DIVISION 2.1. RELATING TO VESTING TENTATIVE MAPS
Vesting Tentative Maps: For purposes of preserving development rights in effect at the time of Tentative Map approval or conditional approval a subdivider may request the City to confer Vesting Approval on a Tentative Map. Such Vesting Approval shall be subject to the same procedure for Tentative map as set forth in the City Code except in the following respects.
a.A Tentative Map proposed for Vesting Approval shall have printed conspicuously on its face the words “Vesting Tentative Map.”
b.The Planning Commission shall review and take action on all applications for Vesting Tentative Maps as required by the Tentative Map Division of the City Subdivision Ordinance.
c.Except as otherwise provided in the City Code, approval or conditional approval of a Vesting Tentative Map shall entitle the subdivider to proceed with development in compliance with the ordinances, policies, and standards in effect at the time the application for Tentative Map approval is deemed complete. Ord 3270 12/99
d.Notwithstanding subsection “b”, a permit, approval, extension, or entitlement may be made conditional or denied if any of the following are determined:
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.
e.Vesting rights shall expire if a Final map is not approved prior to the expiration of the Vesting Tentative Map.
f.If the Final Map is approved, vesting rights shall last for the following periods of time:
1.An initial period of twelve (12) months from the recording date 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 f.1 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 thirty (30) days, from the date a complete application is filed.
g.In no event shall vesting rights last more than one (1) year beyond the recording of the Final Map or, in the case of a phased development, one year beyond the recording of the last phase Final Map. Ord 3259 09/99