HomeMy WebLinkAbout1980-04-01; City Council; 6212; Amendments to subdivision regulationsCITY OF CARLSBAD
AGENDA SILL NO. U> 3 I £ Initial:
Dept.Hd.
DATE: April 1, 1980 ; c> Atty^|g~
DEPARTMENT: City Attorney
Subject:TO SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS
Statement of the Matter
The 1979 session of the Legislature adopted six bills amending
the Subdivision Map Act. That action requires corresponding
changes in our Subdivision Ordinance. A memorandum, outlining
'the legislation, is attached. Also attached is an ordinance
revising various chapters and sections of the Carlsbad Municipal
Code to bring our Subdivision Ordinance in accord with state
law.
Exhibits
Memorandum from City Attorney to City Council, dated
March 25, 1980.
Ordinance No.
Recommendation
If the City Council concurs, your action is to introduce
Ordinance No.
Council Action:
4-1-80 Council introduced Ordinance 9549, amending the Municipal Code to revise the
regulations for the subdivision of lands.
4-15-80 Council adopted Ordinance 9549.
MEMORANDUM
DATE: March 25, 1980
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: City Attorney
SUBJECT: 1979 Amendments to the Subdivision Map Act
Chapter 282 - Adds New Gov. Code §66434.1
Recent amendments to the Education Code allow a school
district to enter into leases and agreements with non-profit
corporations for the lease of school facilities, with provision
for the imposition of an owners' development lien by the school
district on all property in the territory to be benefitted to
pay the district's lease obligations.
Section 66434.1 requires that a notice of this lien be
placed on the face of the final map and reference the book
and page number in the county recorder's office in which the
resolution creating the lien was recorded. These sections have
already been implemented by the ordinance adopted by Council
in implementing the 1979 amendments to the SB-201 School Fee
Law.
Chatper 297 - Amends Gov. Code §66452.6
This amendment would allow for a stay of time before which
a tentative map expires when a lawsuit has been filed involving
the approval or conditional approval of a tentative map. The
subdivider must apply for the stay within 10 days of filing the
lawsuit and the local agency must either grant or deny the request
within 40 days after receiving the request. This amendment may
apply retroactively if the subdivider made application for the
stay on or before September 23, 1979.
The ordinance establishes procedures for reviewing such
requests, providing notice and hearing, fees and other require-
ments.
Chapter 309 - Amends Gov. Code §66465
This amendment would specify that where a public entity
has obtained a prejudgment order for possession of property, the
public entity is deemed the holder of record title and obviates
the need for the prior owners' signatures denoting their consent
on a final or parcel map subdividing the property. No amendment
to our ordinance is required.
Mayor and City Council -2- March 25, 1980
Chapter 383 - Adds Gov. Code §66424.6 and Amends Gov. Code
Section 66426, 66434, 66445 and 66478"
New Gov. Code §66424.6 allows a subdivider to designate
as a remainder that portion of his land which is not divided
for the purpose of sale, lease or financing. Improvements
required for a remainder can be postponed by agreement between
the subdivider and local agency until such time as a permit
or other approval for development of the remainder is issued
by the local agency. In the absence of such an agreement,
improvements may be required within a reasonable time follow-
ing approval of the final map and prior to issuance of a grant
of approval for development of the remainder.
The amendment to Gov. Code §66426 excepts from the require-
ments for tentative and final maps those lands with approved
access to public streets and highways and zoned for commercial
or industrial development that have the approval of the advisory
agency, in addition to those that have the approval of the
governing body as to street alignments and widths. This amendment
does not require any change to our ordinance.
The amendment to Gov. Code §66434 requires a designated
"remainder" parcel to be indicated on the final map by deed
reference to the existing boundaries of such remainder, if
such remainder has a gross area of five acres or more. It is
no longer necessary that the remainder parcel be indicated as
a matter of survey.
The amendment to Gov. Code §66445 substitutes the phrase
"a designated remainder" for "any remainder". Parcel maps are
now to show the location of a designated remainder parcel by
deed reference to existing record boundaries where the remainder
has a gross area of five acres or more. The ordinance implements
the new law on remainder parcels.
Finally, the amendment to Gov. Code §66498 substitutes the
word "obligation" for "right" and permits the original engineer
or surveyor who is replaced by another to release his obligation
to set final monuments to his replacement.
