16.16.060 Public hearing.
A. The planning director shall, not less than ten days before the date of the hearing, give notice of the date, time, place of hearing, location of the property and the nature of the request, including any request for waiver of signatures pursuant to Section 16.20.060(A), in the following manner:
1. By publishing once in a newspaper of general circulation in the city; and
2. By mailing a notice, postage prepaid, to the applicant; to the owner of the property to be subdivided or the owner’s duly authorized agent; to the owners of interests in mineral or hydrocarbon substances where combined with right of entry; and to lessees of mineral or hydrocarbon substances, using for purposes of notifying owners, mineral owners and lessees the names and addresses as shown on the preliminary title report, or other similar document acceptable by the planning director, required by Section 16.16.010(D) and shown on information required by Section 16.16.010(E); to the owners of all property within three hundred feet of the exterior boundaries of the property involved, using for these purposes the names and addresses as shown on the last equalized county assessment roll; to each local agency (if not the city) expected to provide water, sewage, streets, roads, schools or other essential facilities to the project, whose ability to provide those facilities and services may be significantly affected; and any other person filing with the planning director a written request for notice; and
3. In addition, not less than twenty days but not more than sixty days prior to the hearing, the applicant shall post signs on the property indicating the date, time, and place of the hearing on the proposed tentative map.
a. One sign shall be posted for every three hundred feet of street frontage, or portion thereof, with a maximum of two signs per street frontage. If no portion of the property fronts an existing public street, at least one sign shall be posted on the property nearest the point of legal access from a public street or as otherwise directed by the planning director.
b. The size of the sign shall be eight feet wide by four feet high. Lettering style, formatting, mounting, and materials to be used shall be as set forth in the administrative policy manual approved by the development services director.
c. The applicant shall file with the planning department, on a form provided by the city, photograph(s) of the posted sign(s) and a declaration, signed under penalty of perjury, that the property has been posted according to the requirements of this section.
d. If the applicant fails to post the signs within the specified time, and if the photographs and declaration are not filed with the planning department within five days of the signs being posted, the public hearing may be postponed until the signs are posted and proof of posting has been submitted.
e. The applicant shall remove all signs posted pursuant to this section within ten days after the appeal period for the hearing has expired or ten days after final city council action on the tentative map, whichever is later. Should the applicant withdraw their application for a tentative map, all signs posted shall be removed within ten days of the withdrawing of the application.
f. Should the applicant fail to remove any sign within the specified time, the city may remove any such sign and the costs thereof shall be borne by the applicant.
B. After notice as provided in subsection A of this section, the advisory agency shall hold and conduct a public hearing.
C. Following the public hearing, the advisory agency shall either approve, conditionally approve or disapprove the tentative map and shall take such action within fifty days after certification of the environmental impact report, adoption of a negative declaration, or a determination by the local agency that the project is exempt from the requirements of Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code, unless such time is extended by agreement with the subdivider. Where a subdivider has specified his intent to file multiple final maps at the time of filing a tentative tract map, the advisory agency shall consider and may impose reasonable conditions relating thereto.
D. After the public hearing and decision by the advisory agency, the planning director shall, within thirty days after the date of decision, return to the subdivider one copy of the map with the resolution setting forth the action of the advisory agency.
E. At the same time the advisory agency shall designate the improvements which will be required under the provisions of this title and the dedications and irrevocable offers of dedication and the form thereof, which will be required under the provisions of this title, and shall designate any other requirements lawfully authorized to be made.
F. If multiple tentative maps covering the same parcel of property are filed at the same time, the action of the advisory agency shall relate only to one such map. For purposes of this subsection, a lot line adjustment or parcel map waiver does not constitute a different tentative map.
G. The decision of the advisory agency shall be subject to appeal as provided in this title. (Ord. 4966 § 1, 2019; Ord. 4939 § 7, 2018; Ord. 4714 § 1, 2012; Ord. 4633 § 2, 2010; Ord. 4598 § 1, 2009; Ord. 4392 § 1, 2006; Ord. 4059 § 3, 2002; Ord. 3748 § 5, 1997; Ord. 3515 § 1, 1993)