§ 120.36

This subpart shall be known and cited as the County Minor Land Division Ordinance.

(Prior Code, § 9601; Code 1997, § 16.36.010)

Sec. 120.36.020. - Purpose.

The ordinance from which this subpart is derived is enacted for the purpose of implementing the Subdivision Map Act. The Board of Supervisors as the adoptive agency and authority assigns the duties outlined within this subpart to the County Planning Commission, Director of Planning and Building and the County Surveyor, as more specifically set forth herein.

(Prior Code, § 9602; Code 1997, § 16.36.020; Ord. No. 5051, § 2, 4-18-2017; Ord. No. 5162, § 1, 8-23-2022)

Sec. 120.36.030. - Scope.

A.

This subpart shall govern the division of any and all land within the unincorporated territory of the County where four or fewer parcels, condominium units or community project apartments are created.

B.

This subpart shall also govern the division of such land where five or more parcels, condominium units or community project apartments are created but only where:

1.

The land before division contains less than five acres, each parcel created by the division abuts upon a maintained public street or highway and no dedications or improvements are required by the Board of Supervisors;

2.

Each parcel created by the division has a gross area of 20 acres or more and has an approved access to a maintained public street or highway;

3.

The land consists of a parcel or parcels of land having approved access to a public street or highway which comprises part of a tract of land zoned for industrial or commercial development and which has the approval of the governing body as to street alignments and widths; or

4.

Each parcel created by the division has a gross area of not less than 40 acres or is not less than a quarter of a quarter section.

C.

This subpart shall be inapplicable to:

1.

A "major land division" as defined in Section 120.04.030;

2.

The financing or leasing of apartments, offices, stores or similar space within an apartment building, industrial building or trailer park; mineral, oil or gas leases; land dedicated for cemetery purposes under the Health and Safety Code and to the adjustment of parcel lines not creating a separate building site or where the total number of ownerships are not increased between the principals involved, provided the adjustment is approved by the Department of Planning and Building in concurrence with the County Surveyor, as authorized by resolution of the Board of Supervisors;

3.

The sale, lease or financing of property if the property had been assigned a separate parcel number on the County assessment roll as of March 4, 1972;

4.

The conveyance of land to a governmental agency, public entity or public utility;

5.

Agricultural leases as defined in Government Code § 66424.

(Prior Code, § 9603; Code 1997, § 16.36.030; Ord. No. 4244, 1992; Ord. No. 5051, § 2, 4-18-2017)

Sec. 120.36.040. - Definitions.

When used in this subpart, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings, unless the context or subject matter otherwise requires:

Access means a road leading from a State- or County-maintained road to the subdivision. Such access road shall meet established improvement standards per Subdivision Design and Improvement Standards Manual and shall have guarantee of access to the project pursuant to Section 120.44.120.

Appeals Board means the final appeals board, which is the Board of Supervisors.

Approving authority means the Director of Planning and Building or his or her designee.

Approved access means roads which meet the standards set forth in this title.

Building site means a parcel or lot of land containing not less than the prescribed minimum area required by the County zoning regulations set forth in Title 130 or other applicable local ordinances existing at the time of the creation of the lot or parcel and occupied or intended to be occupied by buildings or structures.

Divider means a person, firm, corporation, partnership or association who proposes to divide, divides or causes to be divided real property into a division for himself or herself or for others, except that employees and consultants of such persons or entities, acting in such capacity, are not subdividers.

Division, division of land and divided mean any separation of land into two or more parts or parcels accomplished by deed, including gift deed, contract of sale, lease, court decree, or intestate or testamentary disposition, with the exception of those land divisions defined in Section 120.36.030.C.

Improvement refers to such street work and utilities to be installed or agreed to be installed by the divider to be used for public or private streets, highways, ways and easements as are necessary for the general use of the lot owners in the subdivision and local neighborhood traffic and drainage needs as a condition of the approval and acceptance of the parcel map thereof. Improvement also refers to such other specific improvements or types of improvements, the installation of which either by the divider, by public agencies, by private utilities, by any other entity approved by the local agency or by a combination thereof is necessary or convenient to ensure conformity to or implementation of the general plan required by Article 5 (commencing with Government Code § 65300) of Chapter 3 of Division 1 or any specific plan adopted pursuant to Article 8 (commencing with Government Code § 65450) of Chapter 3 of Division 1 of the Government Code.

