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Palo Alto Municipal Code Title 21 Subdivisions and Other Divisions of Land\

Palo Alto Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-19 · Palo Alto

Cite as: Palo Alto Municipal Code Title 21 · Text as of 2026-10-19

Chapters:

  • 21.04 General Provisions

  • 21.08 Maps Required

  • 21.10 Parcel Maps for Urban Lot Splits in Single-Family Zones

  • 21.11 Streamlined Subdivisions Resulting in Ten or Fewer Parcels

  • 21.12 Tentative Maps and Preliminary Parcel Maps

  • 21.13 Vesting Tentative Maps

  • 21.16 Final and Parcel Maps

  • 21.20 Design

  • 21.24 Dedications

  • 21.28 Improvements

  • 21.32 Conditional Exceptions

  • 21.36 Appeals

  • 21.40 Conversions of Rental Housing to Condominiums and Other Community Housing Projects

  • 21.44 Certificates of Compliance

  • 21.50 Park Land Dedication or Fees In Lieu Thereof

* For state law authorizing local authorities to enact ordinances regulating the design and improvement of subdivisions - See Business and Professions Code §§ 11506, 11525-11526 and 11540.1.

Editor's Note: Title 21 was repealed in its entirety, and replaced by Ordinance No. 3157. Former chapters of Title 21, and the ordinances or parts of ordinances from which they were derived, include: Chapter 21.04, Definitions - Ordinance Nos. 1316, 1912 and 2431; Chapter 21.08, General Provisions - Ordinance Nos. 1316, 1912, 2040, 2431 and 2528 [Note: At the time of this codification, some sections of Ordinance No. 2528 remain in effect elsewhere in the code - Please see legislative history tables]; Chapter 21.12, Tentative Map - Ordinance Nos. 1316, 2307, 2350, 2366 and 2431; Chapter 21.16, Final Map - Ordinance Nos. 1316, 1459, 1912, 2307, 2350 and 2431; Chapter 21.18, Filing and Checking Fees - Ordinance Nos. 1316, 2307, 2431, 2566, 2768, 2863 and 2960 [Note: At the time of this codification, some sections of Ordinance No. 2566 remain in effect elsewhere in the code - Please see legislative history tables]; Chapter 21.20, General Regulations and Design - Ordinance Nos. 1316, 1398, 1806, 1912 and 2119; Chapter 21.24, Improvements and Bonds - Ordinance Nos. 1316, 1926 and 1949; Chapter 21.28, Exceptions - Ordinance No. 1316; Chapter 21.32, Miscellaneous Divisions of Land - Ordinance Nos. 1316, 1520, 1912, 2003, 2055, 2307, 2350, 2431, 2516, 2519, 2528, 2611 and 2863; Chapter 21.33, Conversions to Community Housing - Ordinance No. 2821; Chapter 21.34, Dedication for School Purposes Ordinance Nos. 1316 and 2327; Chapter 21.36, Appeals - Ordinance Nos. 1316 and 2863.

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