A tentative map shall be required in connection with any application
for a subdivision of land pursuant to this Title or the Subdivision
Map Act, including any subdivision for which a final parcel map is
required.
(Ord. 249 § 3, 1989)
Any property owner who proposes to subdivide property may file
a tentative map. The requirements for any tentative parcel map or
tentative tract map shall be as set forth in the Subdivision Map Act.
Any person who proposes to subdivide property that is owned, in whole
or in part, by another person may file a tentative map for such property
with the written consent of all parties having any record title interest
in the property. In all cases, proof of title, acceptable to the City,
shall be provided in writing at the time of filing.
(Ord. 249 § 3, 1989)
Not fewer than fourteen (14) copies of the tentative map shall
be filed in the office of the Planning Director. Final surveys of
streets and lots shall not be made nor shall any grading or construction
work be done before the tentative map and working plans for such work
have been approved as required by this Title.
The size of tentative maps shall be in multiples of eight inches
by twelve inches (8" x 12") and shall be drawn to a scale
of fifty (50), sixty (60), one hundred (100) or two hundred (200)
feet to the inch, whichever is most appropriate to clearly present
necessary details.
(Ord. 249 § 3, 1989)
Reports and written Statements on the following matters shall
be provided by the City or the subdivider and shall accompany the
tentative map. Items 9 19 must be submitted prior to approval, but
do not need to accompany initial submittal.
(a) Subdivision, building or development plan;
(b) Written evidence that a water purveyor under permit has agreed in
writing to serve all lots in the subdivision. Where the minimum lot
size of all lots is two and one-half (2 1/2) acres or more, the subdivider
shall not be required to have a water company under permit or to furnish
water to each lot, but shall furnish a Statement of the quantity and
quality of water of all wells existing on the property and the estimated
current cost of drilling a well on the property;
(c) Type of street improvements to be installed;
(d) Utilities to be installed;
(e) Proposed method of control of storm water, including data as to grades
and dimensions of facilities;
(f) Protective covenants proposed to be recorded;
(g) If private streets are proposed, the method by which their maintenance
will be accomplished and financed;
(h) A written Statement from the Coachella Valley Water District stating
the type of sewage disposal that will be permitted. To aid in this
determination, such district may require soil percolation tests or
other pertinent information;
(i) A written Statement from the Riverside County Fire Marshall certifying
the adequacy and feasibility of a fire control plan for any subdivision
proposed to be located in areas designated as medium, high or extreme
fire hazard areas by the Fire Marshall, or a Statement from the Fire
Marshall that the proposed subdivision will not be located in any
of these areas.
(j) A landscape plan and irrigation management program for all common
areas. The plan shall be submitted to the Coachella Valley Water District
prior to permit issuance.
(k) An energy and water conservation Statement which lists the measures
to be taken by the applicant to reduce proposed energy and water consumption.
(l) For any map which proposes private streets, the applicant shall establish
a financial mechanism acceptable to and approved by the City for maintenance
of private streets. The financial mechanism shall be established at
the expense of the property owner. If street maintenance is to be
financed through a homeowners' association, which has been found
acceptable by the City, the property owner, concurrent with the recordation
of a final map, shall execute and record a covenant obligating the
homeowners' association to adopt and maintain a street sweeping
program for all roadways within the map area.
(m) Determination if the development activity is located within a "High
Ecological Sensitivity" area, including the Coachella Valley
Fringe-Toed Lizard habitat. Projects within environmental conservation
area shall require submittal of a biological impact report and/or
participation in any regional mitigation program.
(n) The applicant shall submit a traffic study prepared by a traffic
engineer licensed in the State of California identifying the traffic
impacts associated with the proposed project and including design
recommendations and mitigation measures, as appropriate, to address
on- and off-site project impacts. Said traffic study shall examine
methods of implementing a Transportation Systems Management (TSM)
program with specific guidelines indicating strategies to reduce the
amount of trips and increase the amount of non-vehicular transportation.
(o) Written documentation from public transportation providers (SunLine
Transit) concerning the incorporation of appropriate design consideration
for inclusion into project design for the promotion of public transit
ridership.
(p) Written documentation from the affected school district that the
students generated from the project can be accommodated within district
facilities (Schools Impaction Statement)
(q) Written documentation from the Riverside County Sheriff's Department
that the project has incorporated all appropriate measures to accommodate
emergency access, assure the incorporation of "defensible space"
strategies, and any other design recommendations to reduce potential
demands upon police services.
(r) Submittal of an emergency response plan.
(s) Determination if the development activity is located within a "Potential
Archaeological or Paleontological Resource" area. Projects within
these resource areas shall involve the preparation of an archaeological/paleontological
study and report by a consulting archaeologist. If the development
proposal is determined to affect Native American resources, then appropriate
Native American groups or individuals shall be consulted in conjunction
with report preparation and during formulations of recommendations.
(Ord. 249 § 3, 1989)
The Planning Director may prepare a subdivision information
form which shall be completed by the subdivider and shall accompany
each tentative map and which shall be for the purposes of:
(a) Providing and clarifying the information required to be shown on
or to accompany the map;
(b) Determining whether the subdivision conforms to all the standards
of subdivision design as set forth in this Title; and
(c) Expediting the processing of the map.
(Ord. 249 § 3, 1989)
The subdivider shall consult with the Coachella Valley Water
District engineer to determine the design standards relating to the
peak discharge for which flood channels must be designed, and may
consult and confer with the district engineer or his representative
as to solution of any flood control and drainage problems arising
in connection with the subdivision. The flood control engineer shall
also determine and advise the Commission as to what land within the
subdivision is subject to flooding or flood hazard and shall recommend
conditions to be imposed for approval of the tentative map, with reference
to flood control and drainage features. A flood hazard report shall
be furnished to the subdivider and any governmental agencies which
require the same.
(Ord. 249 § 3, 1989)