§ 16.20

• A. Within 24 months after the date the City Council approves a tentative map, or any later date that may be authorized by an extension granted pursuant to this title, the subdivider must cause the subject property to be accurately surveyed and a final map to be prepared in conformance with the tentative map and any and all applicable conditions.

• B. The final map must be submitted to the Engineer for review and action within the time period specified by this title.

• (Ord. 1317 § 1, 9/26/16)

• A. An accurate and complete field survey of the land to be subdivided must be made by a registered civil engineer or licensed land surveyor authorized to practice land surveying in the State of California. All monuments, property lines, centerlines of streets, alleys and easements adjoining or within the subdivision must be tied into the survey. The allowable error of closure on any portion of the final map must not exceed 1/10,000 for field closures and 1/20,000 for calculated closures.

• B. At the time of making the survey for the final map, the Engineer or surveyor must set sufficient durable monuments to conform with the standards described in Business and Professions Code Section 8771 so that another engineer or surveyor may readily retrace the survey. At least one exterior boundary line must be monumented before recording the final map. Other monuments must be set as required by the Engineer, and the Engineer must be contacted for monument inspection.

• (Ord. 1317 § 1, 9/26/16)

The original final map and one duplicate reproducible copy must be submitted to the Engineer, accompanied by the following:

• A. In the event any dedication is to be made for public use, a certificate of title, a subdivision guarantee, or a dedication letter in the name of the owner of the land, issued to or for the benefit and protection of the City by a title company authorized by the laws of the State to write such letter, showing all parties whose consent is necessary to pass clear title to the land being subdivided, together with the nature of their interests therein, except where the land contained in such subdivision is registered under the Land Registration Act ("Torrens Act"), in which latter case a certified copy of the certificate of title is furnished.

• B. A white print of the final map showing the contemplated location of installations of facilities or all public utilities, whether publicly or privately owned, with a statement of the proposed work, with such statement to be filed by the Engineer.

• C. A grading plan as required by the Engineer or Building Official.

• D. The subdivider must file, either at the time of filing the final map or at a later date as provided in this title, detailed plans and specifications of the improvements to be installed

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City of Bellflower, CA § 16.20.030

BELLFLOWER CODE

§ 16.20.040

as required by the provisions of this title and of all other improvements proposed to be installed by the subdivider in, on, or under any street or right-of-way, easement, or parcel of land dedicated by the map, including the estimated cost thereof.

• E. The subdivider may file multiple final maps on the approved tentative map, subject to the Engineer's approval.

• F. The final map must comply with the form, contain the data and meet all other requirements of the Act, Section 16.16.060 (Parcel Map Filing Requirements) and this section.

• G. The lots must be numbered consecutively, commencing with the number "1," with no omissions or duplications; provided, that where the subdivision is a continuation of or an addition to an existing subdivision, the lot numbers may commence with the number immediately following the last or highest number of each existing subdivision and in all other respects must conform with the preceding requirements.

• (Ord. 1317 § 1, 9/26/16)

• A. The City Council must act on a final map whenever any of the following circumstances apply:

  1. If a dedication or offer of dedication is required, the Engineer must forward the final map to the City Clerk. The Clerk must place the item on the next City Council agenda for acceptance of dedications.

  2. If improvements required pursuant to this title or other regulations were not completed, the Engineer cannot approve the map unless the subdivider enters into a subdivision improvement agreement with the City and agrees to post security in the form of faithful performance and labor and materials bonds to guarantee the improvements, and the City Council approves of the agreement and the security.

• B. If City Council approval is required, the City Council must consider the final map for approval at its next regular meeting after the Engineer has reviewed and approved the map.

• C. The City Council must approve the final map if it has previously approved a tentative map for the proposed subdivision, and if it finds that the final map is in substantial compliance with the previously approved tentative map, and if it conforms to all applicable requirements of this Code and the Act.

