§ 154.007 RESPONSIBILITIES OF OFFICIALS AND ADMINISTRATIVE BODIES.
   (A)   City Attorney. The City Attorney shall be responsible for preparing and approving as to form all subdivision improvement agreements and subdivision improvement securities.
('63 Code, § 10-4.202.1)
   (B)   City Council.
      (1)   The City Council shall have final jurisdiction in the approval of final maps and improvement agreement and the acceptance by the city of such lands and/or improvements as may be proposed for dedication to the city for subdivisions of five or more parcels.
      (2)   The City Council shall act as the Appeals Board for hearing appeals of the approval, conditional approval or denial of tentative subdivision maps for subdivisions of five or more parcels.
('63 Code, § 10-4.202.2)
   (C)   City Engineer. The City Engineer shall be responsible for:
      (1)   Establishing design and construction details, standards and specifications; and in conjunction with the Director of Community Development, design matters.
      (2)   Determining if proposed subdivision improvements comply with the provisions of this chapter and the Map Act and for reporting the findings together with any recommendations for approval, or conditional approval, of the tentative map to the Director of Community Development for subdivisions of five or more parcels.
      (3)   The processing and certification of final maps, reversion to acreage maps, and amended maps; the processing and approval of subdivision improvement plans, lot line adjustments, mergers and certificates of compliance in conjunction with the Director of Community Development.
      (4)   The inspection and approval of subdivision improvements.
      (5)   The acceptance of dedications and improvements for subdivisions of four or less parcels.
      (6)   The acceptance of private improvements (improvements not to be maintained by the city).
      (7)   The final certification of maps.
('63 Code, § 10-4.202.3)
   (D)   Department of Community Development. The Department of Community Development shall be responsible for the processing of preliminary and tentative maps, final and parcel maps, and for the collection of all required deposits and fees.
('63 Code, § 10-4.202.4)
   (E)   Director of Community Development. The Director of Community Development shall be responsible for the management of the Department of Community Development in carrying out the responsibilities imposed upon it by this chapter, and shall be responsible for:
      (1)   Investigating proposed subdivisions for conformity to the general plan, coastal land use plan, specific plans, and zoning ordinances of the city and reporting his findings together with recommendations for approval or conditional approval to the Planning Commission (for subdivision of five or more parcels) and to the City Engineer (for subdivision of four or less parcels).
      (2)   Examining and certifying that final maps are in substantial conformance to the approved tentative map.
      (3)   The approval, conditional approval, or denial of the tentative map for subdivisions of four or less parcels.
('63 Code, § 10-4.202.5)
   (F)   Development Coordination Committee. The Development Coordination Committee may, at the discretion of the Community Development Department, be responsible for the review of maps for general layout and aesthetics and making its recommendations to the Director of Community Development.
('63 Code, § 10-4.202.6)
   (G)   Planning Commission. The Planning Commission shall be responsible for approving, conditionally approving, or denying the application for tentative map approval of subdivisions of five or more units and reporting its action to the City Council; and hearing of appeals for subdivisions of four or less parcels.
('63 Code, § 10-4.202.7)
   (H)   Coastal Commission. For proposed subdivisions in the coastal zone which are appealable, as prescribed in Chapter 156 of this title, the City Council's action may be appealed to the Coastal Commission subject to the requirements of Chapter 156 of this title.
('63 Code, § 10-4.202.8)
(Ord. 416-C.S., passed 12-6-84; Am. Ord. 652-C.S., passed 2-5-02; Am. Ord. 710-C.S., passed 3-20- 07)