Chapter 22.64 — FINAL, PARCEL AND REVERSION TO ACREAGE MAPS

The subdivider shall file the required number of copies of the final map with the City Engineer. Such filing shall also include adequate evidence that the subdivider has filed the statement required by Cal. Gov't Code § 66492 with the County Recorder, indicating that there are no liens against the subdivision for unpaid taxes or special assessments. ('86 Code, § 22.64.010) (Ord. 4120, passed - - )

(A) The title sheet of each map, shall contain a title consisting of “Tract No. (insert map number) for Final Maps. “Parcel Map No. ” to (insert map number) for Parcel Maps, and a subtitle consisting of A Reversion to Acreage of " (insert legal description of land being reverted), for reversion to acreage maps, along with the words “In the City of Alhambra” or “Partly in the City of Alhambra and partly in unincorporated territory” or “Partly in the City of Alhambra and partly in the City of (Insert the name of the adjacent city), whichever is applicable. The title sheet shall also contain a subtitle consisting of a description of all the property in the division of land or reversion to acreage by reference to such map or maps of such property as shall have been previously recorded or filed in the office of the County Recorder, or filed with the County Clerk pursuant to a final judgment in any action in partition or flied in the office of the County Recorder pursuant to the Political Code of the state or by reference to the plat of any United States survey. Each reference in such subtitle to any record maps shall be worded and spelled identically with, and contain a complete reference to, the book and page of the original record thereof.

(B) The certificate of the surveyor or engineer, as required by the Subdivision Map Act, shall appear on the title sheet along with the date of any survey and the basis of bearings with a reference to a record satisfactory to the City Engineer, or a solar or polaris observation.

(C) If applicable, an acknowledgment of the owner's development lien shall be placed on the title sheet, pursuant to Cal. Gov't Code § 66434.1. The notary's official seal need not appear on the title sheet, provided that the notary's name, county of the notary's principal place of business and the notary's commission expiration date are typed or printed below the notary's signature on the acknowledgment.

(D) Title sheets may be prepared in a horizontal or vertical format, as approved by the City Engineer. ('86 Code, § 22.64.020) (Ord. 4120, passed - - )

(A) Those certificates and acknowledgments required by Cal. Gov't Code § 66425 (Chapter 2, Article 2), along with the following additional acknowledgements shall be made by separate instrument and filed concurrently with final maps:

(1) All of those certificates, acknowledg-ments, declarations and statements required by Cal. Gov't Code Chapter 2, Article 2, along with the following additional certificates, may be combined and shall be made by separate instrument and filed concurrently with final maps and reversion to acreage maps:

• (a) Special assessments certificate, signed by the Director of Finance;

(b) Planning Commission certificate, signed by the Director of Community Development.

(2) All of those certificates, acknowledg-ments and statements required by Cal. Gov't Code Chapter 2, Article 3 shall be recorded by separate instrument, concurrently with the parcel map:

(a) Subdivider's and/or owner's state-ment consenting to recordation of the parcel map, as specified in Cal. Gov't Code § 66445(e);

(b) Dedications or offers of dedication, signed by the same parties and in the same manner as specified in Cal. Gov't Code § 66439 for dedications by a final map.

(3) All required certificates, affidavits, acknowledgments and signatures shall be legibly stamped, printed or signed with opaque ink and all such entries shall be readily reproducible by normal methods of reproduction.

(B) All required certificates, affidavits, acknowledgments and signatures appearing on the title sheet shall be legibly stamped, printed, or signed with opaque ink and all such entries shall be readily reproducible by normal methods of reproduction.

('86 Code, § 22.64.030) (Ord. 4120, passed - - ; Am. Ord. 4735, passed 5-14-18)

(A) General. Each map sheet shall bear the main title of the map, the scale, north point and sheet number and designation of the relation, if any, between that sheet and each other sheet comprising the map.

(B) Lot numbers and area.

(1) All lots shall be numbered and numbers shall begin with the numeral “1” and continue con-secutively without omission or duplication throughout the entire map. No prefix or suffix or combination of letter and number shall be used. Each lot shall be shown entirely on one map sheet.

(2) Upon each lot containing an area of ¾-acre or more shall have designated on the map sheet, the acreage of the lot to the nearest 1/100 of an acre.

(C) Lot, block and boundary lines.

(1) The bearing and length of each lot, block, and boundary line shall be shown on the map provided, however, when bearings of lot lines in a series of lots are the same, the bearings may be omitted from each interior, parallel lot line of the series. Each required bearing or length shall be shown in full and no ditto mark or other designation of repetition shall be used.

(2) The arc length, radius and total central angle or bearings of terminal radii of each curve and the bearing of each radial line to each lot corner of each curve, or the central angle of each segment within each lot, shall be shown.

(D) Centerlines and widths of streets, alleys, and other ways.

