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:
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)