The purpose of this article, aside from being mandated by Sections 66490 and 66491 of the Subdivision Map Act of the State, is to ensure that any improvements constructed within the Town will not be subject to premature deterioration or collapse due to the failure to adequately analyze, evaluate and mitigate for soils and soil-related conditions. It is for the express purpose of the protection of life and personal and public real properties that this article is written.
(§ 1, Ord. 572, eff. February 18, 2018)
(a) 
At the time of the filing of every tentative map, the subdivider shall file with the City Engineer a preliminary soils report prepared by a Civil Engineer who is registered by the State and whose main field of practice is soils and foundation engineering.
(b) 
Said soils report may be in letter form without benefit of test borings or excavations.
(§ 1, Ord. 572, eff. February 18, 2018)
The preliminary soils report may be waived if the City Engineer, with the concurrence of the Planning Commission and the City Council, determines that due to the knowledge he or she or the staff has as to the characteristics and properties of the soils within the proposed subdivision, no preliminary analysis or report is necessary.
(§ 1, Ord. 572, eff. February 18, 2018)
A final soils report shall be prepared by a State of California licensed civil engineer or geotechnical engineer, whose main field of practice is soils and foundation engineering.
(a) 
Said final soils report shall be based upon adequate test borings, excavations, or other investigatory procedures required by the City Engineer.
(b) 
The final soils report shall also include suggested remedial action germane to the findings, and shall address each lot within the subdivision as well as public facilities.
(c) 
The final soils report shall be completed and submitted to the City Engineer for review and approval at least 30 calendar days prior to the submission of the final map or parcel map to the City Engineer.
(d) 
The City Engineer shall not submit the final map or the parcel map to the City Clerk for Council action until he or she has determined that the final soils report is acceptable, complete with the applicable and remedial conditions required therein.
(e) 
In the instance of a highly negative final soils report denoting conditions that, in the opinion of the City Engineer, cannot be remedied, the City Council shall deny the final map or parcel map even if the tentative map was approved. The requirement of the submission of an acceptable final soils report to the City Engineer invalidates prior approval of the tentative map.
(§ 1, Ord. 572, eff. February 18, 2018)
A final soils report may be waived by the City Engineer, with the concurrence of the Planning Commission and City Council, if he or she has determined that, due to the knowledge he or she or the staff has as to the characteristics and properties of the soils within the subdivision, no final analysis or report is necessary.
(§ 1, Ord. 572, eff. February 18, 2018)
If the City Engineer determines that there are differences between the preliminary and final reports and if the differences are of such magnitude the City Engineer shall so advise the subdivider in writing, requesting the subdivider to submit an amended subdivision so as to comply with the final soils report.
If the subdivider refuses to file an amended subdivision map, it shall be just cause for the rejection of the final map or parcel map by the City Council, or a parcel map by the City Engineer.
(§ 1, Ord. 572, eff. February 18, 2018)