§ 16.23

The applicant shall file the required number of copies of the final maps and parcel maps with the City Engineer. Such filing shall also include adequate evidence that the applicant has filed the statement required by Section 66492 of the Subdivision Map Act, with the Los Angeles County Recorder, indicating that there are no liens against the subdivision for unpaid taxes or special assessments.

(Ord. No. 3023, § 4.A(Exh. A), 5-2-2023)

A.

The title sheet of each final map or parcel map shall contain a title consisting of "Tract No. _______" (insert map number) for final maps and "Parcel Map No. _______" (insert map number) for parcel maps, along with the words "In the City of El Monte" or "Partly in the City of El Monte and partly in unincorporated territory" or "Partly in the City of El Monte and partly in the City of _______" (insert the name of the adjacent city), whichever is applicable. The title sheet shall also contain a subtitle consisting of a description of all the property in the division of land by reference to such map or maps of such property as shall have been previously recorded or filed in the Office of the Los Angeles County Recorder, or filed with the County Clerk pursuant to a final judgment in any action in partition, or filed in the Office of the Los Angeles County Recorder pursuant to the California Code of Civil Procedure or by reference to the plat of any United States survey. Each reference in such subtitle to any record maps shall be worded and spelled identically with, and contain a complete reference to, the book and page of the original record thereof.

B.

The certificate of the surveyor or engineer, as required by the Subdivision Map Act, shall appear on the title sheet along with the date of any survey and the basis of hearings with a reference to a record satisfactory to the City Engineer, of a solar or polaris observation.

C.

If applicable, an acknowledgment of the owner's development lien shall be placed on the title sheet, pursuant to Section 66434.1 of the Subdivision Map Act. The notary's official seal need not appear on the title sheet, provided that the notary's name, county of the notary's principal place of business and the notary's commission expiration date are typed or printed below the notary's signature of acknowledgment.

D.

Title sheets may be prepared in a horizontal or vertical format, as approved by the City Engineer.

(Ord. No. 3023, § 4.A(Exh. A), 5-2-2023)

Those certificates and acknowledgments required by Chapter 2 and commencing with Section 66425 of the Subdivision Map Act, along with the following additional acknowledgments shall be made by separate instrument and filed concurrently with the final map or parcel map:

A.

All of those certificates, acknowledgments, declarations and statements required by Chapter 2, Article 2, of the Subdivision Map Act, along with the following additional certificates, may be combined and shall be made by separate instrument and filed concurrently with the final map or parcel map.

1.

Special assessments certificate, signed by the Director of Finance;

Planning Commission Certificate, signed by the Community Development Director;

3.

All of those certificates, acknowledgments and statements required by Chapter 2, Article 3, of the Subdivision Map Act shall be recorded by separate instrument, concurrently with the final map or parcel map;

4.

Applicant's and/or owner's statement consenting to recordation of the final map or parcel map, as specified in Section 66445(e) of the Subdivision Map Act;

5.

Dedications or offers of dedication, signed by the same parties and in the same manner as specified in Section 66439 of the Subdivision Map Act for dedications for a final map or parcel map.

B.

All required certificates, affidavits, acknowledgments, and signatures appearing on the title sheet shall be legibly stamped, printed, or signed with opaque ink and all such entries shall be readily reproducible by normal methods of reproduction.

(Ord. No. 3023, § 4.A(Exh. A), 5-2-2023)

A.

General. Each map sheet shall bear the main title of the map, the scale, north point and sheet number and designation of the relation, if any, between that sheet and each other sheet comprising the map.

B.

Lot Numbers and Area. All lots shall be numbered and the numbers shall begin with the numeral "1" and continue consecutively without omission or duplication throughout the entire map. No prefix or suffix or combination of letter and number shall be used. Each lot shall be shown entirely on one map sheet. Upon each lot contain an area of three-fourths of an acre or more shall have designated on the map sheet, the acreage of the lot to the nearest one-hundredth of an acre.

C.

Lot, Block and Boundary Lines. The bearing and length of each lot, block, and boundary line shall be shown on the map provided, however, when bearings of lot lines in a series of lots are the same, the bearings may be omitted from each interior, parallel lot line of the series. Each required bearing or length shall be shown in full and no ditto mark or other designation of repetition shall be used.

