Camarillo Municipal Code Ch. 18.15 Final Subdivision Maps

The form and contents, submittal, approval and filing of subdivision maps shall conform to the provisions of this chapter and the state Subdivision Map Act.

(Ord. 570 § 3 (part), 1984.)

A. An accurate and complete field survey of the land to be subdivided shall 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 shall be tied into the survey. The allowable error of closure on any portion of the final map shall 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 shall set sufficient durable monuments to conform with the standards described in Section 8771 of the Business and Professions Code so that another engineer or surveyor may readily retrace the survey. At least one exterior boundary line shall be monumented prior to recording the final map. Other monuments shall be set as required by the city engineer.

(Ord. 570 § 3 (part), 1984.)

A. The form of the final map shall conform to the Subdivision Map Act and as provided herein and shall be prepared by or under the direction of a registered civil engineer or licensed land surveyor authorized to practice land surveying in the state of California and shall be based upon a survey.

B. The final map shall be legibly drawn, printed or reproduced by a process guaranteeing a permanent record in black on tracing cloth or polyester base film. Certificates, affidavits and acknowledgements may be legibly stamped or printed upon the map with opaque ink. If ink is used on polyester base film, the ink surface shall be coated with a suitable substance to assure permanent legibility.

C. The size of each sheet shall be eighteen inches by twenty-six inches. A marginal line shall be drawn completely around each sheet, leaving an entirely blank margin of one inch. The scale of the map shall be not less than one inch equals one hundred feet, or as may be necessary to show all details clearly, and enough sheets shall be used to accomplish this end. The particular number of the sheet and the total number of sheets comprising the map shall be stated on each of the sheets, and its relation to each adjoining sheet shall be clearly shown. When four or more sheets including the title sheet are used, a key map will be included drawn to a scale approved by the city engineer.

D. All printing or lettering on the map shall be one-eighth inch minimum height if hand drawn and one-tenth inch minimum height if computer drawn ("CAD") and of such shape and weight as to be readily legible on prints and other reproductions made from the original drawings.

E. The final form of the final map shall be as approved by the city engineer.

(Ord. 810 §§ 14, 15, 1994; Ord. 570 § 3 (part), 1984.)

The contents of the final map shall conform to the Subdivision Map Act and this title:

A. Boundary. The boundary of the subdivision shall be designated by a heavy unbroken black line that is at least three times the width of any other line.

B. Title. Each sheet shall have a title showing the subdivision number and name and the location of the property being subdivided with reference to maps which have been previously recorded, or by reference to the plat of a United States Survey. The following words shall appear in the title: "In the City of Camarillo."

C. Statements and Certificates. The following statements and certificates shall appear only once on the title sheets:

1. Owner's Statement. A statement, signed and acknowledged by all parties having record title interest in the land subdivided, excepting those parties having rights-of-way, easements or other interest which cannot ripen into a fee, or exceptions provided by the Subdivision Map Act and consenting to the preparation and recordation of the map and offering for dedication to the public certain specific parcels of land;

2. Engineer's Statement. A statement by the engineer or surveyor responsible for the survey and final map shall appear on the map.

a. The statement shall give the date of the survey, state that the survey and final map were made by or under the direction of the engineer or surveyor, and that the survey is true and complete as shown.

b. The statement shall also state that all the monuments are of the character and occupy the positions indicated or that they will be set in such positions on or before a specified later date. The statement shall also state that the monuments are, or will be, sufficient to enable the survey to be retraced.

c. The statement shall be signed, dated, and shall indicate the engineer's registration or license number with expiration date;

3. City Engineer's Statement. A statement by the city engineer stating that the map has been examined and that it is in accord with the tentative map and any approved alteration thereof, complies with the State Subdivision Map Act and the provisions of this title. The statement shall be signed, dated, and shall indicate the city engineer's registration or license number with expiration date. Additionally, if the city engineer has been registered as a civil engineer prior to January 1, 1982, the city engineer shall certify that the map is technically correct; if the city engineer has been registered after January 1, 1982, he/she may only certify that the map is technically correct if he/she is authorized to practice land surveying pursuant to Section 8700 of the Business and Professional Code;