Chapter 947 - Adds Gov. Code §66412.2
This new section, which will appear in the "general provisions
and definitions" part of the Subdivision Map Act, requires a
local agency to balance the affect of its subdivision ordinances
on housing needs in its jurisdiction with the public service
needs of its residents and available physical and environmental
resources. The full effect of this section is unclear. It appears
to give an "argue point" to those who favor more housing construction,
Mayor and City Council -3- March 25, 1980
Chapter 1192 - Amends Gov. Code §§66424y 66426, 66427, 66427.1
66427.2, 66475.2 and 66477
Chapter 1192 basically provides that stock cooperatives
are to be treated the same as condominium conversions.
"Subdivision" now includes the conversion of five or more existing
dwelling units to a stock cooperative. (§66424). Tentative and
final maps are required for the conversion of a dwelling to a
stock cooperative containing five or more dwelling units (§66426).
A map for a stock cooperative project need not show the buildings
or the manner in which the buildings or air space above the
property are to be divided (§66427). Tenants of proposed stock
cooperative projects must be given 120 days written notice of
intention to convert and an exclusive right to contract for purchase
of their unit for 60 days from the date of issuance of the subdivision
public report (§66427.1).
Unless a general or specific plan contains definite objectives
and policies specifically directed to the conversion of stock
cooperatives, the consistency requirements found in §§66473.5,
66474, 66474.61 and 66464.60(c) shall not apply. New language
is added requiring a city or county to approve or disapprove a
conversion to a stock cooperative based on consistency findings
within 120 days following receipt of an application for a
conversion (§66427.2).
Requirements for dedication of land for local transit
facilities (§66475.2) and for dedication of land or in lieu fees
for park or recreational purposes (§66477) do not apply where an
existing apartment building, more than five years old, is
converted to a stock cooperative and no new dwelling units are
added. (See page 12) Some of these changes have already been
made when the Council included stock cooperatives within our
condominium regulations.
Mayor and City Council -A-March 25, 1980
TEXT NEW SECTIONS
§66412.2. In carrying out t'he provisions of this division,
each local agency shall consider the effect of ordinances and
actions adopted pursuant to this division on the housing needs
of the region in which the local jurisdiction is situated and
balance these needs against the public service needs of its
residents and available fiscal and environmental resources.
(Added by Chapter 947) .
§66424. "Subdivision" means the division, by any subdivider,
of any unit or units of improved or unimproved land, or any portion
thereof, shown on the latest equalized county assessment roll as
a unit or as contiguous units, for the purpose of sale, lease or
financing, whether immediate or future except for leases of agri-
cultural land for agricultural purposes. Property shall be con-
sidered as contiguous units, .even if it is separated by roads,
streets, utility easement or railroad rights-of-way. "Subdivision",
includes, a condominium project, as defined in Section 1350 of
the Civil Code, a community apartment project, as defined in
Section 11004 of the Business and Professions Code, or the conversion
of five or more existing dwelling units to a stock cooperative, as
defined in Section 11003'."2 of the Business and Professions Code.
Any conveyance of land to a governmental agency, public entity
or public utility shall not be considered a division of land for
purposes of computing the number of parcels. As used in this
section, "agricultural purposes" means the cultivation of food
or fiber or the grazing or pasturing of livestock. (Amended by
Chapter 1192).
§66424.6. When a subdivision, as defined in Section 66424, is
of a portion of any unit or units of"improved or unimproved land,
the subdivider may designate as a remainder that portion^which
is not divided for the purpose of sale, lease, or financing.
For such a designated remainder parcel, the fulfillment of
construction'requirements for improvements shall not be required
until such time as a permit or other grant of approval for develop-
ment of the remainder parcel is issued by the local agency or7
where provided by local ordinance, until such time as the construction
of such improvements is required pursuant to an agreement between
the subdivider and the local agency. In the absence of such an
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agreement, a local agency raay require fulfillment of such construction
requirements within a reasonable time following approval of
the final map and prior to the issuance of a permit or other
grant of approval for the ctevelopment of a remainder parcel upon
a finding by the local agency that fulfillment of the construction
requirements is necessary for reasons of;
(.1) The public health and safety; or
(2) The required construction is a necessary prerequisite
to the orderly development of the surrounding area.(Added by
Chapter 383).
