Carson Planning Commission continues hearing on administrative approval for tentative parcel and tract maps

The Carson Planning Commission on the evening of the meeting received a staff presentation on a proposed amendment to the Carson Municipal Code that would allow administrative approval of tentative parcel maps and tentative tract maps for condominium and by‑right development. Planning Manager Chris Palmer described the change as intended to expedite subdivisions that do not propose new development and to align the municipal code with the recently adopted Carson 2040 General Plan.

The amendment would allow staff-level approval for parcel maps (used to create four or fewer lots) and tract maps (used for five or more lots) when the underlying land use is permissible “by right,” Palmer said. He told the commission that current practice routes all tentative maps to the planning commission even when no development is proposed, a process he and staff say can add months or years to simple property divisions. “If a development is permissible by right, it should not be stalled or hindered by the process that does not regulate the land use,” Palmer said. He added that the…