A. 
The tentative map shall be prepared in accordance with the Subdivision Map Act and the provisions of this title, and shall be filed with the secretary of the planning commission. Such filing shall be made prior to the initiation of any construction work within the proposed subdivision which might be affected by changes in the tentative map.
B. 
The subdivider shall file with the secretary of the planning commission 20 copies of the tentative map, and such additional copies as the secretary may require. The subdivider shall further file one or more copies of the map at a size of either eight and one-half inches by 11 inches or 11 inches by 17 inches for purposes of review by parties not receiving scaled copies of the map under the provisions of subsection E of this section.
C. 
At the time of filing a tentative map, the subdivider shall pay the secretary a fee as established by resolution of the city council to defray the expenses incidental to the processing of the map. No part of the fee shall be returned to the subdivider regardless of whether the subdivider withdraws the tentative map pri-or to action by the planning commission or prior to the recording of a final map.
D. 
The time for filing a tentative map shall be construed to be the time when the map is accepted officially by the secretary of the planning commission. The secretary shall examine the tentative map upon presentation to the city, and shall not accept the map unless the tentative map is in full compliance with the provisions of this title as to form and as to the information required to be shown thereon and in the state-ments required to be furnished therewith. In making this determination, the secretary shall seek the recommendations of the city engineer and planning director. The determination of compliance shall be made by the secretary within 10 days of the receipt and dating of the map by the secretary.
E. 
Within three days after the filing of the tentative map and accompanying statements, the secretary of the planning commission shall transmit copies as follows: One copy each to the city engineer, community development director, the city manager's designee, building official, public works director, fire chief, police chief; the superintendents of affected local school districts, any other affected local special districts, the county community development and public works departments, Caltrans (if the proposed subdivision affects a state highway), the California Real Estate Commission and the Pacific Gas and Electric Company, together with requests for recommendations on the proposed subdivision. The secretary may transmit copies of the tentative map and accompanying statements to all other public and private agencies affected by the proposed subdivision, together with requests for recommendations thereon.
(Ord. 92-74; Ord. 96-135; Ord. 10-298 § 1)
Every tentative map of a subdivision filed with the city shall be clearly and legibly drawn. The size of the sheet shall be 24 inches by 36 inches, unless otherwise authorized by the city engineer. The scale of the map shall be one inch equals 100 feet, except that subdivisions with lots of two and one-half acres or greater may use a scale of one inch equals 200 feet.
(Prior code § 159.046)
A tentative map shall contain the following information and data:
A. 
A tract number assigned by the county recorder, as such numbers are assigned in consecutive order throughout the county, and a tract name (if any). If the tentative map is a vesting tentative map, the words "Vesting Tentative Map" shall be printed conspicuously on the face of the map;
B. 
Name, address and telephone number of the record owner of the property to be subdivided, and name, address and telephone number of the subdivider if the owner is not the subdivider;
C. 
Name, address and telephone number of the registered civil engineer, licensed surveyor, licensed landscape architect or other person who prepared the map;
D. 
Date of preparation, north point and scale;
E. 
A legal description sufficient to define the boundaries of the subdivision, and the approximate acreage;
F. 
Boundary lines;
G. 
The location, names, present width, approximate grades, and typical cross-sections, of adjacent roads, streets, highways or ways;
H. 
The location, names, width and curve radii of all roads, streets, highways and ways in the proposed new subdivision;
I. 
The location, name and caliper of all trees;
J. 
Approximately accurate contour lines drawn to intervals of one foot, and spot elevations shown on a maximum grid of 100 feet in each direction. The existing topography of the adjacent land shall also be shown whenever the surface features of such land affect the design or improvement of the proposed subdivision. The contour lines shall be based on the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey mean sea level datum;
K. 
The width and approximate locations of all existing or proposed easements or rights-of-way, whether public or private, for roads, drainage, sewers, public utilities or flood control purposes;
L. 
Lot lines and approximate dimensions, and lot numbers, including lot lines and property lines of adjacent parcels. The smallest lot shall be annotated as the "smallest lot."
M. 
Locations and approximate dimensions of proposed public areas;
N. 
Limitation on rights of access to and from streets, lots and other parcels of land and locations and widths of reserve strips;
O. 
The approximate location of areas subject to inundation, storm water overflow and submerged area, as shown on the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM);
P. 
The approximate location and outline to scale of each building or structure, irrigation ditches, pipelines, railroads and other physical features on the property proposed for a subdivision. Buildings or structures on adjacent property shall also be shown if such buildings or structures affect the design of the proposed subdivision. Each building shown shall be identified by house number or other identifying feature, including a notation on each building or structure to be retained or removed;
Q. 
