The planning commission is authorized and directed to carry out the following actions.
A. 
Provide notice according to the following procedures and conditions:
1. 
Publish notice of the time and place of any public hearing once, in a newspaper of general circulation published and circulated within the city, at least ten days before the hearing.
2. 
Notify by mail the owners of property within a radius of three hundred feet of the exterior boundaries of the property covered by any tentative map that the commission will be considering; the names and addresses of such owners shall be determined according to Section 65905 of the Government Code, and the notices shall be deposited in the United States mail with the postage prepaid not less than ten days prior to the date of such consideration.
3. 
Notice as specified in this subsection shall not be required in cases where the question before the commission is a request for an extension of time for filing a final map or a modification to a previously approved resolution of conditional approval not affecting any design or improvement.
B. 
Investigate each map filed pursuant to this chapter of the Subdivision Map Act, and the improvements proposed to be constructed and installed in or to serve the subdivision; make a report with respect to design and improvements of the subdivision and the kind, nature, an extent of the proposed improvements.
C. 
Obtain the recommendations of the city engineer, director of public health, planning director, or their authorized representatives, with respect to the design of the proposed subdivision and the kind, nature and extent of the proposed improvements; and the city fire marshal with respect to fire hydrants and connections to be installed wherever such installations are proposed.
D. 
Recommend to the city council approval, conditional approval, or disapproval of tentative maps filed pursuant to this title or the Subdivision Map Act within fifty days of the filing date. The time specified in this subsection may be extended by mutual consent of the subdivider and the community development director; however, in no case shall this time period exceed one year from the filing date. The planning commission shall make its findings and determinations for recommending approval, conditional approval, or denial by written resolution and present the same to the council, and shall forthwith transmit a copy thereof to the applicant.
E. 
Where the planning commission recommends approval or conditional approval or denial of the tentative map to the city council, it shall prescribe, pursuant to the provisions of this title, the kind, nature and extent of the improvements to be constructed or installed in or to serve the subdivision for which such tentative map is filed; provided, however, where the planning commission does not prescribe the kind, nature or extent of the improvements to be constructed or installed, improvements shall be constructed and installed in accordance with the city standards.
A. 
The responsibilities set forth in Sections 66473.5, 66474, 66474.1 and 66474.6 of the Government Code, are assigned to the city council with respect to those tentative maps. The planning commission shall make a recommendation to the city council to approve, conditionally approve, or disapprove tentative maps.
B. 
The city council shall hold at least one public hearing on the proposed tentative map, and may approve, modify, or disapprove the recommendation of the planning commission. The city council shall fix the meeting date at which the tentative map will be considered by them within thirty days after the planning commission recommendation has been filed. The council shall approve, conditionally approve, or deny the tentative map within that thirty-day period.
C. 
The council may refer any tentative map back to the planning commission for recommendation that has been significantly modified due to new testimony or evidence that was not heard by the commission, but the planning commission shall not be required to hold a public hearing thereon. Failure of the planning commission to report within forty days after such reference shall be deemed to be a recommendation for approval of the proposed modification. The decision to approve, conditionally approve or deny the tentative map by the city council is final.
Whenever the planning commission finds with respect to a subdivision or, the council finds that the real property to be divided is of such size or shape, or is subject to such title limitations of record, or is affected by such topographical location or conditions, or is to be devoted to such usage, that it is impossible or impractical in that particular case for the subdivider to conform fully to the requirements of this title, the planning commission may recommend to the council that the requirements be waived or modified, or the city council may waive or modify such requirements as it deems reasonably necessary; provided, however, any such waiver or modification shall be in conformity with the spirit and purpose of the Subdivision Map Act and of this title. The planning commission may recommend to council that such requirements be waived or modified, or city council may waive or modify such requirements, upon such reasonable conditions as it deems appropriate.