a Final Map or Parcel Map pursuant to the provisions of this section.

  • (a) Initiation of Proceedings

  • (1) Proceedings shall be initiated by petition by the owner of the property. The petition shall be on a form prescribed by the Office of Planning and shall be accompanied by the following.

  • (A) Evidence of ownership

  • (B) Evidence of nonuse or lack of necessity of any streets or easements to be vacated or abandoned

  • (C) Submittal of a Tentative Map or other application procedure which may be established by the Community Development Director which delineates any streets or easements which are to be left in effect, provided, however, that the City Planner may require a Tentative Map prepared to the standards prescribed in this Article

  • (D) Such other information as required by the Office of Planning

  • (2) The Council, at the request of any person or on its own motion, may by resolution initiate proceedings to revert property to acreage. The Council shall direct the Office of Planning to obtain the necessary information to initiate and conduct the proceedings.

(b) Previously subdivided land consisting of four or less contiguous parcels under the same ownership may be reverted to acreage by Parcel Map; previously subdivided land consisting of five or more parcels under the same ownership shall be reverted to acreage by Final Map.

83.040810 Data for Reversion to Acreage by Final Map or Parcel Map.

Petitioners shall file the following.

  • (a) Evidence of title to the real property; and

  • (b) Evidence of the consent of all of the owners of interest(s) in the property; or

  • (c) Evidence that none of the improvements required to be made have been made within two years from the date the Final Map or Parcel Map was filed for record, or within the time allowed by agreement for completion of the improvements, whichever is later; or

  • (d) Evidence that no lots shown on the Final or Parcel Map have been sold within five years from the date such Final or Parcel Map was filed for record

  • (e) A minor subdivision plot plan or Tentative Map in the form prescribed by this Division

  • (f) A Parcel Map or a Final Map in the form prescribed by this Division; the Parcel Map or Final Map shall delineate dedications which will not be vacated and dedications required as a condition to reversion

83.040815 Fee.

The petition shall be accompanied by a fee as required by the City Schedule of Fees.

83.040820 Proceedings.

(a) The Planning Commission shall hold a public hearing on all petitions for, and Council initiations of, Reversions to Acreage.

(b) In the case of a Reversion to Acreage by Parcel Map, the Planning Commission may approve the Reversion to Acreage only if it finds and records in writing the findings required by this section.

(c) For a Reversion to Acreage by Final Map, the Planning Commission shall render its decision in the form of a written recommendation to the City Council. Such recommendation shall include the reasons for the recommendation and shall be transmitted to the City Council. Upon receipt of the recommendation of the Planning Commission, the City Council shall hold a public hearing. Notice of the time and place of such hearing shall be given in the same time and manner provided for the giving of notice of the hearing by the Planning Commission. The City Council may approve a Reversion to Acreage only if it finds and records in writing the findings required by this section.

(d) Findings

Prior to approval, the Reviewing Authority shall find and justify the following to be true.

(1) Dedications or offers of dedication to be vacated or abandoned by the Reversion to Acreage are unnecessary for present or prospective public purposes; and

  • (2) Either:

  • (A) All owners of an interest in the real property within the subdivision have consented to reversion;

(B) None of the improvements required to be made have been made within two years from the date the Final or Parcel Map was filed for record, or within the time allowed by agreement for the completion of the improvements, whichever is later; or

(C) No lots shown on the Final or Parcel Map have been sold within five years from the date such map was filed for record.

83.040825 Conditions for Reversion to Acreage by Final Map.

The Council may require as conditions for the Reversion to Acreage the following.

  • (a) The owners dedicate or offer to dedicate streets or easements.

(b) The retention of all or a portion of previously paid subdivision fees, deposits, or improvement security, if the same are necessary to accomplish any of the provisions of this division.

  • (c) The retention of drainage easements for drainage and flood control.

83.040830 Conditions for Reversion to Acreage by Parcel Map.

After approval of the petition, a Parcel Map shall be prepared in accordance with this Division provided, however, that said Parcel Map may be compiled from recorded data if all the following conditions exist.

  • (a) New division lines are not created.

  • (b) The complete parcel boundary has been monumented and shown on a recorded subdivision map or Parcel Map.

  • (c) At least one of these boundary lines can be established from an existing monumented line.

The Parcel Map shall contain those statements as required by Division 3, Chapter 4, of this Code.

83.040835 Return of Deposits and Release of Securities.

Except as provided in this Article, upon filing of the Final Map for Reversion to Acreage with the County Recorder, deposits shall be returned to the subdivider, and all improvement securities shall be released by the City Council.

83.040840 Delivery of Final Map or Parcel Map.

After the hearing before the City Council and approval of the reversion, the Final Map or Parcel Map shall be delivered to the City Engineer.

83.040845 Effect of Filing Reversion Map with the County Recorder.

Reversion shall be effective upon the Parcel Map or Final Map being filed for record by the County Recorder. Upon filing, all dedications and offers of dedication not shown on the Parcel Map or Final Map for reversion shall be of no further force or effect.