Solano County Municipal Code Art. VIII Processing of Tentative Maps

When the required number of copies of a tentative map and accompanying reports has been received by the Planning Services Division, the application shall be examined by staff of the Planning Services Division and other appropriate County departments, in light of the requirements of the Solano County Improvement Standards and Specifications and of this Code, to determine whether it contains all of the required information and is complete for the purposes of Section 65943 of the Government Code. No later than 30 days following the submittal of the application, the applicant shall be notified in writing whether it is complete or incomplete. If the application is determined to be incomplete, the applicant shall be notified in writing of the reasons therefore and informed of the information still needed to make the application complete.

(Ord. No. 1608, §2)

Upon written notification to the applicant, processing of an incomplete application may be terminated if no reasonable effort has been made by the applicant to complete the application for a period of six months from the date of notification of incompleteness. All unused fees shall be refunded to the applicant. The Director of Environmental Management on written request by the applicant showing good cause may grant an extension of this six-month period.

(Ord. No. 1608, §2)

The applicant shall provide such information as may be necessary to comply with CEQA and, when the appropriate environmental document has been prepared and approved pursuant to Section 66452.1 of the Subdivision Map Act, the tentative map shall be filed as specified in Section 26-21.13 of this Code.

(Ord. No. 1608, §2)

Any staff report or recommendation on a tentative map to the Advisory Agency or Board of Supervisors shall be in writing and a copy thereof shall be served on the subdivider or his or her representative and, in the case of a proposed conversion of residential property to a condominium, community apartment or stock cooperative project, on each tenant of the parent parcel at least three days prior to any hearing or action on such map by the Advisory Agency or Board of Supervisors.

(Ord. No. 1608, §2)

(a) If a final map or parcel map for which a vesting tentative map has been approved is timely filed and recorded, the development rights conferred with respect to the subdivision by operation of Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 66498.2) of the Subdivision Map Act shall last for an initial period of 12 months beyond the date on which the final or parcel map is recorded. The initial period shall be extended by any time used by the County for processing a complete application for a grading permit or for design or architectural review if the time used by the County to process the application exceeds 30 days from the date the complete application is filed. At any time during the initial period the subdivider may submit to the Planning Services Division, on a form approved by the Director of Environmental Management, an application for an extension pursuant to Section 66452.6(g) of the Subdivision Map Act, and if the application is timely, the Advisory Agency that approved or conditionally approved the subdivision may grant the extension.

(b) If the subdivider submits a complete application for a building permit during the periods of time specified above, the rights conferred by Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 66498.1) of the Subdivision Map Act shall continue until the expiration of that permit, or any extension of that permit granted by the County.

(Ord. No. 1608, §2)