Chino Hills Municipal Code Art. 10 Official Map

(a) Whenever any subdivision of land is platted or divided into lots or blocks, and whenever any addition to any subdivision is laid out into lots or blocks for the purpose of sale or transfer, the County Surveyor, under the direction and with the approval of the Board of Supervisors, may make an Official Map of the Subdivision, giving to each block on the map a number, and to each lot or subdivision in the block a separate number or letter, and giving names to such streets, avenues, lanes, courts, commons, or parks as may be delineated on the Official Map.

(b) Any surveyor or engineer under the review of the County Surveyor may prepare an Official Map to be filed for record as a Certificate of Compliance, pursuant to Subdivisions (d) and (e) of the California Government Code Section 66499.35 and Subsection 84.030915(e) of this Code. The map shall be prepared in accordance with the map format specifications of Subdivisions (a) to (f), inclusive, of Section 66434 of the Subdivision Map Act and 83.040210 of this Code except where noted otherwise in this Article.

(a) A Tentative Map Application shall be filed with the County. Filing, map form and content, and procedure requirements for review and approval of Official Maps shall be as required by County Surveyor standards as adopted by the Board of Supervisors. This Tentative Map may be approved if it is consistent with the General Plan and land use district subject to the following requirements:

(1) Submit proof of approved access.

(2) Engineer or surveyor shall prepare and file an Official Map under the review of the County Surveyor. The map shall contain the following:

(A) Private road easements or grants of easement to each lot by separate instrument, or a note placed on the map that dedication will be required prior to building permits.

(B) Locate and delineate the natural drainage courses (the Drainage Section of the Surveyor's Office may require a drainage study).

(C) Ground height for building pads to preclude flooding.

(D) Surveyed, mapped and monumented per County Surveyor's standards.

(E) Legal description for each lot.

(F) Board of Supervisor's certificate.

(G) Engineer or surveyor's statement.

(H) County Surveyor's certificate.

(I) Surveyor's Office Official Map checking deposit based upon current Final Map Fee Schedule.

(J) Improvements and improvement plans on future roads may be deferred if not needed at this time for access to developed properties.

(K) Any additional information as required by County Surveyor standards.

(b) Each and every map made and adopted under this Division shall be presented to the Board of Supervisors by the County Surveyor and be certified under the hands of a majority of the members of the Board of Supervisors, the presiding officer, secretary and official seal of the Board of Supervisors. The certificate shall set forth in full the resolution adopting the map, with the date of adoption.

(c) Fees established for processing of official maps shall be as required in the County Schedule of Fees.

(a) The certified map shall be filed in the Office of the County Recorder. The recorder shall immediately securely fasten and bind each map so filed in one of a series of firmly bound books to be provided, together with the proper indexes thereof, and appropriately marked for the reception of maps provided for in this Division. Official Maps shall be filed and processed in accordance with provisions for Final Maps in Article 11 of this Code, unless otherwise indicated in County Surveyor standards for Official Maps.

(b) The map shall become an Official Map for the purposes of this Division when certified, filed, and bound, but not before.

(c) Whenever the Board of Supervisors adopts an Official Map, it shall be lawful and sufficient to describe the lots or blocks in any deeds, conveyances, contracts or obligations affecting any of the lots or blocks as designated on the Official Map.