A. 
Application Package. Applications for the development of a subdivision shall be submitted to the Planning Division on a City application form, together with all fees, plans, maps, technical studies, and any other information required by the Division to determine and conduct the appropriate environmental process required, potential condemnation for off-site improvements, and whether the proposed project is consistent with federal and state requirements, the Escondido General Plan, and City codes and policies. A Tentative Parcel Map application shall be required for all subdivisions for which a Tentative Subdivision Map is not required by Map Act Section 66426 et seq., or as otherwise permitted by this chapter. All related discretionary and/or administrative applications necessary for evaluating the project's compliance with required findings shall be submitted concurrently.
B. 
Map Requirements. Tentative Maps shall be prepared by or under the direction of a licensed surveyor or registered civil engineer. Tentative Maps shall clearly show all information required by this Article, and shall be drawn to an engineer's scale of not less than one inch equals 40 feet. The Tentative Map shall contain all of the following:
1. 
The tract number.
2. 
Sufficient legal description of the property to define its boundaries.
3. 
Names, addresses, and telephone numbers of the record owner, subdivider, and person preparing the map.
4. 
North point, engineering scale, date, and area.
5. 
The widths and approximate locations of all existing and proposed public easements or rights of way, or private street easements, within and adjacent to the property involved.
6. 
Locations, widths, and approximate grades of existing and proposed highways, streets, or alleys, whether public or private, within and adjacent to the property involved.
7. 
Existing street names, and the names or designations for all proposed streets and highways.
8. 
Approximate radii of all center line curves for streets, highways, or alleys.
9. 
Lot layout, approximate dimensions of each lot, lot size and number of each lot.
10. 
The locations of potentially dangerous areas, including geologically hazardous areas and areas subject to inundation or flood hazard; the location, width, and direction of flow of all watercourses, flood control channels, and mud or debris paths where ravines or swales will exist within and adjacent to the property involved; building setbacks from such hazards and the proposed method of providing flood, erosion, and mud or debris control; and areas where access and emergency paths will be located in the event flood design capacity is exceeded. Lot lines shall be located so that the flow of watercourses and mud and debris paths, access and emergency paths, and setbacks shall be adjacent to lot lines or in areas of restrictions against construction.
11. 
The existing contour of the land at intervals of not more than two foot intervals, proposed pad elevations, proposed contours, slopes, identification of slopes over two-to-one (2:1), proposed grading exemptions, and identification of ridgeline.
12. 
The approximate location of all buildings or structures on the property involved that are to be retained, notations concerning all buildings that are to be removed, and approximate locations of all existing wells.
13. 
The approximate location and general description of any large or historically significant trees or shrubs and of any protected trees or shrubs and an indication as to the proposed retention or destruction of the trees or shrubs.
14. 
Location of adjacent leach fields and demonstrate cut slope setbacks per County Department of Health Standards.
15. 
Method, location, and sizing of all applicable storm water treatment and hydromodification.
16. 
Identify all proposed Street Vacations and/or Public Easement Abandonments.
17. 
If any streets shown on the Tentative Map are proposed to be private streets, they shall be clearly indicated. Such streets shall conform to the requirements of the City's Design Standards.
18. 
The existing and proposed method of providing sewage disposal, potable water, reclaimed water where applicable, and drainage for the property.
19. 
Existing and proposed electric, gas, and communications facilities, including overhead poles and lines, underground conduit and substructures.
20. 
A statement regarding existing and proposed zoning.
C. 
Vesting Tentative Maps.
1. 
Application. Whenever a provision of the Map Act or this chapter requires the filing of a Tentative Map, a Vesting Tentative Map may instead be filed, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. If a subdivider does not seek the vested development rights conferred by the Map Act and this subsection, the filing of a Vesting Tentative Map shall not be a prerequisite to any approval for any proposed subdivision, permit for construction, or work preparatory to construction.
2. 
Procedures. A Vesting Tentative Map shall be filed on the same form and have the same contents, accompanying data, and reports, and shall be processed in the same manner as set forth in this chapter for a Tentative Map, except as otherwise provided in this subsection 32.101.01.C. At the time a Vesting Tentative Map is filed, it shall have printed conspicuously on its face the words "Vesting Tentative Map." If it is known at the time of filing that an additional approval is necessary, the application for such additional approval shall be filed prior to or simultaneously with the Vesting Tentative Map. Fees for review of each of the map requirements listed below, and any other requirements identified by the Director, at the time of application.
3. 
At the time a Vesting Tentative Map is filed, a subdivider shall provide all information required in connection with the filing of a Tentative Map by this code, including, but not limited to, the information required by subsection 32.201.01.B. In addition to any other required information, a subdivider shall provide the following supplemental information:
a. 
Architectural Design Review, including four sided elevations showing the architectural features of each proposed building and other features including height, bulk, location and colored materials boards.
b. 
The final engineering design for grading and improvement plans and specifications for all public and private facilities, including but not limited to on-site and off-site sewer, water, recycled water, drainage, roads, and other onsite and offsite improvements. The subdivider must submit detailed geological, drainage, flood control, stormwater management, soils, traffic, or other reports deemed necessary by the Director to permit a complete review of the design and improvements for the subdivision.
c. 
Precise grading plans showing existing and proposed finished grades, including the plotting of each building on each lot, driveways, fencing, drainage, and the sizing of storm water treatment and attenuation facilities, in sufficient detail to permit approval of such final grading plans.
d. 
Detailed irrigation and landscape plans, including water use calculations.
e. 
A plan showing proposed phasing of final maps, and phasing for construction.
f. 
Building permit applications, including the plans, and calculations for each building, electrical, mechanical, plumbing and structural details.
g. 
Fire sprinkler plans and calculations.
h. 
Documentation of successful coordination with each resource agency or alternate jurisdiction that has approval authority for any component of the project.
4. 
Development Rights. The approval or conditional approval of a Vesting Tentative Map shall confer a vested right to proceed with development in substantial compliance with the ordinances, policies, and standards in effect on the date the application is deemed complete, and with the conditions of approval imposed and specifically enumerated by the advisory agency.
D. 
Health Department Certification. A Tentative Map application will not be accepted for processing unless a sanitary sewer is available to each lot or the county Health Department has approved each lot for installation of a sewage disposal system in accordance with the Private Sewage Disposal Systems ordinance.
E. 
Type of Application. Pursuant to Map Act Section 66426 et seq., a Tentative Subdivision Map application shall be required when the proposed subdivision would result in the creation of five or more lots, condominiums, or stock cooperative dwelling units, and a Tentative Parcel Map application shall be required when the proposed subdivision would result in the creation of four or fewer lots, except as may otherwise be permitted by the Map Act. No application for a subdivision shall be accepted where the land proposed for division is a lot or parcel created illegally, unless the lot or parcel has been approved by the Director of Planning and Building, or on appeal by City Council, in accordance with Division 32.404 of this chapter and the Certificate of Compliance has been filed with the County Recorder.
(Ord. 96-26, § 1, Exh. A, 9-11-96; Ord. 2022-02, § 4, 1-26-22)
The provisions of this article shall not apply to the conveyance, transfer, creation or establishment of an easement for sewer, water or gas pipelines and appurtenances or electrical or telephone poles, lines or conduit appurtenances; nor shall it apply to those subdivisions or circumstances described in Sections 66412 and 66428 of the Map Act.
(Ord. 96-26, § 1, Exh. A, 9-11-96; Ord. 2022-02, § 4, 1-26-22)