D.

Curves and Radial Lines. The arc length, radius and total central angle or bearings of terminal radii of each curve and the bearing of each radial line to each lot corner of each curve, or the central angle of each segment within each lot, shall be shown.

E.

Centerline and Widths of Streets, Alleys, and Other Ways. The centerline, the total width, and the total fractional widths on each side of the centerline of each street, alley or other way shall appear on the map sheets. The bearing and length of each tangent and the radius, central angle and arc length of each curve shall also be shown on each centerline.

F.

Widths and Fractional Widths. The map sheets shall also show the following widths and fractional widths or right-of-way when dedications are to be made on the map:

1.

The total width dedicated prior to the recording of such map; and

2.

The width of additional strips to be dedicated by such map.

G.

Street Names. The approved names including the word "Avenue," "Street," "Place" or other approved street designation shall be shown on the map sheet. Such names and designations shall be shown in, or arrowed into, both the newly dedicated portion and any existing portion of the street. No numerals or abbreviations shall be used in delineating street names.

H.

Rights-of-Way and Easements. All rights-of-way and easements which are a burden upon the land and lots within the division of land which are required as a condition precedent to the filling of the map shall be shown on the map sheets and shall conform to the following:

1.

The centerline, sideline, width, and the length, bearing and sufficient ties thereto shall be shown, as necessary to definitely locate each right-of-way or easement. If the right-of-way or easement cannot be definitely located from the official records, a statement showing the existing of such right-of-way or easement shall be placed on the map.

2.

All rights-of-way or easements shall be delineated by a fine dashed line, excepting where such rights-ofway or easements are lots or series of lots, they shall be shown as such in conformance with the provisions of this title.

3.

Distances, bearings, and all other indications of measurements on the lot lines which are crossed by rightsof-way or easements shall be arrowed or otherwise shown so as to clearly indicate the actual length, bearing or measurement, of each lot line.

4.

The rights-of-way or easements shall be clearly labeled and identified and, if of record, the record reference shall be shown thereon.

5.

Notes or figures pertaining to easements shall be subordinated in form and appearance to other notes or figures on the map sheets.

I.

City Boundary Lines. City boundary lines crossing or abutting the division of land shall be clearly designated and tied.

J.

Map Boundary Lines. The map boundary lines of the land included within the division of land shall be indicated by distinctive symbols and clearly so designated.

K.

Evidence Determining Boundary. In all cases where a survey is required for a map, each map sheet shall show fully and clearly evidence where there may be found on the ground the stakes, monuments, and other evidence used to determine the boundaries of the division of land.

Each stake, monument or other object found shall be fully described and referenced and the method used to establish each point or line shall be clearly shown and explained on the map sheet. It shall also show and identify each adjacent corner or each adjoining parcel of land or portion thereof by lot and block number, number or name, and place of record, or by section, township, and range, or, where no such identifying data is available, by another approved designation sufficient to establish the relation with such adjoining parcels of land. In those cases where a final map or parcel map is compiled from record data, the source of the information used shall be contained in a note on the map sheet.

(Ord. No. 3023, § 4.A(Exh. A), 5-2-2023)

A.

Pursuant to Section 66428 of the Subdivision Map Act, the Planning Commission may waive the filing of a parcel map for the following:

Subdivision of a portion of the operating right-of-way of a railroad corporation defined as such by Section 230 of the Public Utilities Code, which are created by short term leases (terminable by either party on not more than thirty (30) days' notice in writing); or

2.

Land conveyed to or from a governmental agency, public entity, public utility, or for land conveyed to a subsidiary of a public utility for conveyance to such public utility for rights-of-way, unless a showing is made in individual cases, upon substantial evidence, that public policy necessitates such a parcel map; or

3.

Construction of a condominium project on a single parcel of land.

B.

However, a tentative map shall still be required, except when waived by the Community Development Director and City Engineer.

(Ord. No. 3023, § 4.A(Exh. A), 5-2-2023)

16.23.060 - Waiver of signature—Parcel map.

