10-1.202 Responsibilities.

1. City Attorney. The City Attorney shall be responsible for approving as to form all subdivision improvement agreements.

2. City Council. The City Council shall have final jurisdiction in the approval of final maps and improvement agreements and the acceptance by the City of lands and/or improvements as may be proposed for dedication to the City for subdivisions of five (5) or more parcels.

The City Council shall act as the appeal board for hearing appeals of the approval, conditional approval or denial of tentative subdivision maps for subdivisions of five (5) or more parcels.

3. City Engineer. The City Engineer shall be responsible for:

a. Establishing design and construction details, standards and specifications;

b. Determining if proposed subdivision improvements comply with the provisions of this chapter and the Subdivision Map Act and for reporting the findings together with any recommendations for approval, or conditional approval, of the tentative map to the Community Development Director for subdivisions of five (5) or more parcels;

c. The processing of final maps, reversion to acreage maps and amended maps; the processing and approval of subdivision improvement plans, lot line adjustments, mergers, and certificates of compliance;

d. Examining and stating that final maps are in substantial conformance with the approved tentative map.

e. The inspection and approval of subdivision improvements.

f. The acceptance of: (1) Dedications and improvements for subdivisions of four (4) or fewer parcels; (2) Offsite dedications lying outside a subdivision boundary which require a separate grant deed.

g. The recording of a notice of completion of private subdivision improvements when not to be maintained by the City.

4. Community Development Department (CDD). The Community Development Department shall be responsible for the processing of tentative maps, final and parcel maps, and for the collection of all required deposits and fees.

5. Community Development Department Director. The Community Development Department Director shall be responsible for the management of the Community Development Department in carrying out the responsibilities imposed upon it by this chapter, including but not limited to:

a. Investigating proposed subdivisions for conformity with the General Plan, specific plans and Zoning Ordinance of the City, and reporting findings together with recommendations for approval or conditional approval to the Planning Commission for subdivisions of five (5) or more parcels.

b. Stating, as Secretary of the Planning Commission, that the Planning Commission has approved or conditionally approved the tentative map for subdivisions of five (5) or more parcels.

6. Design Review Commission (DRC). The Design Review Commission shall be responsible for the review of preliminary or tentative maps for subdivisions of five (5) or more parcels or units for general layout and aesthetics and making its recommendations for approval or conditional approval to the Planning Commission.

7. Planning Commission. The Planning Commission shall be responsible for approving, conditionally approving, or denying the tentative map for subdivisions of five (5) or more lots or units and reporting its action to the City Council; and hearing of appeals for subdivisions of four (4) or fewer parcels.

8. Repealed by Ord. 2239.

9. Zoning Administrator. The Zoning Administrator shall be responsible for approval, conditional approval or denial of tentative parcel maps for four (4) or fewer parcels. (§18, Ord. 2209, eff. 3/19/21; §3, Ord. 2239, eff. 7/5/24)

Article 3. Maps Required