§ 8202-1. Subdivisions creating five or more lots.

A tentative map and a final map shall be required for all subdivisions which create five or more lots, create five or more condominiums as defined in Section 783 of the Civil Code, are a community apartment project (as defined in Sec. 11004 of the Business and Professions Code) containing five or more parcels, or are a conversion of a dwelling to a stock cooperative containing five or more dwelling units, except where:

(a)

The parent parcel contains less than five acres, each lot created by the division abuts upon a publicly maintained public street or highway, and no dedications or improvements are required by the legislative body; or

(b)

Each lot created by the subdivision has a gross area of 20 acres or more and has an access approved by the Public Works Agency and the Ventura County Fire Protection District to a publicly maintained public street or highway; or

(c)

The parent parcel has an access approved by the Public Works Agency and the Ventura County Fire Protection District to a public street or highway and is zoned for industrial or commercial development, and which has the approval of the legislative body as to street alignments and widths; or

(d)

Each lot created by the subdivision has a gross area of not less than 40 acres or is not less than a quarter of a quarter section.

A tentative map and a parcel map shall be required for those subdivisions described in subsection (a), (b), (c) and (d). For the purposes of computing the number of lots created by a subdivision, any remainder parcel and any lots to be conveyed to a governmental agency, public entity, public utility, or subsidiary of a public utility for reconveyance to a public utility for rights-of-way, shall not be counted.