The procedures set forth in this chapter shall be applicable to tentative tract maps and tentative parcel maps.
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Before any tentative map, or request for extension of time of a tentative map, is accepted for filing, the subdivider shall file with the director a completed application form, pay all applicable fees, and submit the required number of copies of the tentative map and all supporting materials and documents required on the city's official application form. The director may, from time to time, amend the official application form and the map submittal requirements. Tentative maps shall be prepared in a size, form, and manner acceptable to the director and shall be prepared by a registered civil engineer or licensed land surveyor. The tentative map shall be clearly and legibly drawn on one sheet and shall contain all information required by the official application form. The director may waive or modify any of the above tentative map submittal requirements through the design review process if the type of subdivision does not need to comply with these requirements.
The tentative map shall clearly identify all proposed TCSD slope maintenance areas by separate lot number. The square footage of all proposed TCSD lots shall be indexed on the tentative map.
The director may require other drawings, data, reports, or information deemed necessary to accomplish the purposes of the Subdivision Map Act, the California Environmental Quality Act and this title.
A conceptual landscape master plan (CLMP) shall be prepared which delineates proposed landscape improvements to include parks, paseos, trails, open space, parkways, medians, common areas and slopes. CLMP to be prepared at a scale suitable to show in detail all proposed improvements in conceptual form. Sections should be provided as needed to provide additional detail.
Vesting tentative maps shall conform to Chapter 16.18 of this title.
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All divisions of land pursuant to this title shall conform to those development standards set forth in the development code for the zoning district in which the property to be divided is located at the time the application for the tentative map is determined complete. In accordance with Section 16.06.020, all divisions of land pursuant to this title shall also conform with the general plan including all maps, goals, objectives, policies and implementation measures, in effect at the time the tentative map is approved.
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The director shall notify the applicant of its determination of completeness of the subdivision application, as required by Government Code Section 65943. The applicant shall have the right to appeal a decision that an application is incomplete to the planning commission, pursuant to Government Code Section 65943(c), through the appeal process set forth in Section 17.03.090 of the development code. The subdivide shall supply the requested plans and/or information within sixty calendar days of the notice of incomplete filing, or the application will be forwarded to the planning commission with a recommendation of denial.
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The review and distribution procedures for tentative map applications filed with the director shall be as follows:
A. 
Environmental Review. After an application has been determined to be complete an initial study of the project's potential environmental impacts shall be completed. During the review period, the city shall determine the appropriate type of environmental review.
The director may request the preparation of additional studies to respond to issues raised during the review of the tentative map and preparation of the initial study. Once required studies have been completed and/or the director has determined the appropriate environmental action, the director shall prepare and distribute the proper environmental notice.
B. 
Distribution of Maps and Receipt of Comments. Within five business days after an application has been determined to be complete, the director shall send notice of determination to affected school districts pursuant to Government Code Section 66455.7. The director may, if applicable, distribute copies of the proposed tentative subdivision map to other affected or advisory agencies.
C. 
Public Hearing and Notification. Public hearing notification shall take place in the manner set forth in Government Code Sections 65090 and 65091 and Section 17.03.040 of the development code.
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The approving authority shall hold a public hearing on the map, and upon making all findings required in Section 16.09.020, shall approve or conditionally approve the tentative map, or if such findings are not made, shall deny the tentative map, within the time frames established by Public Resources Code Section 21151.5 and Government Code Section 66452.
B. 
The time frames noted above may be extended as provided by prevailing statutory law or court decisions.
C. 
In the event that action on a tentative map application is not taken in a timely manner and the application is deemed approved by operation of law, pursuant to Government Code Section 66452.4, then the standard conditions of approval prepared by the city that are in effect at the time the application was deemed complete shall automatically be applied to the tentative map.
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Any tentative map shall be approved if all the following findings are made:
A. 
The proposed subdivision and the design and improvements of the subdivision is consistent with the development code, general plan, any applicable specific plan and the city of Temecula Municipal Code;
B. 
The tentative map does not propose to divide land which is subject to a contract entered into pursuant to the California Land Conservation Act of 1965, or the land is subject to a Land Conservation Act contract but the resulting parcels following division of the land will not be too small to sustain their agricultural use;
C. 
The site is physically suitable for the type and proposed density of development proposed by the tentative map;
D. 
The design of the subdivision and the proposed improvements, with conditions of approval, are either:
1. 
Not likely to cause significant environmental damage or substantially and avoidably injure fish or wildlife or their habitat, or
2. 
An environmental impact report has been prepared and a finding has been made, pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21081(a)(3), finding that specific economic, social, or other considerations make infeasible mitigation measures or project alternatives identified in the environmental impact report;
E. 
The design of the subdivision and the type of improvements are not likely to cause serious public health problems;
F. 
