(A) Application. A subdivider may, at the time of filing of a tentative parcel map, file a request for waiver of the requirement for a parcel map. Such a request shall be filed with the Secretary of the Planning Commission in the form of an application therefor furnished by the city.
(B) Findings required. The City Council shall waive the requirement for the filing of a parcel map if, after consideration for the tentative parcel map, information submitted therewith, the report of the Planning Commission and any such investigation as it may determine necessary for the purposes of making its decision, it finds that all of the following conditions have been met:
1. That the subdivider has complied with the provisions of § 6-8-8 of this chapter;
2. That adequate monuments exist in the field which appear of record in the office of the County Recorder to permit the retracement of boundaries for each parcel to be created;
3. That no dedications of rights-of-way or easements are offered or required;
4. That all on site and off site improvements as required for parcel maps by § 6-8-11 of this chapter have been completed; and
5. That all proposed division of land complies with requirements as to area, design, floodwater drainage control, sanitary disposal facilities, water supply availability, environmental protection and other requirements of the Subdivision Map Act and this chapter.
(C) Waiver certificate. The instrument evidencing the City Council’s waiving the requirement for a parcel map shall be known as a “waiver certificate” which shall be prepared by the subdivider and shall consist of the following form, matters and attachments:
1. A description of the boundary of the property proposed to be subdivided;
2. A property plat map prepared by or under the direction of a registered civil engineer or licensed land surveyor and legibly drawn, printed, reproduced by a process guaranteeing a permanent record in black;
3. The location of all division lines and the exterior boundary of the land included within the subdivision shall be indicated by distinctive lines and clearly so designated;
4. The map shall be signed and sealed by the registered civil engineer or licensed land surveyor;
5. A certificate shall be signed and acknowledged by the parties having record title interest, consenting to the preparation and recordation of the waiver certificate; and
6. The size of each sheet shall be eight and one-half inches by 11 or 13 inches. An entirely blank margin of two inches shall be left at the top of each sheet.
(D) Filing of waiver certificate.
1. The waiver certificate shall be submitted to the City Manager for his or her examination prior to filing together with all necessary fees for the recordation of the waiver certificate and evidence that all fees as hereinafter required have been paid. The City Manager shall examine the certificate of waiver, and if he or she finds the same to be substantially in the form required by this chapter, and in conformity with the conditions imposed by the City Council in connection with the approval of the tentative parcel map, he or she shall accept the same for filing and shall submit the same to the Planning Director.
2. Within 20 days after receiving the waiver certificate or within such additional time as may be reasonably necessary, the Planning Director in concert with the City Engineer shall determine whether the waiver certificate is technically correct and conforms with the approved tentative parcel map. If approved, he or she shall so certify upon the waiver certificate.
3. After affixing his or her signature upon the waiver certificate, the Planning Director shall deliver the certificate to the City Clerk who shall present the certificate to the County Recorder for filing. When the certificate is presented to the County Recorder and is accepted by him or her, he or she shall file and index the same in the official records of the county.
(E) Fees. Waiver of the parcel map shall not preclude the payment of fees as provided by Chapter 12 of this title. Said fee shall be calculated in the same manner as though a parcel map had been required and shall be paid prior to the filing of the waiver of certificate with the City Clerk.
(Ord. 295, passed 2-4-1986)