Parcel map refers to a map prepared in accordance with the Subdivision Map Act and this subpart which map is designed to be filed in the office of the County Recorder.

Preliminary map means a generalized document which will allow the feasibility and practicality of the division of a tract of land to be assessed informally in regard to its suitability for division. A preliminary map will be required in cases where five or more parcels are proposed to be created. This requirement is based upon the increasing complexity of parcel map processing as required by the State and the County. This map shall be submitted pursuant to local ordinance and shall not be considered a tentative map for the purposes of compliance with the Subdivision Map Act (Government Code § 66410 et seq.). See Section 120.20.030 for the specific requirements for the submission of preliminary map.

Preliminary title report means a preliminary title report with off-tract easements appurtenant to the subdivision for access from a publicly maintained road.

Remainder or designated remainder means that portion of improved or unimproved land proposed to be subdivided that is not divided for the purpose of sale, lease, or financing. Said designated remainder shall not be counted as a parcel for the purpose of determining whether a parcel or final map is required.

Streets includes highways and refers to land primarily devoted to vehicular traffic use and extending to the boundaries of the right-of-way of the adjoining owner whether designated as a highway, freeway, throughway, thoroughfare, avenue, boulevard, road, parkway, lane, alley, place, court, circle, drive, way or other similar terms.

Tentative parcel map refers to a map for the purpose of showing the design of a proposed division and the existing conditions in and around it. The map need not be based upon an accurate or detailed field survey of the property.

(Prior Code, § 9604; Code 1997, § 16.36.040; Ord. No. 3395, § 1, 1983; Ord. No. 3449, § 1, 1984; Ord. No. 3641, § 1, 1986; Ord. No. 3805, § 12, 1988; Ord. No. 4448, 1997; Ord. No. 5051, § 2, 4-18-2017)

CHAPTER 120.40. - ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT

Sec. 120.40.010. - Design waivers.

A.

The approving authority may grant a waiver or conditional waiver of any of the design or improvement requirements of this subpart with respect to a particular division at the time it approves the tentative map of the division. A waiver shall not be granted unless:

1.

The applicant has submitted a written application therefor more than 20 days before the hearing to consider the tentative map;

2.

In order to grant a design waiver the approving authority must find that each of the following conditions exist:

a.

There are special conditions or circumstances peculiar to the property proposed to be divided which would justify the adjustment or waiver;

b.

Strict application of the design or improvement requirements of this subpart would cause extraordinary and unnecessary hardship in developing the property;

c.

The adjustment or waiver would not be injurious to adjacent properties or detrimental to the health, safety, convenience and welfare of the public;

d.

The adjustment or waiver would not have the effect of nullifying the objectives of this subpart or any other law or ordinance applicable to the division.

B.

The order granting the adjustment or waiver may contain such conditions as deemed necessary by the approving authority, and failure to conform to the conditions will be grounds for disapproval of the final map or the division.

(Prior Code, § 9605; Code 1997, § 16.40.010; Ord. No. 3805, § 13, 1988)

Sec. 120.40.020. - Agricultural preservation.

Whenever a tentative map is filed for any division of lands subject to the provisions of a California Land Conservation Act contract, it shall be a condition of approval of the map that the Agricultural Commission finds that each of the resulting parcels would meet the criteria for establishment of independent contracts, and that the landowner initiate proceedings to establish a separate contract for each parcel.

(Prior Code, § 9606; Code 1997, § 16.40.020)

Sec. 120.40.030. - Prohibited transactions.

A.

No person shall sell, lease or finance any parcel or parcels of real property or commence construction of any building for sale, lease or financing thereon, except for model homes, or allow occupancy thereof, for which a parcel map is required by this subpart until the map is in full compliance with the provisions of this subpart and has been filed with the County Recorder. This prohibition shall not apply to parcels shown on the latest equalized County assessment roll.

B.

Conveyances of any part of a division of real property for which a parcel map is required by this subpart of local ordinance shall not be made by parcel number or letter designation, unless and until the map has been filed for

record with the Recorder of the county in which any portion of the division is located.

