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66 California Attorney General Reports and Opinions 1 (1983)

handle is hein.sag/sagca0066 and id is 1 raw text is: OPINIONS
OF THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL
OF CALIFORNIA
Opinion No. 82-805-January 26, 1983
SUBJECT: SUBDIVISION MAP ACT-Parcel maps, final maps, and soils
reports specified in the Subdivision Map Act may not be prepared under
the direction of licensed architects.
Requested by: COUNTY COUNSEL, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY
Opinion by: JOHN K. VAN DE KAMP, Attorney General
Rodney 0. Lilyquist, Deputy
The Honorable Clair A. Carlson, County Counsel, County of Santa Cruz,
has requested an opinion on the following question:
May parcel maps, final maps, and soils reports specified in the Subdivision
Map Act be prepared under the direction of licensed architects?
CONCLUSION
Parcel maps, final maps, and soils reports specified in the Subdivision Map
Act may not be prepared under the direction of licensed architects.
ANALYSIS
The Subdivision Map Act (Gov. Code, §§ 66410-66499.37)1 (hereafter
Act) requires, with certain exceptions, that a subdivider of property (1)
design the subdivision in conformity with applicable general and specific plans,
(2) construct public purpose improvements such as streets and sewers, and (3)
donate land or money for public uses such as parks and schools. (See § § 66439,
66474-66478; Longtin, Cal. Land Use Regulations (1977) § 10.03, pp.
562-563; 3 Witkin, Summary of Cal. Law (2d ed. 1973) Real Property,
5 22-24, pp. 1788-1792; 2 Ogden's Revised Cal. Real Property Law (1975)
5 25.1-25.2, pp. 1204-1206; Comment, Land Development and the Environment:
The Subdivision Map Act (1974) 5 Pacific LJ. 55, 86-87.)
The provisions of the state statutory scheme and local ordinances enacted
I All section references hereafter are to the Government Code unless otherwise specified.

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