RECENT CALIFORNIA DECISIONS

November 2006

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First District Finds Moratorium-Related Tolling of Tentative Map Limited to Total of Five Years by Subdivision Map Act
Ailanto Properties, Inc. v. City of Half Moon Bay

On September 18, 2006, the First District Court of Appeal issued a decision in favor of defendant City of Half Moon Bay. The court held that the life of plaintiff, Ailanto Properties’ vesting tentative map was only extended by five years due to a sewer and water moratoria, and that plaintiff’s delivery of a nonconforming final map did not serve to further extend the life of the vesting tentative map.