Alturas Municipal Code Art. VI Final Maps

(a) Size. The final subdivision map shall be clearly and legibly drawn in black waterproof india ink upon good tracing cloth. The map shall be so made and shall be in such condition when filed, that good, legible prints can be made therefrom. The size of the sheets of tracing cloth shall be eighteen by twenty-six inches leaving a margin of one inch on all sides. The scale of the final map shall be one inch equals one hundred feet.

(b) Title. The title sheet shall contain the title, consisting of the subdivision number and the name of the tract, and such name shall not be the same as the name of any existing city, town, tract or subdivision of land into lots for which a map or plot has been previously recorded, or so nearly the same as to mislead the public or cause confusion as to identity thereof, and a subtitle or general description of all the property being subdivided, by reference to maps which have been previously recorded, or by reference to the plot of a United States Survey. In case the property included with the subdivision lies wholly within the corporate limits of the city, the following words shall appear before the title; "In the City of Alturas". If partly within the city limits, the following words shall be used; "Lying within and adjoining the City of Alturas". Reference to tracts and subdivisions in the description shall be worded identically with original records and reference to book and page of record must be complete. Every sheet comprising the map shall bear the number, name, scale, north point, legend, sheet number and number of sheets comprising the map. Below the title shall be clearly noted the basis of bearing for the survey.

(c) Key map. When the final map consists of more than two sheets, a key map showing the relation of the sheets shall be placed on sheet one.

(d) Boundary data. The map shall show clearly what stakes, monuments or other evidences were found on the ground to determine the boundaries of the tract. The adjoining corners of all adjoining subdivisions shall be identified by lot and block numbers, tract name and place or record, or by section, township and range, or other proper designation.

(e) Lot dimensions. Sufficient data shall be shown to determine readily the bearing and length of every lot line, block line and boundary line. Dimensions of lots shall be given as to net dimensions to the boundaries of adjoining streets and shall be shown in feet and hundredths of feet. No ditto marks shall be used. Lots containing one acre or more shall show net acreage to nearest hundredth. Bearings and distances of straight lines and such radii and arc lengths for all curves as may be necessary to determine the location of the center of curves shall be shown.

(f) Established lines. Whenever the city has established a system of coordinates, the survey shall be tied into such system, or where there has been established the center line of a street, the data shall be shown on the final map, indicating all monuments found and making reference to a field book or map. If the points were reset by ties, that fact shall be stated.

(g) Boundary outlines. The boundary of the tract shall be designated by a prussian blue border applied to the tracing. Such border shall not interfere with the legibility of figures or other data.

(h) Lot and block numbering. In any subdivision, all lots shall be numbered consecutively with no omission or duplications throughout the entire subdivision and the future units of any subdivision which has the same tract names but is designated by different units. No block division or numbering is required, but if desired by the subdivider, then each block shall be numbered consecutively. Circles or other geometric figures shall not be drawn around numbers. Each lot shall be shown entirely on one sheet.

(i) Dimensions of streets and railroad rights of way. The map shall show the center and side lines of all streets, the total width of all streets, the width of the portion being dedicated and the width of existing dedications and the widths each side of the center line; also the width of railroad rights of way appearing on the map.

(j) Easements. The map shall show the center and side lines of all easements to which the lots are subject. The easements shall be clearly labeled and identified, and if already of record, its recorded reference given. If any easement is not definitely located of record, a statement of such easement shall appear on the title sheet. Easements for storm drains, sewers and other purposes shall be denoted by dotted lines. Distances and bearing on the side lines of lots which are cut by an easement shall be arrowed or so shown that the map will indicate clearly the actual lengths of the lot lines. The width of the easement and the lengths and bearings of the lines thereof, and sufficient ties thereto definitely locate the easement with respect to the subdivision shall be shown. If the easement is being dedicated by the map, it shall be properly set out in the owners certificate of dedication. All notes or figures pertaining to easements shall be considerably smaller and lighter than those relating to the subdivision itself.

(k) Description of parcels. The final map shall particularly define, delineate and designate all lots intended for sale or reserved for private purposes, and all parcels offered for dedication for any purpose, with all dimensions, boundaries and courses clearly shown and defined in every case. Any or all of the parcels of land intended for any public use, except, those parcels, other than streets, intended for exclusive use of the lot owners, their licensees, visitors, tenants and servants in the subdivision, shall be offered for dedication for public use. Parcels offered for dedication but not accepted shall be clearly designated as such on the map.

