Los Altos Municipal Code Ch. 13.08 Administration and Enforcement

The planning commission is hereby designated as the advisory agency with respect to subdivisions as provided in the map act.

(Prior code § 10-3.03)

The planning commission shall have all the powers and duties with respect to tentative and final maps, and all procedures relating thereto, which are specified by law and the provisions of this chapter.

(Prior code § 10-3.04)

It shall be unlawful for any person as a principal, agent, or otherwise to offer to sell, contract to sell, or sell any subdivision of land, or any part thereof, in the city unless and until all the requirements of this chapter have been complied with.

(Prior code § 10-3.05)

In the event a subdivision is partly in the city and partly in the county or another city, the respective engineers shall enter into an agreement, by and with the consent of their respective governing bodies, providing that either shall perform the duties prescribed for the city engineer in this chapter, or providing for an apportionment between them of such duties. Either may make the certification upon the map after his or her performance of the duties devolved upon him or her by such agreement, and, when by such agreement such duties are apportioned between the respective engineers, each shall make a certification on the map covering the duties performed by each after the performance thereof.

(Prior code § 10-3.18)

A.

Notice. Appeals may be made from any decision, determination, or requirement of the planning commission, city engineer, or city clerk by filing a notice thereof in writing with the city clerk within fifteen (15) days after such decision, determination, or requirement is made. Such notice shall set forth in detail the action and the grounds upon which the subdivider deems himself or herself aggrieved.

B.

Report. The city clerk shall report the filing of such notice to the council, the city engineer, and the planning commission. A written report shall be submitted to the council by the one whose decision, determination, or requirement is being appealed.

C.

Action on appeals. The council at its next regular meeting following the filing of such appeal, or within fifteen (15) days following the filing thereof, shall set the appeal for hearing to be held within ten (10) days thereafter, and such hearing may for good cause be continued by order of the council. Upon the hearing of such appeal, the council may overrule or modify the decision, determination, or requirement appealed from and enter any such order as is in harmony with the spirit and purposes of this chapter. Such disposition of the appeal shall be final.

D.

Review. Nothing set forth in this section shall be construed to prohibit the subdivider from appealing to the Superior Court for review as provided in the Map Act.

(Ord. 07-312 § 2 (part); prior code § 10-3.48)