§66426. A tentative and final map shall be required for all
subdivisions creating five or more parcels, five or more condo-
miniums as defined in Section 783 of the Civil Code, a community
apartment project containing five or more parcels, or for the
conversion of a dwelling to a stock cooperative containing five
or more dwelling units, except where:
(a) The land before division contains less than five 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, or
(b) Each parcel created by the division has a gross area
of 20 acres or more and has an approved access to a maintained
public street or highway, or
(c) 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 de-
velopment, and which has the approval of the governing body or
advisory agency as to street alignments and widths, or
(d) Each parcel created by the division has a gross area of
not less than 40 acres or is not less than a quarter of a quarter
section.
A parcel map shall be required for those subdivisions des-
cribed in subdivisions (a), (b), (c), and (d). (Amended by
Chapters 383 and 1192).
Mayor and City Council -6- March 25, 1980
§66427. A map of a condominium project, a community apart-
ment project, or of the conversion of five or more existing
dwelling units to a stock cooperative project need not show the
buildings or the manner in which the buildings or the airspace
above the property shown on the map are to be divided, nor shall
the governing body have the right to refuse approval of a parcel,
tentative or final map of such a project on account of design
or location of buildings on the property shown on the map not
violative of local ordinances or on account of the manner in
which airspace is to be divided in conveying the condominium.
Fees and lot design requirements shall be computed and imposed
with respect to such maps on the basis of parcels or lots of
the surface of the land shown thereon as included in the project.
Nothing herein shall be deemed to limit the power of the legis-
lative body to regulate the" design or location of buildings in
such a project by or pursuant to local ordinances. (Amended
by Chapter 1192).
§66427.1. The legislative body shall not approve a final
map for a subdivision to be created from the conversion of
residential real property into a condominium project, a community
apartment project, or a stock cooperative project unless it
finds both that:
(a) Each of the tenants of the proposed condominium, com-
munity apartment project, or stock cooperative project has been
or will be given 120 days' written notice of intention to convert
prior to termination of tenancy due to the conversion or proposed
conversion. The provisions of this subdivision shall not
alter or abridge the rights or obligations of the parties in
performance of their covenants, including, but not limited to
the provision of services, payment of rent or the obligations
imposed by Section 1941, 1941.1 and 1941.2 of the Civil Code.
(b) Each of the tenants of the proposed condominium, com-
munity apartment project, or stock cooperative project has been
or will be given notice of an exclusive right to contract for
the purchase of their respective units upon the same terms and
conditions that such units will be initially offered to the
general public or terms more favorable to the tenant. The
right shall run for a period of not less than 60 days from
the date of issuance of the subdivision public report pursuant
to Section 11018.2 of the Business and Professions Code, unless
the tenant gives prior written notice of his intention not to
exercise the right.
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(c) This section shall not diminish, limit or expand, other
than as provided herein, the authority of any city, county, or
city and county to approve or disapprove condominium projects.
(Amended by Chapter 1192).
§66427.2. Unless applicable general or specific plans
contain definite objectives and policies, specifically directed
to the conversion of existing buildings into condominium projects
or stock cooperatives, the provisions of Sections 66473.5,
66474, and 66474.61, and subdivision (c) of Section 66474.60
shall not apply to condominium projects or stock cooperatives,
which consist of the subdivision of airspace in an existing
structure, unless new units are to be constructed or added.
A city, county, or city and county acting pursuant to this
section shall approve or disapprove the conversion of an existing
building to a stock cooperative within 120 days following receipt
of a completed application for approval of such conversion.
This section shall not diminish, limit or expand, other than
as provided herein, the authority of any city, county, or city
and county to approve or disapprove condominium projects.
(Amended by Chapter 1192).
§66434. The final map shall be prepared by or under the
direction of a registered civil engineer or licensed land surveyor,
shall be based upon a survey, and shall conform to all of the
following provisions:
(a) It shall be legibly drawn, printed, or reproduced by
a process guaranteeing a permanent record in black on tracing
cloth or polyester base film. Certificates, affidavits, and
acknowledgments may be legibly stamped or printed upon the map
with opaque ink. If ink is used on polyester base film, the
ink surface shall be coated with a suitable substance to assure
permanent legibility.
