Chapter 17.20 — TENTATIVE MAPS

The subdivider shall file with the town engineer ten copies of the tentative map and such additional number as the town engineer shall require.

(Ord. 286 § 4.1(a), 1957)

At the time of filing the tentative map, the subdivider shall pay planning and engineering map checking fees as established and adopted by the town council from time to time by resolution.

(Ord. 616 § 3, 1974: Ord. 286 § 4.1(b), 1957)

The time of filing a tentative subdivision map shall be construed to be the time at which the same is accepted by the town engineer. The town engineer shall examine any such map upon presentation of the same to him and shall not accept such map unless the map is in full compliance with the provisions of this title as to form and as to the data and information required to be shown thereon or furnished therewith.

(Ord. 286 § 4.1(c), 1957)

Within three days after the filing of the tentative map and accompanying statements the town engineer shall transmit two copies thereof to the planning commission, one copy to its authorized representative, one copy to Marin Sanitary District No. 2, one copy to Marin Municipal Water District, one copy to Pacific Gas and Electric Company and one copy to Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company, together with requests for recommendations on the proposed subdivision. The town engineer may transmit copies of the tentative map and accompanying statements to the chief of police, Corte Madera volunteer fire department, Corte Madera park and recreation commission, Larkspur School District, Reed School District, Tamalpais Union High School District, Marin County planning commission and other county, special district, state and other public and private agencies affected by the proposed subdivision, together with requests for recommendations thereon.

(Ord. 286 § 4.1(d), 1957)

The tentative map shall be clearly and legibly drawn on tracing cloth or tracing paper of good quality. The size of the sheet shall be not greater than thirty-six inches by forty-eight inches. The scale of the map shall be one inch equals one hundred feet except that in the -S slope conservation district the scale of the map shall be one inch equals fifty feet.

(Ord. 437 § 7, 1964: Ord. 286 § 4.2, 1957)

The tentative map shall contain the following information:

(1)

Tract name or other designation;

(2)

Names and addresses of record owner and subdivider;

(3)

Name, address and registration or license number of engineer or surveyor who prepared the map;

(4)

Date of preparation;

(5)

North point;

(6)

Scale;

(7)

Boundaries of the proposed subdivision;

(8)

Locations, names and widths of streets within the proposed subdivision;

(9)

Locations and widths of alleys within the proposed subdivision;

(10)

Locations, names and present width of streets and alleys adjacent to the proposed subdivision;

(11)

Locations of official plan lines of projected streets;

(12)

Approximate grades of all streets or parts of streets exceeding six percent;

(13)

Approximate radii of street curves;

(14)

Lot lines and approximate dimensions;

(15)

Locations and approximate dimensions of proposed public areas;

(16)

Limitations on rights of ingress to and egress from streets and parcels of land, and locations and approximate widths of nonaccess strips;

(17)

Locations of sanitary sewers including side sewers, storm sewers, gas, water, power and telephone lines and other public utilities and the approximate width and location of utilities easements;

(18)

Approximate locations of areas subject to inundation or storm water overflow and of all areas covered by water, and the location, width and direction of flow of all watercourses and areas subject to overflow by tide waters;

(19)

Locations of storm sewer mains, channels, levees, holding ponds, lagoons and other drainage works;

(20)

Locations of railroads, structures and other permanent physical features affecting the design of the proposed subdivision;

(21)

Contour lines for all ground slopes showing a minimum of five foot intervals. The surveyor may be required to exhibit the elevations of all points used in determining contour lines;

(22)

In the -S slope conservation district, the tentative map also shall show proposed grading, existing vegetation and all areas to be cleared, and a building site and an off-street parking site, where these features differ from those shown on the preliminary map. Access to each site shall be shown and shall be approved by the town engineer prior to the commencement of construction, provided that the planning commission may approve alternate means of access if it finds that the purposes prescribed in Section 17.04.020(5) can be attained;

(23)

A blank space eight and one-half by eleven inches in size for certificates, conditions, approvals, etc.

(Ord. 437 § 8, 1964; Ord. 286 § 4.3, 1957)

The following drawings shall be filed along with the tentative map:

(1)

Profiles showing centerlines and ground and grade elevations of all streets, alleys, pedestrianways, sanitary sewers, storm sewers, gas lines, water lines and other improvements in the subdivision, drawn to such scales as to show clearly all details thereof;

(2)

Typical cross-sections of all streets, alleys and pedestrianways and details of curbs, gutters, sidewalks and other improvements, drawn to such scales as to show clearly all details thereof.

