Learn key provisions of the Map Act, how it is applied in planning and development processes, recent legislative changes and new legal interpretations from court decisions and attorney general opinions. Explore both local agency and subdivider viewpoints and discuss legal and practical solutions.
Topics include:
- Map Act scope, purpose and history
- Relationship of the Map Act to planning, zoning and development laws, including CEQA
- When the Map Act does and does not apply
- Certificates of compliance and lot line adjustments
- Map Act exemptions and exceptions
- What type of map is required
- Procedures and actions applicable to maps
- The role of vested rights, including vesting maps, development agreements and common law vesting
- Constitutional and statutory limitations on conditions of approval (exactions/dedications/fees)
- Grounds for approval and denial of maps
- Rules and procedures regarding final maps
- Corrections and amendments to maps
- Exclusions and reversions
- Mergers and alternatives to mergers
- Antiquated subdivisions (old maps) and troubled conveyances
- Enforcement, local appeals and judicial review
- Best practices for the private sector
Course Code
101030