(b) The size of each sheet shall be 18 to 26 inches. A
marginal line shall be drawn completely around each sheet, leaving
an entirely blank margin of one inch. The scale of the map shall
be large enough to show all details clearly and enough sheets
shall be used to accomplish this end. The particular number
of the sheet and the total number of sheets comprising the map
shall be stated on each of the sheets, and its relation to each
adjoining sheet shall be clearly shown.
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(c) All survey and mathematical information and data necessary
to locate all monuments and to locate and retrace any and all
interior and exterior boundary lines appearing thereon shall be
shown, including bearings and distances of straight lines, and
radii and arc length or chord bearings and length for all curves,
and such information as may be necessary to determine the location
of the centers of curves and ties to existing monuments used to
establish the subdivision boundaries.
(d) Each parcel shall be numbered and each block may be
numbered or lettered. Each street shall be named.
(e) The exterior boundary of the land included within the
subdivision shall be indicated by distinctive symbols and clearly
so designated. The map shall show the definite location of the
subdivision, and particularly its relation to surrounding surveys.
The location of a designated "remainder" parcel shall be indicated,
but need not be indicated as a matter of survey but only by deed
reference to the existing boundaries of such remainder if such"
remainder has a gross area of five acres or more.
(f) When a soils report, a geologic report, or soils and
geologic reports have been prepared specifically for the subdi-
vision, such fact shall be noted on the final map, together with
the date of such report or reports, the name of the engineer making
the soils report and geologist making the geologic report and the
location where the reports are on file pursuant to Section 66434.5.
(g) It shall also satisfy any additional survey and map require-
ments of local ordinances. (Amended by Chapter 383).
§66434.1. In the event that an owner's development lien has been
created pursuant to the provisions of Article 2.5 (commencing with
Section 39327) of Chapter 3 of Part 23 of the Education Code on the
real property or portion thereof subject to the final map, a notice
shall be placed on the face of the final map specifically referencing
the book and page in the county recorder's office in which the"
resolution creating the owner's development lien was recorded.
The notice shall state that the property subdivided is subject to
an owner's development lien and that each parcel created by the
recordation of the final map shall be subject to a prorated amount
of the owner's development lien on a per acre or portion thereof
basis. (Added by Chapter 282) .
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§66445. The parcel map shall be prepared by or under the
direction of a registered civil engineer or licensed land surveyor,
shall show the location of streets and property lines bounding
the property and shall conform to all of the following provisions:
(a) It shall be legibly drawn, printed or reproduced by a
process guaranteeing a permanent record in black on tracing cloth
or polyester base film. Certificates may be legibly stamped or
printed upon the map with opaque ink. If ink is used on polyester
base film, the ink surface shall be coated with a suitable substance
to assure permanent legibility.
(b) The size of each sheet shall be 18 by 26 inches. A
marginal line shall be drawn completely around each sheet, leaving
an entirely blank margin of one inch. The scale of the map
shall be large enough to show all details clearly and enough
sheets shall be used to accomplish this end. The particular
number of the sheet and the total number of sheets comprising
the map shall be stated on each of the sheets, and its relation
to each adjoining sheet shall be clearly shown.
(c) Each parcel shall be numbered or otherwise designated.
(d) The exterior boundary of the land included within the
subdivision shall be indicated by distinctive symbols and clearly
so designated.
(e) The map shall show the location of each parcel and its
relation to surrounding surveys. The location of a designated
remainder parcel shall be indicated but need not be indicated
as a matter of survey but only by deed reference to the existing
record boundaries of such remainder if such remainder has a gross
area of five acres or more.
(f) Subject to the provisions of Section 66436, a certificate,
signed and acknowledged by all parties having any record title
interest in the real property subdivided, consenting to the
preparation and recordation of the parcel map is required, except
that less inclusive requirements may be provided by local ordinance.
However, with respect to a division of land into four or
fewer parcels, where dedications or offers of dedications are
not required, the certificate shall be signed and acknowledged
by the subdivider only; provided, however, where a subdivider
does not have a record title ownership interest in the property
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to be divided, the local agency may require that the subdivider
provide the local agency with satisfactory evidence that the
persons with record title ownership have consented to the pro-
posed division. For purposes of this paragraph, "record title
ownership" shall mean fee title of record unless a leasehold
interest is to be divided, in which case "record title ownership"
shall mean ownership of record of such leasehold interest; "record
title ownership" does not include ownership of mineral rights
or other subsurface interests which have been severed from owner-
ship of the surface.
