The content and form of parcel maps shall be governed by the provisions of this Section.
A. Standards and Preparation. The parcel map shall be prepared by, or under the direction of, a registered civil engineer licensed to practice land surveying or licensed land surveyor; shall show the location of streets and property lines bounding the property; and shall conform to all of the following provisions and adopted City standards.
1. The parcel map 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 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. Each lot shall be numbered and each street shall be named.
4. The exterior boundary of the land included within the subdivision shall be indicated as 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 location of each parcel and its relation to surrounding surveys.
5. 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) acres, that parcel shall show record information and parcel size only.
6. Existing natural drainage courses and proposed drainage easements, as necessary, shall be shown on the parcel map.
7. Additional notes which do not affect record title interests shall not be shown on the parcel map. Where a composite development plan has been required, a prominent note shall be placed below the surveyor’s notes on the parcel map in one-quarter (1/4) inch high, bold 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. |
8. In the case of a vesting tentative map for a parcel map, at the time it is filed it shall have printed conspicuously on its face “Vesting Tentative Parcel Map.”
B. Parcel Number. Prior to filing a parcel map, a licensed engineer or surveyor shall obtain a number or numbers from the County Recorder.
C. Certificates on Parcel Maps. The certificates on parcel maps shall be as required by the City Engineer’s standards and adopted by the City Council.
1. Subject to the provisions of the Subdivision Map Act, a certificate, signed and acknowledged by the legal owner of record in the real property subdivided, consenting to the preparation and recordation of the parcel map is required.
2. Offers to dedicate interest in real property for specified public purposes shall be made by a certificate on the parcel map, signed and acknowledged by the legal owner of record in the real property being subdivided, subject to the provisions of the Subdivision Map Act. The signature of either the holder of beneficial interests under trust deeds or the trustee under such trust deeds, but not both, may be omitted. The signature of either shall constitute a full and complete subordination of the lien of the deed of trust to the map and any interest created by the map.
However, with respect to a division of land into four (4) or fewer parcels, where dedications or offers of dedications are not required, the certificate shall be signed and acknowledged by the legal owner of record only.
3. In all cases where a parcel map is required, such map shall be based upon a field survey made in conformity with the Land Surveyors Act, except in the case of reversion to acreage.
4. The parcel map shall contain a certificate for execution by the City Engineer, stating that the City Engineer approved the map and accepted, subject to improvement, or rejected on behalf of the public, any real property offered for dedication for public use in conformity with the terms of the offer of dedication. The City Engineer is empowered to accept such dedications on behalf of the City and County Flood Control District.