12-1-11: FINAL MAPS:
   A.   Filing With The City:
      1.   Multiple final maps relating to an approved or conditionally approved tentative map may be filed prior to the expiration of the tentative map if the subdivider, at the time the tentative map application is filed, notifies the Planning Director in writing of the subdivider's intention to file multiple final maps on the tentative map, pursuant to subsection 12-1-7B of this Section. In providing the notice, the subdivider shall not be required to define the number or configuration of the proposed multiple maps.
The filing of a final map on a portion of an approved or conditionally approved tentative map shall not invalidate any part of the tentative map. Each final map which constitutes part, or unit, of the approved or conditionally approved tentative map shall have a separate subdivision number. The subdivision improvement agreement executed by the subdivider shall provide for the construction of improvements as required to constitute a logical and orderly development of the entire subdivision.
      2.   Any time after the approval or conditional approval of the tentative subdivision map and prior to the expiration thereof, the subdivider may file with the Planning Director the original and five (5) prints of the final map completed in accordance with the Subdivision Map Act and this Chapter. Such final map shall be accompanied by:
         a.   Three (3) sets of improvement plans;
         b.   Engineer's estimated (estimate cost of improvements);
         c.   Preliminary title report;
         d.   Calculation and traverses sheets used in computing the distances, angles and courses shown on the final map and ties to existing and proposed monuments, and showing closures. Closures shall be within the allowable limits specified in this Chapter;
         e.   Other documents and design calculations as may be required.
         f.   Three (3) copies of the proposed deed restrictions, if applicable.
      3.   Fee for checking and processing final map and related documents as set forth in this Chapter.
      4.   Preliminary soils report.
   B.   Checking And Processing Fees: Fees for checking and processing maps, improvements plans, and related documents shall be in the amounts prescribed from time to time by resolution of the City Council.
   C.   Transmittal To City Engineer: After issuance of a receipt by the Planning Director for the final map and improvement plans processing fee, the Planning Director shall transmit documents to the City Engineer for the final checking and approval.
   D.   Form:
      1.   The final map which is filed shall be in full accord with the Subdivision Map Act, section 66434.
      2.   The final map shall be drawn in accordance with an accurate survey of the subdivision, the tentative map and any conditions of its approvals, and in accordance with the Subdivision Map Act and include all the following:
         a.   Index And Page Numbers: When more than three (3) sheets are used, an index shall show the entire subdivision. If more than one sheet is required, the total number of sheets comprising the final map shall be stated on each of the sheets and its relationship to each adjoining sheet shall be clearly shown.
         b.   Tract Number: The tract number followed by the words "in the City of Corcoran".
         c.   Names: The names without abbreviations of all:
            (1)   Proposed streets;
            (2)   Adjoining streets;
            (3)   Proposed public areas; and
            (4)   Adjacent tracts, records of survey or parcel maps.
         d.   Scale: North arrow and scale used shall be shown on each sheet except the title sheet. The scale used shall not be less than one hundred feet to the inch (100' = 1").
         e.   Lot Data: All lots shall be numbered consecutively beginning with the number one with no omissions or duplications; provided, however, where the subdivision is a continuation of or an addition to an existing subdivision being the same tract number, the lot number shall commence with the number immediately following the last highest number of the existing subdivision and in all other respects conform to the above requirements. Each lot shall be shown entirely on one sheet. No block numbers shall be used. Lots shall show net acreage to the nearest hundredth or net square footage to the nearest square foot.
         f.   Survey Data:
            (1)   All survey data shown on the map shall be determined by a field survey made in accordance with standard practices and principles for land surveying.
            (2)   A traverse of the boundaries of the tract and all blocks must close within a limit of error not to exceed one foot (1') in ten thousand feet (10,000'). A traverse of the interior lots of the tract must close within a limit of error not to exceed one foot (1') in ten thousand feet (10,000').
            (3)   Sufficient data shall be shown so that the length and bearing of every line on the map including the center lines of all streets can be readily determined. The radius, tangent, arc length and central angle of all curves shall be shown. The bearings of radial lines to the beginning and end of each curve shall be shown.
         g.   Width: The final map shall show the width of each street; the width of the portion being dedicated, the width of the existing dedication, and the width of each side of the center lines; and the width of rights of way of railroads and any other easements appearing on the map.
         h.   City Boundaries: The final map shall show City boundaries adjoining the subdivision.
         i.   Monuments: The final map shall clearly describe and show the location of stakes, monuments or other evidence found on the ground to determine the boundaries of the tract. The map shall identify and show the locations of all new monuments.