(g) It shall also satisfy any additional map requirements of
local ordinances consistent with this division. (Amended by
Chapter 383).
§66452.6. (a) An approved or conditionally approved tentative
map shall expire 12 months after its approval or conditional
approval, or after such additional period of time as may be
prescribed by local ordinance, not to exceed an additional 18
months.
(b) The period of time specified in subdivision (a) shall'
not include any period of time during which a water or sewer
moratorium, imposed after approval of the tentative map, is in
existence, provided however, that the length of such moratorium
does not exceed five years.
Once such a moratorium is terminated, the map shall be valid
for the same period of time as was left to run on the map at
the time that the moratorium was imposed; provided, however,
that if such remaining time is less .than 120 days, the map shall
be valid for 120 days following the termination of the moratorium.
This subdivision shall apply to a tentative map approved or
conditionally approved prior to January 1, 1978, including any map
which has expired during a moratorium which was imposed on or
after April 1, 1977.
(c) The period of time specified in subdivision (a) shall not
include any period of time during which a lawsuit has been filed
and is pending in a court of competent jurisdiction involving the
approval or conditional approval of a tentative map if a stay
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of such time period is approved by the local agency pursuant to
this section. Within 10 days of the service of the initial petition
or complaint in such lawsuit upon the local agency, the subdivider
may applyto the local agency for a stay pursuant to the local
agency's adopted procedures. Within 40 days after receiving such
application, the local agency shall either stay the time period for
up to five years or deny the requested stay. The local agency may,
by ordinance, establish procedures for reviewing such requests,
including, but not limited to, notice and hearing requirements,
appeal procedures and other administrative requirements.
This subdivision may be applied to tentative maps approved
or conditionally approved prior to the effective date of the~~act
amending this section to add this subdivision, if the subdivider
makes application for a stay to the local agency within 60 days
after the effective date of such act.
(d) The expiration of the approved or conditionally approved
tentative map shall terminate all proceedings and no final map
or parcel map of all or any portion of the real property included
within such tentative map shall be filed without first processing
a new tentative map.
(e) Upon application of the subdivider filed prior to the
expiration of the approved or conditionally approved tentative
map, the time at which such map expires may be extended by the
legislative body or by an advisory agency authorized to approve
or conditionally approve tentative maps for a period or periods
not exceeding a total of two years. If the advisory agency denies
a subdivider's application for extension, the subdivider may appeal
to the legislative body within 15 days after the advisory agency
has denied the extension. (Amended by Chapter 297).
§66465. The subdivider shall present to the county recorder
evidence that, at the time of the filing of the final or parcel
map in the office of the county recorder, the parties consenting
to such filing are all of the parties having a record title
interest in the real property being subdivided whose signatures
are required by this division, as shown by the records in the
office of the recorder, otherwise the map shall not be filed.
For purposes of this section and Sections 66436, 66439, and
6644T, a public entity which has~ob'tained a prejudgment order for
possession of property pursuant to Section 1255.410 of the Code
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of Civil Procedure shall be deemed to be the record title owner
of jbhe property or property interests described in the order,
provided the order for possession has not been stayed or vacated
pursuant to Section 1255.420, 1255.430, or 1255.440 of the Code
of Civil Procedure, no motion therefor is pending before the
court, and the time prescribed by Section 1255.420 of the Code
of Civil Procedure for filing a motion for relief from the order
has passedT(Amended by Chapter 309).
§66475.2. There may be imposed by local ordinance a require-
ment of dedication or irrevocable offer of dedication of land
within the subdivision for local transit facilities such as bus
turnouts, benches, shelters, landing pads and similar items
which directly benefit the residents of a subdivision if (a) the
subdivision as shown on the tentative map has the potential
for 200 dwelling units or more if developed to the maximum
density shown on the adopted general plan or contains 100 acres
or more, and (b) the governing body finds that transit services
are or will within a reasonable time period be made available
to such subdivision. Such irrevocable offers may be terminated
as provided in subdivisions (c) and (d) of Section 66477.2.
