(a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a tentative parcel map and a parcel map shall be required for all subdivisions creating four or fewer lots, or four or fewer condominiums, or (in the case of community apartment projects) containing four or fewer apartments, or (in the case of conversions to a stock cooperative) involving four or fewer dwelling units.
(b) A parcel map occurring within areas zoned R-L or R-M and defined by the United States Census Bureau as urbanized or an urban cluster shall be approved ministerially without a tentative parcel map being required if the following requirements are met:
(1) No more than two new parcels of approximately equal lot area (no less than 40% of the lot area) are created.
(2) The applicant for an urban lot split shall sign an affidavit stating that the applicant intends to occupy one of the housing units as their principal residence for a minimum of three years from the date of the approval of the urban lot split unless the applicant is a "community land trust," as defined in clause (ii) of subparagraph (C) of paragraph (11) of subdivision (a) of Section 402.1 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, or is a "qualified nonprofit corporation" as described in Section 214.15 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.
(3) The lots created from the parcel map shall:
(i) have access to, provide access to, or adjoin County maintained public right-of-way;
(ii) provide easements required for the provision of public services and utilities.
(Ord. 1445, eff. August 14, 2014; as amended by § 3, Ord. 1547, eff. March 10, 2022)