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Article: Map recorded in 1915 rejected; all pre-1929 maps in question.(subdivision map act)
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- California Planning & Development Report
- Article date:
- September 1, 2008
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The validity of a 1915 subdivision map has been rejected by the First District Court of Appeal in a decision that calls into question any subdivision recorded before 1929.
The court determined the 1915 map for a 25-lot subdivision in southern Sonoma County is not valid today because the county had very little discretion under the Subdivision Map Act in place at the time. The decision provides a significant victory to local governments concerned about an untold number of antiquated subdivision maps that do not conform to modern-day land use planning principles.
Under the map act's current grandfather clause, an old map is valid today only if the local ...