16.16.115   Denial of tentative map or parcel map.
   This section shall apply to both tentative maps and parcel maps for which a tentative map is not required.
   A.   The Planning Commission shall deny approval of a tentative map, or a parcel map for which a tentative map was not required, if it makes any of the following findings:
   1.   The proposed map is not consistent with the General Plan;
   2.   The proposed map is not consistent with an applicable specific plan adopted in accordance with Government Code Section 65451;
   3.   The design or improvement of the proposed subdivision is not consistent with the General Plan or with an applicable specific plan.
   4.   The site is not physically suitable for the type of development.
   5.   The site is not physically suitable for the proposed density of development.
   6.    The design of the subdivision or the proposed improvements are likely to cause substantial environmental damage or substantially and avoidably injure fish or wildlife or their habitat.
   7.   The design of the subdivision or type of improvements is likely to cause serious public health problems.
   8.   The design of the subdivision or the type of improvements will conflict with easements acquired by the public at large that are either of record or have been established by judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, that are for access through, or use of, property within the proposed subdivision, and that there are no feasible alternate easements for access or for use that will be substantially equivalent to ones previously acquired by the public.
   B.   In determining whether to approve or deny a tentative map, the Planning Commission shall apply only those ordinances, policies, and standards in effect at the date the City Planner has determined that the application is complete pursuant to Government Code Section 65943.
   C.   If the Planning Commission finds that the land is subject to any of the following, then the Planning Commission shall deny approval of a tentative map, or a parcel map for which a tentative map was not required if, after reviewing Government Code Section 66474.4, it finds that either the resulting parcels following a subdivision of the land would be too small to sustain their agricultural use or the subdivision will result in residential development not incidental to the commercial agricultural use of the land:
   1.   A contract entered into pursuant to the California Land Conservation Act of 1965 (Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 51200) of Part 1 of Division 1 of Title 5), including an easement entered into pursuant to Section 51256.
   2.   An open-space easement entered into pursuant to the Open-Space Easement Act of 1974 (Chapter 6.6 (commencing with Section 51070) of Part 1 of Division 1 of Title 5.)
   3.   An agricultural conservation easement entered into pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 10260) of Division 10.2 of the Public Resources Code.
   4.   A conservation easement entered into pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 815) of Part 2 of Division 2 of the Civil Code. (Ord. 2017-01 (part), 2017)