11-11-1: PROHIBITION:
   A.   No person shall finance, lease, or sell any parcel or parcels of real property or start construction of any building for financing, lease, or sale, except for model homes, or allow occupancy thereof, for which a final map or final parcel map is required by this title until a final map or final parcel map, in full compliance with this title and the subdivision map act, has been filed for record by the Fresno County recorder.
   B.   Conveyances of any part of a division of property for which a final map or final parcel map is required shall not be made by parcel number or other designation, unless and until the final map or final parcel map has been filed for record by the Fresno County recorder.
   C.   Subsections A and B of this section do not apply to any parcel or parcels of a subdivision offered for sale or lease, contract for sale or lease, or sold or leased in compliance with or exempt from any law, including this title or other city ordinance, regulating subdivision design and improvements in effect at the time the subdivision was established.
   D.   Nothing contained in either subsection A or B of this section shall prohibit an offer or contract to finance, lease or sell property or to construct improvements thereon where the financing, lease or sale or the start of construction is expressly conditioned upon the approval and filing of a final map or final parcel map as required by this title and the subdivision map act. (Ord. 2000-05, 4-25-2000)