Scotts Valley Municipal Code Ch. 16.16 Tentative Maps

Tentative maps shall be filed with the planning director.

(Ord. 64 § 3 (part), 1975)

A. On subdivisions for which final maps are required, five copies of the map are required, of which one shall be the original tracing or an acceptable reproducible copy thereof.

B. On subdivisions for which parcel maps are required, five copies of the map are required. Where a subdivision is identified as a boundary adjustment and no parcel map is required, three copies of the tentative map are required.

(Ord. 64 § 3 (part), 1975)

The time of filing a tentative subdivision map shall be construed to be the time at which the planning director formally accepts the map. Prior to formal acceptance, the map shall be examined to determine if it is complete, in full compliance with this chapter, as to form and content. If the tentative map application is incomplete, the planning director shall notify the applicant in writing as to what must be done to complete the application within five working days from the day the application was originally submitted.

(Ord. 64 § 3 (part), 1975)

A. Subdivisions for which a final map is required shall be processed through the planning department and the planning commission to the council. Final action on these tentative maps is vested in the council, who may approve, conditionally approve or disapprove the tentative map after a public hearing pursuant to Section 16.14.040 is held, except that where the planning commission recommends disapproval of a tentative map, the council will, in the absence of a filed complaint pursuant to Sections 16.16.080 and 16.16.090 consider the map disapproved and no further action is required.

B. A written report by the planning department staff on the proposed subdivision, which may be modified by action on the planning commission shall be filed with the clerk of the council within fifty days after formal acceptance of the tentative map by the planning director.

C. When Section 66455.5 of the Government Code requires the submission of the tentative map to the office of Intergovernmental Management, the time may be extended by the council or planning director as the case may be for action on such map if it is required to allow consideration of the evaluation received from the Office of Intergovernmental Management, but such extension shall not exceed fifteen days.

D. At the next regular meeting of the council following the filing of the planning department staff's report with its clerk, the council shall fix a date for a public hearing at which time the tentative map will be considered. The public hearing shall be conducted within thirty days thereafter. The council shall approve, conditionally approve or disapprove the tentative map within seven days following the public hearing and the subdivider shall be notified in writing by the council clerk of the details of the council's action within five working days following said action.

(Ord. 64 § 3 (part), 1975)

For subdivisions for which a parcel map is required, the same procedure as set forth in Section 16.16.040 shall be followed.

(Ord. 64 § 3 (part), 1975)

Any report or recommendation on a tentative map, or a tentative map time extension, by the staff to the planning commission or the council shall be in writing and a copy thereof served on the subdivider at least three days prior to any hearing or action on such map by the planning commission or council.

(Ord. 64 § 3 (part), 1975)

If no action is taken upon a tentative map by the council within the time limits specified in this chapter or any authorized extension thereof, the tentative map as filed, shall be deemed to be approved, insofar as it complies with other applicable requirements of this chapter, and it shall be the duty of the clerk of the council to certify such approval.

(Ord. 64 § 3 (part), 1975)

At the option of the subdivider, a complaint appeal may be filed with the clerk of the council within fifteen days after an action of the planning commission which recommends disapproval of a subdivision for which time limits specified in this chapter or any authorized extension thereof, the tentative map as filed, shall be deemed to be approved, insofar as it complies with other applicable requirements of this chapter, and it shall be the duty of the planning director or the clerk of the city council to certify such approval.

(Ord. 64 § 3 (part), 1975)

At the option of the subdivider, an appeal may be filed with the clerk of the council within fifteen days after an action of the planning commission which recommends disapproval of a subdivision for which a final map is required. The council may set the matter for a public hearing which shall be held with thirty days after filing of the complaint. Within seven days following conclusion of the public hearing, if one is held, or within seven days following the decision not to set the matter for a public hearing, the council shall render its decision on the approval, conditional approval or disapproval of the tentative map and the subdivider shall be notified in writing by the council's clerk of the council's decision within five working days following the decision.

(Ord. 64 § 3 (part), 1975)

A subdivider or any person adversely affected by the decision of the planning director, for subdivisions for which a parcel map is required, may file an appeal with the secretary of the planning commission within fifteen days after the decision rendered by the planning director. The planning commission shall at its next regular meeting consider the appeal or may set the matter for a public hearing, at its option, which shall be held within thirty days after the filing of the appeal. At the next regular meeting following either the appeal consideration or the public hearing, the planning commission shall render its decision on the approval, conditional approval or disapproval of the tentative map and its clerk shall notify the applicant in writing within five working days following said decision of the action taken.

(Ord. 64 § 3 (part), 1975)

A subdivider or any person affected by the decision of the planning commission, for subdivisions for which a parcel map is required, may file an appeal with the clerk of the council within fifteen days after the decision rendered by the planning commission. The council shall at its next regular meeting consider the appeal or may set the matter for a public hearing, at its option, which shall be held within thirty days after the filing of the appeal. At the next regular meeting following either the appeal consideration or the public hearing, the council shall render its decision on the approval, conditional approval or disapproval of the tentative map and its clerk shall notify the applicant in writing within five working days following the decision of the action taken.

(Ord. 64 § 3 (part), 1975)

Upon failure to act upon an appeal by either the planning commission or the council within the time limit specified in this chapter, the tentative map shall be deemed to be approved or disapproved as per the last previous action taken, insofar as it complies with applicable requirements of this chapter, and it shall be the duty of the clerk of the planning commission or the council as the case may be to certify and report such action to the applicant within five working days following such deadline for action.

(Ord. 64 § 3 (part), 1975)

An approved or conditionally approved tentative map shall expire twenty four (24) months after its approval or conditional approval. The expiration of the approved or conditionally approved tentative map shall terminate all proceedings and no final map or 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 map.

(Ord. 64 § 3 (part), 1975; Ord. No. 16-122, § 1, 5-3-2006)

Upon application of the subdivider filed prior to the expiration of the approved or conditionally approved tentative map, the time at which such map expires may be extended by the Council for a period or periods not exceeding a total of three (3) years. Requests for time extensions for all subdivision tentative map approval shall be initiated by the subdivider by letter to the Planning Director. Such requests shall be processed along the same channels and in the same manner as the original tentative map and the same appeal procedures shall apply. When considering such request, the Council may add or modify any conditions tied to approval of the original map.

(Ord. 64 § 3 (part), 1975; Ord. No. 16-122, § 2, 5-3-2006)