(A) Advisory agency.
(1) The designated advisory agencies set forth in this section shall have the duty of making investigations and reports on the design and improvement of proposed applications for the division of real property and imposing requirements and conditions thereon, and shall have the authority act on upon such applications as set forth below. The City Planner and City Engineer shall have the authority to refer an application to the Planning Commission for action, and the Planning Commission shall have the authority to refer an application to the City Council for action, as indicated in this section.
TABLE 152.10
Designated Approving Authorities | R F A | Recommending Authority Final Action Authority Appeal Authority | ||
Type of Map or Action | Approving Authority | |||
City Engineer | City Planner | Planning Commission | City Council(1) | |
Lot Line Adjustment | F | A | A | |
Parcel Map | R | F | A | |
Tentative Map | R | F | A | |
Vesting Tentative Map | R | A | A | |
Final Map | F | A | A | |
Process and Review | R | |||
Reversion to Acreage Map | F | A | A | |
Process and Review | R | |||
Amended Map | F | A | A | |
Process and Review | R | |||
Certificates of Compliance | F | A | A | |
Process and Review | R | |||
Subdivision Improvement Plan | F | A | A | |
Lot Merger | F | A | A | |
Extension of Time - Tentative Map | F | A | A | |
Commercial Condominium Conversion | R | F | A | |
Residential Condominium Conversion | R | F | A | |
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, any application pursuant to this chapter that has an associated application made pursuant to the provisions of the Zoning Code and is subject to action by the Planning Commission or City Council, such application shall be subject to those same review and hearing requirements required for the Zoning Code application.
(B) Appeal Board. The Planning Commission shall be the appeal board for any decision of the City Engineer or City Planner. The City Council shall be the appeal board for any decision of the Planning Commission.
(C) City Engineer. The City Engineer shall be responsible for the following:
(1) Establishing subdivision and public improvement design and construction details, standards and specifications.
(2) Determining whether proposed subdivision improvements comply with the provisions of this chapter and the Subdivision Map Act.
(3) Certifying final maps, reversion to acreage maps and amended maps, based on direction provided by the City Planner, for substantial compliance with approved tentative maps.
(4) Certifying certificates of compliance based on direction provided by the City Planner.
(5) Processing and approving subdivision improvement plans.
(6) Inspecting and approving of subdivision improvements.
(7) Approving final parcel maps involving no offers of dedication or improvements, with the authority to refer such to the City Council for action.
(8) Providing assistance to the City Planner on the review of lot line adjustments.
(9) Processing and acting to approve, approve with conditions or deny lot mergers.
(10) Reviewing and acting upon time extension requests for approved tentative and vesting tentative maps.
(D) City Planner. The City Planner shall be responsible for the following:
(1) Accepting tentative map, parcel map, lot line adjustment, certificate of compliance, reversion to acreage, commercial and residential condominium conversions and similar applications for processing; and distributing such application materials to appropriate agencies and city divisions for review.
(2) Processing and reviewing final maps, reversion to acreage maps, certificates of compliance and amended maps, and making recommendations thereon prior to certification by the City Engineer.
(3) Processing and acting to approve, approve with conditions or deny lot line adjustments.
(4) Investigating parcel map, tentative map, vesting tentative map, and condominium conversion applications for conformity to the general plan, applicable specific plans and the zoning code, and in consultation with other city departments, recommending action to the Planning Commission.
(5) Conducting environmental analyses related to proposed applications pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act set forth in Cal. Pub. Res. Code §§ 21000 et seq.
(E) Planning Commission. The Planning Commission shall be responsible for the following:
(1) Taking action to approve, approve with conditions or deny tentative map and parcel map applications.
(2) Hearing appeals of decisions of the City Engineer and City Planner.
(3) Reviewing and taking action to approve, approve with conditions or deny commercial condominium and residential condominium conversion applications.
(F) City Council. The City Council shall be responsible for the following:
(1) Accepting offers of dedication and improvements for divisions of land resulting in five or more parcels.
(2) Taking action to approve, approve with conditions or deny any application referred by another advisory agency or by appeal, or any land division application with an associated application filed pursuant to the requirements of the Zoning Code.
(Ord. 1346, passed 5-2-12)