The design of the subdivision provides for future passive or natural heating or cooling opportunities in the subdivision to the extent feasible;
G. 
The design of the subdivision and the type of improvements will not conflict with easements acquired by the public at large for access through or use of property within the proposed subdivision, or the design of the alternate easements which are substantially equivalent to those previously acquired by the public will be provided;
H. 
The subdivision is consistent with the city's parkland dedication requirements (Quimby Act).
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A subdivider or any other interested party may appeal a decision of the director or the planning commission by using the procedures set forth in Section 17.03.090 of the Temecula Municipal Code.
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An approved or conditionally approved tentative map shall expire thirty-six months after its approval. The expiration of an approved or conditionally approved map shall terminate all proceedings and no final tract map of all or any portion of the real property included within the tentative map shall be filed without first processing a new tentative map.
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Notwithstanding Section 16.09.180, the initial three-year term of tentative maps may be extended as follows:
A. 
Request by the Subdivider. Prior to the expiration of the tentative map, the subdivider may apply for an extension of time not to exceed twelve months. The subdivider shall file with the director a completed application form, pay all applicable fees, and submit the required number of copies of the tentative map and all supporting materials and documents required on the city's official application form, including, but not limited to, environmental analysis pursuant to CEQA.
B. 
Provided no changes are being requested by the subdivider, the director of planning may additionally approve a maximum of five one-year time extensions, each extension not to exceed twelve months, and may impose additional conditions of approval to maintain the public health safety and welfare and/or to comply with current city standards and ordinances, state or federal requirements to the extent allowed by law.
C. 
If, as part of the request for extension of the term of a tentative map, the subdivider requests changes or amendments to the tentative map or the conditions of approval for that map, the project shall be reviewed by the original approving authority and the city may impose other conditions or amendments to the tentative map or the conditions of approval including the then-current standards and requirements for approval of tentative maps.
D. 
If a subdivider is required to expend the amount specified in Section 66452.6 of the Government Code to construct, improve, or finance the construction or improvement of public improvements outside the property boundaries of the tentative map, excluding improvements of public rights-of-way which abut the boundary of the property to be subdivided and which are reasonable related to the development of that property, each filing of a final tract map authorized by Section 66456.1 of the Government Code shall extend the expiration of the approved or conditionally tentative map by thirty-six months from the date of its expiration or the date of a previously-filed final tract map, whichever is later. The extensions shall not extend the term of the tentative map more than ten years from its date of original approval.
(Ord. 99-23 § 1; Ord. 14-01 § 6)
A. 
Tentative maps and/or their conditions of approval may be amended upon application by the subdivider or, with consent of the subdivider, by action initiated by the director or the director of public works, pursuant to this section. The applicant shall file a letter with the director or the director of public works requesting that a determination be made regarding the project. The city shall respond within thirty days with its decision.
B. 
Minor modifications may be processed administratively without notice or public hearing, provided that the proposed changes are consistent with the intent of the original map approval, do not affect off-site properties, and there are no resulting violations of this title or the development code. The following modifications are considered minor:
1. 
Modifications to less than ten percent of the total number of lots in the subdivision, provided that there is no increase or decrease in the total number of lots within the subdivision;
2. 
Modifications to the horizontal alignment of ten feet or less, or vertical alignment of five feet or less, of any cul-de-sac, local or collector roadway when such modification does not affect off-site property;
3. 
Any other changes, which in the opinion of the director and/or director of public works do not involve substantial changes to the map or the conditions of approval, which do not affect off-site property.
C. 
Any other amendment or modification of an approved or conditionally approved map shall be processed as a revised map, following procedures set forth in this chapter for tentative map approval, except that such modification approval shall not alter the original expiration date of the tentative map.
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A. 
When any area in a subdivision as to which a final tract map has been finally approved by the Riverside County board of supervisors is annexed to the city, the final tract map and agreements relating to the subdivision shall continue to govern the subdivision.
B. 
When any area in a subdivision or proposed subdivision as to which a tentative tract or parcel map or vesting tentative map has been filed but a final tract or parcel map or vesting tentative map has not been finally approved, or as to which a parcel map is required by this title but the final act required to make the parcel map effective has not been taken, is annexed to the city, the subdivider of the tentative tract or parcel map or vesting tentative tract map shall process all necessary applications and revise any portion of the map which is not in conformance with the city standards which were in effect as of the effective date of the annexation within twenty-four months of the effective date of the annexation, prior to expiration of the tentative map, or prior to complete and timely filing of a final tract map, whichever occurs first. The city may request the subdivider attend a pre-application conference, to determine the extent of any required modifications. Any tentative map which is not brought into conformance with the city's policies, rules, and regulations which were in effect as of the effective date of the annexation in accordance with the time frame specified above, will be considered expired, and no final tract map shall be processed by the city.
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