Chapter 7.24 — FINAL MAPS—REQUIREMENTS AND PROCEDURES

The content and form of final tract maps shall be governed by the provisions of the Subdivision Map Act and the subdivision manual. The Planning Commission may require additional information to be filed or recorded simultaneously with the map. The additional information shall be in the form of an additional map sheet which shall indicate its relationship to the map and contain a statement that the additional information is for informational purposes. Such additional information may include, but is not limited to, building setback lines, flood hazard zones, seismic lines and setbacks, geologic mapping, archaeological sites, and possible boundary or title conflicts.

(Ord. 171 § 1, 2007)

When a subdivision is proposed to be created through the tentative tract map process, a final tract map shall be filed for recording with the County Clerk/County Recorder of the County of Orange and the County Surveyor pursuant to Government Code Section 66466. No proposed subdivision shall be complete until such tract map has been filed for recording. (Ord. 171 § 1, 2007)

All parties having any record title interest in the real property being subdivided shall consent to the preparation and recordation of the tract map by signing the required certificate. Such signatures shall be properly acknowledged. The certificate need not be signed by public entities and public utilities which own rights-of-way, easements or other interests which cannot ripen into a fee, provided that:

• A. Division and development of the property in the manner set forth on the map will not unreasonably interfere with the free and complete exercise of the public entity or public utility right-of-way or easement;

• B. The map contains a statement that the Planning Commission has determined that the division and development of the property in the manner set forth on the map will not unreasonably interfere with the free and complete exercise of public entity or public utility right-of-way or easement; and,

• C. The public entity or utility has been given an opportunity to object to such a determination in accordance with the provisions of the Subdivision Map Act.

• (Ord. 171 § 1, 2007)

• A. Final tract maps, together with any required improvement agreements and security, shall be submitted to the Director of Public Works for review and preliminary determination as to:

  1. Compliance with any conditions imposed on the approval of the tentative map; and

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City of Lake Forest, CA

SUBDIVISIONS

§ 7.24.025

§ 7.24.040

2. Substantial conformance with the approved tentative map and any approved alterations thereof.

• B. In the event the Director of Public Works determines that the subdivision is not in compliance or substantial conformance, the Director of Public Works shall within 10 days of the date the final map was submitted, advise the subdivider in writing of his or her preliminary determination. The subdivider may appeal the Director of Public Works' determination to the Planning Commission or directly to the City Council in the event the tentative tract map was originally approved on appeal to the City Council. Any such appeal shall be filed and heard in accordance with Section 2.04.100 et seq., of the municipal code. As required by the Subdivision Map Act, the final determination as to whether the final tract map may be certified in compliance and substantial conformance shall be made by the Director of Public Works. However, upon hearing any such appeal, the Planning Commission or City Council shall make an advisory ruling to the Director of Public Works.

• C. Within 20 days (or more if requested by the subdivider) after the Director of Public Works determines that all conditions precedent to the approval of the tract map have been satisfied and any required improvement agreements and security are in order, the Director of Public Works shall execute the certificate required by the Subdivision Map Act.

• (Ord. 171 § 1, 2007; Ord. 302 § 11, 2018)

After the Director of Public Works executes the certificate, the Director of Public Works shall transmit the tract map to the City Clerk. The City Clerk shall present the map and any required agreements, securities, and approvals to the City Council for their approval and execution of the certificate by the City Clerk.

(Ord. 171 § 1, 2007)

The City Clerk shall transmit the approved final tract map to the County Surveyor for its certificate then to the County Clerk/County Recorder of the County of Orange for recordation, unless the Director of Public Works or subdivider requests an alternate time schedule for recordation. It shall be the obligation of the subdivider to cause a copy of the approved final tract map to be filed with the County Surveyor in accordance with Government Code Section 66466. (Ord. 171 § 1, 2007)

• A. Coordinated positions in the vicinity shall be provided by tying the section, quarter section, rancho, or other appropriate land net corners or road centerlines, on an approximate onehalf (½) mile grid convenient for proper coordinate tie-in of such map boundaries, to the existing monuments of, and, where possible, intervisible with the local control network, and by calculating and adjusting coordinates for these corners using the California Coordinate System based on the North American Datum of 1983, 2007 Adjustment or current adjustment as directed by the Director of Public Works.

