16.08.060 Action by the planning commission.
A. The community development director shall examine said application and supporting data for compliance with the requirements of this title and shall accept said application for filing when all requirements are met. Once the community development director accepts an application for filing, staff shall prepare a report and recommendation for planning commission consideration. The planning commission shall hold a public hearing to review the proposed tentative map and staff report and forward a report to the city council stating whether the tentative map of a standard subdivision is in conformity with provisions of law and this chapter, and shall recommend conditions as necessary and findings required by Section 66474 of the Subdivision Map Act as follows:
1. That the proposed map is consistent with applicable general and specific plans, and the local coastal program.
2. That the design or improvement of the proposed subdivision is consistent with applicable general and specific plans, and the local coastal program.
3. That the site is physically suitable for the type of development;
4. That the site is physically suitable for the proposed density of development;
5. That the design of the subdivision or the proposed improvements have been analyzed and found not likely to cause substantial environmental damage or substantially and avoidably injure fish or wildlife or their habitat, in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act;
6. That the design of the subdivision or type of improvements is not likely to cause serious public health problems;
7. That the design of the subdivision or the type of improvements will not conflict with easements of record, acquired by the public at large, for access through or use of, property within the proposed subdivision, or that the map provides alternate easements, for access or for use, and that these will be substantially equivalent to ones previously acquired by the public.
8. That the design of the new subdivision or type of improvements will not result in nor facilitate the creation of development sites within primary habitat areas.
B. The planning commission may, in addition to other causes therefore, recommend disapproval of a tentative map because of flood, inundation, geologic or slide hazards and may require protective improvements to be constructed, as a condition of approval of the map. (Ord. 2009-04 § 4 (Exh. A), 2009; Ord. 2007-08 § 4 (Exh. A), 2007)