(A) This chapter shall govern the division of any and all land within the incorporated limits of the city of Placerville where four (4) or fewer parcels, condominium units or community project apartments are created except where each parcel created by the division has a gross area of not less than forty (40) acres or is not less than a quarter of a quarter section.
(B) This chapter shall also govern the division of such land where five (5) or more parcels, condominium units or community project apartments are created but only where:
1. The land before division contains less than five (5) 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
2. Each parcel created by the division has a gross area of twenty (20) acres or more and has an approved access to a maintained public street or highway; or
3. 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 development and which has the approval of the governing body as to street alignments and widths; or
4. Each parcel created by the division has a gross area of not less than forty (40) acres or is not less than a quarter of a quarter section.
(C) This chapter shall be applicable to:
1. Tentative and final maps required for all subdivisions creating five (5) or more parcels, five (5) or more condominiums as defined in section 783 of the Civil Code, or a community apartment project containing five (5) or more parcels;
2. The financing or leasing of apartments, offices, stores or similar space within apartment buildings, industrial buildings, commercial buildings, mobilehome parks or trailer parks;
3. Mineral, oil or gas leases;
4. Land dedicated for cemetery purposes under the Health and Safety Code of the state of California;
5. A lot line adjustment between two (2) or more 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 adjustment is approved by resolution of the local agency;
6. The sale, lease, or financing of property if the property has been assigned a separate parcel number on the county assessment roll as of March 4, 1972;
7. The conveyance of land to a governmental agency, public entity or public utility;
8. Agricultural leases as defined in section 66424 of the subdivision map act.
(D) It is further the purpose of the city council of the city of Placerville and of these regulations to require the subdivider to dedicate rights of way, easements, and the construction of reasonable off site and on site improvements for the parcels being created and to require the establishment of open spaces and/or the development of recreational purposes within the city of Placerville prior to the recordation of all parcel maps. The city council of the city of Placerville hereby finds that the fulfillment of the construction requirements is a necessary prerequisite to the orderly development of the city of Placerville and that said construction requirements are necessary in order to provide for public health and safety for the residents of the city of Placerville. (Ord. 1152, 4-25-1978)