Article IV

Review Of Tentative Map By Other Agencies

• (A) A city may make recommendations concerning proposed subdivisions in any adjoining unincorporated territory provided such subdivisions are within three miles of the exterior boundary of such city. A city which desires to make recommendations concerning such proposed subdivisions shall file with the Director a map indicating the territory in which it desires to make such recommendations.

• (B) Upon receiving such territorial map from a city, the Director shall issue a receipt therefor and shall thereafter transmit to the official designated by such city one copy of each tentative map of subdivisions located wholly or partially within the territory outlined on the territorial map. Such transmission shall be made within five days after the receipt of the tentative map.

• (C) Any city receiving such tentative map shall make its recommendation to the Director within 15 days after receipt of such tentative map. The recommendations shall be taken into consideration by the Director or the Board before action is taken upon the tentative map.

• (Ord. 2093, 1975; Ord. 2506, 1977; Ord. 2800, 1979)

The State Department of Transportation may file with the Director a map or an amended map of any territory within one mile on either or both sides of any State highway in which territory it believes the subdivision would have an effect upon an existing State highway or a future State highway, the route of which has been adopted by the California Highway Commission. The Director shall issue a receipt for the territorial map and thereafter shall transmit to the appropriate district office of the Department of Transportation within three days after the receipt thereof, one copy of each tentative map of any subdivision located wholly or partly within the territory outlined on the territorial map. The Department of Transportation upon receiving a copy of the map may, within 15 days after receipt thereof, make recommendations to the Director in connection therewith regarding the effect of the proposed subdivision upon such highway or highway route.

(Ord. 2093, 1975; Ord. 2506, 1977; Ord. 2800, 1979; Ord. 5061 § 26, 2009)

Upon the filing of a tentative map, it may be submitted to the Office of Intergovernmental Management pursuant to Section 12037 of the Governmental Code for an evaluation of the environmental impact of the proposed subdivision. If the subdivision in question is a land project as defined by Section 11000.5 of the Business and Professions Code, such submission shall be required prior to approval of the map.

(Ord. 2093, 1975)

The Director shall transmit to the Office of the California Coastal Zone Conservation Commission within three days after the receipt thereof, one copy of each tentative map of any subdivision located, wholly or partly, within the Coastal Zone, and such Commission

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may, within 15 days thereafter, make recommendation to the Director regarding the effect of the proposed subdivision upon the California Coastal Zone Conservation Plan. This section does not exempt any such subdivision from the permit requirements of Chapter 7 of Division 20 (commencing with Section 30600) or any successor provisions of the Public Resources Code. This section shall remain in effect only until the California Coastal Zone Conservation Commission or its successor ceases to exist.

(Ord. 2093, 1975; Ord. 4496-C § 72, 1998)

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County of Santa Cruz, CA

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