Chapter 16.40 — OFFICIAL MAPS

A. Whenever any subdivision of land is platted or divided into lots or blocks, and whenever any addition to any subdivision is laid out into lots or blocks for the purpose of sale or transfer, the City Engineer, under the direction and with the approval of the City Council, may make an official map of the subdivision, giving to each block on the map a number, and to each lot or subdivision in the block a separate number or letter, and giving names to such streets, avenues, lanes, courts, commons or parks as may be delineated on the official map.

B. Any surveyor or engineer under the review of the City Engineer may prepare an official map to be filed for record as a certificate of compliance, pursuant to subdivisions (d) and (e) of the Government Code Section 66499.35 and Section 16.36.040.E. of this Code. The map shall be prepared in accordance with the map format specifications of subdivisions A to F, inclusive, of Section 66434 of the Subdivision Map Act and Section 16.08.030 of this Code except where noted otherwise in this Chapter.

A. A tentative map application shall be filed with the City. Filing, map form and content, and procedure requirements for review and approval of official maps shall be as required by City Engineer standards as adopted by the City Council. This tentative map may be approved if it is consistent with the General Plan and zoning or land use district subject to the following requirements:

1. Submit proof of approved access;

2. Engineer or surveyor shall prepare and file an official map under the review of the City Engineer. The map shall contain the following:

• a. Private road easements or offers of dedication to each lot by separate instrument or a note placed on the map that dedication will be required prior to building permits,

• b. Locate and delineate the natural drainage courses,

• c. Ground height for building pads to preclude flooding,

• d. Surveyed, mapped and monumented per City Engineer’s standards,

• e. Legal description for each lot,

• f. City Council certificate,

• g. Engineer or surveyor’s certificate,

• h. City Engineer’s certificate,

• i. City Engineer’s official map checking deposit based upon current final map fee schedule,

• j. Improvements and improvement plans on future roads may be deferred if not needed at this time or access to

developed properties,

• k. Any additional information as required by City Engineer standards.

B. Each and every map made and adopted under this Title shall be presented to the City Council by the City Engineer and be certified under the hands of a majority of the members of the City Council, the presiding officer, secretary and official seal of the City Council. The certificate shall set forth in full the resolution adopting the map, with the date of adoption.

• C. Fees established for processing of official maps shall be as required in the City’s fee schedule.

A. The certified map shall be forthwith filed in the office of the County Recorder. The Recorder shall immediately securely fasten and bind each map so filed in one of a series of firmly bound books to be provided, together with the proper indexes thereof, and appropriately marked for the reception of maps provided for in this Title. Official maps shall be filed and processed in accordance with provisions for final maps in Chapter 16.04 of this Code, unless otherwise indicated in City Engineer’s standards for official maps.

B. The map shall become an official map for the purposes of this Title when certified, filed and bound, but not before.

C. Whenever the City Council adopts an official map, it shall be lawful and sufficient to describe the lots or blocks in any deeds, conveyances, contracts or obligations affecting any of the lots or blocks as designated on the official map.