Title: 
Headings: 
BASIC
 
SUBDIVISION
 
LAWS
 

Subdivision
 
Map
 
Act
 

Subdivided
 
Lands
 
Law
 

SUBDIVISION
 
DEFINITIONS
 

Subdivided
 
Lands
 
Law
 
Subdivision
 
Map
 
Act
 

FUNCTIONS
 
IN
 
LAND
 
SUBDIVISION
 

Private
 
Professional
 
Services
 

Planning
 
Commission
 

Lending
 
Agencies
 

Title
 
Company
 

COMPLIANCE
 
AND
 
GOVERNMENTAL
 
CONSULTATION
 

TYPES
 
OF
 
SUBDIVISIONS
 

Standard
 

Common
 
Interest
 

Undivided
 
Interest
 

COMPLIANCE
 
WITH
 
THE
 
SUBDIVIDED
 
LANDS
 
LAW
 

Affirmative
 
Standards
 

Disclosures
 
in
 
Public
 
Report
 

Filing
 
Notice
 
of
 
Intention/Application
 

Use
 
of
 
Public
 
Report
 

Violations
 
-
 
Penalties
 

Questionnaire
 
Requirements
 

Subdivision
 
Filing
 
Fees
 

Where
 
to
 
File
 

Questionnaire
 
Forms
 
-
 
Contents
 

Exceptions
 

Filing
 
Packages
 

Preliminary
 
Public
 
Report
 

Amended
 
Public
 
Report
 

Renewed
 
Public
 
Report
 

Interim
 
Public
 
Report
 

Conditional
 
Public
 
Report
 

HANDLING
 
OF
 
PURCHASERS’
 
DEPOSIT
 
MONEY
 

Blanket
 
Encumbrance
 

No
 
Blanket
 
Encumbrance
 

Impound
 
Requirements
 
-
 
Real
 
Property
 
Sale
 
Contracts
 

COVENANTS,
 
CONDITIONS,
 
AND
 
RESTRICTIONS
 

ADDITIONAL
 
PROVISIONS
 

Material
 
Changes
 

Special
 
Districts
 

Special
 
Regulations
 
for
 
Common
 
Interest
 
Subdivisions
 

Environmental
 
Impact
 
Reports
 

The
 
California
 
Coastal
 
Act
 

Mineral,
 
Oil
 
and
 
Gas
 
Subdivisions
 

Advertising
 
Criteria
 

Desist
 
and
 
Refrain
 
Orders
 

Out-of-State
 
Subdivisions
 

GROUNDS
 
FOR
 
DENIAL
 
OF
 
PUBLIC
 
REPORT
 

SUBDIVISION
 
MAP
 
ACT
 

PRELIMINARY
 
PLANNING
 
CONSIDERATIONS
 

Natural
 
Features
 

Soils
 
Report
 

Neighboring
 
Property
 

Drainage
 

Flood
 
Hazard
 

Alquist-Priolo
 
Earthquake
 
Fault
 
Zoning
 
Act
 

Sewage
 
Disposal
 

Water
 
Supply
 

Other
 
Utilities
 

Dedication
 
of
 
Streets
 
and
 
Easements
 

Public
 
Parks
 
and
 
Recreational
 
Facilities
 

Dedication
 
of
 
School
 
Sites
 

Airport
 
within
 
Subdivision
 

Preapplication
 
Conferences
 

BASIC
 
STEPS
 
IN
 
FINAL
 
MAP
 
PREPARATION
 
AND
 
APPROVAL
 

TYPES
 
OF
 
MAPS
 

TENTATIVE
 
MAP
 
PREPARATION
 

TENTATIVE
 
MAP
 
FILING
 

Processing
 
the
 
Map
 

Basis
 
for
 
Approval
 
or
 
Denial
 

Appeal
 

Vesting
 
Tentative
 
Maps
 
and
 
Development
 
Agreements
 

FINAL
 
MAP
 

Taxes
 
and
 
Assessments
 

Improvements
 

Final
 
Map
 
Filing
 

Final
 
Map
 
Recordation
 

PARCEL
 
MAP
 

OTHER
 
PUBLIC
 
CONTROLS
 

State
 
Housing
 
Law
 

Local
 
Building
 
Codes
 

Contractors’
 
