Article 6 — Submittal For City Approval

The subdivider shall submit prints of the final map to the City Engineer for checking. The preliminary prints shall be accompanied by the following data, plans, reports, and documents in a form as approved by the City Engineer:

• (a) Improvement plans. Improvement plans as required by Article 4 of Chapter 8 of this title;

• (b) Title reports. A preliminary title report showing the legal owners at the time of the submittal of the final map, signed and acknowledged by all parties having any record of title interest as designated by the Subdivision Map Act;

• (c) Improvement bond estimates. The improvement bond estimate shall include all improvements within public rights-of-way, easements, main utility lines in the private common areas, and utility trench backfill as provided by the developer, except for those utility facilities installed by a utility company under the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission of the State;

• (d) Deeds for easements or rights-of-way. Deeds for off-site easements or rights-of-way required for road or drainage purpose which have not been dedicated on the final map. Written evidence acceptable to the City in the form of rights of entry or permanent easements across private property outside of the subdivision permitting or granting access to perform necessary construction work and permitting the maintenance of the facility;

• (e) Traverse closures. Traverse closures for the boundary blocks, lots, easements, street center lines, and monument lines;

• (f) Soils reports. A soils report prepared in accordance with subsection (a) of Section 11-5-203 of Article 2 of this chapter and the Subdivision Map Act;

• (g) Percolation reports. A percolation report prepared in accordance with subsection (b) of Section 11-5-203 of Article 2 of this chapter and the Subdivision Map Act;

• (h) Hydrology and hydraulic calculations. Complete hydrology and hydraulic calculations of the storm drainage system;

• (i) Organization documents. The submittal of the final map or parcel map shall include the proposed Declaration of Covenants, Conditions, and Restrictions and all other organizational documents for the subdivision in a form as prescribed by Section 1355 of the Civil Code of the State. All documents shall be subject to review by the City Engineer and City Attorney; and

• (j) Additional data, reports, and information. Any additional related data, reports, or information as required by the City Engineer in exceptional or extraordinary circumstances.

The City Engineer shall review the final map, and the subdivider's engineer or surveyor shall make corrections and/or additions until the map is in accordance with this title and the Subdivision Map Act.

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City of Turlock, CA

SUBDIVISIONS

§ 11-5-603

§ 11-5-606

The subdivider's engineer or surveyor shall submit the original tracing of the map, corrected to its final form and signed by all parties required to execute certificates on the map, to the City Engineer.

The City Engineer shall complete and file his certificate with the Planning Commission within twenty (20) days after the time the final map, corrected and complete, is submitted to him by the subdivider for approval.

The City Engineer and Planning Director shall sign the appropriate certificates and transmit the original to the City Clerk.

The final map, upon execution by the City Engineer and Planning Director, together with the subdivision improvement agreement and improvement security, shall be placed on the Council agenda for its approval. The Council shall consider the final map for approval within ten (10) days after filing with the City Clerk, or at its next regular meeting at which it receives the map, whichever is later. The Council shall have approved the subdivision improvement agreement before or concurrent with approving the final map.

If the subdivision improvement agreement and final map are approved by the Council, it shall instruct the City Manager to execute the agreement on the behalf of the City. If the subdivision improvement agreement and/or final map is unacceptable, the Council shall make its recommended corrections, instruct the City Engineer to draft a new agreement and/or revise the final map, and defer approval until an acceptable agreement and/or final map had been resubmitted.

The Council shall not deny the approval of the final map if the Council or the Planning Commission had previously approved a tentative map for the proposed subdivision and if the Council finds that the final map is in substantial compliance with the previously approved tentative map.

If the Council does not approve or disapprove the map within the proscribed time, or any authorized extension, and the map conforms to all requirements and rulings, it shall be deemed approved, and the City Clerk shall certify its approval thereon.

Upon the approval of the map by the Council, the City Clerk shall execute the appropriate certificate on the certificate sheet and forward the map to the Clerk of the County Board of Supervisors for transmittal to the County Recorder.

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City of Turlock, CA § 11-5-701

SUBDIVISIONS