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ORDINANCE NO. 1643 N.C.S.
INTRODUCED BY: SECONDED BY:
Larry Tencer
Michael Davis
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING PETALUMA MUNICIPAL CODE
BY ADDING SECTIONS 20.08.34 AND CHAPTER 20.18,
ESTABLISHING REGULATIONS FOR VESTING TENTATIVE MAPS AND
VESTING PARCEL MAPS
The City Council of the City of Petaluma does ordain as follows:
Section 1. Purpose and Intent
The purpose of this ordinance is to establish procedures necessary for
the implementation of the Vested Tentative Map Statute, and to
supplement the provisions of the Subdivision Map Act and the
Subdivision Ordinance. Except as otherwise set forth in the
provisions of this ordinance, the provisions of the Subdivision
Ordinance shall apply to the Vesting Tentative Map Ordinance.
It is the intent of this Chapter that no land shall be subdivided and
developed which is inconsistent with the General Plan and any
applicable specific plan or not permitted the the zoning ordinance or
other applicable provisions of the Municipal Code.
To accomplish this purpose, the regulations outlined in this ordinance
are determined to be necessary for the preservation of the public
health, safety and general welfare, and for the promotion of orderly
growth and development.
Section 2.
Chapter 20.08 of the Petaluma Municipal Code is hereby amended to
add Section 20.08.340 thereto:
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20.08.340 Vesting Tentative Map
A "vesting tentative map" shall mean a "tentative .map" for a
residential subdivision, as defined in City Subdivision Title 20, that
shall have printed conspicuously on its face the words "Vesting
Tentative Map" at the time it is filed in accordance with §20.18, and is
thereafter processed in accordance with the provisions hereof .
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Chapter 20.18 is hereby added to the Petaluma Municipal Code to read
as ,follows
Chapter 20.18
VESTING TENTATIVE MAP
Sections
20.18.010 Defined.
20.18.020 Application.
20.18.030 Filing and Processing.
20.18.040 Fees .
20.18.050 Expiration.
20.18.060 Development Rights.
20.18.070 Zoning Inconsistency
20.18.080 Applications -Inconsistent with Current Policies
20.18.010 Defined
(a) A "vesting tentative map" shall mean a "tentative map" for a
residential subdivision, as defined in the Petaluma Municipal Code,
Title 20, that shall have printed conspicuously on its face the words
"Vesting Tentative Map" at the time it is filed in accordance with
§20..18.030, and is thereafter processed in accordance with the
provisions hereof .
(b) All other definitions set forth in the Title 20 are applicable.
20.18.020 Application
(a) This chapter shall apply only to residential developments.
Whenever a provision of the Subdivision Map Act, as implemented and
supplemented by this Title, requires the filing of a tentative map or
parcel map for a residential development, a vesting tentative map may
instead be filed, in accordance with the provisions hereof.
(b) If a subdivider does not seek the rights conferred by the Vesting
Tentative Map Statute, the filing of a vesting tentative map shall not
be a prerequisite to any approval for any proposed subdivision, permit
for construction, or work preparatory to construction.
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20.18.030 Filing and Processing
A vesting tentative map shall be filed in the same form and have the
same contents accompanying data and reports and shall be processed in
the same manner as set forth in Chapter 20.16 for a tentative map
except as hereinafter provided:
(a) At the time a vesting tentative map is filed it shall have printed
conspicuously on its face the words "Vesting Tentative Map" .
(b) At the time a vesting tentative map is filed a subdivider shall
also supply the following information:
1. height, size, and location of buildings
2. information on the uses to which the buildings will be put
3. detailed grading plans
4. architectural plans
20.18.040 Fees
Upon filing a vesting tentative map, the subdivider shall pay the fees
as established by resolution of the City Council for the filing and
processing of a tentative map.
20.18.050 Expiration of Vesting Tentative Map
The approval or conditional approval of a vesting tentative map shall
expire at the end of the same time period, and shall be subject to the
same extensions, established by Section 20.24.010 for the expiration of
the approval or conditional approval of a tentative map .
20.18.060 Development Rights
A. Vesting on Approval of Vesting Tentative Map
1. The approval or conditional approval of a vesting tentative
map shall confer a vested right to proceed with development
in substantial compliance with the ordinances, policies, and
standards described in Government Code §66474.2.
However, if Section 66474.2 of the Government Code is
repealed, the approval or conditional approval of a vesting
tentative map shall confer a vested right to proceed with
development in substantial compliance with the City of
Petaluma ordinances, policies, and standards in effect at the
time the vesting tentative map is approved or conditionally
approved.
B. Notwithstanding subdivision A, a permit, approval, extension, or
entitlement may be made conditional or denied if any of the
following are determined:
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1. A failure to do so would place the residents of the
subdivision or the immediate community, or both, in a
condition dangerous to their health or safety, or both.
2. The condition or denial is required, in order to comply with
state or federal law.
C . The rights conferred by a vesting tentative map shall expire if a
final map is not approved prior to the expiration of the vesting
tentative map as provided in §20.18.050. If the final map is
approved, such rights shall last for the following periods of time
1. An initial time period of one year, from the recordation of
the final map.
Where several final maps are recorded on various phases of a
project covered by a single vesting tentative map, this initial
time period shall begin for each phase when the final map
for that phase is recorded.
2. The initial time period set forth in Paragraph C.1 above shall
be automatically extended by any time used for processing a
complete application .for a grading permit or for design or
architectural review, if such processing exceeds 30 days,
from the date a complete application is filed.
3. A subdivider may apply for a one-year extension in a
manner as set forth in Section 20.24.010 at any time before
the initial time period set forth in Paragraph C .1 expires . If
the extension is denied, the subdivider may appeal that
denial to the C ity Council within 15 days .
4. If the subdivider submits a complete application for a
building permit during the periods of time specified in
Paragraphs C.1 - 3 above, the rights referred to herein
shall continue until the expiration of that permit, or any
extension of that permit.
20.18.070 Development Consistency with Zoning
Whenever a subdivider files a vesting tentative map for a subdivision
whose intended development is inconsistent with the zoning ordinance
or General Plan in existence at that time, the City shall deny such a
vesting tentative map.
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If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase or word of this
ordinance is for any reason held to be unconstitutional by a court of
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competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the
remaining portions of this ordinance. The City Council of the City of
Petaluma hereby declares that it would have passed and adopted this
ordinance and each all all provisions thereof irrespective of the fact
that any one or more of said provisions be declared unconstitutional.
Section 5.
The City Council hereby finds that the proposed .amendments are in
general conformity with the Petaluma General Plan and any applicable
Environmental Design Plan, and Further, that the public health., safety
and general welfare will be furthered by the proposed amendments.
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The City Clerk is hereby directed to post this ordinance for the
period and in the manner required by the City Charter.
INTRODUCED and order posted/published this 6th day of
January 198.
ADOPTED this 21st day of January 1986, by the
following vote:
AYES: Bond, Cavanagh, Davis, Tnloolsey, Tencer, V.M. Balshaw,
Mayor Mattel
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
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