Montebello Municipal Code Ch. 16.20 Parcel Maps

For purposes of this title, a tentative parcel map shall be required for the subdivision of a lot which was shown as a unit or contiguous units on the equalized assessment roll of the county of Los Angeles which was in effect on the second day of July, 1956, or which was created subsequent to July 2, 1956, by a division of land approved by the city.

(Prior code § 9270.7 (part))

All applications for parcel maps shall be filed, together with a tentative parcel map, with the city planner on forms provided for such purposes.

(Prior code § 9270.7 (A))

A tentative parcel map shall be prepared and processed in accordance with the Act and the provisions of this code.

(Prior code § 9270.7 (E) (1))

Application for tentative parcel maps shall be filed with the city planner on forms approved by him. No such application will be accepted for filing unless all filing and processing fees are paid.

(Prior code § 9270.7 (E) (2))

The size of such tentative map shall be of sufficient size as determined by the city planner to clearly show the entire subdivision on one sheet. In no case shall the scale be less than one hundred feet to the inch.

(Prior code § 9270.7 (E) (3))

Each map shall contain the information required of a tentative subdivision map.

(Prior code § 9270.7 (E) (4))

Tentative parcel map applications including appeals, or parcel map applications where no tentative parcel map is required, shall be noticed for public hearing pursuant to the provisions of the Act. In addition to the notice by publication, written notice shall be mailed, not less than ten days prior to the date of the hearing, to the owners of property within three hundred feet of the exterior boundaries of he proposed subdivision, using names and addresses from the last equalized assessment roll, or, alternatively, from such other records as, in the opinion of the city planner, contain more current information.

(Prior code § 9270.7 (B))

A. Where the planning commission finds that the proposed parcel map, together with its design and improvement, is consistent with the general plan and with any applicable specific plan, and satisfied the other requirements of the Act and of this title, it may approve the map. Where the planning commission finds that certain improvements or dedications are required to properly service a parcel proposed to be created, it may approve the parcel map conditionally, to insure that all such improvements and dedications will be made in accordance with city standards.

B. Where the planning commission finds that any of the parcels proposed to be created would not comply with the Montebello Municipal Code, or that any facts exist which would, under the Act, require disapproval of a subdivision map, it shall deny the application.

C. The decision of the planning commission shall be final in the absence of an appeal.

(Prior code § 9270.7 (C))

A. Any interested person may appeal the action of the planning commission with reference to a parcel map application by filing a written letter of appeal with the city clerk, describing the basis for such appeal. The city clerk shall not accept such a letter of appeal unless a filing and processing fee, as set by city council resolution, has been paid, and such letter of appeal is filed with the city clerk within fifteen calendar days following the planning commission's action.

B. Upon receipt of a timely filed appeal, the city clerk shall place the matter on the city council's agenda.

C. At the time that such appeal is reviewed by the city council, it shall consider the application, the staff report and all other relevant evidence presented by the applicant or any other interested person concerning such parcel maps and shall be governed by the same standards as was the planning commission.

(Prior code § 9270.7 (D))

A. The approval or conditional approval of a tentative parcel map shall be valid for the term provided for in the State Map Act.

B. The expiration of the approved or conditionally approved tentative parcel map shall terminate all proceedings and no parcel map of all or any portion of the real property included within such tentative map shall be filed without first processing a new tentative parcel map.

(Prior code § 9270.7 (F) (1) and (2))

Upon application of the subdivider filed prior to the expiration of the approved or conditionally approved tentative parcel map, the time at which such map expires may be extended by the planning commission for a period or periods not exceeding the limits for such extensions as stated in the Map Act. If the planning commission denies a subdivider's application for extension, the subdivider may appeal to the city council within fifteen days after the planning commission has denied the extension.

(Prior code § 9270.7 (F) (3))

The final parcel map shall contain all the same information and data as required on a final subdivision map, and shall be prepared following the format as described in the Subdivision Map Act.

(Prior code § 9270.8)

A. A subdivider may apply for waiver of the requirement for a parcel map which is imposed by the Act or by this title, upon submission of documents and data necessary for the city to make its determination and payment of the required fee.

B. The planning commission shall consider such application at a duly noticed public hearing and may waive the requirement if it finds that the proposed subdivision complies with all applicable requirements established by the Act and by this title, including, but not limited to, area, improvement and design, floodwater drainage control, improved public roads, sanitary disposal facilities, water supply availability and environmental protection.

C. The planning commission's action may be appealed by any interested person within fifteen days by the filing of a written appeal with the city clerk which shall set forth the basis for the appeal and shall be accompanied by payment of the required fee. Upon receipt of a duly filed appeal, the city clerk shall set the matter for noticed hearing before the city council. The city council shall be governed in its action by the same standards as with the planning commission, and its decision shall be final.

D. Where the city waives the parcel map requirement, it shall cause a certificate of compliance to be filed as set forth in the Act.

E. Waiver of the parcel map requirement shall not affect the requirement for a tentative parcel map.

(Prior code § 9270.9)