(a) The applicant shall provide such information as may be necessary to comply with CEQA and, when the appropriate environmental document has been prepared and approved pursuant to Section 66452.1 of the Subdivision Map Act, the tentative map shall be filed as specified in this section.
(b) For the limited purpose of commencing the time periods prescribed by Section 66452.1 of the Subdivision Map Act and Sec. 8-1.311, below, for the reporting or acting upon tentative maps, a tentative map for which a complete application has been submitted shall be deemed to be “filed” with the clerk of the Advisory Agency on the filing date established as follows:
(1) In cases where the subdivision is exempt from the requirements of CEQA, the Zoning Administrator shall prepare and sign a notice of exemption and the filing date of the tentative map shall be the date on which such notice is signed.
(2) In cases where a negative declaration or a mitigated negative declaration is required under CEQA, the Advisory Agency shall approve a negative declaration or a proposed mitigated negative declaration and the filing date for the tentative map shall be the date on which the appropriate Advisory Agency approves the document.
(3) In cases where an environmental impact report is required under CEQA, the filing date for the tentative map shall be the date on which the Advisory Agency having authority to approve, disapprove or conditionally approve the tentative map, certifies the environmental impact report.
(Ord. 1445, eff. August 14, 2014; as amended by § 2, Ord. 1466, eff. March 24, 2016; as amended by § 2, Ord. 1468, eff. May 13, 2016)