La Mirada Municipal Code Ch. 20.12 Tentative Map

(a) Prior to the filing of an application for a subdivision, the applicant is encouraged to submit a preliminary plan or map with such supplementary data as may be available in order to determine the practical feasibility of the proposed subdivision in relationship to the elements of the general plan and the installation of improvements as required in this title.

(b) This requirement shall not require formal application, fee, or filing of the map with the city planning commission.

(c) After a prearranged conference with the subdivider, the city planning staff may inform the subdivider that the plans and data as submitted and as modified do or do not meet the objectives of the general plan and this title.

(d) The preliminary plan or map and the conference in connection with its review is optional with the subdivider and is not required by this title. Experience indicates that by following this procedure, the subdivider will save time and expense and he is, therefore, encouraged to follow it.

(Ord. 121 § 300, 1967).

(a) On the basis of the recommendations arising out of the preliminary conference regarding the general program and objectives contemplated in the proposed subdivision, the subdivider shall prepare a tentative plan or map, together with supplementary material.

(b) Thirty-five copies of the tentative plan or map shall be submitted to the city planning commission with written application for approval of the tentative plan or map at least twenty-eight days prior to the meeting at which it is to be considered.

(c) Following the review of the tentative plan or map and other materials submitted for conformity to these regulations, and consultation with the subdivider on changes deemed advisable and the kind and extent of improvements to be made by the subdivider, the city planning commission shall, within fifty days, act thereon as submitted, or modified, and if approved, the city planning commission and city council shall express its approval and state the conditions of such approval, if any, or if disapproved, shall express its disapproval and reasons therefor.

(d) The action of the city council shall be noted on two copies of the tentative plan or map, referred and attached to any conditions determined. One copy shall be returned to the subdivider and the other retained by the city clerk.

(e) Approval of the tentative plan or map shall not constitute approval of the final plan or map. Rather it shall be deemed an expression of approval of the layout submitted on the tentative plan or map as a guide for the preparation of the final plan or map which will be submitted for the approval of the city council and for recording upon fulfillment of the requirements of these regulations and the conditions of the tentative plan or map, if any.

(Ord. 491 § 20, 1995; Ord. 121 § 301, 1967).

Before filing a tentative map the subdivider shall obtain from the county surveyor the assignment of a number for the tract to be subdivided. When a number shall have been assigned for a subdivision, the subdivider shall place the number upon each tentative or final map of the subdivision and the number shall not thereafter be changed nor altered in any manner upon any tentative or final map of the subdivision unless and until a new number shall have been assigned.

(Ord. 121 § 302, 1967).

Each subdivider shall file with the city planning commission thirty-five reproduced copies and one duplicate transparency of the tentative map of each subdivision and thirty-five copies of the owner's statement and accompanying data, made in accordance with the requirements of this title together with the filing fee. The time of filing a tentative map shall be construed to be the time at which the same, together with required data, is submitted in the office of the city planning department.

(Ord. 121 § 303, 1967).

The planning director shall indicate the date of filing upon all copies of the tentative map and accompanying data, and shall within two regular working days, transmit at least one copy of the map to each of the following who shall report back thereon within twenty days:

(1) The city engineer;

(2) Each county and city entitled by law to review and recommend thereon;

(3) The Real Estate Commissioner of the state of California;

(4) The affected school district;

(5) The public utilities serving the area;

(6) The sanitation district;

(7) The county health officer;

(8) The District Engineer of the State Division of Highways;

(9) Special districts or other public agencies concerned (county engineer, county road department, flood control district).

(Ord. 121 § 304, 1967).

(a) The subdivision shall be clearly and legibly drawn. The dimension of this map shall be nine inches by thirteen inches or any multiple thereof.

(b) The scale of the map shall be large enough to show clearly all details thereof, and in no case shall the scale be less than one inch equals one hundred feet. When the area to be subdivided is not shown on one sheet, the city planning commission may require the submission of a map showing the entire area indicating streets, keyed to each sheet of the tentative map.

