§ 4-4.401. Filing and Departmental Approval.

(a)

Applications for tentative subdivision maps shall be filed with the Secretary of the Planning Commission and shall conform to all requirements for the form of maps and associated information required to be submitted with map applications as established from time to time by resolution of the City Council. Said submittal requirements shall be made available in writing to applicants upon request. The map application shall not be deemed complete until all such submittal requirements have been fully satisfied.

(b)

Distribution. Within ten (10) days of the filing of a tentative map, the Secretary of the Planning Commission shall transmit copies of such map and notice of the filing of the map to the governing board of any elementary, high school or unified school district within the boundaries of which the subdivision is proposed to be located. Copies of the tentative map shall also be sent to the Public Works Director, Chief Engineer of the Modesto Irrigation District, District Manager of the Pacific Gas and Electric Company, District Manager of the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company, and such other department heads and agencies as deemed advisable, and if a state highway is concerned, to the District Engineer of the Department of Transportation, State of California.

(c)

Action by Interested Agency or Department. The governing board of any school district or other agency or department receiving a notice of the filing of a tentative map or a copy of the tentative map may respond in writing to such notice or tentative map within twenty (20) working days of the date on which such notice or tentative map was mailed by the Secretary of the Planning Commission. In the event that the governing board of any school district or other agency or department fails to respond to a notice of filing or a tentative map within said period, such failure to respond shall be deemed approval of the proposed subdivision by the school district, agency, or department.

(Ord. 1041-N.S., amended by Ord. 413-C.S., Ord. 993-C.S., Ord. 1154-C.S., Ord. 1436-C.S., Ord. 1437-C.S., Ord. 1613-C.S., Ord. 3128-C.S., § 4, Ord. 3364-C.S., § 3, and Ord. 3435-C.S., § 1, effective 4-5-07)