4. City Council's Statement. A statement for execution by the mayor stating the date and number of the resolution adopted by the city council approving the final map and stating that the city council accepted, accepted subject to improvement or rejected on behalf of the public, any real property offered for dedication for public use in conformity with the terms of the offer of dedication;

5. County Recorder's Certificate. A certificate to be executed by the county recorder stating that the map has been accepted for filing; that the map has been examined and that it complies with the provisions of state laws and local ordinances governing the filing of final maps. The certificate shall show who requested the filing of the map, the time and date the map was filed and the book and page where the map was filed;

6. County Tax Collector's Statement. A statement to be executed by the county tax collector stating that all statements, certificates and security required under the provisions of Sections 66492 and 66493 of the State Subdivision Map Act have been filed and deposited with the county tax collector's office;

7. Residential Development Control System Statement. A statement by the city engineer stating that no grading permit, building permit or other city entitlement will be issued unless and until a development allotment under Title 20 of this code is awarded; and

8. Public Dedication Certificate. A certificate complying with Section 18.45.055 when there is property dedicated to the city in fee for public purpose, public improvements or public facilities.

D. Scale, North Point and Basis of Bearings. There must appear on each map sheet the scale (a graphic scale at least three inches in length), the date, the north point and the basis of bearings based on the California Coordinate System, Zone 5, and the equation of the bearing to geodetic north. The basis of bearings shall be approved by the city engineer.

E. Linear, Angular and Radial Data. Sufficient linear, angular and radial data shall be shown to determine the bearings and lengths of monument lines, street centerlines, the boundary lines of the subdivision and of the boundary lines on every lot and parcel which is a part thereof. Length, radius, total central angle and radial bearings of all curves shall be shown. A radius need not be shown for segments of a curve if the radius is shown for the total curve. Ditto marks shall not be used in the dimensions and data shown on the map.

F. Monuments. The location and description of all existing and proposed monuments shall be shown. Standard city monuments shall be set at (or from offsets as approved by the city engineer) the following locations:

1. The intersection of street centerlines;

2. Beginning and end of curves in centerlines;

3. At other locations as may be required by the city engineer.

G. Lot Numbers. Lot numbers shall begin with the number 1 in each subdivision and shall continue consecutively with no omissions or duplications except where contiguous lands, under the same ownership, are being subdivided in successive units, in which event lot numbers may begin with the next consecutive number following the last number in the preceding unit. Each lot shall be shown entirely on one sheet of the final map, unless approved by the city engineer.

H. Adjoining Properties. Properties adjoining the subdivision shall be identified by tract or parcel map number or name together with lot or parcel number of same, including the recording reference for said subdivision, or if no such subdivision is adjoining, then by the name of the current owner and reference to the recorded deed for such owner of the adjoining properties.

I. City Boundaries. City boundaries which cross or join the subdivision shall be clearly designated. No lot shall be divided by the boundary of the city or special district.

J. Street Names. The names of all streets, alleys or highways within or adjoining the subdivision shall be shown.

K. Easements.

1. Easements for roads or streets, paths, stormwater drainage, water systems, sanitary sewers or other public use as may be required, shall be dedicated to the public for acceptance by the city or other public agency, and the use shall be specified on the map. If at the time the final map is approved, any streets, paths, alleys, water systems or storm drainage easements are not accepted by the city council, the offer of dedication shall remain open and the city council may, by resolution at any later date, accept and open the streets, paths, alleys or storm drainage easements for public use, which acceptance shall be recorded in the office of the county recorder.

2. All easements of record shall be shown on the map, together with the name of the grantee and sufficient recording data to identify the conveyance, e.g., recorder's serial number and data, or book and page of official records.