The signatures of all parties having any record title interest in the real property being divided shall not be required on any parcel map unless dedications or offers of dedication are made by certificate on the parcel map.

(Ord. No. 3023, § 4.A(Exh. A), 5-2-2023)

Pursuant to Section 66434.2 of the Subdivision Map Act, the City Engineer may require additional information to be filed or recorded simultaneously with the final map or parcel map. The additional information shall be in the form of a separate document or an additional map sheet which shall indicate its relationship to the final map or parcel map and shall contain a statement that the additional information is for information purposes, describing conditions as the date of filing, and is not intended to affect record title interest.

(Ord. No. 3023, § 4.A(Exh. A), 5-2-2023)

16.23.080 - Approval of final map or parcel map.

A.

Review by Community Development Director and City Engineer.

1.

The city shall review the final map or parcel map and all improvement agreements. The applicant's engineer or surveyor shall make corrections and/or additions until the final map or parcel map is acceptable to the

city. The city shall also ensure that all required certificates and statements have been signed and, where required, acknowledged. The city shall also ensure that all other conditions of the tentative map's approval have been met.

2.

Prior to approval of the final map or parcel map by the city, the applicant shall provide sufficient evidence of compliance with the provisions of Chapter 4, Article 8, of the Subdivision Map Act, with respect to required security for taxes and special assessments not yet payable.

3.

If dedications, offers of dedication, easements and vacations are not required, the city may approve or deny the final pap or parcel map as provided for in the Subdivision Map Act.

4.

The final map or parcel map shall be deemed filed, for the purposes of establishing the time limit for action, on the date the final map or parcel map is approved and executed by the city and filed with the City Clerk.

B.

Review by the City Council.

1.

If dedications, offers of dedication, easement or vacations are required, the final map or parcel map, along with an undertaking agreement, shall be placed on the City Council agenda for approval.

2.

The City Council shall consider the final map or parcel map for approval within ten (10) days after filing with the City Clerk, or at its next regular meeting at which it receives the final map or parcel map, whichever is later. The City Council shall have approved the undertaking agreement before approving the final map or parcel map.

3.

If the undertaking agreement and final map or parcel map are approved by the City Council, it shall instruct the Mayor to execute the agreement on behalf of the City. If the undertaking agreement and/or final map or parcel map are unacceptable, the City Council shall deny the final map or parcel map or recommend corrections and/or instruct the city to draft a new agreement and defer approval until after an acceptable agreement and/or final map or parcel map are resubmitted.

4.

Offers of dedication shall be accepted, subject to improvement, or rejected by the City Council, at the time of approval of the final map or parcel map. The City Clerk shall certify or state on the final map or parcel map, the action of the City Council. The City Council may also designate an officer of Los Angeles County to accept into the county road system, pursuant to Section 941 of the California Streets and Highways

Code, any road for which an offer of dedication has been accepted or accepted subject to improvements. Rejected offers shall remain open and shall terminate as specified in Section 66477.2 of the Subdivision Map Act. Acceptance of offers of dedication on a final map or parcel map shall not be effective until the final map or parcel map is filed with the office of the Los Angeles County Recorder, or a resolution of acceptance by the City Council is filed with the Los Angeles County Recorder's office.

C.

Recordation. Upon approval of the final map or parcel map by the city, the City Clerk shall execute the appropriate certificate on the certificate sheet and forward the final map or parcel map, or have an authorized agent forward the map to the Clerk of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors for transmittal to the Los Angeles County Recorder.

(Ord. No. 3023, § 4.A(Exh. A), 5-2-2023)

Pursuant

to Section 66456.1 of the Subdivision Map Act, multiple final maps may be filed prior to the expiration of the tentative map if:

A.

The applicant informs the city at the time of filing of the tentative map of his or her intention to file multiple final maps; or

B.

After the filing of the tentative map, the applicant and the city agree to the filing of multiple final maps. In providing such notice, the applicant shall not be required to define the number or configuration of the proposed final maps. The city may impose reasonable conditions relating to the filing of multiple final maps.

(Ord. No. 3023, § 4.A(Exh. A), 5-2-2023)

Chapter 16.24 - ADJUSTMENTS, LOT MERGERS AND REVERSIONS