• B. All data pertaining to these control monuments will be filed in accordance with the requirements of the Land Surveyor's Act and these records shall be indexed and made readily available to the general public.

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City of Lake Forest, CA

LAKE FOREST CODE

§ 7.24.040

§ 7.24.040

• C. The City shall require the surveyor or engineer to show on the final tract map; those ties made by the surveyor or engineer to such control monuments in accordance with Division 8, Chapter 1, Section 8813 of the Public Resources Code; and that coordinates published by the City for these control monuments be shown on the map.

• D. The surveyor or engineer shall be permitted to show on any record of survey submitted for filing, the information prescribed above, when the normal course of survey activities include ties made to points for which coordinates have been provided or accepted into the control network by the City, and when such information may be shown pursuant to the requirements of the California Public Resources Code.

• E. The City shall require the surveyor or engineer preparing the tract map to tie the boundary of said map into the California Coordinate System (NAD 83) in at least two locations, preferably on opposite sides of the boundary or as mutually agreed to by the surveyor or engineer and the Director.

• F. The basis of bearings of the tract map shall be the California Coordinate System (NAD 83), 2007 Adjustment or current adjustment as directed by the Director of Public Works as established by the use of existing monuments, Global Positioning System surveys (GPS), or by astronomic observation.

• G. In the event that the Director of Public Works is unable to provide the surveyor or engineer with coordinated monuments, as described in subsection A of this section, within 30 days of a written and City-approved request filed by the surveyor or engineer relating to any map which is or will be processed by the Director of Public Works, the foregoing requirements would be waived. However, none of the above will preclude a person, authorized to practice land surveying within the State of California, from performing the necessary work to meet the requirements of this section.

s of a written and City-approved request filed by the surveyor or engineer relating to any map which is or will be processed by the Director of Public Works, the foregoing requirements would be waived. However, none of the above will preclude a person, authorized to practice land surveying within the State of California, from performing the necessary work to meet the requirements of this section.

• H. The Director of Public Works shall require the surveyor or engineer preparing a tract map to submit to the City, in addition to the material currently being submitted for map checking and recordation purposes, a digital graphics file containing the boundary, street centerline, right-of-way and lot/parcel line data necessary to facilitate transferring of the file into the City mapping system in an acceptable format as determined by the Director of Public Works, if the surveyor or engineer has the capability to provide such files. If the surveyor or engineer does not have this capability, the City will create such a graphics file for entry into its system and recover the cost through the map check process.

• I. If the boundary of the final tract map being submitted is a parcel or lot of a map already tied to the California Coordinate System, NAD 83, 2007 Adjustment or current adjustment as directed by the Director of Public Works, the requirements in subsection E of this section shall be waived.

• J. In the event the survey or engineer submitting a final tract map to the City feels that compliance with the requirements stated in subsections C, E, F and H of this section will create a hardship on him or her or the client, he or she may appeal to the Director of Public Works to waive them. If the Director of Public Works refuses this appeal the surveyor or engineer may further appeal this decision to a committee of members of the private sector recognized by EMA as a representative of the professional surveying community. Such a committee may be, but not limited to, the California Land Surveyors AssociationCalifornia Council of Civil Engineers and Land Surveyors Joint Professional Practice Committee. The decision of this committee shall be final and binding on both parties.

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City of Lake Forest, CA

SUBDIVISIONS

§ 7.24.040

§ 7.24.040

(Ord. 171 § 1, 2007; Ord. 302 § 12, 2018)

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City of Lake Forest, CA

SUBDIVISIONS

§ 7.26.010

§ 7.26.015