§ 32.301

The form, contents, accompanying data, and filing of a Final Map or Parcel Map shall conform to the provisions of the Map Act and this chapter and to all applicable Conditions of Approval of the Tentative Map.

(Ord. 96-26, § 1, Exh. A, 9-11-96; Ord. 2022-02, § 4, 1-26-22)

A Parcel Map, prepared in accordance with the Map Act and this chapter may be filed in lieu of:

• A. A Final Map, when an approved Tentative Subdivision Map has been filed for a subdivision which meets the requirements of Section 66426 of the Map Act.

• B. A Tentative Subdivision Map and Final Map, for construction of a condominium project on a single parcel.

• (Ord. 96-26, § 1, Exh. A, 9-11-96; Ord. 2022-02, § 4, 1-26-22)

• A. Pursuant to Article 1 of Chapter 2 of the Map Act, the requirement for a Parcel Map may be waived if a finding is made that the proposed subdivision complies with the requirements as to area, improvement and design, flood and water drainage control, appropriate improved public roads, sanitary disposal facilities, water supply availability, environmental protection, and other requirements of this chapter and the Map Act, including the following types of subdivisions:

  1. Residential purchase of mobilehome park according to Division 32.401.

  2. A subdivision, wherein the average gross area of all resulting lots or parcels equals 40 acres or more provided that no lot or parcel contains a gross area of less than 20 acres.

• B. The applicant for a subdivision, pursuant to subsection (A) of this section shall submit an application for a Tentative Parcel Map and a written request for waiver of the Parcel Map with sufficient information in the opinion of the Director of Planning and Building, to make the findings required by this section. The processing of any such application shall be subject to the same fees, time requirements and appeal procedures as are provided in this chapter for Tentative Parcel Maps.

• C. Where waiver of the Parcel Map is granted by the Director of Planning and Building, the Director shall cause to be filed for record with the County Recorder a Certificate of Compliance or Conditional Certificate of Compliance pursuant to Division 32.404 of this chapter.

• (Ord. 96-26, § 1, Exh. A, 9-11-96; Ord. 2022-02, § 4, 1-26-22)

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City of Escondido, CA § 32.301.03 SUBDIVISIONS

§ 32.301.03

In addition to the information required by the Map Act, every Final Map or Parcel Map shall contain or show all of the following:

• A. A legal description of the land subdivided by references to recorded deeds, recorded maps and official United States surveys. Reference to tracts, recorded deeds and recorded maps shall be spelled out, worded identically with original records and show the book and page of records or map numbers;

• B. The Basis of Bearings shall be the California Coordinate System (NAD 83) as established by use of existing monuments, Global Positioning System (GPS) surveys, or by use of astronomic observation;

• C. Those ties to such control monuments and the coordinates published by the City for these control monuments. The boundary of the map shall be tied into the California Coordinate System (NAD 83) in at least two locations, preferably on opposite ends of a single boundary line having found monuments or as agreed to by the City Engineer. These ties shall include both grid and ground distances and include the combined scale factor at one of the tie points on the subdivision boundary.

• D. All easements to which land is, or will be, subject, including all open space easements and mitigation requirements;

• E. Existing monuments that are found and a description of them;

• F. The size of all parcels expressed in square feet for parcels less than one acre and expressed in acres for parcels more than one acre in size;

• G. All areas which are subject to inundation as determined by the City Engineer, including flood-way limits and the 100-year floodplain;

• H. A solid line separating from public streets all private ways, easements and other rights-ofway not to be accepted as public streets, and clearly designate their nature and the manner in which the right is reserved or granted;

• I. The number of the subdivision on every sheet;

• J. Figures which are mathematically correct; and

• K. No contingencies. (Ord. 96-26, § 1, Exh. A, 9-11-96; Ord. 2022-02, § 4, 1-26-22)

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