A. Recommendation by planning and design commission. If a tentative map is requested as a part of a development project that requires approval of one or more entitlements by the city council, the planning and design commission shall recommend approval, conditional approval, or denial of the tentative map and forward the recommendation to the city council for action.
B. Notice and Hearing Before City Council. The city clerk shall set the matter for public hearing before the city council within 30 days following the date on which the planning and design commission makes a recommendation or takes other action. Notice of the hearing before the city council shall be given in the same manner specified in section 17.828.095.A for hearings before the planning and design commission.
C. Action by the City Council. The city council shall approve, conditionally approve, or deny the tentative map within 50 days of the date of certification of the EIR, adoption of a negative declaration, or a determination by the city council that the project is exempt from the requirements of CEQA, and the planning director shall thereafter report the decision of the city council to the subdivider. Except as otherwise provided by the Subdivision Map Act, failure to act within the above-specified time limits shall not be deemed or considered approval of the vesting tentative map.
D. Approval by City Council. The tentative map may be approved or conditionally approved by the city council if it finds that the proposed subdivision, together with the provisions for its design and improvement, is consistent with the general plan, any applicable specific plan, and all applicable provisions of this code. The city council may re-quire a condition of its approval that the payment by the subdivider of all development fees required to be paid at the time of the application for, or issuance of, a building permit or other similar permit shall be made at the rate for such fees in effect at the time of such application or issuance. The city council may modify or delete any of the conditions of approval recommended in the department's report. The city council may add additional requirements as a condition of its approval.
E. Denial by City Council. The tentative map may be denied by the city council on any of the grounds provided by the subdivision map act or this code. Except as otherwise required by state or federal law, the city council shall deny approval of the vesting tentative map if it makes any of the findings stated in section 17.828.095.D. (Ord. 2017-0009 § 22)