Article V — Responsibility for Actions Related to the Subdivision Map Act

Except as provided otherwise in this title, the responsibility for actions taken under this title shall be as stated below.

• A. City Council. The city council shall be responsible for:

1. The approval, conditional approval, or denial of vesting tentative maps and requests for extensions of time for vesting tentative maps;

2. The approval, conditional approval, or denial of reversions to acreage; and

3. Hearing appeals of the planning and design commission with respect to a tentative map.

• B. Planning and Design Commission. The planning and design commission shall be responsible for:

1. Making recommendations to the city council on approval, conditional approval, or denial of vesting tentative maps and tentative maps; and

2. Hearing appeals of the zoning administrator with respect to a tentative map.

• C. Subdivision Review Committee. The subdivision review committee shall be responsible for:

1. Investigating and reporting on the design and improvement of all proposed subdivisions and making recommendations thereon to the zoning administrator and planning and design commission;

2. Recommending approval, conditional approval, or disapproval of the design of proposed subdivisions and the kinds, nature and extent of on-site and off-site improvements required in connection therewith;

3. Recommending approval, conditional approval, or denial of tentative maps of all proposed subdivisions of land, and requests for extensions of time for tentative maps;

4. Recommending modifications of the requirements of these regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 17.842, tentative map design deviations, and chapter 17.844, post-tentative map design deviation;

5. Recommending disapproval of a tentative map for noncompliance with the requirements of these regulations, the Subdivision Map Act, or the standards, rules or regulations adopted by the commission pursuant to these regulations;

6. Reviewing and making recommendations concerning proposed subdivisions in the unincorporated territory of the county of Sacramento and county of Yolo in accordance with section 66453 of the California Govern-ment Code when it has elected to do so;

7. Reviewing and make recommendations for reasonable modifications or waivers of the requirements of these regulations as they apply to the development of designated infill sites; and

8. Exercising additional powers and duties as prescribed by law and by these regulations.

• D. Zoning Administrator. The zoning administrator shall be responsible for:

1. The approval, conditional approval, or denial of all tentative maps other than vesting tentative maps;

2. The approval or denial of requests for extensions of time for tentative maps other than vesting tentative maps;

3. The approval, conditional approval, or denial of all post-tentative map design deviations; and

4. The approval, conditional approval, or denial of minor amendments of approved tentative maps.

• E. Director of Public Works. The director of public works shall be responsible for:

1. The approval or disapproval of all final maps, parcel maps, master parcel maps, and amended maps; and

2. The approval or denial of lot line adjustments and lot mergers. (Ord. 2020-0021 § 5; Ord. 2017-0009 § 17)