Chapter 16.20
TENTATIVE MAPS
Sections:
16.20.020 Form specifications.
16.20.040 Statement to accompany map.
16.20.060 Action by planning commission.
16.20.100 Refiling map of same area.
16.20.010 Requirement.
The initial action in connection with the making of any subdivision shall be the preparation of a tentative map or maps. (Ord. 424 § 200, 1967)
16.20.020 Form specifications.
The tentative map shall be clear and legible. The size of the sheet shall be eighteen inches by twenty-six inches. The scale shall be one inch equals one hundred feet or a decimal fraction of one hundred feet, or one inch equals two hundred feet. (Ord. 424 § 201, 1967)
16.20.030 Contents.
A tentative map shall contain the following information:
A. A tract name to distinguish the subdivision from others in the city or a tract number complying with any system adopted by resolution of the council;
B. Name and address of the record owner of the property to be subdivided, and the name and address of the subdivider if the owner is not the subdivider,
C. Date of preparation;
D. North point;
E. Scale;
F. A key map showing the proposed subdivision and surrounding subdivisions and streets within one-eighth of a mile radius of the boundaries of the proposed subdivision;
G. Boundary lines;
H. Locations and widths of all streets and alleys;
I. Names of all streets;
J. Locations and widths of all streets and alleys, and names of streets abutting or intersecting the boundary of the subdivision;
K. Approximate radii of street curves;
L. Locations and widths of pedestrian ways, where provided;
M. Lot lines and approximate dimensions;
N. Lot numbers;
O. Locations and approximate dimensions of proposed public areas or private common areas;
P. Limitations on rights of access to and from streets or public areas, and locations and approximate widths of reserve strips;
Q. Widths and locations of all existing or proposed public and private easements;
R. Locations of lines of specific plans;
S. Locations of structures, irrigation ditches, pipelines, railroads and other physical features;
T. Locations of city boundary lines in relation to the subdivision;
U. Locations of boundary lines of any school district or other taxing district which may intersect the subdivision;
V. Where topography may control or influence the layout of streets, lots, water supply or drainage, approximate contours shall be shown, drawn to intervals sufficient to indicate clearly topographic conditions;
W. A tentative drainage plan, including provision for disposal of storm waters. (Ord. 424 § 202, 1967)
16.20.040 Statement to accompany map.
The tentative map shall show thereon or be accompanied by the following written statements and reports with respect to the property proposed to be subdivided:
A. Legal description of the property;
B. A statement or title report describing all rights-of-way, easements, covenants, conditions and deed restrictions, of record, to which the property may then be subject;
C. Existing use or uses of the property;
D. Location and description of all existing structures proposed to remain on the property;
E. Proposed uses of the property;
F. Deed restrictions, covenants or conditions, if any, which it may be proposed to impose on the property;
G. Description of street tree planting plan and other landscape plans, if any;
H. Statement of any improvements proposed to be made or installed;
I. Statement as to total number of lots, average and minimum size of lots, and any other information which the subdivider may deem useful in the review of the map;
J. A soil report as required by Section 16.16.290;
K. Address and name of authorized agent, if any, to which the subdivider desires reports and notices to be mailed. (Ord. 424 § 203, 1967)
16.20.050 Filing—Fees.
A. The subdivider shall deposit with the clerk twelve copies of the tentative map.
B. A filing fee established by and subject to change by resolution of the city council shall be paid to the clerk, and which shall not be subject to refund, for the purpose of defraying expenses of examination of the map.
C. The clerk may examine the map to determine if it complies with this title as to form and as to information required to be shown thereon and to accompany same. If the map is found not to comply, the map shall be returned to the subdivider for completion. The completed map may be redeposited with the clerk without payment of any additional filing fee.
D. The time of the filing of the map for the purposes of determining the time for action thereon by the commission shall be deemed to be the date on which the map is filed with the secretary of the commission, or the last day on which the clerk is required to transmit the same to him; provided that the map complies with this title, whichever is sooner.
E. Copies of the map shall be transmitted by the clerk to the following:
1. Commission (two copies),
2. Council,
3. County planning commission,
4. Alta Irrigation District,
5. State Division of Highways (if affected),
6. City engineer,
7. Each public utility affected,
8. Each elementary school district affected. (Ord. 981 § 1, 1998; Ord, 478 § l (part), 1971; Ord. 424 § 204, 1967)
16.20.060 Action by planning commission.
A. The commission shall report on the map or maps of any subdivision and file such report with the clerk within fifty days after the tentative map has been filed with it.
B. The commission may make such investigations as it may determine for the purpose of making its decision.
C. The commission shall in its report determine whether the tentative map complies with this title and the Map Act, and shall approve, conditionally approve or disapprove the subdivision design and the map, and shall recommend the kind, nature and extent of the improvements and dedications to be required, and easements to be furnished by the subdivider. (Ord. 98-1 § 2, 1998; Ord. 424 § 205, 1967)
16.20.070 Action by council.
A. The council shall hear the report of the commission within thirty days after receipt of the report and shall act upon the report within ten days after completion of hearing the report.
B. No notice shall be required of such hearing if held at a regular or adjourned regular meeting of the council. If such hearing is held at a special meeting of the council, notice shall be given to the subdivider by placing it in the mail at least seventy-two hours prior to the time of the hearing, directed to the subdivider at his designated address and bearing the proper postage, or by personal service upon the subdivider at least twenty-four hours prior to the time of the hearing.
C. At such hearing, the council shall hear the testimony of the subdivider or any witnesses on his behalf and may hear the testimony of the representatives of the advisory agency or any witness on its behalf, and may also hear the testimony of other competent persons respecting the character of the neighborhood in which the subdivision is to be located, the kinds, nature and extent of improvements, the quality or kinds of development to which the area is best adapted and any other phase of the matter with respect to which it may desire to inquire into. The council may by resolution, sustain, modify, reject or overrule any recommendations or ruling of the advisory agency and may make such findings as to the approval, conditional approval or disapproval of the subdivision design and the map, and as to the kinds, nature and extent of the improvements and dedications to be required.
D. The commission shall mail a copy of its report and recommendations to the subdivider at his address designated in the statement filed with the map, prior to action on the map by the council. (Ord. 98-1 § 3, 1998; Ord. 424 § 206, 1967)
16.20.080 Hearing by council.
If no action is taken by the commission within the maximum time allowed for the filing of its report, the council may upon its own motion consider the map at a hearing within ten days, or at its next succeeding regular meeting, after the expiration of the maximum time limit allowed for the filing of the report of the commission, unless the subdivider consents to a continuance. The commission or its secretary shall deliver the map and any papers lodged with it relating thereto to the council on the request of the clerk or the mayor. Notice of such hearing shall be given to the subdivider in the time and manner specified by Section 16.20.070(8). Written notice shall also be given to the secretary of the commission at least twenty-four hours prior to the time of the hearing. At such hearing the council shall hear the testimony and make such findings as are mentioned in Section 16.20.070(C). (Ord. 424 § 207, 1967)
16.20.100 Refiling map of same area.
A subdivider shall be entitled to file a new tentative map of any area or portion thereof for which a tentative map has been previously filed; provided, that such new map shall be deemed to have superseded and voided all prior maps of such area. If such map is filed prior to action thereon by the commission, or pursuant to order of the commission or council, no filing fee shall be required; but otherwise the regular fee for filing a tentative map shall be paid, except if such map is filed within six months of action on the prior map by the commission, the fee shall be half the regular fee. (Ord. 424 § 209, 1967)