3. Easements not disclosed by the records in the office of the county recorder and found by the surveyor or engineer to be existing, shall be specifically designated on the map, identifying the apparent dominant tenements for which the easement was created.

4. The sidelines of all easements of record shall be shown by dashed lines on the final map with the widths, lengths and bearings of record. The width and location of all easements shall be per Section 18.10.080 and as approved by the city engineer.

L. Orientation. Each sheet of the final map and lettering thereon shall be so oriented that the north point shall be directed toward the top of the sheet or toward the left of the sheet. For the purpose of orientation, the left edge of the sheet is the binding edge and measures eighteen inches from top to bottom. All notes, legends, title blocks and dimensions of generally east-west lines shall be oriented on the map sheet to be read from the south. All dimensions of generally north-south lines shall be read from the east.

M. Additional Information. The final map shall also contain the following information:

1. The net acreage of all lots or parcels of one acre or more to not less than the nearest one-hundredth of an acre;

2. References to maps previously recorded relative to the property;

3. Monuments, shown and identified sufficiently to readily retrace the survey.

N. Standard Practices. All surveys and all drafting in connection with the preparation of tentative maps, final maps and improvement plans to be submitted pursuant to this chapter shall be done in accordance with the standard practices and principles of land surveying and of drafting.

O. If the map includes a "designated remainder" parcel, and the gross area of the "designated remainder" parcel or similar parcel is five acres or more, that remainder parcel need not be shown on the map and its location need not be indicated as a matter of survey, but only by deed reference to the existing boundaries of the remainder parcel. A parcel designated as "not a part" shall be deemed to be a "designated remainder" for the purposes of this section.

(Ord. 810 § 16, 1994: Ord. 678 § 15, 1989; Ord. 570 § 3 (part), 1984.)

The subdivider shall submit five sets of prints of the final map to the city engineer for checking. When required, the preliminary prints shall be accompanied by two copies of the following data, plans, reports and documents in a form as approved by the city engineer:

A. Improvement Plans. Improvement plans as required by Chapter 18.65 of this title.

B. Soils and Geotechnical Report. A soils and geotechnical report, when required, prepared in accordance with Chapter 16 of this code.

C. Title Report. A title report showing the legal owners at the time of submittal of the final map.

D. Improvement Bond Estimate. The improvement bond estimate shall include all improvements required by this chapter as provided by the developer, except for those utility facilities installed by a utility company under the jurisdiction of the California Public Utilities Commission.

E. Deeds for Easements or Rights-of-Way. Deeds for easements or rights-of-way required for road, utility, slope construction or drainage purposes which have not been dedicated on the final map. Written evidence acceptable to the city in the form of rights of entry or permanent easements across private property outside of the subdivision permitting or granting access to perform necessary construction work and permitting the maintenance of the facility.

F. Joint Use of Right-of-Way Agreement. Agreements. acceptable to the city, executed by all owners of all utility and other easements within the proposed rights-of-way consenting to the dedication of the road or consenting to the joint use of the right-of-way, as may be required by the city for public use and convenience of the road shall be required. When required by conditions of approval, these owners shall join in the dedication and subordinate their rights to the right of the public in the road.

G. Traverse Closures. Traverse closures for the boundary blocks, lots, easements, street centerlines and monument lines. The error of field closures in the traverse around the subdivision and around the interior lots or blocks shall not exceed one part in twenty thousand.

H. Hydrology and Hydraulic Calculations. Complete hydrology and hydraulic calculations of all storm drains.

I. Organization Documents. The submittal of the final map or parcel map shall include the proposed Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions, and all other organizational documents for the subdivision in a form as prescribed by Section 1355 of the Civil Code of the state. All documents shall be subject to review and approval by the planning director and city attorney when required by conditions of tentative map approval.

J. Offsite Easements. Written evidence of rights of entry or permanent easements on or across private property not within the proposed subdivision as may be necessary to allow performance of the work necessary to improve the subdivision. to allow for the maintenance of the subdivision improvements once completed, to allow for permanent access to the proposed subdivision, and to allow for and to grant necessary slope rights shall be submitted with the final map.

