On receipt of any application for a tentative parcel map the Director shall:
(a) Provide notice by U.S. mail to all owners of property located within 300 feet of the exterior boundaries of the proposed subdivision. The names and addresses of the owners shall be determined from the latest equalized assessment roll or such other records of the Assessor or Tax Collector that contain more recent information. The notice shall indicate whether the Director or the Board will make a decision on the application. When the Director will make the decision on the application, the notice shall provide that any person notified may submit written comments on the application no later than 25 days after the date of the notice. In that case, the notice shall also include information on methods by which the property owner may review or request notice or copies of Director's decisions.
(b) Investigate each tentative parcel map application filed pursuant to this chapter. When the Board will make the decision on the application the Director shall prepare a written report of the investigation for the Board that indicates the kind, nature and extent of "improvements," as that term is defined in Government Code section 66419, the subdivider will be required to install or that will be required to serve the land to be subdivided.
(c) Transmit copies of the map with accompanying information and request a written recommendation on the application within 10 days from all of the following:
(1) The Director DPW, Director DEHQ and Director DPR with respect to the design of the proposed subdivision and the kind, nature and extent of the proposed improvements.
(2) The Chief of the local fire district within which the proposed subdivision is located or if there is no fire district, the County fire official, with respect to fire hydrants, connections to be installed, fire control measures, proposed improvements and compliance with SRA Fire Safe Regulations, 14 CCR sections 1270 et seq., or sections of a fire district's code or County Fire Code, related to subdivisions, when the State Board of Forestry has certified the applicable fire code as equaling or exceeding the State regulations.
(3) Special districts which are proposed to provide public sewer, public water and school facilities, other County departments and governmental agencies as the Director deems necessary.
(Amended by Ord. No. 5406 (N.S.), effective 3-22-79, operative 3-23-79; amended by Ord. No. 5668 (N.S.), effective 1-3-80; amended by Ord. No. 5963 (N.S.), effective 2-5-81; amended by Ord. No. 6041 (N.S.), effective 5-28-81; amended by Ord. No. 7312 (N.S.), effective 7-2-87; amended by Ord. No. 8477 (N.S.), adopted 11-8-94, operative 1-1-95; amended by Ord. No. 9701 (N.S.), effective 3-4-05; amended by Ord. No. 10037 (N.S.), effective 3-26-10; amended by Ord. No. 10709 (N.S.), effective 1-15-21)