C.

This section does not apply to any parcel or parcels of a division offered for sale or lease, contracted for sale or lease, or sold or leased in compliance with or exempt from this subpart, regulating the design and improvement of divisions in effect at the time the ordinance from which this subpart is derived was established.

(Prior Code, § 10,000; Code 1997, § 16.40.030)

Sec. 120.40.040. - Penalty for violation.

Any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation or other entity violating this subpart is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not to exceed $1,000.00 or by imprisonment in the County jail for a term not exceeding six months or by both such fine and imprisonment. At the discretion of the Community Development Department, or the District Attorney, the violation may be reduced to an infraction with maximum penalty of $500.00.

(Code 1997, § 16.40.040; Ord. No. 3831, § 11, 1988)

CHAPTER 120.44. - CONDITIONS AND REQUIREMENTS

Sec. 120.44.010. - Compliance with State law.

Maps failing to meet the requirements or conditions imposed by Article 1, Chapter 4, Division 2 of the Government Code (Section 66473 et seq., of the Subdivision Map Act) or this subpart shall not be approved. The provisions of law applicable at the time of approval of the tentative map shall govern. However, a technical or inadvertent error may be excused if it is found that it does not materially affect the validity of the map.

(Prior Code, § 9700; Code 1997, § 16.44.010)

Sec. 120.44.020. - Compliance with general plan.

The approving authority shall not approve a tentative map unless the approving authority finds that the map, together with the provisions for its design and improvements, is consistent with the general plan and any applicable specific plan required by Government Code § 65450.

(Prior Code, § 9701; Code 1997, § 16.44.020; Ord. No. 3805, § 14, 1988)

Sec. 120.44.030. - Findings requiring disapproval.

The approving authority shall not approve a tentative map if the approving authority makes any of the following findings:

A.

That the proposed map is not consistent with applicable general and specific plans;

B.

That the design or improvement of the proposed division is not consistent with applicable general and specific plans;

C.

That the site is not physically suitable for the type of development;

D.

That the site is not physically suitable for the proposed density of development;

E.

That the design of the division or the proposed improvements are likely to cause substantial environmental damage or substantial and avoidable injury to fish or wildlife or their habitat;

F.

That the design of the division or the type of improvements is likely to cause serious public health hazards;

G.

That the design of the division or the improvements are not suitable to allow for compliance of the requirements of Public Resources Code § 4291;

H.

That the design of the subdivision or the type of improvements will conflict with easements, acquired by the public at large, for access through or use of property within the proposed subdivision. In this connection, the approving authority may approve a map if it finds that alternate easements for access or for use will be provided and that these will be substantially equivalent to ones previously acquired by the public. This subsection shall apply only to easements of record or to easements established by judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction and no authority is granted to a legislative body to determine that the public at large has acquired easements for access through or use of property within the proposed subdivision.

(Prior Code, § 9702; Code 1997, § 16.44.030; Ord. No. 3805, § 15, 1988)

Sec. 120.44.040. - Land parcel approval requirements.

The approving authority shall not approve a parcel map for any land project as defined in Business and Professions Code § 11000 et seq., unless:

A.

The County has adopted a specific plan covering the area proposed to be included within the land project; and

B.

The approving authority finds that the proposed land project together with the provisions for its design and improvement is consistent with the specific plan for the area.

(Prior Code, § 9703; Code 1997, § 16.44.040; Ord. No. 3805, § 16, 1988)

Sec. 120.44.050. - Waste discharge water quality protection.

The approving authority shall determine by consultation and written verification from the Director of Environmental Health or Central Valley Water Quality Control Board whether the discharge of waste from the proposed division into an existing community sewer system would result in violation of existing requirements prescribed by a California Water Quality Control Board pursuant to Division 7 (commencing with Water Code § 13000) of the Water

Code. In the event that the approving authority finds that the proposed waste discharge would result in or add to violation of requirements of the Water Quality Control Board, the approving authority may disapprove the tentative map or maps of the division.

(Prior Code, § 9704; Code 1997, § 16.44.050; Ord. No. 3805, § 17, 1988)

Sec. 120.44.060. - Dedication; when required.

