(a) 
Pursuant to California Government Code Section 65943, no later than 30 days after the City has received an application for a development project, the City shall determine, in writing, whether the submitted application materials are complete and shall immediately transmit such determination to the applicant. Upon receipt of any resubmittal of the application, a new 30-day time period shall begin, during which time the City is to determine the completeness of the application. If the application, together with these submitted materials, are determined not to be complete, the applicant may appeal the decision to require additional information to the Planning Commission Subcommittee. If the final written determination on the appeal is not made within 60 days, the application with the submitted materials shall be deemed complete.
(b) 
The Planning Agency and the applicant may mutually agree to a reasonable extension of these time limits.
(c) 
Applications which depend on approval of another enabling application (e.g., General Plan Amendments) shall not be considered accepted until the effective decision date for the enabling application(s). Such dependent applications may, however, be accepted for preapplication review to allow concurrent processing and thereby streamline the review process.
Except for legislative acts of the City Council, the Planning Agency shall render its decision on a land use application within the following time limits or the application shall be deemed approved in accordance with State law.
(a) 
If a Negative Declaration is prepared or if the project is exempt from Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the California Public Resources Code, the project shall be approved or disapproved within six months from the date on which an application requesting approval of the project has been received and accepted as complete by the Planning Agency.
(b) 
If an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) is prepared, pursuant to Section 21100 or 21151 of the California Public Resources Code, the project shall be approved or disapproved within one year from the date on which an application requesting approval of the project has been received and accepted as complete by the Planning Agency.
(c) 
Pursuant to California Public Resources Code Section 21151.5, should compelling circumstances justify additional time beyond 105 days to complete a Negative Declaration or beyond one year to complete and certify an Environmental Impact Report, then a reasonable extension of time may be granted by the Planning Agency if the project applicant requests or consents to such an extension, subject to the following provisions.
(1) 
In the case of an Environmental Impact Report, pursuant to California Government Code Section 65950.1, the Planning Agency shall approve or disapprove the project within 45 days after certification of the Environmental Impact Report for a tentative map or parcel map, and 90 days after the certification of the Environmental Impact Report for all other types of development projects.
(2) 
In the case of a Negative Declaration, a reasonable extension of time shall not exceed the six months and an additional 90 days as referenced in California Government Code Sections 65950 and 65957 for all development projects, provided, however, that subdivisions shall be subject to the time limits specified in Division 8, unless a waiver has been obtained in accordance with subsection (d) below to allow for such an extension of time.
(d) 
The Planning Agency shall approve, conditionally approve, extend, or disapprove a tentative map, tentative parcel map, or minor subdivision plot plan or a proposed subdivision within 50 days after certification of the EIR, adoption of a Negative Declaration, or a determination that the project is exempt from CEQA requirements. These time limits or any other time limits for reporting and acting on maps may be extended by mutual consent of the subdivider and the Planning Agency. Upon consent of the subdivider, a waiver of any of these time limits may be obtained or the purpose of permitting concurrent processing of related land use applications or an environmental review on the same development project or subdivision.
(e) 
When a land use application decision is contingent upon approval of another application or ordinance which requires legislative action (e.g., General Plan Amendment, ordinance, etc.), the time limits specified by subsection (a) above for acting on such a land use application shall commence on the effective date of the last such legislative action on which that land use application is contingent.
(a) 
Unless appealed, land use application decisions become effective as follows.
(1) 
Unless adopted on an urgency basis or adopted pursuant to California Government Code Section 65858, land use ordinances shall become effective a minimum of 30 days after the second reading of the ordinance. In the case of an ordinance adopted pursuant to California Government Code Section 65962 regarding or affecting land use application fees, ordinances shall become effective no sooner than 60 days after the second reading of the ordinance.
(2) 
Land use decisions made at Public Hearing by the Planning Agency other than decisions made by the City council shall be effective 11 days after the action of the Planning Agency, except when the tenth such day is not a City business day. In such instances, the land use decision shall become effective on the second consecutive City business day following such tenth day.
(3) 
Land use decisions not made at a public hearing by a reviewing authority become effective 11 days after the written notice of the land use decision has been deposited in the U.S. Mail, except when the tenth such day is not a City business day. In such instances, the land use decision shall become effective on the second consecutive City business day following such tenth day.
(4) 
Decisions regarding a request for the extension of time for a period beyond that granted by an approved land use application shall become effective 16 days after the written notice of such a decision has been deposited in the U.S. Mail or after the action has been taken by the Planning Agency at a public hearing, except when the fifteenth such day is not a City business day. In such instances, the decision shall become effective on the second consecutive City business day following such fifteenth day.
(b) 
Land use application decisions which are made contingent upon the approval of another application or ordinance requiring legislative action (e.g., General Plan Amendment, ordinance, etc.) shall become effective on the date when the approval of the last such application to which they are subject becomes effective.