Burbank Municipal Code Art. 8 Surveys and Monuments

The procedure and practice of all survey work done on any division of land, whether for preparation of a parcel or final map shall conform to the standards and details set forth in the Land Surveyor’s Act, Chapter 15, Division 3, of the State Business and Professions Code. The allowable error or closure on any portion of a final map or parcel map shall be 1/10,000. If the City Engineer, County Engineer, County Road Commissioner, or State Highway Engineer shall have established the centerline of any street or alley in or adjoining a division of land, the parcel or final map shall show such centerline, together with reference to a field book or map showing such centerline and the monuments which determine its position. If determined by ties, that fact shall be stated upon the parcel or final map. [Formerly numbered Section 27-88; renumbered by Ord. No. 3058, eff. 2/21/87; 2197.]

Whenever necessary in the opinion of the City Engineer, centerline monuments shall be set to mark the intersections of streets, intersections of streets with the tract boundary, or to mark either the beginning and end of curves or the points of intersection of tangents thereof, or other intermediate points. Each such monument shall be not less durable and substantial than:

A. A lead and tack, if set in asphaltic concrete or cement concrete pavement.

B. A two inch (2") iron pipe set not less than twelve inches (12") below the surface, or at such depth as may be approved by the City Engineer, if set in unsurfaced graveled or oiled surface.

C. A spike of not less than six inches (6") long, if set in bituminous macadam pavement. [Formerly numbered Section 27-89; renumbered by Ord. No. 3058, eff. 2/21/87; 2197.]

For each centerline intersection monument set the engineer or surveyor under whose supervision the survey has been made shall furnish to the City Engineer a set of notes showing clearly the ties between such monument and a sufficient number (normally 4) of durable distinctive reference points or monuments. Such reference points or monuments may be leads and tacks in curbs or sidewalks, or two inch by two inch (2" x 2") stakes set back of the curb line and below the surface of the ground, or such substitute therefor as appears to be not more likely to be disturbed.

Such set of notes shall be of such quality, form and completeness and shall be on paper of such quality and size as may be necessary to conform to the standardized office records of the City Engineer. All such notes shall be indexed and filed by the City Engineer as a part of the permanent records of the Public Works Department. [Formerly numbered Section 27-90; renumbered by Ord. No. 3058, eff. 2/21/87; 2197.]

All monuments set as required in this article shall be permanently and visibly marked or tagged with the registration or license number of the engineer or surveyor under whose supervision the survey was made. [Formerly numbered Section 27-91; renumbered by Ord. No. 3058, eff. 2/21/87; 2197.]

All exterior boundary monuments shall be set prior to recordation of the final map or parcel map unless extensive grading operations or improvement work makes it impractical to set monuments. If any or all of the boundary monuments required are to be set subsequent to recordation of the final map or parcel map, the engineer or surveyor making the survey shall furnish evidence acceptable to the City Engineer prior to submitting the final map or parcel map to substantiate their reasons for deferring the setting of permanent monuments until after recordation of the final map or parcel map. If the setting of boundary monuments is deferred, field notes showing the boundary survey shall be presented to the City Engineer at the time the final map or parcel map is submitted for checking. Interior monuments need not be set at the time the final map or parcel is recorded if the provisions of Section 64496 of the Subdivision Map Act are complied with. As to any monuments which are to be set subsequent to recordation of the final map or parcel map, the provisions of Section 66497 and 66498 of the Subdivision Map Act shall apply and be complied with. [Formerly numbered Section 27-92; renumbered by Ord. No. 3058, eff. 2/21/87; 2490, 2197.]

All monuments shall be subject to inspection and approval of the City Engineer in conjunction with their checking of the map. [Formerly numbered Section 27-93; renumbered by Ord. No. 3058, eff. 2/21/87; 2197.]