Plain English Breakdown
The official text does not specify if there are any new fees or timelines associated with filing these parcel maps.
Expanding Map Exceptions to Include Mixed-Use Subdivisions
This law adds mixed-use developments, including those with residential housing, to the list of projects that can file a simpler parcel map instead of detailed tentative and final maps.
What This Bill Does
- Expands an existing exception in the Subdivision Map Act to include land zoned for mixed-use development.
- Allows qualifying mixed-use subdivisions to file a parcel map instead of a tentative and final map.
- Includes mixed-use developments that contain residential uses within this new exception category.
Who It Names or Affects
- Developers creating subdivisions on land zoned for industrial, commercial, or now mixed-use development
- Local governing bodies responsible for approving street alignments and widths
Terms To Know
- Tentative and final map
- Detailed plans usually required by the Subdivision Map Act for subdivisions of five or more parcels.
- Parcel map
- A simpler type of map that qualifying subdivisions must file instead of a tentative and final map.
- Mixed-use development
- Land zoned for mixed uses, which can include residential housing alongside other types of buildings.
Limits and Unknowns
- The exception only applies if the land has approved access to a public street or highway.
- Local governing bodies must still approve specific details about street alignments and widths for the exception to apply.
- This change does not remove map requirements for subdivisions that do not meet all listed conditions.