Agoura Hills Municipal Code Ch. 4 Tentative Map

Every proposed division of land requiring the approval of a tract map or parcel map shall be initiated by the submission of a Tentative Map subject to the provisions of the Subdivision Map Act and of this article.

(Ord. No. 125, 6-2-87)

The subdivider shall obtain a map number from the city engineer prior to submitting an application for a tentative map.

(Ord. No. 125, 6-2-87)

A tentative map will be deemed submitted and filed, upon submission to the planning department in completed form, of all documentation and information required pursuant to this chapter and payment of the required processing fees. Tentative maps shall be submitted, accompanied by any additional required documents and copies, to the planning department during business hours on the first Thursday of each month.

(Ord. No. 125, 6-2-87)

A vesting tentative map shall be filed and processed in the same manner as a tentative map, except it shall have printed on the title sheet the words "Vesting Tentative Map."

(Ord. No. 125, 6-2-87)

If at any time during the processing of a map under this chapter, it is discovered that any required supporting material has not been filed, the map has been improperly or incorrectly prepared, or that required information has not been submitted, the director shall promptly give written notice thereof to the subdivider. The time limits specified by this chapter shall not run until proper corrections have been made or required material or information has been submitted as required by the notice thereof to the subdivider.

(Ord. No. 125, 6-2-87)

No map of property required by this chapter shall be accepted for filing without the written consent of all persons having a record title interest in the real property as defined in Section 66436 of the Subdivision Map Act.

(Ord. No. 125, 6-2-87)

Each tentative map shall be legibly drawn by a registered civil engineer or licensed surveyor. Each tentative map shall be drawn to such scale as to clearly show the details of the plan thereon. The scale of each map shall not be less than one hundred (100) feet equals one (1) inch.

(Ord. No. 125, 6-2-87)

Each tentative map shall show and contain the following information:

(a) Map number;

(b) Name, address and telephone number of subdivider;

(c) Name, address and telephone number of record owner of property;

(d) Name, address and telephone number of registered civil engineer or licensed surveyor who prepared the tentative map;

(e) Sufficient legal description of the property as to define the boundaries of the proposed land division;

(f) Amount of acreage within the proposed parcel;

(g) Date, north point, and scale;

(h) Names, location, and width of proposed streets with approved access to the parcel;

(i) Location and width of proposed easements and rights-of-way;

(j) Location and width of existing recorded easements and public rights-of-way;

(k) The name, if any, location, width, and approximate grade of existing streets, alleys, highways and easements which are within or adjacent to the proposed division of land;

(l) Vicinity map;

(m) Contour lines including the location and width of watercourses;

(n) Proposed land use classification of parcel;

(o) Location of existing utilities, water wells, septic tanks and leach lines;

(p) Number of each lot;

(q) Radius and length of curves;

(r) Location of underground irrigation and drainage lines; and

(s) Number, location and size of all existing protected trees.

(Ord. No. 125, 6-2-87; Ord. No. 25-482, § 18, 12-10-2025)

Environmental review shall be required for any proposed division of land which requires a tract map or parcel map, pursuant to the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).

(Ord. No. 125, 6-2-87)

(a) If it is impossible to place upon the tentative map any matter required by this section, such information shall be submitted with the map.

(b) Twenty-five (25) legible copies of each tentative map shall be submitted with each tentative map.

(Ord. No. 125, 6-2-87)

Upon payment of the required fees and submission of all information and documentation required by this chapter, the director shall transmit copies of the tentative map to public agencies and utilities having an interest in the proposed land division. Each of the interested public agencies and utilities may forward to the director a written response of its findings and recommendations thereon.

(Ord. No. 125, 6-2-87)

Prior to the hearing by the planning commission, the subdivision review committee shall review the tentative tract map and relevant documents. All subdivision review committee meetings shall be open to the subdivider and/or its representative. The committee shall inform the subdivider of its recommendation with respect to the tentative map and shall advise the subdivider to consult with appropriate agencies regarding the proposed division of land. The committee shall report its conclusions and findings regarding the tentative map to the planning commission, which report shall be incorporated into the final staff report prepared for the tentative map.