(1) The centerline, the total width, and the total fractional widths on each side of the centerline of each street, alley or other way shall appear on the sheets. The bearing and length of each tangent and radius, central angle and arc length of each curve shall also be shown on each centerline.

(2) The map sheets shall also show the following widths and fractional widths or right-of-way when dedications are to be made on the map:

(a) The total width dedicated prior to the recording of such map; and

• (b) The width of additional strips to be dedicated by such map.

(E) Street names. The approved names including the word “Avenue,” “Street,” “Place” or other approved street designation shall be shown on the map sheet. Such names and designations shall be shown in, or arrowed into, the newly dedicated portion and any existing portion of the street. No numerals or abbreviations shall be used in delineating street names.

(F) Rights-of-way and easements. All rights-of-way and easements which are a burden upon the land and lots within the division of land or reversion to acreage or which are required as a condition precedent to the filing of the map shall be shown on the map sheets and shall conform to the following:

(1) The centerline, sideline, width, and the length, bearing and sufficient ties thereto shall be shown, as necessary to definitely locate each right-of-way or easement. If the right-of-way or easement cannot be definitely located from

the official records, a statement showing the existing of such right-of-way or easement shall be placed on the map. (2) All rights-of-way or easements shall be delineated by a fine dashed line, excepting where such rights-of-way or easements are lots or series of lots; they shall be shown as such in conformance with the provisions of this chapter.

(3) Distances, bearings, and all other indications of measurements on the lot lines which are crossed by rights-ofway or easements shall be arrowed or otherwise shown so as to clearly indicate the actual length, bearing or measurement of each lot line.

(4) The rights-of-way or easements shall be clearly labeled and identified and, if on record, the record reference shall be shown thereon.

(5) Notes or figures pertaining to easements shall be subordinated in form and appearance to other notes or figures on the map sheets.

(G) City boundary lines. City boundary lines crossing or abutting the division of land or reversion to acreage shall be clearly designated and tied.

(H) Map boundary lines. The map boundary lines of the land included within the division of land or reversion to acreage shall be indicated by distinc-tive symbols and clearly so designated.

(I) Evidence determining boundary. In all cases where a survey is required for a map, each map sheet shall show fully and clearly evidence where there may be found on the ground the stakes, monuments and other evidence used to determine the boundaries of the division of land or reversion to acreage.

(J) Each stake, monument or other object found shall be fully described and referenced and the method used to establish each point or line shall be clearly shown and explained on the sheet. It shall also show and identify each adjacent corner or each adjoining parcel of land or portion thereof by lot and block number, number or name, and place of record, or by section, township, and range, or, where no such identifying data is available, by another approved designation sufficient to establish the relation with such adjoining parcels of land. In those cases where a parcel map is compiled from record data, the source of the information used shall be contained in a note on the parcel map.

('86 Code, § 22.64.040) (Ord. 4120, passed - - )

The signatures of all parties having any record title interest in the real property being divided shall not be required on any parcel map unless dedications or offers of dedication are made by certificate on the parcel map. ('86 Code, § 22.64.050) (Ord. 4120, passed - - )

Pursuant to Cal. Gov't Code § 66434.2, the City Engineer may require additional information to be filed or recorded simultaneously with the final map, parcel map or reversion to acreage map. The additional information shall be in the form of a separate document or an additional map sheet which shall indicate its relationship to the final map and shall contain a statement that the additional information is for informational purposes, describing conditions as the date of filing, and is not intended to affect record title interest.

('86 Code, § 22.64.060) (Ord. 4120, passed - - )

Pursuant to Cal. Gov't Code § 66428, the Planning Commission may waive the filing of a parcel map for the following:

(A) Subdivision of a portion of the operating right-of-way of a railroad corporation defined as such by Cal. Pub. Util. § 230, which are created by short term leases (terminable by either party on not more than 30 days notice in writing), or

(B) Land conveyed to or from a governmental agency, public entity, public utility, or for land conveyed to a subsidiary of a public utility for conveyance to such public utility for rights-of-way, unless a showing is made in individual cases, upon substantial evidence, that public policy necessitates such a parcel map. ('86 Code, § 22.64.070) (Ord. 4120, passed - - )

(A) Review by City Engineer. The City Engineer shall review the final map and all improvement agreements, and the subdivider's engineer or surveyor shall make corrections and/or additions until the map is acceptable to the City Engineer. The City Engineer shall also ensure that all required certificates and statements have been signed and, where required, acknowledged.

(B) Review by Director of Community Development. The Director of Community Development shall ensure that all other conditions of the tentative map approval have been met.

(C) Prior to approval of the final map by the City Engineer, the subdivider shall provide sufficient evidence of compliance with the provisions of Cal. Gov't Code Chapter 4, Article 8, with respect to required security for taxes and special assessments not yet payable.

