Amador City Municipal Code Ch. 16.10 General Requirements

(Section 66425*) A tentative map shall be required as set forth in this title and Title 7, Division 2, Chapter 2, Article 1 of the Subdivision Map Act.

(Ord. 159 (part), 2005)

* Section references are to the Subdivision Map Act of the state of California.

(Section 66498.1 et seq. and Section 66474.2) All tentative maps approved pursuant to this title are deemed to be vesting tentative maps.

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It is recognized that a subdivider may wish to identify a tentative map as a "vesting" tentative map. When the subdivider requires such an identification, the subdivider shall so indicate on both the tentative map and the application for subdivision.

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No parcel or final map shall be approved unless there is proof, to the satisfaction of the city engineer, that there is legal access to each parcel.

A. No tentative map shall be accepted as complete unless there are references on the tentative map to the type of legal access. The reference shall be to recorded deed, parcel or final map, court order or other right to access.

B. Access to new parcels shall be in accordance with this title and the city improvement standards as adopted by the city council.

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(Section 66463) A parcel map shall be filed, in accordance with this chapter, for all subdivisions for which a final map is not required.

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(Section 66428) Applications may be made to the planning commission for a parcel map waiver. Such application shall be accompanied by a tentative map drawn in compliance with the requirements of this title. The planning commission may approve the request for a parcel map waiver, when it finds the parcel(s) to be created is consistent with the provisions of this title, the Subdivision Map Act, the general plan, community, special, or specific plans, the zoning ordinance, applicable requirements for flood control, drainage plans, parcel design, roads, deeded access, sanitary disposal facilities, water supply availability, and environmental protection. When a parcel map is waived, the division of land shall be finalized by recordation of a deed and record of survey. The record of survey shall reference the date and resolution of the planning commission granting of waiver.

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A property owner, or adjacent property owners, may enter into an agreement to adjust the boundary lines of contiguous parcels under the provisions of Chapter 16.28 of this title. No tentative map shall be required.

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Previously subdivided lands may be reverted to acreage or merged subject to the procedures in Chapter 16.27 of this title.

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(Section 66424.6, Section 66434e) Requirements for remainder parcels and the application of fees and regulations therefore shall be as set forth herein.

A. Remainder parcels shall not be counted as a parcel for purposes of determining if a parcel or final map is required for the subdivision.

B. A remainder shall be counted as a parcel for purposes of determining the total amount of per-parcel application fees for the proposed project.

C. No conditions of project approval, except for those conditions related to construction of a single-family home (proof of domestic water supply, proof of method of sewage disposal, legal access to a public road) shall be imposed upon a remainder of more than five acres gross land area, provided that the parcel is designated so that it may be developed with not more than one single-family residence consistent with zoning requirements. If a remainder parcel is less than five acres of gross land area, the planning commission may treat the remainder as a parcel for purposes of imposing conditions so that the parcel may be subsequently sold. When a parcel is designated as a "remainder" or "not a part of this subdivision (NAPOTS)," it shall be counted as the "existing parcel" for purposes of school, traffic, and other mitigation fees based upon the number of lots created.

D. A remainder parcel shall not be subsequently sold unless the subdivider either:

1. Files a parcel map for the remainder pursuant to this title; or

2. Obtains a conditional certificate of compliance for the parcel pursuant to this title.

E. If the map includes a remainder parcel with a gross land area of five acres or more, that remainder parcel need not be shown on the final or parcel map unless specifically required by the planning commission.

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A. A preliminary soils report and/or a hazardous materials report prepared by a civil engineer or engineering geologist registered in California, and based upon adequate test borings and/or other testing or analysis, may be required by the city engineer for any subdivision for which a final map is required by this title.

B. When the city engineer determines that a preliminary soils report is necessary, the planning commission may include the preparation of such report as a condition of approval of the tentative map.

C. When the preliminary soils report indicates the presence of critically expansive soils or other hazardous soils problems which, if not corrected or adequately addressed, would lead to structural defects, a soils investigation of each lot in the subdivision may be required.

D. Soils investigation shall be done by a professional engineer or engineering geologist of proper registration in California, who shall recommend the corrective actions necessary to prevent structural damage to structures proposed to be constructed in the area where such soils problems exist.

(Ord. 159 (part), 2005)