A parcel map is required whenever a property owner wishes to subdivide property for sale, lease or financing into 4 or fewer parcels. The General Plan, Subdivision Ordinance and Zoning Ordinance govern the design of the subdivision. A Parcel Map approval requires a public hearing by the Planning Commission.

When is a tract map needed?

A tract map is required whenever a property owner wishes to subdivide property into for sale, lease or financing into more than 4 parcels. Typical tract map requirements include, but are not limited to: dedication of Rights of Way (ROW), easements, street improvements, etc. Subdivision Map approval requires a public hearing by the Planning Commission.

A professional surveyor or engineer licensed to do such work by the State of California, who may be found in the local yellow pages.

A lot line adjustment may be used if there is just the relocation of property line, which results in the same number or fewer lots.

Contact our public counter at 661/326-3733.

$30.00.  

Call our main phone line at 661/326-3733. A good description of where the property is located is needed to ensure an accurate response. A street address is preferred; however, if no address exists, an assessor's parcel number (APN) or general location (i.e. major cross streets) may suffice.

Please stop by the Development Services Department office at 1715 Chester Avenue, Bakersfield, California 93301, or call 661/326-3733. Each map covers 1 square mile and there is no cost for us to mail or fax you a copy of the map.

Zoning districts are established to promote compatible patterns of land use within the zoning jurisdiction of the City and to establish site development regulations and performance standards appropriate to the purposes of each district and their respective uses. Each property is assigned a zone which specifies how the land may be used. The Zoning Ordinance establishes uses allowed and standards that must be met within each zone.

General Plan is the City's blueprint for future development. It describes the City's development goals and policies and forms the basis for land uses decisions. In addition to goals and policies, the General Plan also contains a Land Use Diagram (map) which designates land areas for specific uses.

Call 661/326-3733 with your address and City staff will look it up for you.

This the portion of State law which basic purpose is to 1) inform government decision makers and the public about the potential environmental effects of a proposed activity 2) to identify the ways that the environmental damage can be avoided or significantly reduced 3) to prevent significant avoidable environmental damage by requiring changes in projects, either by the adoption of alternatives or imposition of mitigation measures and 4) to disclose to the public why a project was approved if that project would have significant effects.

A public document used by the governmental agency to analyze the significant environmental effects of a proposed project, to identify alternatives and to disclose possible ways to reduce or avoid the possible environmental damage. CEQA requires an EIR whenever the initial study or other evidence in the record has produced substantial evidence that the proposed project might significant environmental effects.

A written statement briefly describing the reasons why a proposed project will not have a significant environmental impact.

Call Patty Beard at 661/326-3042.

Contact Martin Ortiz in the City's Planning Department at 326-3788.  The Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) is the agency that certifies final annexations.