K. Utility Statement. A statement from each operator of proposed subdivision utility systems stating that the public utility easements shown on the final map are satisfactory for use by that utility for service to the proposed subdivision and that arrangements have been made to convey such easements to the utilities that are to use them shall be submitted with the final map.

L. Health Officer's Approval. The approval of the county health officer for the method of sewage and waste disposal planned for the proposed subdivision shall be submitted with the final map. Where septic tanks are proposed as the method of sewage disposal, the approval of the county health officer must be based upon a satisfactory report on percolation tests made to him and on a satisfactory field investigation made by him. The field investigation must be at the expense of the subdivider requesting the approval and to be satisfactory, it must show that ground slopes and soil conditions will allow septic tanks to function satisfactorily after ultimate development has occurred. The percolation tests shall be made at the expense of the subdivider requesting the approval and under the direction of a registered civil engineer who shall attest to the correctness of the results. The percolation tests shall be as specified by the county health officer and shall determine the location of the ground-water level and the character and condition and the rate of percolation of the ground underlying the subdivision. The percolation test shall be considered satisfactory only if the results of the percolation tests are such as to pose no threat to the health of the inhabitants of the area in which the subdivision is located.

M. Water Quality Certificate. The certification of the county health officer that the purveyor of water to the proposed subdivision is in possession of a temporary or permanent water supply permit issued under the authority of the state Department of Public Health shall be submitted with the final map.

N. Sewer Services. A statement from the entity which will provide sewage service for the proposed subdivision shall be submitted with the final map stating that the portion of the improvement plans containing the design and specifications for subdivision sewers is satisfactory to it, and that a satisfactory agreement has been entered into between the entity and the subdivider providing for connection of the subdivision sewage lines to the system of the entity.

O. Fire Chief's Certificate. The certification of the fire chief that adequate fire protection facilities have been planned for the proposed subdivision and for use by the fire department shall be submitted with the final map.

P. Stormwater Acceptance Easements. Written evidence of such deed, easements or rights not within the proposed subdivision as may be necessary to provide for the acceptance of storm-waters generated by the proposed subdivision shall be submitted with the final map.

Q. Railroad Crossings. Evidence of a satisfactory arrangement provided for all required railroad crossings shall be submitted with the final map.

R. Water Supply Certificate. A certificate showing that there is domestic water supply available from the city. If another water purveyor is to serve the proposed subdivision that the facilities of the facilities of the water purveyor, including the installation to be made in the proposed subdivision, meet the requirements set forth in the "Minimum Standards for Water Systems" shall be submitted with the final map. If the water purveyor is a mutual water company, a statement that the shares of stock applicable to this subdivision are appurtenant to the land shall also be submitted with the final map.

S. Dedication of Easements for Public Use. All title, rights and easements specified in subsections U through X, inclusive, of this section shall be offered for dedication to the city or other appropriate public agency at the time the final map is filed for approval.

T. Street Rights-of-way. Except as provided below, all rights-of-way for public streets, pedestrian walks, paths and alleys shown on the final map and all rights of access to and from lots of the proposed subdivision abutting on controlled access roads shall be offered in fee, free and clear of any prior easements of rights-of-way for dedication to the city. The rights of access to and from lots abutting on controlled access roads shall be such that owners of such lots shall have no rights whatsoever in such roads except in the general right of travel which belongs to the whole public. The city engineer may approve an offer of dedication wherein certain easements remain prior, in whole or part, to the rights-of-way being offered to the city. However, such approval shall be given only when unusual circumstances warrant and the easements which remain prior do not substantially interfere with proper governmental use of the rights-of-way being offered to the city.

U. Park Sites. All park sites to be dedicated in accordance with Chapter 18.30 of this title, as the same may be amended from time to time, shall be offered for conveyance to the appropriate public agency.