A.

Public easements. Either a dedication or irrevocable offer of dedication of real property within the division for streets, alleys, including access rights and abutter's rights, drainage, public utility easements and other public easements, may be required for the expansion of the existing County road system.

B.

Waiver of direct access rights. There may be imposed a requirement that dedications or offers of dedication of streets include a waiver of direct access rights to any such street from any property shown on parcel map as abutting thereon and if the dedication is accepted, any such waiver shall become effective in accordance with its provisions.

(Prior Code, § 9705; Code 1997, § 16.44.060; Ord. No. 3641, § 2, 1986)

Sec. 120.44.070. - Dedication/irrevocable offers of dedication; acceptance or rejection.

Upon presentation of a parcel map the County Surveyor may accept or reject dedications and offers of dedication that are made by certificate on the map or by separate instrument.

(Prior Code, § 9706; Code 1997, § 16.44.070; Ord. No. 3641, § 3, 1986)

Sec. 120.44.080. - Dedication—Effect of rejection.

If at the time the parcel map is approved any streets, paths, alleys or storm drainage easements are rejected, the offer of dedication shall remain open and the Board may, by resolution at any later date, and without further action by the divider, rescind its action and 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.

(Prior Code, § 9707; Code 1997, § 16.44.080; Ord. No. 3641, § 4, 1986)

Sec. 120.44.090. - Same—Effective date.

The offers of dedication on a parcel map shall not be effective until the parcel map is filed or, where applicable, a separate instrument is recorded in the office of the County Recorder.

(Prior Code, § 9708; Code 1997, § 16.44.090; Ord. No. 3641, § 5, 1986)

Sec. 120.44.092. - Private easements; fences.

A.

Any minor land division into parcels of less than 20 acres that borders on an agricultural preserve (Williamson Act property) that is used primarily for livestock purposes shall be required to construct and maintain a fence along the border on a ten-foot easement adjacent to the preserve that allows adjacent owners access for the sole purpose of maintaining the fence. The fence and easement shall be maintained for as long as the adjacent land is an

agricultural preserve. The specifications for the fence shall be provided by resolution of the Board of Supervisors. The easement shall be totally on the land to be divided which shall be the servient tenement. The dominant tenement shall be the adjacent agricultural preserve land that benefits from the fence and easement through its control of dog and other pet access onto the agricultural preserve land. The easement shall be listed on all tentative and final maps.

B.

The determination that agricultural preserve land is primarily used for livestock purposes shall be made by the Agricultural Commission.

C.

A party that causes damage to the fence is responsible for its prompt repair.

D.

This section does not apply to an agricultural preserve that has filed a notice of nonrenewal.

(Code 1997, § 16.44.092; Ord. No. 4111, § 2, 1990; Ord. No. 4263, 1992)

Sec. 120.44.100. - Public access to waterways.

A.

The Director of Planning and Building shall not approve a tentative map or authorize the filing of a parcel map of any proposed division which fronts upon a public waterway, river or stream which does not provide or have available reasonable public access by fee or easement from a public highway to that portion of the bank of the river or stream bordering or lying within the proposed division.

B.

Reasonable public access shall be determined by the Director of Planning and Building. In making the determination of what is reasonable access, he or she shall consider all of the following:

1.

That access may be by highway, foot trail, bike trail, horse trail or any other means of travel;

2.

The size of the division;

3.

The type of riverbank and the various appropriate recreational, educational and scientific uses, including, but not limited to, swimming, diving, boating, fishing, waterskiing, scientific collection and teaching;

4.

The likelihood of trespass on private property and reasonable means of avoiding such trespass;

5.

A public waterway, river or stream, for the purposes of this section, means those waterways, rivers and streams defined in Harbors and Navigation Code §§ 100 through 106, any stream declared to be a public highway for fishing pursuant to Government Code §§ 25660 through 25662, the rivers listed in Fish and Game Code § 1505 as spawning areas, all waterways, rivers and streams downstream from any State or Federal salmon or steelhead fish hatcheries.

(Prior Code, § 9800; Code 1997, § 16.44.100; Ord. No. 5051, § 2, 4-18-2017)

Sec. 120.44.110. - Reserved. Sec. 120.44.120. - Design criteria.