State
 
License
 
Law
 

HEALTH
 
AND
 
SANITATION
 

EMINENT
 
DOMAIN
 

Compensation
 

Severance
 
Damage
 

Procedure
 

Inverse
 
Condemnation
 

Inverse
 
Condemnation
 
for
 
Governmental
 
Regulation
 

WATER
 
CONSERVATION
 
AND
 
FLOOD
 
CONTROL
 

Mutual
 
Water
 
Company
 

Public
 
Utilities
 

Special
 
Water
 
Districts
 

Water
 
Pollution
 
Control
 

INTERSTATE
 
LAND
 
SALES
 
FULL
 
DISCLOSURE
 
ACT
 


Content: Creation
 
of
 
a
 
planning
 
commission
 
is
 
required
 
of
 
counties,
 
but
 
is
 
optional
 
for
 
cities. Most
 
of
 
a
 
planning
 
commission’s
 
work
 
is
 
related
 
to
 
developing
 
and
 
maintaining
 
the
 
jurisdiction’s
 
general
 
plan
 
and
 
reviewing
 
and
 
making
 
recommendations
 
to
 
the
 
legislative
 
body
 
on
 
zoning
 
and
 
development
 
proposals. The
 
planning
 
commission’s
 
responsibility
 
for
 
maintenance
 
of
 
the
 
general
 
plan
 
is
 
underscored
 
by
 
the
 
state
 
requirement
 
that
 
the
 
commission
 
consider
 
any
 
general
 
plan
 
proposal
 
or
 
modification
 
prior
 
to
 
action
 
by
 
the
 
legislative
 
body. By
 
local
 
ordinance,
 
the
 
planning
 
commission
 
reviews
 
and
 
makes
 
recommendations
 
to
 
the
 
legislative
 
body
 
on
 
zoning
 
proposals,
 
subdivision
 
and
 
parcel
 
maps,
 
use
 
permits,
 
variances,
 
and
 
other
 
development
 
permits
 
in
 
furtherance
 
of
 
the
 
general
 
plan
 
goals
 
and
 
policies. Subdivision
 
regulation
 
is
 
one
 
of
 
the
 
major
 
legislative
 
and
 
administrative
 
tools
 
for
 
implementing
 
the
 
general
 
plan. Government
 
Code
 
Section
 
66473.5
 
bars
 
local
 
agencies
 
from
 
approving
 
a
 
tentative
 
map
 
where
 
the
 
subdivision
 
has
 
been
 
found
 
inconsistent
 
with
 
the
 
adopted
 
general
 
plan
 
or
 
any
 
specific
 
plan. In
 
1975,
 
the
 
Attorney
 
General
 
interpreted
 
this
 
requirement
 
to
 
mean
 
that
 
any
 
city
 
or
 
county
 
that
 
had
 
not
 
adopted
 
a
 
general
 
plan
 
including
 
the
 
required
 
elements
 
set
 
forth
 
below
 
could
 
not
 
approve
 
subdivision
 
maps. Other
 
findings
 
required
 
by
 
the
 
law
 
relate
 
to
 
the
 
site’s
 
suitability,
 
wildlife
 
habitat
 
and
 
public
 
health. The
 
governing
 
body
 
may
 
also
 
deny
 
approval
 
of
 
a
 
map
 
if
 
it
 
finds
 
that
 
waste
 
discharges
 
would
 
exceed
 
requirements
 
established
 
by
 
the
 
appropriate
 
regional
 
water
 
quality
 
control
 
board. Another
 
major
 
tool
 
for
 
implementing
 
the
 
local
 
general
 
plan
 
is
 
zoning.