The developer of a new condominium project or a developer who desires to convert an existing multiple-family rental housing or a nonresidential structure to a residential condominium shall first submit an application for a use permit to the Community Development Department. The application shall include, but not be limited to, the following, in as many copies as the Community Development Department determines to be sufficient for its staff and the Planning Commission to evaluate the project:
A. A complete legal description of the property and a boundary map showing the existing topography of the site and the location of all existing easements, structures and other improvements, and trees over six (6) inches in diameter;
B. Dimensioned schematic development plans consisting of at least a site plan, parking plan, typical floor plan, building elevations showing natural and proposed grades, transverse and longitudinal section showing natural and proposed grades, and a conceptual landscaping plan for the project as a whole. (In instances where the project involves the conversion of an existing structure to condominium usage, the developer shall submit plans showing existing conditions and proposed improvements, and other information and plans as determined by the city staff).
C. A tabular analysis (submitted on forms provided by the city) showing how the project compares to the minimum standards for condominium projects in the district in which it would be located;
D. Drawings of typical detailed sections indicating types of wall, floor and ceiling construction that would be used in both common and interior partition walls within the condominium project, including either published data from a recognized and approved testing laboratory of a statement from a licensed acoustical engineer, or the city building official as to the STC (Sound Transmission Class) and IIC (Impact Insulation Class) of the proposed type of construction;
E. Such other information which the Planning Commission or Community Development Department determines is necessary to evaluate the proposed project;
F. No application shall be considered unless all the information required by divisions A. through E. inclusive, is provided to the Community Development Department, or the developer files with the Community Development Department an affidavit or declaration showing good cause for failure to provide such information. This affidavit or declaration shall set forth in detail all efforts undertaken to discover such information and all reasons why the information cannot be obtained;
G. Upon formal approval of the use permit, the developer will then be required to submit a tentative subdivision map for city approval unless the condominium conversion is exempt from the Subdivision Map Act pursuant to the California Government Code. (Ord. 2010-02 § 1 (part), 2010)