Parcel map - Filing and recordation.
San José Municipal Code § 19.16.030
in effect19.16.030 - Parcel map - Filing and recordation.
A. Within 30 months after the approval or conditional approval by the director of a tentative map showing a subdivision for which a parcel map is required under Section 19.16.010 above, the subdivider shall cause a parcel map thereof complying with the provisions of this title and of the Subdivision Map Act to be prepared, in accordance with the tentative map as approved for recordation of the original parcel map, together with as many copies thereof as are required by the city engineer to be filed with the city engineer.
B. Failure to have such map recorded in the office of the county recorder within 30 months after the date of approval or conditional approval of the tentative map shall automatically terminate the proceedings, and a new tentative map must be thereafter submitted for processing. Upon application of the subdivider, an extension of the approval of the tentative map not to exceed two years may be granted by the city council or the director. In the event the director denies a subdivider's application for extension, the subdivider may appeal to the city council within fifteen days after such denial.
C. The period of time specified in subsection B. shall not include any period of time during which a water or sewer moratorium, imposed after approval of the tentative map, is in existence; provided, however, that the length of such moratorium does not exceed five years. Once such a moratorium is terminated, the map shall be valid for the same period of time as was left to run on the map at the time that the moratorium was imposed; provided, however, that if such remaining time is less than 100 20 days, the map shall be valid for 100 20 days following the termination of the moratorium. This subdivision shall apply to a tentative map approved or conditionally approved prior to January 1, 1978, including any map which has expired during a moratorium which was imposed on or after April 1, 1977.
D. The period of time specified in subsections A. and B. shall not include any period of time during which a lawsuit has been filed and is pending in a court of competent jurisdiction involving the approval or conditional approval of a tentative map if a stay of such time period is approved by city pursuant to this section. Within ten days of the service of the initial petition or complaint in such lawsuit upon the city, the subdivider may apply in writing to the director for a stay. Within 40 days after receiving such application, the director shall either stay the time period for up to five years or deny the requested stay. Any such denial may be appealed in accordance with the procedure set forth in Section 19.12.230 of this chapter.
(Prior code § 9220; Ords. 19215, 22126.)
Source: City of San José, Municipal Code (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ca/san_jose/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TIT19SU_CH19.16FIMAPAMA_19.16.030PAMAILREFetched: 11/1/2026