All design criteria and improvements made or installed in conjunction with the approval of a tentative parcel map shall conform to the standards and specifications contained or referred to in the Subdivision Design and Improvement Standards Manual, which shall be adopted and amended by resolution of the Board of Supervisors.

A.

All land divisions shall establish parcels consistent with the zoning regulations applicable to the area where the parcels are located and shall be consistent with applicable general and specific plans.

B.

Right-of-way.

1.

On-site.

a.

A 50-foot minimum width on-site public road and utility easement shall be irrevocably offered for dedication to the County to serve all parcels being created. Such easement may be extended, at the County's discretion, to the limits of the property in order to provide an orderly vehicle circulation system to and for adjacent properties. All cuts and fills necessary for the roadway which are outside the basic right-of-way width shall be included in an easement or increased right-of-way width.

b.

When the approving authority finds there is no future need for public access, on-site rights-of-way which serve only the parcels being created may be private, non-exclusive road and public utility easements.

2.

Off-site. The parcels proposed in the subdivision shall have access to a State- or County-maintained road. Proof of access, as defined in Subsection B.2.a of this section, shall be a condition placed on a tentative map. Proof of access may be shown as follows:

a.

A recorded easement or court judgment as shown on a guarantee of record provided by a title company which provides for legal access to all parcels being created. The description of said easement shall be sufficient to identify its location and alignment.

b.

Access rights-of-way on land owned by a public entity or railroad may be documented by other than the above method, subject to County approval.

C.

The minimum width of easements or road bed improvements may be modified upon the approval of the approving authority.

D.

The approving authority may, due to the zoning potential of further divisions, require that a property owners' association be created and caused to be responsible for road maintenance.

E.

When an applicant proposes to create parcels in all other areas, any one of which is less than 40 acres or less than a quarter-quarter section or five or more parcels, he or she shall construct and improve a road which conforms to the standard, as set forth in the Subdivision Design and Improvement Standards Manual, to serve each parcel to be created. Where the findings set forth in Section 66411(1) and (2) of the Subdivision Map Act are made by the approving authority, construction of the road shall be completed within one year of the date of the filing of the parcel map and the applicant shall furnish security for the performance of the construction as set forth in Section 120.52.110. Where the findings referred to in this subsection are not made, an instrument giving constructive notice of the requirement of construction of the road shall be executed and recorded as set forth in that section. Covenants, conditions and restrictions providing for common maintenance of the improved roads shall be approved by the County Counsel and shall be recorded at the time of filing of the parcel map.

F.

When five or more parcels are proposed, they shall be conditioned upon the improvement of all required roads to the standards set forth in the Subdivision Design and Improvement Standard Manual.

G.

When the proposed roads in a land division are required to be improved, the respective easements shall be offered for dedication or for public service use dedication. A property owners' association or a similar entity may be created and caused to be responsible for maintenance of the roads and at such times as the roads are improved to County standards and accepted by the County for maintenance, they shall be dedicated to public use.

H.

Drainage preservation areas shall be established so as to preserve and protect the natural drainageways. The natural drainage courses shall be maintained in the original channel or in a constructed channel designed to accept flows normal to a 50-year storm.

I.

Utility easements shall be established and be continuations of existing utility easements.

J.

Land divisions shall be designed so as to protect existing wells and septic systems except for those facilities to be abandoned.

K.

Where mutually agreed upon between the Director of Planning and Building and the applicant, the Planning Commission may, due to the size, location and/or nature of the proposed land division, initiate rezoning of the parcel map area to an appropriate zone consistent with the parcels being created.

L.

When one or more parcels of 4.5 acres or smaller is proposed to be created, the property shall be supplied with either:

1.

Domestic water supplied by a public entity with a minimum six inch water line to the property being divided and immediate service available to each parcel being created; or

2.

Sewer services supplied by a public entity. The service shall be to each parcel being created and ready for immediate service.

M.

When one or more parcels of nine acres or smaller is proposed to be created, the property shall be supplied with structural fire protection. The requirements for structural fire protection are contained in the Subdivision Design and Improvement Manual.

N.

Commercial or industrial parcel.

1.

