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Page 4 of 11 <br />City of Redwood City 1017 Middlefield Road, Redwood City, CA. 94063 Tel: 650-780-7000 www.redwoodcity.org <br />review as most subdivision applications are paired with other entitlements and are therefore <br />reviewed and acted on by other approval bodies. (Policy clarification) <br />Elimination of the Subdivision Committee is also intended to remove a meeting requirement for <br />projects with maps since the Housing Crisis Act of 2019 limits the number of meetings for certain <br />housing projects to no more than five. (Consistency with state law) <br />Detailed overview of Chapter 30 amendments <br />Article I – General <br />Sec. 30.1. - PURPOSE OF PROCEDURES; POLICY <br />Restating purpose of the Chapter to ensure compliance with the Subdivision Map Act (SMA) and other <br />applicable law. Formerly 30.1. (Consistency with state law) <br /> <br />Sec. 30.2. - CITATION AND AUTHORITY <br />Restating that the authority of this Chapter is pursuant to the SMA. Formerly 30.2. (No changes) <br /> <br />Sec. 30.3. – COMPLIANCE REQUIRED <br />Restating that all land actions (subdivision, lot line adjustment, parcel merger, reversion of acreage, <br />certificate of compliance) would need to comply with this Chapter. All land actions would also need to <br />comply with the general plan. Formerly 30.7. (Policy clarification) <br /> <br />Sec. 30.4. – CONFLICTS WITH MAP ACT <br />Explicitly stating that the SMA governs unless local divergence is permitted by law. New addition to <br />Municipal Code. (Consistency with state law) <br /> <br />Sec. 30.5. – DEFINITIONS <br />List of definitions relevant to the Chapter. Most terms are adopted from the prior version. Formerly 30.3 <br />and 30.4. (Updating definitions) <br /> <br />Sec. 30.6. – INTERPRETATION <br />Restating of former 30.8. (No changes) <br /> <br />Sec. 30.7. – SEVERABILITY <br />Legal statement. Restating of former 30.9. (No changes) <br /> <br />Article II – Administration <br />Sec. 30.8. – REVIEW AUTHORITY <br />Clarification of review authority for different application types. The review authority is proposed to change <br />from the Zoning Administrator to the City Engineer for many subdivision application types (see table <br />below). This information used to be contained in different sections of Chapter 30. The table summarizes <br />the review authority in one place to make it easier for applicants to follow. Staff proposed the following <br />changes because the review of maps, lot line adjustments, and certificate of compliances are technical <br />reviews that are performed by the City Engineer. (Policy clarification) <br /> <br />8.A. - Page 4 of 88 <br />248