The provisions of this section do not apply to condominium
projects or stock cooperatives which consist of the subdivision
of airspace in an existing apartment building which is more
than five years old when no new dwelling units are added.
(Amended by Chapter 1192).
§66477. The legislative body of a city or county may, by
ordinance, require the dedication of land, the payment of fees
in lieu thereof, or a combination of both, for park or recreational
purposes as a condition to the approval of a final map or parcel
map, provided that:
(a) The ordinance has been in effect for a period of 30 days
prior to the filing of the tentative map of the subdivision or
parcel map.
(b) The ordinance includes definite standards for determining
the proportion of a subdivision, to be dedicated and the amount
of any fee to be paid in lieu thereof.
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(c) The land, fees, or combination thereof are to be used
only for the purpose of providing park or recreational facilities
to serve the subdivision.
(d) The legislative body has adopted a general plan contain-
ing a recreational element, and the park and recreational facilities
are in accordance with definite principles and standards contained
therein.
(e) The amount and location of land to be dedicated or the
fees to be paid shall bear a reasonable relationship to the use
of the park and recreational facilities by the future inhabitants
of the subdivision.
(f) The city or county shall develop a schedule specifying
how and when it will use the land or fees or both to develop
park or recreational facilities. Any fees collected under the
ordinance shall be committed within five years after the pay-
ment of such fees or the issuance of building permits on one-half
of the lots created by the subdivision, whichever occurs later.
If such fees are not committed, they shall be distributed and
paid to the then record owners of the subdivision in the same
proportion that the size of their lot bears to the total area
of all lots within the subdivision.
(g) Only the payment of fees may be required in subdivisions
containing 50 parcels or less.
(h) Subdivisions containing less than five parcels and not
used for residential purposes shall be exempted from the require-
ments of this section; provided however, that a condition may
be placed on the approval of such parcel map that if a building
permit is requested for construction of a residential structure
or structures on one or more of the parcels within four years
the fee may be required to be paid by the owner of each such
parcel as a condition to the issuance of such permit.
Land or fees required under this section shall be conveyed
or paid directly to the local public agency which provides park
and recreational services on a community-wide level and to the
area within which the proposed development will be located, if
such agency elects to accept the land or fee. The local agency
accepting such land or funds shall develop the land or use the
funds in the manner provided herein.
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In the event park and recreational services and facilities
are provided by a public agency other than a city or a county,
the amount and location of land to be dedicated or fees to be
paid shall be jointly determined by the city or county having
jurisdiction arid such public agency.
The provisions of this section do not apply to industrial
subdivisions; nor do they apply to condominium projects or stock
cooperatives which consist of the subdivision of airspace in
an existing apartment building which is more than five years
old when no new dwelling units are added, nor do they apply
to parcel maps for a subdivision containing less than five
parcels for a shopping center containing more than 300,000
square feet of gross leasable area and no residential develop-
ment or uses.
Park and recreation purposes shall include land and facilities
for the activity of "recreational community gardening," which
activity consists of the cultivation by persons other than, or
in addition to, the owner of such land, of plant material not
for sale. (Amended by Chapter 1192).
§66498. In the event of the death, disability or retirement
from practice of the engineer or surveyor charged with the
responsibility for setting monuments, or in the event of his
refusal to set such monuments, the legislative body may direct
the county surveyor or city engineer, or such engineer or surveyor
as it may select, to set such monuments. If the original engineer
or surveyor is replaced by another, the former may, by letter
to the county surveyor or city engineer, release his obligation
to set the final monuments to the surveyor or engineer who replaced
him. When the monuments are so set, the substitute engineer or
surveyor shall amend any map filed pursuant to this division in
accordance with the provisions of Sections 66469 to 66472, inclusive,
All provisions of this article relating to payment shall apply to
the services performed by the substituted engineer or surveyor.
(Amended by Chapter 383).
VINCENT F. BIONDO, JR.
City Attorney
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ORDINANCE NO. 9549
AN ORDINANCE: OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA AMENDING TITLES 20 AND 21
OF THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE BY THE AMENDMENT
OF VARIOUS CHAPTERS AND SECTIONS THEREOF TO
REVISE THE REGULATIONS FOR THE SUBDIVISION OF
LAND .
