Burbank Municipal Code Art. 3 Tentative Map Approval

The Director shall, within three (3) days after a tentative map has been filed, forward a copy of the map stamped with the filing date, and any accompanying data, to each of the following:

1. City Manager.

2. Public Works Director.

3. City Engineer.

4. Building Director.

5. General Manager, Public Service Department.

6. Chief of Police.

7. Fire Chief.

8. County Flood Control District.

9. Adjoining municipalities and the County of Los Angeles as and when required by Section 66453 of the Subdivision Map Act.

10. District office of the State Division of Highways as and when required by Section 66455 of the Subdivision Map Act.

11. Real Estate Commissioner if the subdivision constitutes “subdivided lands” or a “subdivision” as defined in Sections 11000 and 11004.5 of the Business and Professions Code.

12. Burbank Unified School District. [Formerly numbered Section 27-24; renumbered by Ord. No. 3058, eff. 2/21/87; 2930, 2705, 2490, 2197.]

Within twenty (20) days of the filing date, each officer, department or public agency given a copy of the tentative map shall file with the Director their or its report, with recommendations, if any, showing what changes are necessary to make the map conform to the requirements of the Subdivision Map Act and of this code. The City Engineer shall make such detailed examination of the tentative map and such field check, if any, as may be necessary to enable them to ascertain compliance with the Subdivision Map Act and this chapter. Failure to submit a report within the time allowed shall be construed as indicating that no recommendation is to be made. [Formerly numbered Section 27-25; renumbered by Ord. No. 3058, eff. 2/21/87; 2930, 2197.]

No tentative map filed pursuant to the provisions of this article which may have a significant effect on the environment shall be approved until an environmental impact report is prepared, processed and considered in accordance with the provisions of Title 9, Chapter 3, Article 1 of this code, unless the tentative map is otherwise exempt from the provisions of that article. The subdivider shall provide such additional data and information and deposit and pay such fees as may be required for the preparation and processing of the environmental impact report. [Added by Ord. No. 2383; formerly numbered Section 27-25.1; renumbered by Ord. No. 3058, eff. 2/21/87.]

Any of the time limits for acting and reporting on tentative maps as specified in this article may be extended by mutual consent of the subdivider and the approving body, as the case may be. [Formerly numbered section 27-308; amended by Ord. No. 3255, eff. 7/13/91; 3058, 2197.]

Approval of tentative maps shall be conditioned upon those parties having any record title interest in the land subdivided offering to dedicate for public use any and all parcels of land shown and intended for any public use, except those parcels intended for the exclusive use of lot owners in the subdivision, their licensees, visitors, tenants and servants. [Formerly numbered Section 27-309; renumbered by Ord. No. 3255, eff. 7/13/91; 3058, 2197.]

Tentative maps shall be disapproved if the approving body makes any of the findings contained in Section 66474 of the Subdivision Map Act. Tentative maps shall be disapproved because of flood hazard, inundation, lack of adequate access, lack of adequate water supply or fire protection, insufficient sewerage facilities, potentially hazardous geological conditions, or noncompliance with the requirements of this code, the Subdivision Map Act, or standards, rules or regulations adopted pursuant to Section 66411 of the Subdivision Map Act, and shall be disapproved or revoked if any information furnished is wilfully falsified or the only practical use that can be made of the property as proposed is a use prohibited by any law or valid regulation. If any portion of the land within the boundaries shown on a tentative map of a division of land is subject to flood hazard, inundation or geological hazard and the probable use of the property will require structures thereon, disapproval may be noted on that portion of the map so affected and protective improvements required to be constructed as a condition of approval. [Formerly numbered Section 27-310; renumbered by Ord. No. 3255, eff. 7/13/91; 3058, 2705, 2490, 2197.]

Modifications of an approved or conditionally approved tentative map are authorized but shall be submitted for approval before the final map or parcel map, as the case may be, is submitted to the City Engineer for certification. [Formerly numbered section 27-311; renumbered by Ord. No. 3255, eff. 7/13/91; 3058, 2197.]

A. Expiration of Approval: The approval or conditional approval of a tentative map shall expire thirty (30) months from the date the map was approved or conditionally approved if prepared for a parcel map and thirty six (36) months from the date the map was approved or conditionally approved if prepared for a final map.

B. Application for Extension: The person filing the tentative map may request an extension of the tentative map approval by written application to the approving body, such application to be filed at least fifteen (15) days before the tentative map approval or conditional approval is due to expire. The application shall state the reasons for requesting the extension.

C. Report: The Director shall prepare a report supporting or opposing the application.

D. Time Limit on Extension: An extension of not to exceed two (2) years may be granted if the tentative map was prepared for a parcel map or for a final map.

E. Effect of Modifications on Time Limits: Modification of a tentative map after approval shall not extend the time limits imposed by this section. [Formerly numbered section 27-312; amended by Ord. No. 3255, eff. 7/13/91; 3058, 2930, 2877, 2422, 2197.]