Tentative maps not required.
Riverside Municipal Code § 18.080.090
in effect18.080.090 - Tentative maps not required.
This article shall not be applicable to:
A. The financing or leasing of apartments, offices, stores, or similar space within apartment buildings, industrial buildings, commercial buildings, mobilehome parks or trailer parks.
B. Mineral, oil, or gas leases.
C. Land dedicated for cemetery purposes under the Health and Safety Code.
D. The leasing or licensing of a portion of a parcel, or the granting of an easement, use permit, or similar right on a portion of a parcel, to a telephone corporation as defined in Section 234 of the Public Utilities Code, exclusively for the placement and operation of cellular radio transmission facilities, including, but not limited to, antennae support structures, microwave dishes, structures to house cellular communications transmission equipment, power sources and other equipment incidental to the transmission of cellular communications, if the project is subject to discretionary action by the advisory agency or legislative body.
E. Leases of agricultural land for agricultural purposes. As used in this subdivision, "agricultural purposes" means the cultivation of food or fiber or the grazing or pasturing of livestock.
F. The financing or leasing of any parcel of land, or any portion thereof, in conjunction with the construction of commercial or industrial buildings on a single parcel, unless the project is not subject to review under other local agency ordinances regulating design and improvement.
G. The financing or leasing of existing separate commercial or industrial buildings on a single parcel.
H. The construction, financing or leasing of dwelling units pursuant to Section 65852.1 or second units pursuant to Section 65852.2, but this section shall be applicable to the sale or transfer, but not leasing, of those units.
I. Subdivisions of four parcels or less for construction of removable commercial buildings having a floor area of less than 100 square feet. (California Government Code §§ 66412, 66412.1, 66412.2 and 66412.5.)
J. Subdivisions of a portion of the operating right-of-way of a railroad corporation, as defined by Section 230 of the Public Utilities Code, that are created by short-term leases (terminable by either party on not more than 30 days' notice in writing); or
K. Land conveyed to or from a governmental agency, public entity, public utility, or for land conveyed to a subsidiary of a public utility for conveyance to that public utility for rights-of-way, unless a showing is made in individual cases, upon substantial evidence, that public policy necessitates a parcel map. For purposes of this subdivision, land conveyed to or from a governmental agency shall include a fee interest, a leasehold interest, an easement or a license. (California Government Code §§ 66428 (a)(2)).
L. Subdivisions for urban lot splits made pursuant to California Government Code § 66411.7.
(Ord. 7591 § 3, 2022; 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_ARTIIIMAPE_CH18.080TEMA_18.080.090TEMANOREFetched: 11/1/2026