Locations of city boundary lines and boundary lines of any other public district which lay within 500 feet of the exterior boundary lines of the proposed subdivision;
R. 
A tentative drainage plan including provisions for the disposal of stormwater and approximate finished grades along each rear or side lot abutting on existing development and the exterior boundary of the tentative map;
S. 
The proposed use of each lot within the subdivision;
T. 
A key map showing the proposed subdivision and surrounding subdivisions and streets located within a one-quarter mile radius of the boundaries of the proposed subdivision;
U. 
An outline of the areas of the tentative map proposed for the partial recording of a final map thereon.
(Prior code § 159.047)
A. 
The tentative map shall be accompanied by reports and written statements from the subdivider giving essential information regarding the following matters:
1. 
Legal description of the property;
2. 
Source of water supply;
3. 
Proposed method of sewage disposal;
4. 
Proposed means of surface water drainage;
5. 
Type of street improvements;
6. 
Protective covenants to be recorded;
7. 
The relative proportions of the total area of the subdivision proposed to be devoted to each use classification, in acres;
8. 
Other improvements proposed to be made or installed;
9. 
The time when improvements are proposed to be made or installed;
10. 
Description and location of community facilities, which would serve the proposed subdivision;
11. 
Minimum, maximum and average lot size;
12. 
A preliminary title report describing all rights-of-way and easements to which the property to be subdivided is subject;
13. 
Justification and reasons for any exceptions to the provisions of this title;
14. 
A preliminary soil report if requested by the city engineer.
B. 
As an alternate procedure, the information required by subsection (A)(1) through (5), (7), (8) and (11) above may be provided on the face of the map or maps comprising the tentative map.
(Prior code § 159.048)
A. 
The secretary of the planning commission shall set a date for a public hearing and consideration of the tentative map by the planning commission, which date shall be within 48 days after the map was filed unless the time limit for review and action on the map is extended by mutual agreement of the planning commission and the subdivider. Within 15 days of receipt of the tentative map, or such longer period as the planning commission may prescribe, the planning director, city engineer, city manager, fire chief, police chief and city clerk shall convene as a technical review committee. The committee shall submit its recommendations to the planning director for incorporation into the staff report to the commission. The secretary of the planning commission shall notify other public and private agencies, to which copies of the tentative map are transmitted, of the date, set for consideration of the map by the planning commission in order that such agencies may submit reports on the tentative map to the commission.
B. 
The public hearing shall be noticed in the manner prescribed by Title 7, Division 1, Ch. 2.7 of the Government Code.
C. 
After the close of the public hearing, the planning commission shall determine whether the map is in conformity with the provisions of law and of this title. Upon that basis, the commission shall, within 48 days after the filing of the tentative map, unless such time shall have been extended by mutual agreement with the subdivider, by resolution, advise city council of their recommendation to approve, conditionally approve or disapprove the proposed subdivision. Within 15 days of commission action on the tentative map, the secretary of the planning commission shall report such action in writing directly to the subdivider, to the city engineer and to the county planning commission. If the map is disapproved, reasons therefor shall be set forth in the report.
D. 
If no action is taken within these time limits, the tentative map as filed shall be deemed to be approved, insofar as it complies with all applicable requirements of this chapter, and it shall be the duty of the city clerk to certify his or her approval thereof.
(Prior code § 159.049)
A. 
City council shall review the decision of the commission. The council may affirm, reverse or modify the decision of the commission. If the subdivider or any interested person affected is dissatisfied with any action of the planning commission with respect to the tentative map, he or she, may, within 10 days of such action, appeal to the city council for review of the action. An appeal shall be filed with the city clerk and shall state specifically wherein it is claimed there was an error or abuse of discretion by the planning commission.
B. 
Upon the filing of an appeal by the subdivider, the city council shall set the matter for public hearing. Council shall hold the hearing within 30 days after the date of filing the appeal. Within 10 days following the conclusion of the hearing, the city council shall render its decision on the appeal. A decision to disapprove a map for failure to meet or perform any of the requirements or conditions imposed by this title shall be accompanied by a finding identifying the requirements or conditions which have not been met or performed. This requirement for a finding may be waived by the council when the failure of the map is the result of a technical and inadvertent error which, in the determination of the planning commission or city council, does not materially affect the validity of the map. Upon the filing of an appeal and the conclusion of the hearing, the city council shall render its decision within seven days, declaring its findings based upon the testimony and documents produced before it.
C. 
When an appeal is filed and heard by city council, such hearing shall constitute meeting the requirements of review and action by the city council as prescribed in subsection A of this section.
(Prior code §159.050)
A. 