(Ord. 286 § 4.4, 1957)

The following statements shall be filed along with the tentative map:

(1)

Legal description of the property;

(2)

Existing use or uses of property, including the location of all existing structures to remain on the property;

(3)

Proposed uses of the property, with a statement of the respective proportions of the total area of the subdivision represented by each, and an outline of proposed deed restrictions;

(4)

Purposes of all existing easements and all building and use restrictions pertaining to such easements;

(5)

Source, quality and approximate quantity of water supply, and general outline of proposed system;

(6)

Provisions for sewage disposal, drainage, and flood control which are proposed;

(7)

Statement as to tree planting plan;

(8)

Statement of the improvements proposed to be made or installed and of the time when such improvements are proposed to be made or completed. Preliminary plans and specifications showing in general the proposed improvements;

(9)

Description and location of existing community facilities, including schools, parks, playgrounds and shopping centers which would serve the proposed subdivision;

(10)

Description of the proposed subdivision, including the number of lots, average and minimum sizes of lots, type of development and any other information which would be useful to the planning commission in reviewing the tentative map.

(Ord. 286 § 4.5, 1957)

The planning commission shall set a date for consideration of the tentative map, which date shall be within thirty days after the map was filed unless the time limit for action on the map is extended by mutual agreement of the planning commission and the subdivider. Prior to the date set for consideration of the tentative map the town engineer and the authorized representative of the planning commission shall submit to the commission written reports on their recommendations regarding the proposed subdivision. Failure to submit such reports shall be deemed approval of the proposed subdivision. The town engineer shall notify Marin Sanitary District No. 2, Marin Municipal Water District, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company and other public and private agencies to which copies of the tentative map are transmitted, of the date set for consideration of the map by the planning commission.

(Ord. 286 § 4.6(a), 1957)

The planning commission shall consider the tentative map at a regular meeting not less than ten days after the map was filed. Action shall be taken on the tentative map within thirty days after the map was filed. Failure to act within thirty days shall be deemed approval of the tentative map unless the time limit for action on the map is extended by mutual agreement of the planning commission and the subdivider. The planning commission may approve, conditionally approve or disapprove the tentative map. The action of the planning commission shall be based on conformity of the tentative map with the Subdivision Map Act of the state, with this title, with Title 18 and with precise plans and official plan lines adopted by the town council, and on the quality of the design of the proposed subdivision. Within ten days of its acting on the tentative map the planning commission shall report its action to the subdivider, the town council, the town engineer, Marin Sanitary District No. 2, Marin Municipal Water District, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company and other public and private agencies to which copies of the tentative map were transmitted.

(Ord. 286 § 4.6(b), 1957)

Upon receipt of a report by the planning commission on a tentative map, the town council shall consider the tentative map and shall hold a public hearing thereon.

Notice of the public hearing shall be given not less than ten days nor more than thirty days prior to the date of the hearing by mailing, postage prepaid, a notice of the time and place of the hearing to all persons whose names and addresses appear on the latest adopted tax roll of the county, or as known to the town clerk, as owning property within a distance of not less than three hundred feet from the exterior boundaries of the area occupied or to be occupied by the use which is the subject of the hearing.

Notice of the public hearing may be given not less than ten days nor more than thirty days prior to the date of the hearing by posting a notice or notices on the site and within five hundred feet of the boundaries thereof, and/or by publication in a newspaper of general circulation within Marin County.

At the public hearing, the town council shall review the application and the tentative map and shall consider the report of the planning commission. The council shall make specific findings that the tentative map conforms with the Subdivision Map Act of the state, with this title, with Title 18, with the general plan, with precise plans and the official plan lines adopted by the town council, and on the quality of the design of the proposed subdivision.

Within ten days of its acting on the tentativy map, the town council shall report its action to the subdivider, the town engineer, Marin Sanitary District No. 2, Marin Municipal Water District, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company and other public and private agencies to which copies of the tentative map were transmitted.

(Ord. 596 § 1, 1973)

For divisions of land into four lots or less, exceptions to the provisions of this chapter with respect to requirements, form, information, drawings, statements and procedure for tentativy maps may be permitted by the planning commission.

(Ord. 286 § 4.7, 1957)

Failure to record a final map within two years of the date of approval or conditional approval of the tentative map or any time extension granted by the town council shall terminate all proceedings. Before a final map may thereafter be recorded, or any lots sold, a new tentative map shall be filed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.

(Ord. 286 § 4.8, 1957)

(Ord. No. 1058, § 3, 2-3-2026)