(A) No person shall sell, lease or finance any parcel or parcels of real property or commence construction of any building for sale, lease or financing thereon, except for model homes, or allow occupancy thereof, for which a parcel or final map is required by the Subdivision Map Act and this title, until the parcel or final map, in full compliance with the provisions of the Subdivision Map Act and this title, has been recorded by the County Recorder.
(B) Conveyances of any part of a division of real property for which a final or parcel map is required by the Subdivision Map Act or this title shall not be made by parcel or block number, initial or other designation, unless and until the final or parcel map has been recorded by the County Recorder.
(C) This section does not apply to any parcel or parcels of a subdivision offered for sale or lease, contracted for sale or lease, or sold or leased in compliance with or exempt from any law, including this title, regulating the design and improvement of subdivisions in effect at the time the subdivision was established.
(D) Nothing contained in division (A) above shall be deemed to prohibit an offer or contract to sell, lease or finance real property or to construct improvements thereon where the sale, lease or financing, or the commencement of construction, is expressly conditioned upon the approval and recording of a final or parcel map, as required by the Subdivision Map Act or this title.
(1966 Code, § 17-90) (Ord. 617, § 2(part))