When an applicant proposes to create commercial or industrial parcels, the roads shall be constructed and improved in accordance with the "Commercial and Industrial Roadway Standards" contained in the Subdivision Design and Improvement Manual.

2.

Streets for any lands industrially and/or commercially zoned shall be improved to Class 1 improvement requirements, except the pavement and base shall be increased to provide base at least eight inches thick and pavement at least three inches thick. Refer to the Subdivision Design and Improvement Standard Manual.

O.

All parcel map roads shall be inspected and approved by the County.

P.

Off-site access improvement. Off-site access required to serve the subdivision shall be improved to standards as specified in the Subdivision Design and Improvement Standard Manual.

(Prior Code, § 9900; Code 1997, § 16.44.120; Ord. No. 3174, § 8, 1981; Ord. No. 3291, § 1, 1982; Ord. No. 3641, § 7, 1986; Ord. No. 3805, § 18, 1988; Ord. No. 4151 § 1, 1991; Ord. No. 5051, § 2, 4-18-2017)

Sec. 120.44.130. - Reserved.

Sec. 120.44.140. - Remainders.

A.

Designated remainders shall conform to the minimum parcel requirements of the zoning regulations set forth in Title 130.

B.

A conditional certificate of compliance, pursuant to Government Code § 66499.35(b), shall be required prior to development of a designated remainder. As a condition of approval of a tentative parcel map creating a remainder, a notice of restriction shall be recorded on the remainder concurrently with the parcel map. Said notice shall state that no permit or other grant of approval for development may be issued until a certificate of compliance is recorded.

C.

If the gross area of the remainder is five acres or more, that remainder parcel need not be shown on the final or parcel 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.

(Code 1997, § 16.44.140; Ord. No. 4448, 1997)

CHAPTER 120.48. - TENTATIVE MAPS

Sec. 120.48.010. - Application.

A.

Prior to any division of lands as defined in Section 120.36.030, the landowner or his or her agent shall file for approval with the Department of Planning and Building an application on a form provided by the Department, accompanied by a fee established by resolution of the Board of Supervisors. Sufficient copies of the tentative map depicting the information set forth in Sections 120.48.020 and 120.48.030 shall be submitted.

B.

When application not required.

1.

Whenever a parcel map is required pursuant to Government Code § 66426(C) and Section 120.04.030 for the subdivision of property which is included in an approved development plan pursuant to Chapters 130.02 and 130.04, a tentative parcel map application shall not be required provided that the Director of Planning and Building finds the following conditions exist:

a.

The parcel map is in conformity with the approved development plan and any applicable conditions imposed as a part of said approval;

b.

Substantial changes have not occurred with respect to the circumstances under which the development plan was approved which would raise new concerns not discussed in the action on the development plan;

c.

No new information of substantial importance which was not known at the time of approval of the development plan has been presented which could affect the design or improvements required for the parcel maps; and

d.

The parcel map does not create any significant environmental impacts that were not previously addressed with the approval of the development plan.

2.

When the Director of Planning and Building finds that the provisions of Subsection B of this section exist, he or she shall transmit such findings to the County Surveyor. A parcel map shall be submitted to the County Surveyor pursuant to Chapter 120.52.

3.

A fee shall be collected by the Department of Planning and Building for review of a request for a waiver as described in Subsection B.1 of this section. Said fee shall be based on the actual time spent by staff on the review of said request based on the hourly rate as established by resolution of the Board of Supervisors.

(Prior Code, § 9610(part); Code 1997, § 16.48.010; Ord. No. 4448, 1997; Ord. No. 5051, § 2, 4-18-2017)

Sec. 120.48.020. - Dimensions.

The tentative map shall be submitted on durable paper sheets 18 inches by 26 inches or larger suggested size, and drawn to a scale of one inch equals 20 feet, 50 feet, 100 feet, 200 feet or 400 feet, and which is sufficient in size to allow all the details and required data to show clearly. Any number of sheets may be used, providing each sheet specifies the total number of sheets and in relation to each adjoining sheet.

(Prior Code, § 9610(a); Code 1997, § 16.48.020)

Sec. 120.48.030. - Data required.

The tentative map, attached sheets or accompanying reports shall show clearly the following data and information:

A.

