The planning commission is authorized and directed to carry
out the following actions.
A. Provide
notice according to the following procedures and conditions:
1. Publish
notice of the time and place of any public hearing once, in a newspaper
of general circulation published and circulated within the city, at
least ten days before the hearing.
2. Notify
by mail the owners of property within a radius of three hundred feet
of the exterior boundaries of the property covered by any tentative
map that the commission will be considering; the names and addresses
of such owners shall be determined according to Section 65905 of the
Government Code, and the notices shall be deposited in the United
States mail with the postage prepaid not less than ten days prior
to the date of such consideration.
3. Notice
as specified in this subsection shall not be required in cases where
the question before the commission is a request for an extension of
time for filing a final map or a modification to a previously approved
resolution of conditional approval not affecting any design or improvement.
B. Investigate
each map filed pursuant to this chapter of the Subdivision Map Act,
and the improvements proposed to be constructed and installed in or
to serve the subdivision; make a report with respect to design and
improvements of the subdivision and the kind, nature, an extent of
the proposed improvements.
C. Obtain
the recommendations of the city engineer, director of public health,
planning director, or their authorized representatives, with respect
to the design of the proposed subdivision and the kind, nature and
extent of the proposed improvements; and the city fire marshal with
respect to fire hydrants and connections to be installed wherever
such installations are proposed.
D. Recommend
to the city council approval, conditional approval, or disapproval
of tentative maps filed pursuant to this title or the Subdivision
Map Act within fifty days of the filing date. The time specified in
this subsection may be extended by mutual consent of the subdivider
and the community development director; however, in no case shall
this time period exceed one year from the filing date. The planning
commission shall make its findings and determinations for recommending
approval, conditional approval, or denial by written resolution and
present the same to the council, and shall forthwith transmit a copy
thereof to the applicant.
E. Where
the planning commission recommends approval or conditional approval
or denial of the tentative map to the city council, it shall prescribe,
pursuant to the provisions of this title, the kind, nature and extent
of the improvements to be constructed or installed in or to serve
the subdivision for which such tentative map is filed; provided, however,
where the planning commission does not prescribe the kind, nature
or extent of the improvements to be constructed or installed, improvements
shall be constructed and installed in accordance with the city standards.
Whenever the planning commission finds with respect to a subdivision
or, the council finds that the real property to be divided is of such
size or shape, or is subject to such title limitations of record,
or is affected by such topographical location or conditions, or is
to be devoted to such usage, that it is impossible or impractical
in that particular case for the subdivider to conform fully to the
requirements of this title, the planning commission may recommend
to the council that the requirements be waived or modified, or the
city council may waive or modify such requirements as it deems reasonably
necessary; provided, however, any such waiver or modification shall
be in conformity with the spirit and purpose of the Subdivision Map
Act and of this title. The planning commission may recommend to council
that such requirements be waived or modified, or city council may
waive or modify such requirements, upon such reasonable conditions
as it deems appropriate.