The purpose of this chapter is to establish procedures necessary for the processing, reviewing and approving a vesting tentative map application, and to supplement the provisions of the Map Act and this title. Except as otherwise contained in this chapter, the provisions of this title shall apply to a vesting tentative map application.
(Ord. 469 § 1, 1990)
A. 
Whenever a provision of the Map Act, as implemented and supplemented by this title requires the filing of a tentative map or tentative parcel map, a vesting tentative map may be filed, pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
B. 
If a subdivider does not seek the rights conferred by a vesting tentative map, the filing of a vesting tentative map shall not be a prerequisite to an approval for any proposed subdivision, permit for construction, or work preparatory to construction.
(Ord. 469 § 1, 1990)
A. 
A prospective subdivider, or agent, may request a prefiling conference with the department prior to formal submittal of a subdivision application. During the conference, the department representative(s) shall inform the subdivider of applicable policies, plans and requirements as they apply to the proposed subdivision, review the appropriate procedures outlined in this title and examine possible alternatives or modifications relating to the proposed subdivision. A fee may be imposed for the prefiling conference, as contained in the city's "schedule of fees."
B. 
A vesting tentative map shall be filed in the same form and have the same contents, accompanying data and reports and shall be processed in the same manner as contained in Chapter 16.12 of this title for a tentative map except as hereinafter provided:
1. 
At the time a vesting tentative map is filed it shall have printed conspicuously on its face the words "vesting tentative map."
2. 
An application for a vesting tentative map shall not be accepted for filing until the subdivision has been determined by the department to be consistent with the general plan, applicable specific plans and Title 17.
3. 
All required discretionary city approvals, shall have been previously obtained or applications for same shall be filed concurrently with the vesting tentative map.
4. 
At the time a vesting tentative map is filed a subdivider shall also supply the following information satisfactory to the director:
a. 
Completed application;
b. 
Fees;
c. 
Property owners list of addresses (within five hundred feet radius of property boundaries) printed on two sets of gummed labels;
d. 
Environmental information form;
e. 
Site plans, including the following items of information:
i. 
Project boundary and dimensions,
ii. 
Dimensions relating centerline, property line and curb,
iii. 
Building dimensions,
iv. 
Setback dimensions,
v. 
Building locations and size dimensions,
vi. 
Street, driveway widths,
vii. 
Bike paths, if required,
viii. 
Mechanical equipment, location and dimensions,
ix. 
Trash storage design, location and dimensions,
x. 
Recreation area location and design,
xi. 
Wall and fence location and design;
f. 
Floor plans, dimensions and scale;
g. 
Elevations.
i. 
Dimensions and scale,
ii. 
Color and materials,
iii. 
Roof pitch and type;
h. 
Landscape Plans.
i. 
Tree sizes, locations and species,
ii. 
Shrub species, range of sizes, typical locations,
iii. 
Groundcover (if not lawn, on-center dimension should be noted),
iv. 
Curbing and planter areas,
v. 
Sidewalks,
vi. 
Lighting;
i. 
One colored print of site plan, elevations and landscape plan, for public presentation;
j. 
Colored rendering;
k. 
Vicinity map (three and one-half inches by three and one-half inches);
l. 
Phasing map, if applicable;
m. 
Preliminary grading plan;
n. 
Sample materials board;
o. 
Model, if required by the architectural review board;
p. 
Uses of proposed buildings;
q. 
Soils report, geological and hydrology studies, as required by the engineer.
(Ord. 469 § 1, 1990)
The approval or conditional approval of a vesting tentative map shall expire at the end of the same time period, and shall be subject to the same extensions, established by this title for the expiration of an approved tentative map.
(Ord. 469 § 1, 1990)
A. 
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 described in Map Act Section 66474.2. However, development fees and other fees are not affected by any vested rights conferred through a vesting tentative map.
B. 
However, if Map Act Section 66474.2 is repealed, 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 at the time the vesting tentative map is approved or conditionally approved.
C. 
Notwithstanding subsection A of this section, a permit approval, extension or entitlement may be made conditional or denied if any of the following findings are determined:
1. 
A failure to do so would place the residents of the subdivisions or the immediate community, or both, in a condition dangerous to their health or safety, or both.
2. 
The condition or denial is required, in order to comply with state or federal law.
D. 
The rights referred to herein shall expire if a final map is not approved prior to the expiration of the vesting tentative map as provided in Section 16.14.050. If the final map is approved, these rights shall last for the following periods of time:
1. 
An initial time period of one year beyond the recording of the final map or parcel map. Where several final maps are recorded on various phases of a project covered by a single vesting tentative map, this initial time period shall begin for each phase when the final map for that phase is recorded. All final maps or parcel maps must be recorded within the time period contained in Section 16.14.050 or the vesting tentative map approval shall expire for those parcels for which final maps or parcel maps are not timely recorded.
2. 
The initial time period contained in subdivision 1 of this subsection shall be automatically extended by any time used for processing a complete application for a grading permit or for design or architectural review, if the processing exceeds thirty days, from the date a complete application is filed.
3. 
A subdivider may apply for a one-year extension at any time before the initial time period outlined in subdivision 1 of this subsection expires.
4. 
If the subdivider submits a complete application for a building permit during the periods of time outlined in subdivisions 1 through 3 of this subsection the rights referred to herein shall continue until either expiration or extension of that permit.
5. 
Consistent with subsection A of this section, an approved or conditionally approved vesting tentative map shall not limit the city from imposing reasonable conditions on subsequent required approvals or permits necessary for the development.
(Ord. 469 § 1, 1990)