The City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California does
hereby ordain as follows:
SECTION 1: That Title 20, Chapter 20.04 of the Carlsbad
Municipal Code is amended by the addition of Sections 20.04.120
and 20.04.130 to - read as follows:
"20.04.020 Designated^remainder parcel. When a subdivision,
as defined in Section 20.04 ."020, is "of "a" portion of any unit or
units of improved or unimproved land, the subdivider may designate
as a remainder that portion which is not divided for the purpose
of sale, lease, or financing. A note shall be placed on the final
map or parcel map providing that a building permit will not issue
for such parcel until if is further subdivided in accordance
with this title.
20.04.130 Consideration of housing needs. In making
decisions pursuant to this title, the decision maker shall
consider the effect of that decision on the housing needs
of the region and balance those needs against the public service
needs of its residents and available fiscal and environmental
resources."
SECTION 2: That Title 20, Chapter 20.08 of the Carlsbad
Municipal Code is amended by the addition of Section 20.08.035
to read as follows:
"20.08.035 Tentative map litigation stay fee. At the time
of filing a request for a stay with the City Engineer, there
shall be paid to the Engineering Department a litigation stay
processing fee equal to one-quarter of the fee prescribed in
Section 20.08.010 for such tentative map."
SECTION 3: That Title 20, Chapter 20.12 of the Carlsbad
Municipal Code is amended by the amendment of Section 20.12.100
to read as follows:
"20.12.100 Expiration of tentative maps, (a) The approval
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or conditional approval of a tentative map shall expire
eighteen months from the date the map was approved or conditionally
approved unless; it is extended in accord with Section 20.12.110
of this chapter. Within such eighteen month period or the period
of any extension, the subdivider may cause the subdivision to be
surveyed and a final map to be prepared and. submitted to the City
Council for approval or disapproval in accordance 'with the
tentative map as approved or conditionally approved and in
accordance with the Subdivision Map Act and. this title.
(b) The period of time herein specified shall not include
any period of time during which a water or sewer moratorium,
imposed after approval of the tentative map, is in existence;
provided, however, that the length of such moratorium does not
exceed five years.
Once such a moratorium- is terminated, the map shall be
valid for the same period of time as was left to run on the
map at the time that the moratorium was imposed; provided,
however, that if such remaining time is less than one hundred
twenty days, the map shall be valid for one hundred twenty days
following the termination of the moratorium.
(c) The period of-time specified in subsection (a) shall, not
include any period of time during which a lawsuit has been filed
and is pending in a court of competent jurisdiction involving the
approval or conditional approval of a tentative map if a stay of
such time period is approved by the City Council pursuant to this
subsection.
An application for a stay must be filed by the subdivider
in writing with the City Engineer within ten days of the service
of the initial petition or complaint in such lawsuit. The
application shall state the reasons for the requested stay and
include the names and addresses of all parties to the litigation.
The City Engineer shall notify all parties to the litigation
of the date when the application will be heard by the City
Council. Within forty days after receiving such application,
the City Council shall approve or conditionally approve the
stay for up to five years or deny the1 requested stay.
(d) The expiration of the approved or conditionally approved
tentative map shall terminate all proceedings and no final map
or parcel map of all or any portion of the real property included
within such tentative map shall be filed without first processing
a new tentative map."
SECTION 5: That Title 20, Chapter 20.16, of the Carlsbad
Municipal Code is amended by the amendment of Section 20.16.040 by
adding Subsection (h) and by the amendment of Sectidn 20.16.060
to read as follows:
11 (h) If improvements are required for a designated remainder
parcel, the fulfillment of such requirements by the construction
of improvements shall not be required until such time as a
building or grading permit for development of the parcel is issued
by the City or until such time as the construction of such
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improvements is required pursuant to an agreement between the
subdivider and the City. In the absence of such an agreement.
| the City Council may require fulfillment of some or all of such
| .construction requirements within a reasonable time following
approval of the final map and prior to the issuance of a building
or grading permit for the development of a remainder parcel
upon a finding that fulfillment of the construction requirements
is necessary for reasons of public health and safety or that the
construction is a necessary prerequisite to the orderly development
of the surrounding area.
