Santa Clara County Municipal Code Part 3 Distribution and Reports

(a) Upon the filing of a tentative map, the Planning Office shall distribute the appropriate number of copies of the tentative map and appropriate application information to various County departments and agencies, and to any other public agencies, as determined by the Planning Office. The referral departments and agencies shall submit a written report to the Planning Office, listing the conditions that should be imposed or the specific and detailed reasons why the application is incomplete and/or tentative map should be denied, all within the time limits established by the County.

(b) Subsequent to referral of the tentative map and application information to the required County departments and agencies, any modification of the application initiated by the applicant shall be subject to the payment of a fee in an amount prescribed by resolution of the Board of Supervisors. In the event that the applicant submits a request to modify the application, the Planning Office may require that the application be resubmitted. The required resubmission of an application shall not affect the effective time of filing defined in Section C12-51; provided, that a modification adding land or changing the subdivision from four or fewer parcels to five or more parcels or from five or more parcels to four or fewer parcels shall be deemed to be filed on the date on which the resubmitted application is accepted as complete by written notification to the applicant.

(Ord. No. NS-1203.35, § 4, 3-13-78; Ord. No. NS-1203.48, § 1, 2-25-80; Ord. No. NS-1203.124, § 21, 12-13-16)

(a) Consumer and Environmental Protection Agency. Upon receipt of the tentative map, the County Consumer and Environmental Protection Agency shall review the proposed sewage disposal and the domestic water system, and existing and projected noise sources for compliance with the County Noise Element of the General Plan and the County Noise Ordinance, and any other pertinent aspects of the application related to County policies and regulations related to environmental health.

(b) Fire Marshal. Upon receipt of the tentative map, any agency responsible for providing fire protection to the proposed subdivision, or the County Fire Marshal, or both, shall review the project with respect to requirements relating to fire protection and emergency access.

(c) Land development engineering and surveying. Upon receipt of the tentative map, the County Surveyor and/or land development engineering shall review the proposed subdivision with respect to surveying existing and proposed rights-of-way and easements, drainage, existing and proposed street patterns, traffic circulation, structural and geometric design, curves and grades of streets, erosion control, sewers, grading, geology, underground utilities and street lighting and compatibility of existing and proposed street names on final maps or parcel maps.

(d) Planning. Upon receipt of the tentative map, the County Planning Office shall review the proposed subdivision with respect to the General Plan, specific plans, official plan lines, off-street parking, tree planting and preservation, lot design, and conformance with the Zoning Ordinance and any other applicable plans, policies or guidelines.

(e) Roads and Airports Department. Upon receipt of the tentative map, the Roads and Airports Department shall review the proposed subdivision with respect to County-maintained street rights-of-way and improvements, and related traffic circulation, storm drainage, traffic safety, structural and geometric design, curves and grades of streets, erosion control, plantings, underground utilities and street lighting. Dedication and improvement requirements will be in compliance with the "Future Width Line Study" by Ruth and Going, subject to future amendments and revisions or superseding plans, policies and standards. The department shall make a written report to the Planning Office stating the conditions that must be met for the subdivision to meet the requirements of this chapter.

(Ord. No. NS-1203.35, § 4, 3-13-78; Ord. No. NS-1203.124, § 22, 12-13-16)

Upon receipt of the tentative map, the Santa Clara Valley Water District shall investigate the effect of the proposed subdivision upon flood-control channels, water pipeline transmission facilities or projects, or any other matter that is pertinent to the mission and regulatory authority of the district, and shall make a written report to the Planning Office stating whether the tentative map conforms with the prescribed standards of the district and whether or not any substantial flooding hazard will be created in or result from the proposed subdivision. The district shall recommend to the County conditions to be met by the subdivider relative to flood-control channels, projects, permits, minimum lot elevations, right-of-way requirements, and applicable provisions of this chapter.

(Ord. No. NS-1203.35, § 4, 3-13-78; Ord. No. NS-1203.124, § 23, 12-13-16)

Editor's note— Sec. 24 of Ord. No. NS-1203.124, adopted Dec. 13, 2016, deleted § C12-55, which pertained to the Transportation Agency and derived from Ord. No. 1203.35, adopted Mar. 13, 1978.

Pursuant to the Subdivision Map Act, within five days of the filing of a tentative map application being deemed complete, the Planning Office shall send notice of the application to the governing board of any school district within the boundaries of which the subdivision is proposed to be located. The notice shall identify information about the location of the proposed subdivision, the number of dwelling units, density, and any other information which would be relevant to the affected school district. Such notice shall notify any such school board that it may, within 15 days after receiving the notice, send a written report to the Planning Office indicating the impact of the proposed subdivision on the affected school district and making such recommendations as the governing board deems appropriate.

(Ord. No. NS-1203.35, § 4, 3-13-78; Ord. No. NS-1203.124, § 25, 12-13-16)

(a) The State Department of Transportation may file with the Planning Office a map or an amended map of any territory within one mile on either or both sides of any state highway in which territory it believes the subdivision would have an effect upon an existing state highway or a future state highway, the route of which has been adopted by the California Highway Commission. The County shall issue a receipt for the territorial map and thereafter shall transmit to the appropriate district office of the Department of Transportation within three days after the receipt thereof, one copy of each tentative map of any subdivision located wholly or partly within the territory outlined on the territorial map.

(b) The Department of Transportation, upon receiving a copy of the map may, within 15 days after receipt thereof, make recommendations to the County in connection therewith regarding the effect of the proposed subdivision upon such highway or highway route.

(Ord. No. NS-1203.35, § 4, 3-13-78; Ord. No. NS-1203.124, § 26, 12-13-16)

Editor's note— Sec. 27 of Ord. No. NS-1203.124, adopted Dec. 13, 2016, deleted § C12-59 which pertained to review by Intergovernmental Management Office, and derived from Ord. No. NS-1203.35, adopted Mar. 13, 1978.