18.02.010 Purpose and intent.

This subdivision ordinance serves the purpose of promoting the public health, safety, convenience and general welfare of the city of American Canyon by setting standards for the form and content of tentative, final and parcel maps; to adopt standards to regulate the division of land; and to establish procedures for the review of subdivision maps by the planning commission and city council.

The procedures to be followed in securing official approval of subdivision maps shall be governed by the provisions of the laws adopted by the Legislature of the state of California and the additional provisions of this title. All divisions of land shall comply with the provisions of the city's general plan and its elements and the municipal code.