§ 8206-2

All improvement agreements and securities required by the Subdivision Map Act or this Chapter shall be submitted with the final map or parcel map.

(Ord. No. 4566, § 1, 6-16-2020)

8206-2.3 - Tax collector's letter and security for taxes.

A letter signed by the Ventura County Tax Collector certifying that there are no liens against the subdivision or any part thereof for unpaid state, County, municipal, or local taxes or special assessments collected as taxes, except taxes or special assessments not yet payable, and certifying the amount of taxes and assessments, which are a lien but which are not yet payable, shall be submitted with the final map or parcel map. The security, if any, required by Government Code section 66493 also shall be submitted with the final map or parcel map. This Section is inapplicable to amending maps filed in accordance with Government Code section 66469.

(Ord. No. 4566, § 1, 6-16-2020)

A preliminary subdivision guarantee and a title report containing the legal description of the parent parcel, issued by a title company acceptable to the County Recorder and authorized by the laws of the State of California to write the same, shall be submitted with any final map or parcel map presented to the County Surveyor. A subdivision guarantee, issued by a title company acceptable to the County Recorder and authorized by the laws of the State of California to write the same, showing the names of all persons having any record title interest in the parent parcel together with the nature of their respective interests therein, shall be submitted with the final map or parcel map prior to recordation of the map. The subdivision guarantee shall ensure that the parties named in the guarantee are the only parties having any record title interest in the land subdivided and that all record easements upon the property are included therein.

(Ord. No. 4566, § 1, 6-16-2020)

Whenever fee interests in land or easements are offered for dedication for public use or access, and whenever fee interests in land or easements are to be granted to public agencies, all such land or easements not offered for dedication or granted by the owner's certificate on the final map or parcel map shall be granted by deeds submitted no later than submission of the final map or parcel map.

(Ord. No. 4566, § 1, 6-16-2020)

8206-2.6 - Off-site easements.

Written evidence of rights-of-entry or permanent easements on or across private property not within the proposed subdivision as may be necessary to allow performance of the work necessary to improve the subdivision, to allow for the maintenance of the subdivision improvements once completed, to allow the permanent access to the proposed subdivision, and to allow for and to grant necessary slope rights, shall be submitted with the final map or parcel map, except as otherwise provided in Government Code section 66462.5.

(Ord. No. 4566, § 1, 6-16-2020)

A statement shall be submitted with the final map or parcel map from each utility systems operator serving the proposed subdivision stating that the public utility easements shown on the final map or parcel map are satisfactory for use by that utility for service to the proposed subdivision and that arrangements have been made to convey such easements to the respective utilities.

(Ord. No. 4566, § 1, 6-16-2020)

8206-2.8 - Water supply certificate and water availability letter.

When the proposed water supply is to be provided by anything other than individual wells on each lot, there shall be submitted with the final map or parcel map a water supply certificate on a form provided by the County and signed by the proposed water purveyor, certifying that:

a.

Either of the following is true:

1.

A binding agreement has been entered into between the owner of the land and the water purveyor, enforceable by the owner and the owner's successors in interest to the land, providing, on terms substantially the same as those given the water purveyor's customers generally, for the connection to the water purveyor's system of each lot proposed to be served by the water purveyor; or

2.

Each lot proposed to be served by the water purveyor will be served through an existing connection provided by the water purveyor to the property; and

b.

A civil engineer, registered by the State of California, has determined that:

1.

The water purveyor's system complies with the quality and quantity standards set forth in Title 22 of the California Code of Regulations and the connection of each proposed lot to such system will not cause any failure of such compliance; and

The facilities of the water purveyor's system, including the installation to be made in the proposed subdivision, meet or exceed the requirements set forth in the applicable Ventura County Improvement Standards and Specifications; and

c.

The portion of the improvement plans containing the design and specifications for subdivision sewer is satisfactory to the water purveyor; and

d.

The water purveyor has filed a Water Availability Letter with the Public Works Agency that is in compliance with the Ventura County Waterworks Manual.

(Ord. No. 4566, § 1, 6-16-2020)

A statement from the Environmental Health Division approving the method of permanent domestic water supply shall be submitted with the final map or parcel map. If a water supply certificate is required by Section 8206-2.8 of this Chapter, a written statement from the Environmental Health Division approving such certificate shall be submitted with the final map or parcel map.

(Ord. No. 4566, § 1, 6-16-2020)

When the proposed method of sewage disposal is by a public sewer entity, there shall be submitted with the final map or parcel map a sewer service certificate, on a form provided by the County and signed by the public sewer entity, certifying that:

a.

Either of the following is true:

1.

A binding agreement has been entered into between the owner of the land and the public sewer entity, enforceable by the owner and the owner's successors in interest to the land, providing, on terms substantially the same as those given the public sewer entity's customers generally, for the connection to the public sewer entity's system of each lot proposed to be served by the public sewer entity; or

2.

Each lot proposed to be served by the public sewer entity will be served through an existing connection provided by the public sewer entity to the property; and

b.

The portion of the improvement plans containing the design and specifications for subdivision sewer is satisfactory to the public sewer entity.

(Ord. No. 4566, § 1, 6-16-2020)

8206-2.11 - Approval of sewage disposal method.

A statement from the Environmental Health Division approving the method of sewage disposal shall be submitted with the final map or parcel map. If a sewer service certificate is required by Section 8206-2.10 of this Chapter, a written statement from the Environmental Health Division approving such certificate shall be submitted with the final map or parcel map.

