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Title 16 — SUBDIVISIONS›Chapter 16.16 — PROCEDURE FOR SUBDIVISIONS REQUIRING A TENTATIVE MAP AND A FINAL MAP

Tehama County Municipal Code Art. I General Provision and Preliminary Map

Tehama County Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Tehama County

Cite as: Tehama County Municipal Code Article I · Text as of 2026-10-04

16.16.010 - Generally.

The procedures set out in this chapter shall be followed for subdivisions requiring a tentative map and a final map.

(Ord. 714 §1(part), 1975)

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16.16.020 - Form and content.

A. A preliminary map shall be prepared for the total area of the proposed subdivision, except that the committee may waive this requirement for subdivisions of less than eighty acres and/or those to be developed and recorded in one unit.

B. Such proposed division shall first be discussed with the technical advisory committee, and the dimensions scale and content of the preliminary map shall be as specified by said committee to show to approximate scale and in reasonable detail the following:

  1. Street and lot pattern, uses proposed;

  2. Topography and drainage, watercourses, water features, areas subject to inundation or flooding;

  3. Geology, soil types, vegetation;

  4. Proposed water supply, sewerage, fire protection;

  5. Proposed street sections and improvements;

  6. Other features required by said committee to adequately represent a comprehensive total development master plan.

(Ord. 714 §1(part), 1975)

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16.16.030 - Processing-Submission to committee.

A preliminary map, when in form acceptable to the technical advisory committee, shall be submitted to the committee for action, and within fifteen days thereafter said committee shall meet to consider the map. Within twentyone days thereafter the committee shall prepare a report on the map and transmit copies to the subdivider and the planning commission.

(Ord. 714 §1(part), 1975)

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16.16.040 - Processing-Consideration by planning commission.

At the meeting following receipt of the report, the planning commission shall consider the map and enter into the minutes its comments and suggestions with respect thereto, which action shall constitute guidance for the subdivider in the preparation of a tentative map. If the preliminary map is acceptable, the planning commission shall then authorize the preparation of the tentative map.

(Ord. 714 §1(part), 1975)

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16.16.050 - Processing-Acceptance of preliminary as tentative map or tentative map as preliminary.

The technical advisory committee, subject to all other provisions thereof, may accept a tentative map as a preliminary map, or a preliminary map as a tentative map.

(Ord. 714 §1(part), 1975)

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