Chapter 22.08 — RESPONSIBILITIES

The Planning Commission shall be the “advisory agency,” as defined in Cal. Gov't Code § 66415 and have the authority to approve, conditionally approve or disapprove maps except when the Director of Community Development is the advisory agency as provided in § 22.08.060(C).

('86 Code, § 22.08.020) (Ord. 4120, passed - - ; Am. Ord. 4847, passed 6-23-25)

The Planning Commission shall be the “advisory agency,” as defined in Cal. Gov't Code § 66415. ('86 Code, § 22.08.020) (Ord. 4120, passed - - )

The City Attorney shall be responsible for approving as to form all subdivision improvement agreements and for providing guidance with regard to land use law to the staff, the Planning Commission and the City Council. ('86 Code, § 22.08.030) (Ord. 4120, passed - - )

The City Engineer shall be responsible for:

(A) Establishing design and construction details, standards and specifications;

(B) Determining if proposed subdivision improvements comply with the provisions of this title and the Map Act and for reporting the findings together with any recommendations for approval, or conditional approval, of the tentative map;

(C) The processing and certification of record documents, including final maps, parcel maps and certificates of compliance;

(D) The inspection and approval of off-site sub-division improvements.

('86 Code, § 22.08.040) (Ord. 4120, passed - - )

The Director of Community Development or his or her designee shall review all proposed divisions of land, reversions to acreage or requests for merger/unmerger of parcels and, when applicable, shall provide a written report of their findings and recommendations to the Planning Commission.

('86 Code, § 22.08.050) (Ord. 4120, passed - - ; Am. Ord. 4735, passed 5-14-18; Am. Ord. 4847, passed 6-23-25)

(A) The Director of Community Development shall be responsible for the processing of all tentative land division or reversion to acreage maps, for processing requests for merger/unmerger of parcels and for the collection of all required fees and deposits. In addition, he or she shall act as chairperson for the Development Review Committee.

(B) Specifically, the Director of Community Development shall be responsible for:

(1) Investigating proposed subdivisions for conformity to the General Plan, specific plans, and zoning ordinance of the city and reporting his or her findings, together with recommendations for approval, conditional approval or denial to the Planning Commission;

(2) Certifying, as Secretary of the Planning Commission, that the Planning Commission has approved or conditionally approved the tentative map for subdivisions requiring a final map.

(C) The Director of Community Development shall be the "advisory agency," as defined in Cal. Gov't Code § 66415, and have the authority to approve, conditionally approve or disapprove maps for all applications under this title for a land use project that does not require any applications under Title 23 of this Code, or for a land use project where the Community Development Director is the review authority for all applications required under Title 23 for the project, as provided in § 23.30.070.

('86 Code, § 22.08.060) (Ord. 4120, passed - - ; Am. Ord. 4735, passed 5-14-18; Am. Ord. 4847, passed 6-23-25)

(A) Where any project requires consideration of multiple discretionary entitlements and the applicant wishes such applications to be considered simultaneously, then, notwithstanding any other provision of this Municipal Code, all consideration of such entitlements shall be for purposes of generating a recommendation until the entitlements are elevated to the most senior approving authority required for any one of the entitlements, which authority shall have the final approval for all entitlements (unless an appeal remains to higher approving authorities). Thus, by way of illustration only, an application for a project involving a zone change, a tentative map and Design Review Board design approval would be considered by both the Design Review Board and the Planning Commission for purposes of making a recommendation to the City Council. If the City Council were then to approve the zone change, the City Council would also have the authority, in this limited circumstance, to approve the final design, as well as the tentative map. Any subsequent amendment or modification of any particular discretionary entitlement that would not normally be considered by a more senior approving authority would be considered by the more junior approving authority, as otherwise provided for in this code. Thus, in the example herein, a subsequent modification of the tentative map could be considered and approved by the Planning Commission, without further consideration by the City Council (absent an appeal).

(B) For purposes of this section “discretionary entitlement” does not include non-discretionary entitlements such as building permits, zone clearances and grading permits. If the Director of Community Development is unclear as to whether an entitlement is discretionary or non-discretionary in this context, the Director may include such entitlement with other discretionary entitlements to be considered.

(Ord. 4580, passed 6-27-11; Am. Ord. 4735, passed 5-14-18)