(a) Prior to the submission of the final map, the subdivider shall file a preliminary soils report with the Chief Building Official.
(b) Such report shall be prepared by a civil or geotechnical engineer who is registered by the State, and it shall be based upon adequate test borings or excavations in the subdivision.
(c) The preliminary soil report may be waived if the Chief Building Official shall determine that, due to the department’s knowledge as to the soil qualities of the subdivision, no preliminary analysis is necessary.
(d) Such determination shall be in writing and shall be made part of the data accompanying the final map.
(e) If the preliminary soil report indicates the presence of critically expansive soils or other soil problems which, if not corrected, would lead to structural defects, a soil investigation of each lot in the subdivision shall be prepared by a civil or geotechnical engineer who is registered by the State.
(f) The soil investigation report shall recommend corrective action which is likely to prevent structural damage to each building proposed to be constructed on the expansive soil.
(g) The report shall be filed with the Chief Building Official.
(h) The Chief Building Official shall approve the soil investigation if he determines that the recommended corrective action is likely to prevent structural damage to each building to be constructed on each lot in a subdivision.
(i) Appeals from such determinations shall be to the Board of Appeals created by the California Building Code (Chapter 1 of Title 7 of this code) and shall be taken in the manner of other appeals to that Board.
(j) Subsequent building permits shall be conditioned upon the incorporation of the approved, recommended corrective action in the construction of each building.
(Ord. 1445, eff. August 14, 2014)