Approving and appeal authority table.
Riverside Municipal Code § 18.140.040
in effect18.140.040 - Approving and appeal authority table.
Type of Map, Permit or Action | City Surveyor | Community & Economic Development Director or City Surveyor(6) | City Planning Commission (CPC) | City Council (CC)(1), (2)
Administrative
Certificate of Compliance | F | AR | A/F
Final Condominium Map | F (3)
Final Environmental Subdivision Map | F (3)
Final Parcel Map | F (3)
Final Reversion to Acreage Map | F (3)
Final Tract Map | F (3)
Final Vesting Map | F (3)
Lot Line Adjustments | F | AR | A/F
Lot Consolidations | F | AR | A/F
Lot Mergers/Unmergers | F | AR | A/F
Modifications | F | AR | A/F (4)
Notice of Violation | F | AR | A/F
Parcel Map Waivers | F | AR | A/F
Tentative Parcel Map | F | AR | A/F (5)
Time Extensions | F | AR | A/F
Urban Lot Split | F (7)
Public Hearing
Tentative Condominium Map | F | A/F
Tentative Environmental Subdivision | F | A/F
Tentative Reversion to Acreage Map | F | A/F
Tentative Tract Map | F | A/F (5)
Tentative Vesting Map | R | A/F
R = Recommending Authority; F = Final Action Authority (unless appealable or referred); A = Appeal Authority; AR = Approving Authority as Community & Economic Development Director on Referral
(1) Decisions of the City Council are final and cannot be appealed.
(2) An item pulled from the City Council Consent Calendar which was originally heard at a public hearing, will need to be re-advertised for such hearing prior to being heard.
(3) The Public Works Department submits all Tract Maps and those Parcel Maps that require offers of dedications to the City Council for adoption. After adoption they are transmitted to the County Recorder for recordation. Parcel Maps not requiring offers of dedication are approved by the Public Works Department and submitted to the County Recorder for recordation.
(4) See Title 19 (Zoning Code) of the Riverside Municipal Code, Section 19.650.020.C.2 - Designated Approving Authority
(5) Tentative RC Zone Maps require City Council approval on its consent calendar.
(6) As set forth in this title, either the Community & Economic Development Director or the City Surveyor shall be the approving authority for the action listed.
(7) Urban Lot Splits are subject only to ministerial approval and cannot be appealed.
Note: The Community & Economic Development Director or City Surveyor may refer the action to the next higher Approving Authority in the hierarchy of decision-making.
(Ord. 7591 § 6, 2022; Ord. 7459 § 49(Exh. A), 2019; Ord. 7341 § 7, 2016; Ord. 7091 § 4, 2010; Ord. 6968 § 1, 2007)
Source: City of Riverside, California, Municipal Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ca/riverside/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICOOR_TIT18SU_ARTIVREFIAPPR_CH18.140APAPAU_18.140.040APAPAUTAFetched: 11/1/2026