(c) The tentative map shall contain the following information:

(1) The tract number;

(2) Sufficient data to define the location and boundaries of the proposed subdivision;

(3) Name, telephone number and address of owner or owners of record;

(4) Name, telephone number and address of subdivider;

(5) Name, telephone number and business address of person who prepared the plan or map;

(6) The location, names and existing widths of adjacent streets, highways, and other dedicated and nondedicated access ways;

(7) The location, names and widths of all existing or proposed streets, ways or pedestrian paths in the subdivision and their approximate grades, including typical sections and grades thereof;

(8) The location of existing utilities, sewers, drainage ditches, and other drainage facilities located in, or adjacent to, the proposed subdivision;

(9) The location and dimensions of all known existing easements and reservations;

(10) Approximate radius of each curve;

(11) Approximate lot layout and approximate dimensions of each lot including square footage;

(12) Size of smallest lot in tract and average size of all lots;

(13) Approximate boundaries of areas subject to inundation or storm water overflow and the location, width and direction of flow of all water courses;

(14) Plan and easements for drainage and for handling storm water;

(15) Existing use or uses of the property and to scale the outline of any existing buildings and their locations in relation to existing or proposed street and lot lines;

(16) Statement of use zone and proposed use of the property;

(17) Source of water supply;

(18) Provision for sewerage and sewage disposal;

(19) Areas to be reserved for public or semi-public use, if any;

(20) Topography with contours such that:

(A) Contour intervals of one foot or less used where ground slope is three percent or less;

(B) Contour intervals of five feet or less shall be used where ground slopes exceed three percent;

(21) A statement of the improvements proposed to be made or installed;

(22) Approximate location of all tree and tree masses, twelve feet or more in height, standing within boundaries of the subdivision, also the approximate diameter of such trees at a height of thirty inches above grade;

(23) Railroad rights-of-way and grade crossing;

(24) Date, north point arrow, scale;

(25) Key map locating the proposed subdivision in relation to surrounding areas;

(26) Identify all adjacent divisions of land;

(27) If a geological report is necessary to determine whether the property to be subdivided is subject to an existing or potential geological hazard, a written report stating how the geological conditions will affect the proposed development will be required. The report shall be prepared by a geologist experienced in engineering matters and qualified by the county geological qualifications board;

(28) Name all existing streets and extensions thereof, and letter for all other proposed streets;

(29) In a division of land consisting of a condominium project as defined in Section 1350 of the Civil Code or a community apartment project as defined in Section 11004 of the Business and Professions Code the tentative map shall show the general location of all buildings and other structures to be erected including means of access thereto;

(30) Owner's statement. Such of the foregoing information as may not practicably be shown on the plan shall be contained in a written owner's statement accompanying the map.

(Ord. 121 § 305, 1967).

(a) Filing. When the building of houses for sale by the subdivider or his agent or others is a part of the subdivision operation, the subdivider shall submit a development plan to the city planning commission for approval.

The subdivider shall submit ten white prints of the development plan and accompanying data which shall be reviewed by the city engineer, the city planning director, and such other city departments as may be concerned with the development plan. Recommendations of the technical staff shall be considered by the city planning commission in acting on the development plan.

(b) Form. The development plan shall be legibly drawn at a scale large enough to show clearly all details thereof, and the map of the plan shall contain the following information:

(1) Finished grading;

(2) The circulation system within the subdivision and its connection with the system outside of the subdivision, incorporating any pedestrian paths;

(3) Relationship to the subdivision to the prevailing winds;

(4) Relationship of shape and size of each house to shape, size and finished contours of its lot;

(5) Relationship of one house to another and to any living areas, planting areas or screening between houses;

(6) Planting to serve as screens, buffers, shade control or decoration to enhance neighborhood design or outdoor and indoor living areas;

(7) A complete unit of the subdivision with houses correctly located and any main planting areas shown, to indicate that houses are located on their lots to obtain the best possible utilization of their lots considering grade, views, wind and relationship of adjacent or neighboring houses or structures;

(8) Detailed drawings of typical dwellings, including floor plan, site plan and exterior elevations indicating application to the typical dwelling of the provisions of this section.

(Ord. 121 § 306, 1967).