V. Flood Control Channels. All rights-of-way for drainage projects required for proper drainage of the proposed subdivision and for flood control channels or laterals thereto which may be construed within or adjacent to the proposed subdivision and which are shown upon a comprehensive flood control plan approved by the Ventura County flood control district shall be offered for dedication. All rights-of-way offered pursuant to the subsection shall be a fee simple title free of all liens, encumbrances, assessments, easements and leases except for public utility easements and shall be shown as Parcel "X" on the final map.

W. Private Street Easements. Easements allowing all governmental agencies providing for the public safety, health and welfare access on all private streets or lanes serving as access for more than two dwelling units shall be offered for dedication to the city.

X. Other Easements. All other easements for public use required as a condition for approval of the tentative map for the proposed subdivision shall be offered for dedication to the city or other appropriate agency.

Y. Any additional data, reports or information as required by the city engineer.

(Ord. 810 §§ 17—19, 1994; Ord. 570 § 3 (part), 1984.)

A. Upon completing the preliminary check, the city engineer shall note the required corrections on the preliminary prints, reports and data and return one set to the subdivider's engineer for revision.

B. The subdivider's engineer shall submit two sets of the revised map, reports and data to the city engineer. After checking the revisions, one set shall be returned to the subdivider's engineer marked "approved as submitted," "approved when corrected as noted" or "revise and resubmit."

C. Upon receipt of an approved print, the subdivider shall submit the original tracing of the revised map, prepared in accordance with the Subdivision Map Act and this title and corrected to its final form, and signed by all parties required by the Map Act and this title to execute the appropriate certificates or statements on the map, to the city engineer.

D. The city engineer shall sign the appropriate certificates and statements. The city engineer shall complete and file the map with the city council within twenty days from the date on which the final map is submitted by the subdivider for approval. A final map is not deemed submitted to the city engineer until the city through its employees or agents determines that the map is technically correct and all conditions imposed by the tentative tract map approval, the State Subdivision Map Act and this title have been satisfied.

(Ord. 810 § 20, 1994: Ord. 570 § 3 (part), 1984.)

A. The final map shall be placed on the city council agenda for its approval. The city council shall consider the final map for approval at the meeting at which the city council receives the map or the next regular meeting after it receives the map.

B. The city council shall 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 title and the state Subdivision Map Act.

C. If the final map is unacceptable, the council shall make their recommended corrections, instruct the subdivider to revise the final map and defer approval until the final map has been resubmitted.

D. The city council shall 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 shall 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.

(Ord. 810 § 21, 1994: Ord. 570 § 3 (part), 1984.)

Upon approval of the final map by the city council and receipt of the improvement security by the city engineer, the mayor and city clerk shall execute the appropriate certificates and statements and the city clerk or authorized agent shall transmit the map to the county recorder.

(Ord. 810 § 22, 1994: Ord. 570 § 3 (part), 1984.)

Multiple final maps relating to an approved or conditionally approved tentative map may be filed prior to the expiration of the tentative map; provided, however, that the subdivider, at the time the tentative map is filed, informs the director of planning and community development of the subdivider's intention to file multiple final maps on the tentative map or if after filing the tentative map, the city council and the subdivider concur in the filing of multiple final maps. In providing such notice the subdivider shall not be required to define the number or configuration of the proposed multiple maps. However, the city council shall approve the sequence of map approvals, if such phasing is provided. The filing of a final map on a portion of an approved or conditionally approved tentative map shall not invalidate any remaining part of the tentative map. Each final map which constitutes a part, or unit, of the approved tentative map shall have a separate subdivision number. The subdivision improvement agreement to be executed by the subdivider shall provide for the construction of such improvements as may be required to constitute a logical and orderly development of the whole subdivision by units. The right of the subdivider to file multiple final maps shall not limit the authority of the city to impose reasonable conditions relating to the filing of multiple final maps.

(Ord. 810 § 23, 1994: Ord. 570 § 3 (part), 1984.)