The ordinance codified in this chapter is enacted pursuant to the authority granted by Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 66498.1) of Division 2 of Title 7 of the Government Code of the state of California (hereinafter referred to as the Vesting Tentative Map Statute) and may be cited as the vesting tentative map ordinance.
(Prior code § 9507.010)
A. 
It is the purpose of this chapter to establish procedures necessary for the implementation of the Vesting Tentative Map Statute and to supplement the provisions of the Subdivision Map Act and the subdivision ordinance. Except as otherwise provided hereinafter, the provisions of the subdivision ordinance shall apply to the vesting tentative map ordinance.
B. 
To accomplish this purpose, the regulations outlined hereinafter are determined to be necessary for the preservation of the public health, safety, and general welfare and for the promotion of orderly growth and development.
C. 
The rights conferred by this chapter shall relate only to the imposition by the city of conditions or requirements created and imposed by local ordinances. Nothing in this chapter 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 § 9507.020)
No land shall be subdivided or developed pursuant to a vesting tentative map for any purpose which is inconsistent with the general plan or any applicable specific plan, or not permitted by the zoning ordinance or other applicable provisions of the Upland Municipal Code.
(Prior code § 9507.030)
A. 
"Vesting tentative map" means a tentative tract or parcel map for a residential subdivision, as defined in the subdivision ordinance, that shall have printed conspicuously on its face the words, "Vesting Tentative Map" at the time it is filed in accordance with Section 16.32.060 and thereafter processed in accordance with the provisions hereof.
B. 
All other definitions set forth in the subdivision ordinance (Section 16.04.020, as last amended and as set forth in the Subdivision Map Act) shall be deemed to apply as though set forth herein.
(Prior code § 9507.040)
Applications for a vesting tentative map shall be in accordance with all procedures, requirements, and provisions for fees as set forth in Chapter 16.12, Procedures of the Upland Municipal Code, except as hereinafter provided:
A. 
At the time a vesting tentative map is filed, it shall have printed conspicuously on its face the words, "Vesting Tentative Map."
B. 
Prior to the filing of an application for approval of a vesting tentative map, the subdivider shall submit a site plan of the proposed subdivision for the review and approval of the administrative committee, environmental review board, and design review board. Such submittal shall include, but not be limited to, the following items:
1. 
Environmental initial study including, but not limited to, the preparation of noise and traffic studies as may be deemed necessary;
2. 
Information from local school districts as to perceived effects on local schools and recommendations for mitigation of any potential significant adverse effects, including, but not limited to, the payment of such school impact fees as may be required at time of issuance of building permits;
3. 
Schematic plans for the location and approximate sizes of sewer, water, storm drains, utilities (including, but not limited to, gas, electric, telephone, and cable TV), and street improvement, and/or the governing criteria for the design thereof;
4. 
Comprehensive analysis of sewage flow and capacity of sewage treatment;
5. 
Grading and drainage plans, including, but not limited to, existing ground contours out to not less than 50 feet beyond property lines and across the full width of any public rights-of-way, proposed pad elevations and slope banks, and proposed drainage pattern and type of drainage systems;
Contour lines shown shall be based on up-to-date topographical survey(s) using contour intervals of one foot, except where impractical due to steep terrain;
6. 
Geological studies and soils reports;
7. 
Flood control information;
8. 
Hydrology study;
9. 
Architectural plans of proposed development (including site plan, floor plan, elevations, color/material samples, conceptual landscape and irrigation plans, lighting plan, and streetscape plan) and information on the use(s) to which the building(s) will be put.
C. 
A vesting tentative map shall be considered filed only subsequent to all discretionary land use approvals required (general plan amendment, zone change, conditional use permit, or variance), in order to obtain building and grading permits.
D. 
Amount of Development Fees.
1. 
The amount of any particular fees to be paid at the time of issuance of building permit(s) shall be as specified by resolution of the city council and in effect at the time of issuance of such permit(s).
2. 
No new type of fee(s) shall be added at the building permit stage, except as may be required for reasons of health or safety or to comply with state or federal law.
(Prior code § 9507.050)
A. 
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 described in Government Code Section 66474.2. However, if Section 66474.2 of the Government Code 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 city ordinances, policies, and standards in effect at the time the vesting tentative map is approved or conditionally approved.
B. 
Notwithstanding subsection A of this section, a permit, approval, extension, or entitlement may be made conditional or denied if a failure to condition or deny a vesting tentative map would place the residents of the subdivision, or the immediate community, or both, in a condition dangerous to their health, or safety, or both.
(Prior code § 9507.060)
The rights conferred by an approved or conditionally approved vesting tentative map (as provided by Chapter 4.5 commencing with Section 66498.1 of the Subdivision Map Act) shall commence with recordation of the approved final map and shall last for an initial term of one year from date of recordation. 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.
(Prior code § 9507.070)
A. 
Subject to compliance with all procedures and requirements for the granting of an extension of time as set forth in Section 17.16.090 et seq., of the Upland Municipal Code, an extension or extensions of time not to exceed an aggregate period of one additional year from the initial term for approval or conditional approval of a tentative or final map may be granted.
B. 
Further provided that:
1. 
The initial time period set forth in this section shall be automatically extended by any time used for processing a complete application for a grading permit, if such processing exceeds 30 days from the date a complete application is filed.
2. 
A subdivider may apply for a one-year extension at any time before the initial time period set forth in this section expires. If the extension is denied, the subdivider may appeal that denial to the city council within 15 days.
3. 
If the subdivider submits a complete application for a building permit during the periods of time specified in this section, the rights referred to herein shall continue until the expiration of that permit, or any extension of that permit.
4. 
Any permittee holding an unexpired building permit may apply for an extension of the time within which he may commence work under that permit when he or she is unable to commence work within the time required by this section for good and satisfactory reasons. The building official may extend the time for action by the permittee for a period not exceeding 180 days upon written request by the permittee showing that circumstances beyond the control of the permittee have prevented action from being taken.
C. 
Any such request for extension of time shall be in accordance with all appropriate provisions of the Uniform Building Code as adopted by the city and in effect at such time as the request for extension is made.
(Prior code § 9507.080)
A. 
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 the subdivision ordinance for the expiration of the approval or conditional approval of a tentative map.
B. 
The expiration of the approved or conditionally approved vested tentative map shall terminate all proceedings, and no final map or parcel map of all or any portion of the real property included within the tentative map shall be filed with the city council without first processing a new tentative map in compliance with all procedures and requirements therefor.
(Prior code § 9507.090)
All final maps for approved or conditionally approved vesting tentative maps shall be in compliance with all provisions of Section 16.12.030, Final maps, Chapter 16.16, Requirements, and Chapter 16.20, Improvement Security, of the Upland Municipal Code.
(Prior code § 9507.100)