North point and scale;

B.

The location, names and right-of-way width of adjacent streets, highways and alleys. Further, show access easements to a connection with a public road, together with their deed or map reference;

C.

Contours at five-foot intervals may be required on all parcels of two acres or less when not connecting to public water and sewer service and 50 percent of the area of the area of the parcels being created contains lands of ten percent grade or more. Contours shall be required in any other instance where topographic constraints, as determined by staff, determine design criteria;

D.

Show the boundaries of the parcel;

E.

Width and approximate location of all existing and proposed road easements for roads, drainage, sewage and public utilities, both underground and overhead;

F.

In case of roads, drainage culverts will be required in all existing drainage courses and in such additional locations as may be required based on drainage plan and size in accordance with sound civil engineering practices;

G.

The width of all rights-of-way and approximate grades within the area of land division;

H.

The approximate dimensions and area of proposed parcels;

I.

All the names of adjacent subdivisions and adjacent parcel map references. All the names and deed recording numbers of the adjacent landowners;

J.

Current Assessor's sheet and, if one exists, a copy of the preceding parcel map showing the property to be divided;

K.

The location of all existing structures for residential, commercial, industrial or recreational use or for which permits have been applied for or granted, but not yet constructed, within 100 feet of any existing or proposed boundary;

L.

Indicate the proposed source of potable water and the proposed method of sewage disposal;

M.

In an accompanying report, or prior to filing a parcel map, provide the following data and information for that area on each proposed parcel of the tentative map which is to be used for sewage disposal, unless that proposed parcel is occupied by an existing structure with a sewage disposal system:

1.

The percolation rate and location of tests on 4.5 acres or smaller;

The depth of soil and location of test;

3.

The depth of groundwater and location of test;

4.

The direction and percent of slope of the ground;

5.

The location, if present, of rivers, streams, springs, areas subject to inundation, rock outcroppings, lava caps, cut, fills and easement;

6.

Identify the area to be used for sewage disposal;

7.

Such additional data and information as may be required by the Director of Environmental Health to assess the source of potable water, the disposal of sewage and other liquid wastes, the disposal of solid wastes, drainage and erosion control;

N.

A letter bearing the authorized agent or owner's signature certifying the engineer or surveyor's preparation of a parcel map and division of the property;

O.

Vicinity map;

P.

The following information to be listed on the tentative map in the following consecutive order:

TENTATIVE MAP

1.

Owner of record (name and address);

2.

Name of applicant (name and address);

3.

Map prepared by (name and address);

Scale;

5.

Contour interval (if any);

6.

Source of topography;

7.

Section, township and range;

Assessment parcel number;

Present zoning; 10.

Total area; 11.

Total number of parcels; 12.

Minimum parcel area;

Water supply;

Sewage disposal;

Proposed structural fire protection;

Date; 17.

In the lower right-hand corner of each map a signature block should be shown giving space for:

Director of Planning and Building

Approval by: ___________

Date:________

Planning Commission

Date:________ Approval:___________

Date:________ Disapproval:___________

Board of Supervisors

Date:________ Approval:___________

Date:________ Disapproval:___________

Q.

The following information items shall be required only when the land division proposal contains five or more parcels:

1.

A statement concerning the proposed standard of road improvements and road maintenance and public utilities proposed to serve all parcels;

2.

A statement indicating the location and distance from the farthest lot or parcel in the land division to the nearest high school and elementary school. The statement shall also indicate the distance from the farthest lot or parcel in the land division to the nearest County road served by school bus transportation;

R.

Off-site and on-site road improvement requirement.

1.

Off-site. The subdivider shall provide a map showing access from the State- or County-maintained road to the proposed subdivision;

2.

On-site. The subdivider shall provide on the map a typical road improvement cross section or shall reference the typical road improvement cross section contained in the Subdivision Design and Improvement Standard Manual and shall delineate such roads to be improved;

S.

All tentative parcel maps shall carry the condition which shall require access to the project site from a State- or County-maintained road together with the legal right to improve such access as required by the County design manual.

(Prior Code, § 9610(b); Code 1997, § 16.48.030; Ord. No. 3641, § 8, 1986; Ord. No. 5051, § 2, 4-18-2017)