(A) Authority.
(1) Subdivisions. The Council shall be the delegated authority to approve or disapprove maps in the form of tentative or final maps which provide for reversions to acreage of land previously subdivided.
(2) Minor subdivisions. The Commission shall be the delegated authority to approve, conditionally approve, or disapprove the tentative or final maps of a minor subdivision which maps provide for reversions to acreage of land previously subdivided.
(B) Procedure.
(1) Following the receipt of the subdivision map or maps being considered for reversion to acreage, the Commission shall make its written report on such reversion to acreage to the Council at the next regular meeting of the Council, and the Council shall fix the public hearing date at which the reversion map or maps will be considered, which date shall be within 30 days thereafter, and the Council shall approve, conditionally approve, or disapprove the reversion map or maps.
(2) If the reversion to acreage is a minor subdivision map, the Commission shall hold a public hearing within 50 days after the filing thereof with the Engineering Division and shall approve, conditionally approve, or disapprove such reversion and report its action to the subdivider.
(3) Such maps shall delineate any streets or easements to be left in effect after the reversion to acreage.
(4) Such maps so submitted shall be accompanied by:
(a) A guarantee of title in the amount of $1,000 for the benefit of the city, issued by a recognized title insurance company;
(b) Evidence of the nonuse of streets or easements; and
(c) A filing and processing fee as specified by resolution.
(5) A public hearing shall be held on the proposed reversion to acreage. Notice thereof shall be given in the time and manner provided in Cal. Gov't Code § 66451.3.
(6) The Council shall act upon the map within 30 days after its next regular meeting or the map shall be deemed disapproved, unless the Council expressly continues the matter.
(7) The map shall be certified by the City Engineer as required by the California Government Code.
(8) A tentative map for resubdivision may be filed concurrently with the final map providing for reversion to acreage.
(9) Fees for filing the final reversion to acreage map or maps may be paid to the Engineering Division which will then file the final reversion to acreage map with the County Recorder.
('66 Code, § 9-4.1301) (Ord. 275-C-S, passed 3-11-75; Am. Ord. 628-C-S, passed 4-24-86)