Indio Municipal Code Ch. 5.01 General Provisions

[Ord. No. 1834, 6-3-2026]

This Article is adopted to supplement and implement the "Subdivision Map Act," California Government Code Section 66410 et seq. This Article may be cited as the "Subdivision Ordinance of the City of Indio." If the provisions of this Article conflict with any provision of the Subdivision Map Act, the provisions of the Subdivision Map Act shall prevail.

[Ord. No. 1834, 6-3-2026]

A. The purpose of this Article and any rules, standards and specifications adopted pursuant hereto is to regulate and control the division of land within the city and to supplement the provisions of the Subdivision Map Act, Division 2 of Title 7 of the California Government Code concerning the design, improvement, the form and content and procedures to be followed in securing official approval regarding such maps. To accomplish this purpose, the regulations outlined in this Article are determined to be necessary to achieve the following purposes:

1. Preserve public health, safety, and general welfare;

2. Promote orderly growth and development;

3. Promote open space, protection, and proper use of land;

4. Ensure provision for adequate traffic circulation, utilities, stormwater protection, and public services; and

5. Implement the goals, objectives, and policies of the General Plan.

B. This Article applies to dividing or merging of real property within the City, including the preparation, filing, processing, approval or disapproval of tentative maps, parcel maps, final maps, parcel map waivers, vesting maps, lot line adjustments, mergers, reversions to acreage, and to other maps provided for by the Subdivision Map Act. The regulations set forth in this Article shall apply to all subdivisions or parts thereof within the city.

C. This Article aims to incorporate by reference, to the greatest extent possible, the provisions of the Subdivision Map Act, in accordance with "Subdivision Map Act," California Government Code Section 66410 et seq, as amended periodically.

[Ord. No. 1834, 6-3-2026]

A. To be approved, any map of a proposed division of land and the provisions for the design and improvement must be found by the Planning Commission and City Council, when applicable, to be consistent with the adopted general plan, any applicable specific plan, and the regulations in this Code.

B. The type and intensity of land use as shown on the general plan shall determine the types of streets, roads, highways, utilities, storm drain facilities, and public service that shall be provided by the developer.

C. The type and intensity of land use, as indicated on the general plan and any relevant specific plan, shall determine, in conjunction with the requirements of the Subdivision Map Act, State Planning and Zoning Law, the California Environmental Quality Act, and this Article, the appropriate type of streets, roads, highways, utilities, and public services that must be provided by the subdivider.

[Ord. No. 1834, 6-3-2026]

A. Any subdivision subject to annexation to the city shall comply with the Subdivision Map Act, Section 66413 of the Government Code as follows:

1. When any area in a subdivision as to which a final map has been finally approved by the Riverside Board of Supervisors and filed for record pursuant to this division is thereafter annexed to the city, the final map and any agreements relating to the subdivision shall continue to govern the subdivision.

2. When any area in a subdivision or proposed subdivision as to which a tentative map or vesting tentative map has been filed but a final map has not been finally approved, or as to which a parcel map is required but the final act required to make the parcel map effective has not been taken, is annexed to the city, all required procedures and regulations shall be deemed to commence as of the effective date of the annexation and the map shall comply with the requirements of any applicable ordinance of the city of Indio.