20.16.060 Agreernent to improve. Unless the city council
requires the~subd.ivider to construct improvements prior to
final map approval, the subdivider may elect to agree to construct
improvements or to otherwise comply with the requirements of
this title and with the conditions in the resolution approving
the tentative map or, if authorized by the city council, may
contract to initiate and consummate special assessment district
proceedings in lieu of constructing improvements, as provided in
Section 66462 of the Subdivision Map Act. If the Subdivider
consents, or the City Council requires pursuant to Section
20.16.045, the agreement may provide for the improvements for a
designated remainder parcel prior to issuance of a building or
grading permit for such parcel. In addition, the Subdivider shall
prepare and deposit with the City Clerk detailed plans and
specifications of the improvements to be constructed or the
conditions to be met, and such plans and specifications shall
be made a part of any such agreement or contract and of the
improvement security securing the same. The City Manager is
authorized to sign such agreements on behalf of the city."
SECTION 5: That Title 20, Chapter 20.20, Section 20,20.060
of the Carlsbad Municipal Code is amended by the addition of
Subsection (7) to read as follows:
"(7) Indicate the exterior boundary of the land included
within the subdivision by distinctive symbols and clearly so
designate. The map shall show the definite location of the
subdivision, and particularly its relation to surrounding surveys.
The location of a designated "remainder" parcel shall be indicated,
but need not be indicated as a matter of survey but only by deed
reference to the existing boundaries of such remainder if such
remainder has a gross area of five acres or more."
SECTION 6: That Title 20, Chapter '20.44 of the Carlsbad
Municipal Code is amended by the amendment of Section 20.44.020
to read as follows:
"20.44.020 Applicability of chapter. The provisions of
this chapter shall apply to all subdivisions as that phrase is
defined in the Subdivision Map Act except industrial subdivisions;
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condominium or stock cooperative:-; projects which consist of
the subdivision of airspace in an existing apartment building
which is more than five years old when no new dwelling units
are. added; subdivisions containing less than five parcels
for a shopping center containing more than three hundred
thousand square feet of gross leaseable ax'ea and no residential
developments and uses; or subdivisions containing less than
five parcels and not used for residential purposes, provided,
if a building permit is requested for residential purposes
within four years of recordation of the parcel map the owner
requesting such permit shall pay park-in-lieu fees as a
condition, to the issuance of such permit."
SECTION-7: That Title 21, Chapter 21.47, of the Carlsbad
Municipal Code is amended by the amendment of Section 21.47.150,
by the addition of Subsection (c), and by the amendment of
Section 21.47.160 to read as follows:
"(c) An application to convert an existing building to a
stock cooperative shall be approved, conditionally approved or
disapproved within one hundred twenty days following receipt of
a completed application.
21.47.160 Notice to tenants of existing buildings being
converted to condominiums. In addition to all other required
findings for a subdivision, the city council shall find that:
(1) Each of the tenants of the proposed condominium,
community apartment or stock cooperative project has been or will
be given one hundred twenty days written notice of intention
to convert prior to termination of tenancy due to the conversion
or proposed conversion. The provisions of this subdivision shall not
alter or abridge the rights or obligations of the parties in
performance of their covenants, including, but not limited to
the provisions of services, payment of rent or the obligations
imposed by Sections 1941, 1941.1 and 1941.2 of the Civil Code.
(2) Each of the tenants of the proposed condominium,
community apartment or stock cooperative project has been or
will be given notice of an exclusive right to contract for the
purchase of their respective units upon the same terms and
conditions that such units will be initially offered to the
general public or terms more favorable to the tenant. The right
shall run for a period of not less than sixty days from the date
of issuance of the subdivision public report pursuant to
Section 11018.2 of the Business and Professions Code, unless
the tenant gives prior written notice of his intention not to
exercise the right."
EFFECTIVE DATE: This ordinance shall be effective
thirty days after its adoption, and the City Clerk shall
certify to the adoption of this ordinance and cause it to be
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published at least once in the Carlsbad Journal within
fift-Oio-n days after its adoption.
INTRODUCED AND FIRST READ at a regular meeting of the
Carlsbad City Council held on the 1st day of April, ,
1980 and thereafter
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of said City
Council held on the 15th day of April , 1980 by the
following vote, to wit:
AYES: Councilman Packard, Lewis, Anear and Councilwomen Casler and
Kulchin
NOES: None
ABSENT: None • -
RONALD C. PACKARD, Mayor
ATTEST:
ALETHA L. RAUTENKRANlS, City Clerk ]
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