(D) The final map shall be deemed filed, for the purpose of establishing the time limit for action on the final map by the City Council, as of the date the final map is approved and executed by both the City Engineer and the Director of Community Development and filed with the City Clerk.

(E) Approval by City Council. Upon execution by the City Engineer and the Director of Community Development, the final map, along the undertaking agreement, shall be placed on the Council agenda for their approval. The City Council shall consider the final map for approval within ten days after filing with the City Clerk, or at its next regular meeting at which it receives the map, whichever is later. The City Council shall have approved the undertaking agreement before approving the final map.

(1) If the undertaking agreement and final map are approved by the City Council, it shall instruct the Mayor to execute the agreement on behalf of the city. If the undertaking agreement and/or final map is unacceptable, the Council shall recommend corrections, instruct the City Engineer to draft a new agreement and/or revise the final map and defer approval until after an acceptable agreement and/or final map has been resubmitted.

(2) Offers of dedication shall be accepted, subject to improvement or rejected by the City Council, at the time of approval of the final map. The City Clerk shall certify or state on the map, the action of the City Council. The City Council may also designate an officer of the county, to accept into the county road system pursuant to Cal Sts. & High. Code § 941, any road for which an offer of dedica-tion has been accepted or accepted subject to improvements. Rejected offers shall remain open and shall terminate as specified in Cal. Gov't Code § 66477.2. Acceptance of offers of dedication on a final map shall not be effective until the final map is filed in the office of the County Recorder, or a resolution of acceptance by the City Council is filed with the County Recorder's office.

f dedica-tion has been accepted or accepted subject to improvements. Rejected offers shall remain open and shall terminate as specified in Cal. Gov't Code § 66477.2. Acceptance of offers of dedication on a final map shall not be effective until the final map is filed in the office of the County Recorder, or a resolution of acceptance by the City Council is filed with the County Recorder's office.

(F) Denial by City Council. The City Council may deny approval of the final map as provided for in the Map Act. (G) Filing with the County Recorder. Upon approval of the final map by the City Council, the City Clerk shall execute the appropriate certificate on the certificate sheet and forward the map, or have an authorized agent forward the map to the Clerk of the County Board of Supervisors for transmittal to the County Recorder. ('86 Code, § 22.64.080.1) (Ord. 4120, passed - - ; Am. Ord. 4735, passed 5-14-18)

• (A) Review by City Engineer. The provisions of § 22.64.080.1(A) herein shall apply.

• (B) Review by Director of Community Development. The provisions of § 22.64.080.1(B) shall apply.

(C) Approval/denial by the Planning Commission. If dedications or offers of dedication are not required, the Planning Commission shall approve or deny the parcel map as provided for in the Map Act.

(D) Approval/denial by City Council. If dedications or offers of dedication are required, the provisions of § 22.64.080.1(E) shall apply.

(E) Filing with the County Recorder. Upon approval of the parcel map by the Planning Commission or City Council, the City Clerk shall execute the appropriate certificate on the certificate sheet and the subdivider(s) shall forward the map, or have an authorized agent forward the map to the County Recorder for recordation. ('86 Code, § 22.64.080.2) (Ord. 4120, passed - - ; Am. Ord. 4735, passed 5-14-18)

Reversion to acreage maps submitted for final approval prior to recordation, shall be subject to review and approval as specified above for final or parcel maps, as the case may be. In addition, except as provided in subdivision (e) of Cal. Gov't Code § 66445, a certificate shall accompany the parcel map, acknowledged by all parties having any record title interest in the land being reverted, consenting to the preparation and filing of the parcel map. The Planning Commission shall approve such requests, only upon making the following findings: That the proposed division of land complies with all city requirements as to area, improvement and design, floodwater drainage control, appropriate improved public roads, sanitary disposal facilities, water supply availability, environmental protection, and all other applicable provisions of the city's general plan, zoning ordinance or other applicable ordinances and regulations. ('86 Code, § 22.64.080.3) (Ord. 4120, passed - - )

When any area including a subdivision as to which a final, parcel, revision to acreage or waive or parcel map has been recorded, is thereafter annexed by the city, the final record maps, documents and any agreements relating hereto shall continue to govern the subdivision.

('86 Code, § 22.64.090) (Ord. 4120, passed - - )

(A) Pursuant to Cal. Gov't Code § 66456.1, multiple final maps may be filed prior to the expiration of the tentative map if:

(1) The subdivider informs the city at the time of filing of the tentative map of his intention to file multiple final maps, or

(2) After the filing of the tentative map, the subdivider and the city agree to the filing of multiple final maps. (B) In providing such notice, the subdivider shall not be required to define the number or configuration of the proposed final maps. The city may impose reasonable conditions relating to the filing of multiple final maps. ('86 Code, § 22.64.100) (Ord. 4120, passed - - )