• D. If the final map is unacceptable, the Council must make its recommended corrections, instruct the subdivider to revise the final map and defer approval until the final map is resubmitted.

• E. The City Council must deny approval of the final map only for failure to meet or perform requirements or conditions which were applicable to the subdivision at the time of approval of the tentative map. Where the Council denies approval of the final map, such disapproval must be accompanied by a finding identifying the requirements or conditions which have not been met or performed. The City Council may waive the requirements of this section upon a finding that the failure of the map to meet the conditions set forth in the tentative map is the result of a technical and inadvertent error which does not materially affect the validity of the map.

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City of Bellflower, CA § 16.20.040

SUBDIVISIONS

§ 16.20.070

• (Ord. 1317 § 1, 9/26/16)

• A. The Engineer may approve all other final maps not specified in Section 16.20.040, pursuant to Government Code Section 66458(d), this section, and in the same manner as provided in Section 16.20.040.

• B. In addition to any other requirement of the Act or this Code, the Engineer must:

  1. Notify the City Council, via a staff report, at its next regular meeting after the Engineer receives the map that the Engineer is reviewing the map for final approval; and

  2. Approve or disapprove the final map within 10 days following the meeting of the City Council that was preceded by the required notice below.

• C. The Engineer's action may be appealed to the City Council in accordance with this Code.

• D. The City Clerk must provide notice of any pending approval or disapproval by the Engineer by posting it with the City Council's regular agenda and mailing it to interested parties who request notice.

• E. The City Council must periodically review the delegation of authority to the Engineer as recommended by the City Manager.

• (Ord. 1317 § 1, 9/26/16)

Following action by the Engineer, and after the required signatures and seals are affixed, the City Clerk or the applicant must transmit the final map to the County Recorder for recordation. (Ord. 1317 § 1, 9/26/16)

• A. After a final map or parcel map is filed in the office of the County Recorder, such map may be amended by a Certificate of Correction filed pursuant to Chapter 16.24 or an amending map for any of the following purposes:

  1. To correct an error in any course or distance shown thereon.

  2. To show any course or distance that was omitted thereon.

  3. To correct an error in the description of real property shown on the map.

  4. To indicate monuments set after the death, disability, retirement from practice, or replacement of the engineer or surveyor charged with the responsibilities for setting the monuments.

  5. To show the proper location or character of any monument which has been changed in location or character and originally shown at the wrong location or incorrectly as to its character.

  6. To correct any additional information filed or recorded with the map, as required by

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City of Bellflower, CA § 16.20.070

BELLFLOWER CODE

§ 16.20.080

the City, if the correction does not impose additional burden on the present fee owner of the property and does not alter the right, title, or interest in the real property reflected on the recorded map.

7. To correct any other type of map error or omission as approved by the County Surveyor or Engineer that does not affect any property right and does not otherwise violate this Code. Such errors and omissions may include, but are not limited to, lot numbers, acreage, street names, and identification of adjacent record maps.

• B. As used in this section, "error" does not include changes in courses or distances that cannot be proven from the data shown on the final map.

• (Ord. 1317 § 1, 9/26/16)

• A. In addition to the circumstances specified above, changes or modifications may be made to a final map or parcel map if the City Council finds that:

  1. There are changes in circumstances which make any or all of the conditions of such a map no longer appropriate or necessary;

  2. The modifications do not impose any additional burden on the present fee owner of the property;

  3. The modifications do not alter any right, title, or interest in the real property reflected on the recorded map; and

  4. The map, as modified, meets the findings for approval.

• B. A request for a change to or modification of a final map pursuant to this section must be made on forms provided by the Director. Such change or modification is processed in accordance with the procedures established for a tentative map of this title. The public hearings for such application are confined to the consideration of and action on the proposed change or modification.

• (Ord. 1317 § 1, 9/26/16)

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City of Bellflower, CA § 16.24.010

SUBDIVISIONS