(Ord. No. 4566, § 1, 6-16-2020)

8207-2.12 - Fire Chief's certificate.

The certification of the County Fire Chief that adequate fire protection facilities have been planned for the proposed subdivision and for use by the Ventura County Fire Protection District shall be submitted with the final map or parcel map.

(Ord. No. 4566, § 1, 6-16-2020)

Easements not within the proposed subdivisions as may be necessary to provide for the acceptance of stormwaters generated by the proposed subdivision shall be submitted with the final map or parcel map except as otherwise provided in Government Code section 66462.5.

(Ord. No. 4566, § 1, 6-16-2020)

8206-2.14 - Railroad crossings.

The certification of any affected railroad company (or, if the rail line is owned by the Ventura County Transportation Commission, then the Ventura County Transportation Commission shall certify) that satisfactory arrangements providing for all required railroad crossings have been made shall be submitted with the final map or parcel map.

(Ord. No. 4566, § 1, 6-16-2020)

8206-2.15 - Abandoned oil and gas wells.

A certification from the California Geologic Energy Management Division confirming that all oil and gas wells designated as abandoned have been abandoned in accordance with state regulations shall be submitted with the final map or parcel map.

(Ord. No. 4566, § 1, 6-16-2020)

Copies of all deeds, maps, office sketches, and other documents used in the preparation of the final map or parcel map, together with copies of calculations showing closure and area, as specified by the County Surveyor, shall be submitted with the final map or parcel map.

(Ord. No. 4566, § 1, 6-16-2020)

Separate documents or map sheets, in a form satisfactory to the County Surveyor and meeting the requirements of Government Code section 66434.2, shall be submitted with the final map or parcel map to show the following information when required by the conditions of the tentative map:

a.

Unimproved natural watercourses wholly or partially within the proposed subdivision, and areas within the proposed subdivision that are subject to inundation or flood hazard;

b.

All producing, abandoned, and idle oil wells, all oil and gas pipelines, all existing and abandoned oil sumps, and all existing oil and gas conditional use permit boundaries. This map sheet shall delineate areas of the property that shall be reserved (i.e., not developed with above-ground structures) to ensure that long-term access to the wells remain available as required by the California Geologic Energy Management Division;

c.

The fault line or zone of each active or potentially active earthquake fault within the proposed subdivision that is identified in any soils and/or geologic report prepared specifically for the proposed subdivision;

d.

Every building setback line or sewage disposal system setback line that is recommended in any archaeology report, soils, and/or geologic report, prepared specifically for the proposed subdivision;

e.

Building envelopes or building exclusion areas established as mitigation measures to avoid impacts on protected resources; and

f.

The conditions of approval of the tentative map with a separate sheet identifying all conditions of approval of the tentative map that are to remain in effect and be satisfied after the final map or parcel map is recorded.

(Ord. No. 4566, § 1, 6-16-2020)

Every soils and/or geologic report prepared specifically for the proposed subdivision, if any, shall be submitted with the final map or parcel map for review and filing by the County Geologist. Such reports shall be maintained by the County Geologist with the Public Works Agency and kept on file for public inspection.

(Ord. No. 4566, § 1, 6-16-2020)

When, as a condition of approval of a subdivision, property is dedicated to a local agency in fee for public purposes other than open space, parks, or schools, a certificate meeting the requirements of Government

Code section 66477.5 and signed by that local agency shall appear on the final map or parcel map.

(Ord. No. 4566, § 1, 6-16-2020)

8206-3 - Approval and filing of maps.

Final maps and parcel maps shall be approved and filed as follows:

a.

Final Maps — A final map which has been submitted to and certified by the County Surveyor pursuant to Section 8206-1 of this Chapter shall be delivered by the County Surveyor to the Board of Supervisors by transmitting a copy of the final map to the Clerk of the Board together with the subdivision improvement agreements executed by the subdivider, if any, and a request that the approval or disapproval of the final map be placed on the agenda for the Board of Supervisors' next regular meeting. At the time the Board of Supervisors approves a final map, the Board of Supervisors shall also accept, accept subject to improvement, or reject any offer of dedication. The Clerk of the Board shall certify or state on the map the action by the Board of Supervisors. If the final map is approved by the Board of Supervisors, the Clerk of the Board shall transmit it to the County Surveyor for final subdivision guarantee check and transmittal to the County Recorder. The County Recorder shall file it for record subject to the provisions of Government Code section 66466.

b.

Parcel Maps — The County Surveyor is authorized to approve or disapprove parcel maps which have been submitted to him or her pursuant to Section 8206-2 of this Chapter. If a parcel map is certified by the County Surveyor pursuant to Section 8206-1 of this Chapter, it shall be deemed to be approved by him or her and he or she shall transmit it to the Office of the County Recorder who shall file it for record subject to the provisions of Government Code section 66466. At the time the County Surveyor certifies and approves a parcel map, the County Surveyor shall also accept, accept subject to improvement, or reject any dedications and offers of dedication that are made by a statement on the map.

(Ord. No. 4566, § 1, 6-16-2020)

8206-4 - Filing of separate map sheets.

Separate map sheets submitted pursuant to Section 8206-2.17 of this Chapter shall be filed and recorded in the Office of the County Recorder with the final map or parcel map.

(Ord. No. 4566, § 1, 6-16-2020)

Article 7. - Amendment of Recorded Final and Parcel Maps