The content and form of final maps shall be governed by the provisions of this Section.
A. Standards and Preparation. The final map shall be prepared by, or under the direction of, a registered civil engineer licensed to practice surveying or a licensed land surveyor; shall be based upon a survey; and shall conform to all of the following provisions, the California Subdivision Map Act and the County Surveyor’s standards as adopted by the Board of Supervisors, including, but not limited to, the following:
1. It shall be legibly drawn, printed or reproduced by a process guaranteeing a permanent record in black on tracing cloth or polyester-base film. Certificates, affidavits and acknowledgments shall be legibly stamped or printed upon the map with opaque ink. If ink is used on a polyester-base film, the ink surface shall be coated with a suitable substance to assure permanent legibility;
2. The size of each sheet shall be eighteen (18) inches by twenty-six (26) inches. A marginal line shall be drawn completely around each sheet, leaving an entirely blank margin of one (1) inch. The scale of the map shall be large enough to show all details clearly, and enough sheets shall be used to accomplish this end. The particular number of the sheet and the total number of sheets comprising the map shall be stated on each of the sheets, and its relation to each adjoining sheet shall be clearly shown;
3. All survey and mathematical information and data necessary to locate all monuments and to locate and retrace any and all interior and exterior boundary lines appearing thereon shall be shown, including bearings and distances of straight lines, and radii and arc length or chord bearings and length of all curves, and such information as may be necessary to determine the location of the centers of curves and ties to existing monuments used to establish the subdivision boundaries;
4. Each lot shall be numbered and each street shall be named;
5. The exterior boundary of the land included within the subdivision shall be indicated by an opaque ink line three (3) times as wide as the widest line on the map, excluding the border line. The map shall show the definite location of the subdivision and particularly its relation to surrounding surveys;
6. If the map includes a remainder parcel and the gross area of the remainder parcel or similar named parcel is five (5) acres or less, it shall be surveyed and mapped. If the remainder parcel or similar named parcel is more than five (5) gross acres, that parcel shall show record information and parcel size only;
7. Proposed public areas and drainage easements shall be shown;
8. Additional notes which do not affect record title interests shall not be shown on the final map. Where a composite development plan has been required, a prominent note shall be placed below the surveyor’s notes on the final map in one-quarter (1/4) inch high, bolded block letters, stating:
COMPOSITE DEVELOPMENT PLAN NOTE: |
A Composite Development Plan (C.D.P.) affecting this map is on file in the Building and Safety Department. |
B. Title Sheets. Prior to filing, those certificates and acknowledgments set forth in this Title shall appear on the title sheet of the final map and may be combined where appropriate. The title sheet shall also contain a certificate, signed and acknowledged by all parties having any record title interests in real property subdivided, consenting to the preparation and recordation of the final map, and is required except as provided by the Subdivision Map Act.
Each sheet of final map shall also contain a title, consisting of the number of the subdivision and a subtitle consisting of a description of all property being subdivided by reference to such map or maps of the property shown thereon, as shall have been previously recorded or filed with the County Clerk pursuant to a final judgment in any action in partition, or shall have been previously filed in the office of the County Recorder, or by reference to the plat of any United States Survey. The title sheet shall also show, in a form acceptable to the City Engineer, such appropriate certificates and acknowledgments as required in the Subdivision Map Act, or any additional certificates as required by the City standards.
C. Certificates on Final Maps. The certificates on final maps shall be governed by the provisions of the Subdivision Map Act and the final and parcel map standards established by the City Engineer’s office and as adopted and amended by the City Council.
1. Dedications of, or offers to dedicate interests in real property for specified public purposes, shall be made by a certificate on the title page of the final map, signed and acknowledged by those parties having any record title interest in the real property being subdivided, subject to the provisions of the Subdivision Map Act.
a. In the event that any street shown on a subdivision map is not offered for dedication, the certificate may contain a statement to this effect. If such statement appears on the map and if the map is approved by the Council, the use of any such street or streets by the public shall be permissive only.
b. Any offer of dedication of real property for street or public utility easement purposes shall be deemed not to include any public utility facilities located on or under such real property unless an intent to dedicate such facilities is expressly stated in the certificate, and then only to the extent so stated.
c. Any dedication or agreements required within the remainder parcel of a final map shall be executed by the legal owners of record and any holder in a beneficial interest in a trust deed.
2. The final map shall contain a certificate for execution by the City Clerk, stating that the board approved the map and accepted, subject to improvement, or rejected on behalf of the public, any real property offered for dedication or public use in conformity with the terms of the offer of dedication.
3. A certificate is required indicating the engineer or surveyor responsible for the survey and final map. This certificate shall give the date of the survey, state that the survey and final map were made by the engineer or surveyor and indicate that the survey is true and complete as shown.
a. The certificate shall also state that all the monuments are of the character and occupy the positions indicated or that they will be set in such positions on or before a specified later date. The certificate shall also state that the monuments are, or will be, sufficient to enable the survey to be retraced.
b. At least one (1) exterior boundary line of the land being subdivided shall be adequately monumented or referenced before the map may be recorded.
4. A certificate by the City Engineer shall be provided, stating that:
a. The City Engineer has examined the map;
b. The subdivision as shown is substantially the same as it appeared on the tentative map and any approved alterations thereof;
c. All provisions of this Title and any local ordinances applicable at the time of approval of the tentative map have been complied with;
d. The City Engineer is satisfied that the map is technically correct.
5. The City Engineer shall complete and file with the City Clerk, the certificate as required by this Section within twenty (20) days from the time the final map is submitted to the City Engineer by the subdivider for approval.
6. At the time the subdivider presents the final map, there shall be presented releases executed by the various public utilities, including cable television services identified in Section 16.08.020.A.2.c., as to location of their facilities and that satisfactory arrangements have been made for the establishment of any easements required for such facilities. The failure of any public utility to notify the City Engineer of the need for such easements within twenty (20) days of receipt of the advance copy of the final map shall be deemed notice that said provisions and arrangements have been made, and no further release shall be required.