(Ord. No. 125, 6-2-87)

Cross reference— Conversions, departments and boards, § 2801 et seq.

The planning commission shall hold a public hearing on all tentative maps filed with the city within fifty (50) days after the filing of such tentative map. Notice of the time, place and subject of the hearing shall be given at least ten (10) days prior to the hearing as follows:

(a) Mailed to the subdivider and all persons shown on the last equalized assessment role as owning real property within seven hundred fifty (750) feet of the subject property;

(b) Published once in a newspaper circulated daily in the city; and

(c) Posting at the subject property.

Any interested person may appear at such hearing and be heard.

(Ord. No. 125, 6-2-87)

The planning commission shall either approve, conditionally approve, or disapprove all tentative maps filed with the city within fifty (50) days after the filing thereof. However, if an environmental impact report is prepared, the planning commission shall render its decision within forty-five (45) days after certification of the environmental impact report. The time limits specified in this chapter for acting on tentative maps may be extended by mutual consent of the subdivider and the planning commission.

(Ord. No. 125, 6-2-87)

No tentative map shall be approved unless it complies with the provisions of the Subdivision Map Act and of this article. The planning commission shall deny approval of a tentative map if it makes any of the following findings:

(a) The proposed map is not consistent with the general and specific plans of the City of Agoura Hills;

(b) The design or improvement of the proposed development is not consistent with the general and specific plans of the City of Agoura Hills;

(c) The site is not physically suitable for the type of development proposed;

(d) The site is not physically suitable for the proposed density of the development;

(e) The design of the development or the proposed improvements are likely to cause substantial environmental damage or to substantially injure fish or wildlife or their habitat;

(f) The design of the development or the type of improvement is likely to cause serious public health problems; or

(g) The design of the development or the type of improvement will conflict with easements, acquired by the public at large, for access through or use of property within the proposed development; however, approval may be granted if it is found that alternate easements, for access or for use, will be provided, and that these will be substantially equivalent to the ones previously acquired by the public.

(Ord. No. 125, 6-2-87)

If no action is taken on a tentative map by the planning commission within the specified fifty-day time period or any authorized extensions thereof, the tentative map, as filed, shall be deemed to be approved, insofar as it complies with the requirements of the subdivision ordinance. The city clerk shall certify such approval.

(Ord. No. 125, 6-2-87)

The subdivider and any person adversely affected by the planning commission action may appeal the decision with fifteen (15) days after the date of the decision of the planning commission by paying the required fees and submitting a letter to the city council stating the reason for the appeal. The city council shall hold a public hearing on each tentative map for which the decision of the planning commission has been appealed to the city council. Notice of such public hearing shall be given in the manner specified in section 10412. The decision of the city council shall be final.

(Ord. No. 125, 6-2-87)

An approved or conditionally approved tentative map shall expire twenty-four (24) months after being approved. The director may grant extensions to the term of an approved or conditionally approved map, the total of which extensions shall not exceed one (1) year. The subdivider shall submit a written request to the director for each extension prior to the expiration of the tentative map.

(Ord. No. 125, 6-2-87)

The time period specified in section 10417 shall not include any period of time during which a development moratorium, imposed after approval of the tentative map, is in existence, provided however, that the length of the moratorium does not exceed five (5) years.

Once a moratorium is terminated, the map shall be valid for the same period of time as was left to run on the map at the time that the moratorium was imposed. However, if the remaining time is less than one hundred twenty (120) days, the map shall be valid for one hundred twenty (120) days following the termination of the moratorium.

(Ord. No. 125, 6-2-87)

The expiration of the term of an approved or conditionally approved tentative map shall terminate all proceedings and no final map of all or any portion of the real property included within the tentative map shall be filed without first processing a new tentative map.

(Ord. No. 125, 6-2-87)

Any revised tentative map shall comply with all the provisions of the Subdivision Map Act and this article in effect at the time the revised map is approved. Proceedings on a revised tentative map shall be conducted in the same manner as for the original approval of a tentative map. The approval or conditional approval of a revised tentative map shall annul approval of the previous tentative map and shall not extend the time within which the final map may be filed.

(Ord. No. 125, 6-2-87)