(a) The final subdivision map shall be legibly drawn, printed, or reproduced by a process guaranteeing a permanent record in black on tracing cloth or polyester base film, including affidavits, certificates, and acknowledgments; provided, however, such certificates, affidavits, and acknowledgments may be legibly stamped or printed upon the map with opaque ink when recommended by the County Clerk-Recorder. If ink is used on polyester base film, the ink surface shall be coated with a suitable substance to assure permanent legibility.
(b) The size of each sheet shall be eighteen (18) inches by twenty-six (26) inches. A margin line shall be drawn completely around each sheet, leaving an entirely blank margin of one (1) inch. The subdivision number and other designation, all drawings, affidavits, acknowledgments, endorsements, acceptances of dedication, and seals shall be within such margin line. The boundary of a subdivision shall be indicated by a border of light blue ink, approximately one-eighth (1/8) inch in width, applied to the reverse side of the tracing inside such boundary line and shall not obliterate figures or other data.
(c) The scale of the map shall be one (1) inch equals one hundred (100) feet on large areas, and one (1) inch equals fifty (50) feet or one (1) inch equals forty (40) feet on small or irregular areas unless otherwise permitted by the Director of Planning. Variable scales for a single map, or separate pages of a map, shall not be permitted except to show details. In any event, the map shall show clearly all details of the subdivision with enough sheets to accomplish this end. Whenever practicable, all lots and blocks shall be shown in their entirety on one (1) sheet.
(d) Each sheet comprising the map shall contain the following:
(1) A title, consisting of a subdivision number assigned by the Zoning Administrator, conspicuously placed at the top of the sheet. In addition to the official title, a subdivision name may be shown in smaller letters immediately below the official title;
(2) A subtitle, placed below the title and subdivision name, consisting of a general description of the property being subdivided, either by reference to recorded deeds, recorded maps, or plats of a United States survey;
(3) The number of the sheet and the total number of sheets comprising the map;
(4) The date of preparation and the name of the licensed surveyor or registered civil engineer responsible for the preparation of the map;
(5) The north arrow, legend, scale, and notes, and the basis of bearing for survey by reference to recorded deeds or to maps which have been recorded previously or by a reference to the plat of a United States survey, County Surveyor’s map, or solar or Polaris observation; and
(6) In the event the property included within the subdivision lies wholly in unincorporated territory, the words “County of Yolo” shall appear in the subdivision title, and if the property lies partly in unincorporated territory and partly within an incorporated city, the words “Within and Adjoining the City of ______” shall appear in the subdivision title.
(e) The following certificates shall appear on the final map:
(1) A certificate signed and acknowledged by all parties, with such exceptions as provided in the Subdivision Map Act, having any recorded title interest in the land being subdivided, consenting to the preparation and recordation of the map and offering for dedication all parcels shown and intended for public use, subject to any reservation contained in such offer;
(2) Seals required by the provisions of law and this chapter;
(3) As required in the Business and Professions Code of the State, the certificate and number of either the engineer or the certificate and number of the surveyor;
(4) A certificate concerning monument placements;
(5) A certificate for execution by the Director of Planning;
(6) A certificate for execution by the County Engineer;
(7) A certificate for execution by the County official computing redemptions indicating that there are no liens against the subdivision for applicable taxes or assessments;
(8) A certificate for execution by the Clerk of the Board indicating approval of the map and the action concerning offers of dedication;
(9) A certificate for execution by the County Recorder; and
(10) A certificate for execution by the engineer making the soils report when such report is required by the County.
(f) The final map shall show 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. Such information and data shall include the following:
(1) Radii and arc length or chord bearings, the length and central angle for all curves, and such information as may be necessary to determine the location of the centers of the curves;
(2) Reference to the California Coordinate System, Zone 2 and the Final Map shall be prepared with the basis of bearings being the State Plan Coordinate System; and
(3) Any other pertinent data required by the County Engineer.
(g) The final map shall show the following:
(1) The names of all streets as approved by the Commission;
(2) The number of each lot without repetition of numbers in the subdivision;
(3) The designation by letter of any lot or parcel proposed to be used for utility or other special purposes or offered for dedication;
(4) Easements; and
(5) Rights-of-way widths of streets adjoining or adjacent to the subdivision, rights-of-way widths of streets intersecting adjacent streets, and the exact ties to the center line or rights-of-way lines of such intersecting streets with respect to the proposed subdivision.
(h) The final map shall show clearly and fully the stakes, monuments, or other evidence found on the ground to determine the boundaries of the subdivision. All adjacent lot lines of adjoining subdivisions, or portions thereof, lot and block numbers, tract numbers and names, the section or grant line, township, or other required information shall be shown. Pursuant to the provisions of Article 9 of the Subdivision Map Act, the subdivider’s engineer shall adequately monument the exterior boundary of the land being subdivided prior to filing for recording of the final map. Monuments shall be installed in accordance with the County Improvement Standards, and the location and type of such monuments shall be shown by symbol on the map.
(i) Where any city or county boundary line crosses or adjoins a subdivision, the location of such boundary line shall be clearly shown in relation to lot lines.
(Ord. 1445, eff. August 14, 2014)