(A) The provisions of this title shall not apply to any lot or lots forming a part of a subdivision created and recorded prior to the effective date hereof, unless those lots are hereafter proposed for further subdivision. It is not intended by this title to repeal, abrogate or in any way impair or interfere with existing provisions of other laws or ordinances, (except those specifically repealed by the ordinance codified in this title) or with private restrictions placed upon the property by deed, covenant or other private agreements, or with restrictive covenants running with the land. Only those improvement standards applicable at the time a tentative subdivision or parcel map is approved, shall be imposed.
(B) The provisions of this title shall not be applicable to:
1. The financing or leasing of apartments, offices, stores or similar space within apartment buildings, industrial buildings, commercial buildings, mobilehome parks or trailer parks;
2. Mineral oil or gas leases;
3. Land dedicated for cemetery purposes under the Health And Safety Code of the state;
4. A lot line adjustment between two or more existing adjacent parcels, where the land taken from one parcel is added to an adjacent parcel, and where a greater number of parcels than originally existed is not thereby created, provided the lot line adjustment is approved by the Planning Commission following the filing by the divider of an application therefor furnished by the city and the payment of an application processing fee in a sum as may be established by Council resolution;
5. Boundary line or exchange agreements to which the State Lands Commission or a local agency holding a trust grant of tide and submerged lands is a party; and
6. Short term leases (terminable by either party or not more than 30 days’ notice in writing) of a portion of the operating right-of-way of a railroad corporation defined as such by Cal. Public Utilities Code § 230 unless a showing is made in individual cases, under substantial evidence, that public policy necessitates the application of such regulations to such short term leases in such individual cases.
(Ord. 295, passed 2-4-1986)