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PALO ALTO MUNICIPAL CODE
CHARTER OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
Title 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS
Title 2 ADMINISTRATIVE CODE*
Title 3 RESERVED
Title 4 BUSINESS LICENSES AND REGULATIONS*
Title 5 HEALTH AND SANITATION*
Title 6 ANIMALS
Title 7 RESERVED
Title 8 TREES AND VEGETATION
Title 9 PUBLIC PEACE, MORALS AND SAFETY*
Title 10 VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC*
Title 11 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT PROCEDURE
Title 12 PUBLIC WORKS AND UTILITIES
Title 13 IMPROVEMENT PROCEDURE*
Title 14 RESERVED
Title 15 FIRE PREVENTION*
Title 16 BUILDING REGULATIONS*
Title 17 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS STORAGE*
Title 18 ZONING*
Title 19 MASTER PLAN*
Title 20 PRECISE PLANS*
Title 21 SUBDIVISIONS AND OTHER DIVISIONS OF LAND*
Chapter 21.04 GENERAL PROVISIONS
Chapter 21.08 MAPS REQUIRED
Chapter 21.10 PARCEL MAPS FOR URBAN LOT SPLITS IN SINGLE-FAMILY ZONES
Chapter 21.12 TENTATIVE MAPS AND PRELIMINARY PARCEL MAPS
Chapter 21.13 VESTING TENTATIVE MAPS
Chapter 21.16 FINAL AND PARCEL MAPS
Chapter 21.20 DESIGN
Chapter 21.24 DEDICATIONS
Chapter 21.28 IMPROVEMENTS
Chapter 21.32 CONDITIONAL EXCEPTIONS
Chapter 21.36 APPEALS
Chapter 21.40 CONVERSIONS OF RENTAL HOUSING TO CONDOMINIUMS AND OTHER COMMUNITY HOUSING PROJECTS
Chapter 21.44 CERTIFICATES OF COMPLIANCE
Chapter 21.50 PARK LAND DEDICATION OR FEES IN LIEU THEREOF
Title 22 PARKS*
ORDINANCE LIST AND DISPOSITION TABLE
Chapter 21.16
FINAL AND PARCEL MAPS
Sections:
   21.16.010   Submission of final map, submission of parcel map.
   21.16.020   Documents accompanying final or parcel maps.
   21.16.030   Key map and legend.
   21.16.040   Survey.
   21.16.050   Contents of final and parcel maps - Area.
   21.16.060   Block numbers.
   21.16.070   Border.
   21.16.080   Certificates.
   21.16.090   City boundary lines.
   21.16.100   Easements.
   21.16.110   Highwater line.
   21.16.120   Land subject to inundation.
   21.16.130   Lot lines and boundary lines.
   21.16.140   Lot numbers.
   21.16.150   Monument line.
   21.16.160   Monuments.
   21.16.170   Use of lots.
   21.16.180   Soils report.
   21.16.190   Streets and other rights-of-way.
   21.16.200   Additional information.
   21.16.210   Final and parcel maps - Approval by city engineer and director of planning.
   21.16.220   Final and parcel maps - Approval, agreement for improvements, conditions.
   21.16.230   Final and parcel maps - Approval - Agreement for improvements - Security bonds.
   21.16.240   Final map - Approval by city council, submitted to city clerk.
   21.16.250   Final and parcel maps - Approval and recording, effect.
   21.16.260   Coordinated efforts of city and county.
   21.16.270   Reversion to acreage.
   21.16.280   Final or parcel map amendments.
21.16.010   Submission of final map, submission of parcel map.
   (a)   Within two years of the approval or conditional approval of a tentative map, or a preliminary parcel map, the subdivider shall cause the subdivision or any part thereof to be surveyed, and a final map or a parcel map, as specified in Chapter 21.08, to be prepared in conformance with the tentative map or preliminary parcel map as approved or conditionally approved, and in compliance with the provisions of the Subdivision Map Act and this title and submitted to the city engineer.
   Notwithstanding the foregoing time limitations, in the event that a combined environmental impact report-environmental impact statement is being prepared on a development project as defined in Section 65928 of the Government Code pursuant to Section 21083.6 of the Public Resources Code, the city council, if functioning as a lead agency as defined in Section 65929 of the Government Code may waive the base time limits. In any event, the city council shall approve or disapprove such development project within sixty days after the combined environmental impact report-environmental impact statement has been completed and adopted.
   (b)   An extension of time may be granted by the director of planning in the case of a preliminary parcel map and by the city council after recommendation of the planning commission in the case of a tentative map, upon the written application of the subdivider within two years of the approval or conditional approval of the tentative map or preliminary parcel map or prior to the expiration of any previous extension granted under this subsection. Such extension shall be subject to the maximum limitations set forth in the Subdivision Map Act.
   (c)   All conditions of approval of the tentative or preliminary parcel map shall be fulfilled prior to approval of a final map or parcel map, except those conditions which are fulfilled by the filing of an agreement to perform those conditions as specified in this title.
   (d)   Unless a final map or parcel map is filed, and all conditions of approval are fulfilled within said two-year period, or such extension as may be granted, the tentative or preliminary parcel map shall expire and all proceedings shall terminate. Thereafter, no final or parcel map shall be filed without first processing a tentative or preliminary parcel map.
   (e)   All streets, highways and other public ways, and all other easements, dedication of access rights or areas required or offered for public use and dedication shall be shown on the final or parcel map and such dedications or offers to dedicate shall be made by certificate on the final or parcel map unless otherwise required by this title or by the conditions of approval of the tentative or preliminary parcel map. In the case of a parcel map, the director of planning shall be authorized to accept any offers of dedication on behalf of the city. The city may require as a condition of approval that a fee interest in any areas dedicated for street purposes be conveyed to the city by deed.
   (f)   Tracings and an additional number of prints of the final or parcel map as determined by the director of planning which conform to the requirements of the law shall be submitted to the director of planning.
(Ord. 4642 § 45, 2000: Ord. 3345 § 35, 1982: Ord. 3157 § 1 (part), 1979)
21.16.020   Documents accompanying final or parcel maps.
   (a)   The subdivider shall submit with the final map or the parcel map all of the following:
   (1)   With each dedication or offer of dedication for the public use, a preliminary title report issued by a title insurance company, in the name of the record owner, issued to or for the benefit and protection of the city, showing all parties whose consent is necessary and their interest therein;
   (2)   The instrument prohibiting the right of ingress or egress across rear or side lot lines as may be required by Section 21.20.100 of this title;
   (3)   The calculation and traverse sheets used in computing the distance, angles and courses shown on the final or parcel map and the ties to existing and proposed monuments;
   (4)   Two copies of any proposed declarations of restrictions;
   (5)   The reports, recommendations, conditions, and findings required under Section 21.12.070 of this title concerning soils reports and soils investigations;
   (6)   Construction plans and specifications and cost estimates for required and proposed improvements including all test data, calculations and reports necessary to support all design conditions or criteria;
   (7)   Any other documents, certifications, or instruments necessary to fulfill requirements imposed at the time the tentative map was approved or conditionally approved.
(Ord. 3157 § 1 (part), 1979)
21.16.030   Key map and legend.
   When the final map or parcel map consists of two or more sheets, except sheets showing only certificates and similar text, a key map showing the relation of the sheets shall be placed on the first sheet. Every sheet shall bear the scale, north point, legend, sheet number, and number of sheets comprising the map.
(Ord. 3157 § 1 (part), 1979)
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