(a) A map of a condominium project, a community apartment project, or of the conversion of five or more existing dwelling units to a stock cooperative project need not show the buildings or the manner in which the buildings or the airspace above the property shown on the map are to be divided, nor shall the governing body have the right to refuse approval of a parcel, tentative, or final map of the project on account of the design or the location of buildings on the property shown on the map that are not violative of local ordinances or on account of the manner in which airspace is to be divided in conveying the condominium.

(b) A map need not include a condominium plan or plans, as defined in Section 4120 or 6540 of the Civil Code, and the governing body may not refuse approval of a parcel, tentative, or final map of the project on account of the absence of a condominium plan.

(c) Fees and lot design requirements shall be computed and imposed with respect to those maps on the basis of parcels or lots of the surface of the land shown thereon as included in the project.

(d) Nothing herein shall be deemed to limit the power of the legislative body to regulate the design or location of buildings in a project by or pursuant to local ordinances.

(e) If the governing body has approved a parcel map or final map for the establishment of condominiums on property pursuant to the requirements of this division, the separation of a three-dimensional portion or portions of the property from the remainder of the property or the division of that three-dimensional portion or portions into condominiums shall not constitute a further subdivision as defined in Section 66424, provided each of the following conditions has been satisfied:

(1) The total number of condominiums established is not increased above the number authorized by the local agency in approving the parcel map or final map.

(2) A perpetual estate or an estate for years in the remainder of the property is held by the condominium owners in undivided interests in common, or by an association as defined in Section 4100 or 6528 of the Civil Code, and the duration of the estate in the remainder of the property is the same as the duration of the estate in the condominiums.

(3) The three-dimensional portion or portions of property are described on a condominium plan or plans, as defined in Section 4120 or 6540 of the Civil Code.

(Amended (as amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 181, Sec. 58) by Stats. 2013, Ch. 605, Sec. 32. (SB 752) Effective January 1, 2014.)