A legislative body shall not deny approval of a final or parcel map if it has previously approved a tentative map for the proposed subdivision and if it finds that the final or parcel map is in substantial compliance with the previously approved tentative map.
Cal. Gov. Code § 66474.1
General
Known as the Subdivision Map Act
The act spans §§ 66410–66499 (279 sections).
Applied in 8 court decisions — leading case 8 Cal. 4th 1 - Hensler v. City of Glendale (1994)
Most recently applied in Citizens for Responsible Equitable Environmental Development v. City of San Diego (May 2010)
Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 87, Sec. 22
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.