Del Mar Municipal Code Ch. 24.50 Major Subdivision: Tentative Map Procedure

A. Every subdivider proposing to create a major subdivision shall comply with the procedures contained in this Chapter. Prior to the filing of a tentative map, the subdivider or his authorized agent shall confer with the Planning Director and the City Engineer regarding the preparation of the map.

B. A vesting tentative map shall be filed in accordance with the procedures contained in this Chapter. (Government Code § 66452)

(Ord. No. 396)

A. The subdivider shall submit to the Planning Director, in as many copies as required by the City, the proposed tentative map.

B. A proposed tentative map shall not be deemed filed until:

1. All necessary zoning approvals have been secured.

2. An environmental impact report, negative declaration, or exemption determination, as required, has been certified for the project covered by the application.

3. The map complies with the form as content requirements of this Title.

4. The filing fee has been paid in full.

Within ten days of the filing of a tentative map, the Planning Director shall send a notice in accordance with Section 66455.7 of the Act.

The tentative map shall be based upon a reasonably accurate or detailed survey and shall be prepared in accordance with the provisions relating to final maps contained in Subsections 24.54.040.A., B., and E.

Each tentative map shall depict all contiguous property owned by the subdivider and shall contain the following information:

A. Name and address of the owner whose property is proposed to be subdivided and the name and address of the subdivider.

B. Name and address of registered civil engineer or licensed surveyor, who prepared the map.

C. North arrow.

D. Scale.

E. Date of preparation.

F. The location, width and proposed names of all streets within the boundaries of the proposed subdivision and approximate grades thereof and point of access from each lot.

G. Locations and width of alleys.

H. Names, location and width of adjacent streets.

I. Lot lines and approximate dimensions and numbers of each lot.

J. Approximate location and width of watercourses of areas subject to inundation from floods, and location of structures, irrigation ditches and other permanent features.

K. Approximate contours at two-foot intervals.

L. Approximate location of existing buildings and permanent structures.

M. Location of all major vegetation showing size and type.

N. Legal description of the exterior boundaries of the subdivisions.

O. Width and location of all existing and proposed public or private easement, for example utilities and bicycle paths.

P. Classification of lots as to be intended residential, commercial, industrial or otherwise.

Q. Location of railroads and rights-of-way.

R. Approximate radii of curves.

S. Any proposed phasing by units.

T. Number of units to be constructed when a condominium or community apartment project is involved.

U. At the time a vesting tentative map is filed, it shall have printed conspicuously on its face the words "Vesting Tentative Map."

V. Locations of existing structures within the subdivision and structures outside the subdivision but within 25 feet of the subdivision boundaries.

Shown either on the proposed tentative map or on accompanying documents shall be the information regarding the following matters:

A. Source of water supply.

B. Type of street improvement and utilities which the subdivider proposes to install.

C. Proposed method of sewage disposal, including location of facilities.

D. Proposed storm water sewer or other means of drainage, including the location of such facilities.

E. Protective covenants to be recorded.

F. Proposed tree plantings.

G. Landscaping and irrigation conceptual plan.

There shall be filed with the tentative map a grading plan showing any grading proposed for the creation of building sites within the subdivision or for construction of improvements to serve the subdivision. The grading plan together with the original topographical contours may be shown on the tentative map. This plan shall indicate approximate earthwork volumes of proposed excavation and filling operations. In the event no such grading is proposed, a statement to that effect shall be filed with the tentative map.

There shall be filed with the tentative map a current preliminary title report for the property being subdivided.

A. The Planning Department shall obtain recommendations from the City staff, concerned governmental agencies and other persons affected by or integrated in the proposed subdivision and shall present those recommendations to the subdivider for discussion at a pre-hearing conference.

B. The Planning Department shall prepare a staff report to the Planning Commission containing recommendations regarding the proposed tentative map.

Any report or recommendation on a tentative map by the staff to the Planning Commission or City Council shall be in writing and a copy thereof served on the subdivider and on each tenant of the subject property; in the case of a proposed conversion of residential real property to a condominium project, community apartment project, or stock cooperative project, at least three days prior to any hearing or action on such map by the advisory agency. A fee in an amount set by resolution, from time to time, by the City Council shall be collected from the subdivider for expenses incurred under this Section. (Government Code § 66452.3)

A. The Planning Commission shall conduct a public hearing on the proposed tentative map.

B. The Planning Commission shall investigate each proposed tentative map filed pursuant to this Chapter. The Commission shall consider the proposed design of the subdivision and the kind, nature, and extent of proposed improvements.

C. Within 50 days of the filing of the tentative map with the secretary of the Planning Commission, the Planning Commission shall file with the City Clerk its findings and its recommendation based on those findings. The Planning Commission will recommend to the City Council the approval, conditional approval or denial of the tentative map. As appropriate, the Planning Commission shall recommend the kind, nature, and extent of improvements that should be constructed or installed. (Government Code § 66452.1(a))

A. When a report on a tentative map is filed with the City Clerk, the Clerk is directed, unless otherwise directed by the City Council, to act prior to the next regular meeting of the City Council by setting the matter on the City Council agenda for public hearing, which date shall be within 30 days of that next regular meeting. The City Council shall approve, conditionally approve or disapprove the tentative map within that same 30-day period. (Government Code § 66452.2)

B. The City Council shall comply with the time periods set forth in Section 66452.2(c) of the Act.

A. In accordance with Section 66452.6 of the Act, a tentative map shall expire 24 months after its approval or conditional approval.

B. Upon application received at a meeting of the City Council at least 60 days prior to the expiration of the tentative map, the City Council may extend the time of expiration for a period not to exceed three years from the date of approval of the tentative map. (Government Code § 66463.5)

A. Where a subdivider desires to revise or alter a proposed subdivision for which a tentative map has been approved by the City Council, the subdivider may file with the Planning Department a revised tentative map on payment of the established fees.

B. A revised tentative map shall conform to the following requirements:

1. The proposed subdivision shown on such map shall generally conform to the street and lot pattern shown on the approved tentative map.

2. The proposed subdivision shown on such map shall include only one contiguous area consisting of all or a portion of the subdivision shown on the approved tentative map together with such additional land, if any, as the subdivider desires to include.

3. The revised tentative map shall contain all of the information required on tentative maps and shall be accompanied by such data as is required to be filed with proposed tentative maps.

C. A revised tentative map shall be filed within 24 months after the approval of the tentative map by the City Council or, if an extension of time is granted within the period specified in such extension.

D. Upon the filing of a revised tentative map and payment of the prescribed fee, such revised tentative map shall be treated in all respects as an original tentative map and shall be reported on, approved, conditionally approved, or disapproved, in the same manner as a tentative map, provided, however, that the subdivider shall have 12 months from the approval or conditional approval of the original tentative map within which to obtain final map approval, unless such period is extended pursuant to this Chapter, in which case, the subdivider shall obtain final map approval within the period of any such extension.

At any time following the filing of a tentative map with the secretary of the Planning Commission, the City engineer may direct the subdivider to submit a replacement tentative map. Such direction shall be based upon the City Engineer's finding that the number or nature of the changes necessary for approval are such that they cannot be shown clearly or simply on the original tentative map.