(a) Authority for Adoption - This Chapter is adopted pursuant to Government Code Sections 65870 to 65875.
(b) Application of This Chapter to Development Projects - This Chapter shall apply to all development projects approved by the City, its City Council, Planning Commission, voters, officers, and employees, which are not a part of the subdivision process, and acts independently from any other authority or method for the City to require an easement.
The provisions of this Chapter shall only apply when:
(1) The covenant for easement is for:
A. Parking;
B. Ingress, egress, or emergency access;
C. Light and/or air access;
D. Landscaping; and/or
E. Open space purposes.
(2) At the time of recording the covenant of easement, all the real property benefitted or burdened by said covenant shall be in common ownership.
(3) When the development project for which the approval is sought is not an approval under the Subdivision Map Act.