Division 1 — FORM AND CONTENTS

A final map shall be submitted for approval for all subdivisions creating five (5) or more lots, five (5) or more condominiums as defined in Section 783 of the Civil Code, or a community apartment project containing five (5) or more lots, except as provided in Government Code Section 66426.

A parcel map shall be submitted for approval for all subdivisions as to which a final map is not otherwise required by this chapter, except those created by short-term leases (terminable by either party on not more than thirty (30) days’ notice in writing) of a portion of the operating right-of-way of a railroad corporation defined as such by Section 230 of the Public Utilities Code, unless a showing is made in individual cases, upon substantial evidence, that public policy necessitates such a parcel map.

The form and contents of the final map or parcel map shall be in conformance with the Subdivision Map Act and this chapter.

31-11.2 Boundary Designation.

The boundary of the subdivision shall be designated by a solid black line one-sixteenth (1/16”) inch wide.

On final maps, each lot shall be numbered, beginning with number “1” and continuing consecutively with no omissions or duplications.

On parcel maps, each lot shall be lettered, beginning with letter “A” and continuing consecutively with no omissions or duplications.

All figures shall be conspicuous and solid. Circles or other designs shall not be drawn around the lot numbers or letters. Each lot must be shown entirely on one (1) sheet of the map. Dimensions of lots shall be given as the net dimensions to the boundaries of adjoining streets.

The title sheet shall contain the subdivision number, conspicuously placed at the top of the sheet, 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. A subdivision name may be added below the subdivision number. The subdivision number shall be larger print and dominant to any name title. In case the property included within the subdivision lies wholly in unincorporated territory, the following words shall appear in the titles “In the County of Contra Costa.” If partly in unincorporated territory and partly within an incorporated city, the following words shall be used: “Lying within the ” County of Contra Costa and partly within the City of .

Affidavits, certificates, acknowledgments, endorsements, acceptances of dedication, and the notarial seals required by law and this chapter shall appear only once on the title sheet. The above certificates, etc., may be printed thereon with opaque ink and by photographic reproduction. Black ink shall be used for all signatures and seals. If more than three (3) sheets are used, a key diagram shall be included on the first sheet. Where recommended by the Engineering Department and approved by the Town Council, the requirements for owner’s certificates on a parcel map may be waived.

There must appear on each map sheet the scale, the north point, and the basis of bearings. The scale shall be forty (40') feet, fifty (50') feet, or sixty (60') feet to the inch or as approved by the Engineering Department. The basis of bearings shall be that approved by the Engineering Department and the map shall show the equation of bearing to the true north. All bearings shall be based on the California Coordinate System, Zone III.

a. Easements for roads or streets, paths, storm water drainage, sanitary sewers, or other public use as may be required by a public agency, shall be dedicated to the public for future acceptance by a public agency, and the use shall be specified on the map.

b. Easements for an existing or proposed utility installation for the use of a private or nongovernmental agency shall not be shown on the map unless there is a recorded conveyance to such individual or corporation, except as

provided in paragraph d. of this subsection.

c. 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 date, or book and page of official records.

d. 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.

e. The sidelines of all easements of record shall be shown by dashed lines on the map with the widths, lengths and bearings of record.

Sufficient linear, angular, and radial data shall be shown to determine the bearings and lengths of the boundary lines of the subdivision and of the boundary lines of every lot and parcel which is a part thereof. Length, radius, and total central angle or radial bearings of all curves shall be shown.

The adjoining corners of all adjoining subdivisions shall be identified by subdivision number, or name when not identified by official number, and reference to the book and page of the filed map showing such subdivision; and if no such subdivision is adjacent, then by the name of the owner and reference to the recorded deed by book and page number for the last recorded owner of such adjacent property.

City boundaries which cross or join the subdivision shall be clearly designated.

The location and description of all existing and proposed monuments shall be shown. Adequacy of monumentation shall be determined by the Engineering Department.

When a soil report has been prepared, the certificate required by subsection 31-11.23 shall be noted on the map.

All printing or lettering on the map shall be of one-eighth (1/8”) inch minimum height and of such shape and weight as to be readily legible on prints and other reproductions made from the original drawings. No ditto marks shall be used in the dimensions and data shown on the map.