Rio Vista Municipal Code Ch. 16.16 Major Subdivisions—preliminary Maps

All subdivision maps and plans shall be subject to a pretentative review by the city engineer, city planner and city subdivision committee. This preliminary process shall be an informal period, prior to filing for tentative and vesting tentative map approval, in which the subdivision applicant's engineers, architects, and planners establish familiarity with the city of Rio Vista's general plan, master utility plan, and subdivision improvement standards. During this period, recommendations and comments on the subdivision maps, and improvement plans shall be elicited from the city engineer, city planner and subdivision committee for inclusion in the submission of tentative map and tentative subdivision improvement plans. The preliminary map procedure shall be completed before tentative maps and vesting tentative maps are submitted.

(Prior code Appendix C § 4.1.1)

The purpose of the preparation and consideration of a preliminary map is to provide a means of review by the subdivision committee with the developer. From this preliminary review it is expected that the applicant will be made aware of any major problems concerning the use of the land or the proposed on and offsite improvements for the land to be subdivided and that the subdivision committee will be made aware of what might be proposals for the subdivision of land that will require preparation or modification or consideration for expansion of public services and facilities prior to the proposed use of land within a subdivision. The applicant is encouraged to submit alternative development proposals.

(Prior code Appendix C § 4.1.2)

The preliminary map and improvement plans shall be of the same general form and content and submittal as that required for tentative maps and improvement plans, however, it is not intended that preliminary maps and improvement plans be as detailed as the tentative map, but should be prepared with enough care to provide pertinent facts. Subdivision improvement plans and maps shall be submitted simultaneously to expedite that simultaneous processing of improvement plans and maps through each stage of the map process from preliminary map through final map. For preliminary maps and tentative maps the city may require the following information, however, at the time that a preliminary vesting tentative map or a vesting tentative map are filed the subdivider shall also provide the following in improvement plan form: height, size, and location of buildings; sewer, water, storm drain and road details including landscape plans, information on the uses to which the buildings will be put; detailed grading plans; geological studies; flood control information; architectural plans for submission for architectural review; any other studies the city normally defers to the building permit stage.

(Prior code Appendix C § 4.1.3)