San Bernardino County

County seat: San BernardinoSouthern CaliforniaCCS Zone 5

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County Surveyor

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Subdivision & Tentative Parcel Map Requirements

Municipal code citations, submittal checklists, and fees for the county and its largest city.

San Bernardino County

Subdivision Ordinance

Tentative parcel maps: San Bernardino County Code, Title 8 (Development Code), Division 7 (Subdivisions), Chapter 87.02 (Tentative Maps) — see § 87.02.020 (Tentative Map Preparation, Application Contents) and § 87.02.120 (Tentative Map Time Limits and Expiration); processing of the resulting Parcel Map is then covered by Chapter 87.03 (Parcel Maps and Final Maps), § 87.03.050 (Filing and Processing of Parcel Maps).

Submittal checklist →

Live code hosted on amlegal.com (codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/sanbernardino/latest/sanberncty_ca). Individual amlegal section pages are Cloudflare-gated for curl but were confirmed reachable and indexed via search snippets and one WebFetch pass on 2026-07-04 (§87.03.050, §87.03.090, §87.03.120, §87.02.020, §87.02.110 all resolved with correct chapter/division headers). The checklist PDF (Project-TT-TPM-Map-Instructions.pdf) fetched but returned corrupted/garbled text via the automated reader — filename and hosting path (lus.sbcounty.gov Land Use Services Handouts) confirm it is the correct TT/TPM submittal instructions document; recommend a human open it directly to confirm contents render fine in a normal PDF viewer.

Tentative map review fee: Two separate fees apply: County Surveyor (Public Works) review deposit — $3,000 initial deposit for Parcel Maps ($8,000 for Tract Maps); actual cost billed against deposit. A separate Land Use Services Planning Division application fee also applies but a current, single verified dollar figure for the Planning Division's Tentative Parcel Map fee specifically could not be confirmed live (see gaps). source · verified 2026-07

The $3,000/$8,000 Surveyor deposit figures are corroborated by two independent search-indexed captures of the County Public Works subdivision-map-submittal page (title 'Subdivision Map Submittal') and by staff contact Ryan Hunsicker (909) 387-8162 given for final/tract/parcel map questions. Direct WebFetch of this exact page returned 'Page not found' on 2026-07-04 (page may have moved/been retired since indexing); treat the deposit figures as recently-indexed-but-not-freshly-live-verified. Land Development Division fee schedule PDF (LD-Master-Fee-Schedule-25-26.pdf, effective 7/1/2025) was checked directly and does NOT list a Tentative Parcel Map line item — it covers grading/drainage/erosion review only, confirming the map-specific fee lives elsewhere (Planning Division schedule, not found as a standalone current PDF).

Recording fee: $11.00 for the first page + $2.00 for each additional page (standard map recording); Recorder Map-Bond pages $15.00/page; Conformed copies of maps $10.00/map source · verified 2026-07

Double-verified: figures pulled directly from the ARC's official 'Fee-Schedule-07-01-2026-LF-Revisions.pdf' (downloaded and text-extracted with pdftotext) AND independently corroborated by the live arc.sbcounty.gov/map-recording/ page, which restates the same $11 first page / $2 each additional page figures. Fees cite Gov Code §§27372, 27397(c)(1), 27388.2, 27361.4(a)(b)(c) and County Code §16.0203.

City of San Bernardino

Subdivision Ordinance

Tentative parcel maps: City of San Bernardino Development Code, Title 19 (Land Use/Subdivision Regulations), Chapter 19.66 (Subdivision Maps) — § 19.66.080 (Divisions of Land – 4 or Less Parcels) governs Tentative Parcel Maps; § 19.66.050 (Fees) ties fees to the city's 'Fees for Planning Services' (Chapter 19.32).

Submittal checklist →

Official ordinance text (Chapter 19.66) verified directly by downloading the city's own posted PDF (sanbernardino.gov/DocumentCenter/View/2719) and confirming table of contents plus full section text for §§19.66.010–19.66.060 via pdftotext. The city's Municipal Code is also hosted on amlegal.com per the city's own Municipal Code page; that page notes the officially binding copy is held by the City Clerk's Office. A general public-facing 'Subdivisions' info handout (not the code itself) is separately posted at sanbernardino.gov/DocumentCenter/View/2273.

Tentative map review fee: $5,170 plus the estimated cost of noticing & publishing (adopted Master Fee Schedule, May 20, 2020) source · verified 2026-07

Double-verified with a discrepancy to flag: the city's adopted Master Fee Schedule (dated 'Adopted May 20, 2020', downloaded and pdftotext-extracted directly) lists Tentative Parcel Map at $5,170 + noticing/publishing cost. A separate, newer-dated document — 'Fee Schedule – Planning Division 1 February 2024' (sanbernardino.gov/DocumentCenter/View/2276) — lists Tentative Parcel Map at $5,376.80. Both are official city documents; the 2024 figure is more recent and is likely the current governing amount, but the Master Fee Schedule PDF at the same DocumentCenter has not been superseded/removed, so confirm with Planning Division directly before quoting a figure to a client.

Recording fee: Final/Parcel Maps are recorded with the County Recorder, not the city — see county recordingFee above ($11 first page + $2/additional page) source · verified 2026-07

Confirmed in the city's own Chapter 19.66 text: Final Map is 'designed to be recorded in the Office of the County Recorder,' and the city's public 'Subdivisions' handout states the City records the approved Final Map with the County of San Bernardino. No separate city recording fee exists.

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