         j.   Record Of Easements: The final map shall show the location, width, and side lines of all easements to which the lots are subject. If an existing easement already of record cannot be definitely located, a statement as to the easement shall appear on the title sheet. Public utility easements for storm drains, sewers, utilities and other purposes shall be denoted by broken lines. Distance and bearings on the side lines of the lots which are cut by easement shall be shown as to indicate clearly the actual lengths of the lot lines. The width of the easement, the lengths and bearings of the lines thereof, and sufficient ties to locate the easement shall be clearly labeled and identified, and if already of record, proper reference to the records shall be given. Easements being dedicated shall be so indicated in the certificate of dedication.
         k.   Dedications: All streets, alleys, access rights, drainage easements, public utilities easements, and other easements and parcels of land shown on the final map as intended for public use shall be offered for dedication for public use in accordance with the Subdivision Map Act.
         l.   Reservations: All property reserved for schools, fire stations, libraries, recreation facilities or other public uses shall be shown on the final map.
         m.   Certificates: The following certificates and acknowledgements must appear on the title sheet of a final map:
            (1)   Owner's certificates and acknowledgment and offer of dedication, if any;
            (2)   Certificate of engineer with his registered engineer's number or of surveyor with his licensed land surveyor's number;
            (3)   Certificate of approval of the City Engineer;
            (4)   Certificate of approval by executive secretary of Planning Commission;
            (5)   Certificate of the City Clerk of approval by the Council and acceptance of the offer of dedication;
            (6)   Said title sheet shall also contain such other affidavits, certificates, acknowledgements, endorsements and notarial seals as are required by law and the provisions of this Chapter.
   E.   Approval By The City Engineer:
      1.   The City Engineer shall examine all the documents as to conformity with the tentative map, as to the sufficiency of affidavits and acknowledgements, and such other matters as require checking to ensure compliance with the provisions of the Subdivision Map Act and of this Chapter.
      2.   The City Engineer shall either approve or return one copy of the map, improvement plans or other documents to the subdivider or his engineer noting the necessary corrections. On subsequent resubmittals to the City Engineer, the subdivider shall submit corrected documents and plans in duplicate. The City Engineer shall respond approving or showing required corrections. At such time as the final map, improvement plans, and other required documents are found to be in correct form and the matters shown thereon are sufficient, the City Engineer shall endorse his approval thereon and transmit it to the City Council for approval.
   F.   Action By The City Council: The City Council shall approve the final map if it conforms to all the requirements of this Chapter and the Subdivision Map Act applicable at the time of approval or conditional approval of the tentative map. If the City Council does not approve or disapprove the map within the time prescribed in the Subdivision Map Act, or any authorized extension thereof, and the map conforms to all the requirements and rulings, it shall be deemed approved, and the City Clerk shall certify its approval thereon.
   G.   Taxes And Assessments: Prior to the filing of the final map with the City Council, the owner or subdivider shall file such certificates and such security and make such payments as are required by sections 66492, 66493 and 66494 of the Subdivision Map Act.
   H.   Improvement Security And Agreement: The City Council, as a condition precedent to the approval of the final map, shall require the subdivider to enter into an improvement completion agreement upon mutually agreeable terms to thereafter complete such improvements at the subdivider's expense. The City shall require that performance of such agreement be guaranteed by the security in accordance with Sections 12-1-17, 12-1-18, and 12-1-20 of this Chapter.
   I.   Subdivision Guarantee: Before recording of the final subdivision map, the subdivider shall obtain a subdivision guarantee from a company authorized to issue title insurance which shall guarantee the County and the City in a designated sum that according to public records which, under the recording laws, impart construction notice of matters affecting the title to the land contained in the subdivision, the only parties having any record title interest in the land whose signatures are necessary under the Subdivision Map Act on the certificates consenting to the recordation of the final map of the land offering for dedication any streets, roads, avenues, and other easement offered for dedication by the final map are as stated in the subdivision guarantee.
   J.   Transmittal To County: When the subdivider has filed the agreement and bond or other security with the City Clerk and has made the deposits and cost payments required by the provisions of this Chapter and the Subdivision Map Act and when such agreement, deposits and/or security has been approved by the City Attorney as to form and by the City Engineer as to sufficiency, the final map shall be transmitted to the County Official for ultimate transmittal to the County Recorder.
   K.   Amending Of Final Map: A recorded final map shall be modified by a certificate of correction or an amending map, as per section 66472.1 of the Subdivision Map Act, if the City finds that there are changes in circumstances which make any or all of the conditions of such a map no longer appropriate or necessary and that modifications do not impose any additional burden on the present fee owner of the property, and if the modifications do not alter any right, title or interest in the real property reflected on the recorded map and the local agency finds that the map as modified conforms to the provisions of section 66474. Any such modification shall be set for public hearing as provided for in section 66451.3 of the Subdivision Map Act. (Ord. 527, 8-4-1997)