Failure to record a final map within 24 months of the date of approval or conditional approval of the tentative map shall terminate all proceedings; provided, however, that upon application of the subdivider in writing, an extension not exceeding two years may be granted by the planning commission, except as provided under subsections B and C of this section. In the event the commission denies the subdivider's application for extension, the subdivider may appeal to the city council. Where proceedings have terminated because of failure to record a final map or failure to receive extension by the planning commission or city council, a new tentative map shall be filed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter before a final map may thereafter be recorded or any lot sold.
B. 
If the subdivider is required to expend an amount equal to or exceeding that amount prescribed by California Government Code Section 66452.6(a) to construct, improve or finance public improvements wholly outside of and not abutting the boundaries of the tentative map, each filing of a final map authorized by this chapter shall extend the expiration of the approved or conditionally approved tentative map by 36 months from the date of its expiration, or the date of the previously filed final map, whichever is later, up to a maximum period of 10 years from the original approval. The number of phased final maps shall be determined by the planning commission at the time of initial tentative map consideration.
C. 
Upon application of the subdivider filed prior to the expiration of the approved or conditionally approved tentative map, the time at which the map expires may be extended by the planning commission or city council for a period or periods not exceeding a total of six years per the Subdivision Map Act.
D. 
The date of approval of the tentative map shall be deemed to be the date of adoption of the resolution of the council declaring approval or conditional approval of the tentative map, provided that if the council shall fail to act on the tentative map and the approval thereof is certified by the clerk, the date of such approval shall be deemed to be upon the last day of the maximum period of time as would be allowed for action by the council as provided in this title. The date of such approval of the tentative map shall be certified by the clerk on the face of the tentative map.
E. 
The period of time allowed for the recording of a final map shall not include any period of time during which a development moratorium, imposed after approval of the tentative map is in existence; provided, however, that the length of the moratorium does not exceed five years. Once a moratorium is terminated, the map shall be valid for the same period of time as was left to run on the map at the time the moratorium was imposed. However, if the remaining time is less than 120 days, the map shall be valid for 120 days following the termination of the moratorium.
F. 
For purposes of this section, a development moratorium shall include a water or sewer moratorium, as well as other actions of public agencies which regulate land use, development or the provision of services to the land, other than the public agency with the authority to approve or conditionally approve the tentative map, which thereafter prevents, prohibits or delays the approval of a final or parcel map.
G. 
The rights conferred by a vesting tentative map, as provided by this title, shall last for an initial time period one year beyond the recording of the final map. Where several final maps are recorded on various phases of a project covered by a single vesting tentative map, the one-year initial time period shall begin for each phase when the final map for that phase is recorded. The initial time period shall be automatically extended by any time used by the city for processing a complete application for a grading permit or for design or architectural review if the time used by the city to process the application exceeds 30 days from the date that a complete application is filed. Any time period to the expiration of the initial time period provided by this section, the subdivider may apply for a one-year extension. If the extension is denied by the planning commission, the subdivider may appeal that denial to the city council within 15 days.
(Prior code § 159.051; Ord. 06-263 § 1; Ord. 18-384 § 1)
Whenever a provision of this section requires that a tentative map be filed, a vesting tentative map may instead be filed.
A. 
Whenever the city approves or conditionally approves a vesting tentative map, that approval shall confer a vested right to proceed with development in substantial compliance with only those ordinances, policies and standards of the city in effect at the date when the city first determined that the application for a vesting tentative map was determined to be complete and accepted for filing and processing by the city.
B. 
Whenever a subdivider files a vesting tentative map for a subdivision whose intended development is inconsistent with the zoning code, that inconsistency shall be noted on the map. The city may deny such a vesting tentative map or approve it conditioned on the subdivider, or designee, obtaining the necessary change in the zoning code to eliminate the inconsistency. If the change in the zoning code is obtained, the approved or conditionally approved vesting tentative map shall confer the vested right to proceed with the development in substantial compliance with the change in the zoning code and the map, as approved. The rights conferred by this section shall be for the time periods set forth in Section 16.12.070(G).
C. 
A property owner or designee may seek approvals or permits for development which depart from the ordinances, policies and standards described under subsections A and B or this section, and the city may grant these approvals or issue these permits to the extent that the departures are authorized under applicable law.
D. 
If a subdivider does not seek the rights conferred by this section, 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.
E. 
This section does not enlarge, diminish or alter the types of conditions which may be imposed by the city on a development, nor in any way diminish or alter the power of the city to protect against a condition dangerous to the public health, safety or welfare. The rights conferred by this section shall relate only to the imposition, by the city, of conditions or requirements created and imposed by ordinances. Nothing in this section removes, diminishes or affects the obligation of any subdivider to comply with the conditions and requirements of any state or federal laws, regulations or policies and does not grant the city the option to disregard any state or federal laws, regulations or policies.
(Prior code § 159.052)