(l) Certificates. The following certificates and acknowledgements and all others now or hereafter required by law, shall appear on the final map. Such certificates may be combined where appropriate.

(1) A certificate signed and acknowledged by all parties having any record title interest in the land subdivision, consenting to the preparation and recordation of such map; provided, that the signatures of parties owning the following types of interest, may be omitted if their names and nature of their interests are endorsed on the map.

a. Rights of way, easement or other interests, none of which can ripen into a fee.

b. Rights of way, easements or reversions, which by reason of changed conditions, long disuse or laches, appear to be no longer of practical use or value, and which signature it is impractical to obtain. In this case, a resonable statement of the circumstances preventing the procurement of the signature shall be endorsed on the map.

c. Any map including territory originally patented by the United States or this state, under patent reserving interest to either or both of these entities, may be recorded under the provisions of this chapter without the consent of the United States or this state or to the dedications made thereon.

(2) A certificate signed and acknowledged as above, offering for public use those certain parcels of land which the parties desire to dedicate.

(3) A certificate by the civil engineer or the licensed surveyor shall be attested unless accompanied by his seal.

(4) A certificate for execution by the city engineer.

(5) A certificate for execution by the county recorder.

(6) A certificate for execution by the secretary of the planning commission.

(7) A certificate for execution by the mayor and the clerk approving the final map as submitted and accepting or not accepting, the areas dedicated for public use.

(Ord. No. 294, art. 6, § 1.)

Within one year after the tentative map has been returned to him, the subdivider or his agent shall file with the planning commission, a final map accompanied by the following data and material.

(a) Generally. Final map, conforming to section 23-32 and containing all except the approval certificate by the city council, the city engineer, and the planning commission the necessary signatures affixed to the certificates and acknowledgment listed under such section.

(b) Prints. In addition to the tracings, there shall be filed one set of cloth prints, and one set of duplicate cloth tracings and four sets of blue line or black line prints, on which the tracing and the cloth prints shall contain the original signatures.

(c) Traverse sheets. A copy of the traverse sheet in a form approved by the city engineer, giving latitudes and departures and coordinates of the boundary of the subdivisions, blocks and lots herein.

(d) Certificate of title. There shall be filed with the final map, a guarantee of the title issued by a reputable title insurance company, showing the names of all persons having any right, title or interest in the lands proposed to be subdivided, and whose consent is necessary to convey clear title to the land. Such guarantee of title shall be filed with the final map for record in the office of the county recorder.

(e) Other data. All data and material that are or may be hereafter required by law.

(Ord. No. 294, art. 6, § 2.)

(a) It shall be the duty of the city engineer to examine and to check the final map as to the sufficiency of affidavits, consents to making thereof, certifications, acknowledgments, corrections of surveying data and computations, and its compliance with the changes or alterations designated upon the tentative map and other maps that require checking, to insure compliance with the law and this chapter.

(b) For making the foregoing check and examination by the city engineer, a fee equal to the actual cost of such services shall be paid by the subdivider. The subdivider, at the time of the filing of the final map, as provided in section 23-33, shall deposit an amount equal to the estimated cost of checking based on a charge of one dollar per lot with a minimum deposit of fifteen dollars. Checking fees shall be deposited with the city treasurer.

(c) Within ten days after his receipt of the final map, the city engineer shall certify to its correctness and shall transmit it to the planning commission.

(d) If the final map has been certified as correct by the city engineer, the planning commission shall within fifteen days after its next regular meeting, present the final map to the city council together with the necessary prints and title search, or if such map has not been certified as correct by the engineer, the planning commission shall within fifteen days return such final map with accompanying documents mentioned in this chapter, to the subdivider together with a statement setting forth the grounds for its disapproval.

(e) Upon receipt of the final map, the city council shall at its next meeting, or within a period of not more than thirty days after such filing, approve such map if the same conforms to all the requirements of the Subdivision Map Act, this chapter and any rulings made thereunder. The city council shall at the time of its action, accept or reject any or all offers of dedication.

(f) Upon the approval of any final map and after the signatures and scale have been affixed, the city engineer shall transmit the map to the county recorder, together with the filing fee provided by the subdivider.

(Ord. No. 294, art. 6, § 3.)