Gridley Municipal Code Ch. 16.18 Final Maps and Parcel Maps

A. An approved or conditionally approved tentative map shall expire twenty-four (24) months after its approval or conditioned approval.

B. The expiration of an approved or conditionally approved tentative map shall terminate all proceedings and no final map or parcel map of all or any portion of the real property included within the tentative map shall be filed without first processing a new tentative map.

C. The subdivider shall submit an application to extend a tentative map a minimum of thirty (30) days prior to the expiration of the tentative map as allowed by Government Code § 66410 et seq. along with the fee as established by resolution of the City Council. An application to extend a tentative map will require a verification of current ownership affidavit or title report, plans, and any additional information for the Planning Department to evaluate if there are changed conditions or circumstances from the previously approved tentative map. The Planning Commission, as the advisory agency to the City Council, may approve a request for an extension and will review the request after a public notice has been prepared by the Planning Department and duly published for a minimum of ten (10) days in a local publication prior to the meeting. The map may be extended up to a total of five years, excepting additional time extensions periodically legislated by the State. The period of extension specified in this subdivision shall be in addition to the period of time provided by Section 16.18.010A. Prior to the expiration of an approved or conditionally approved tentative map, upon an application by the subdivider to extend that map, the map shall automatically be extended for 60 days or until the application for the extension is approved, conditionally approved, or denied. If the advisory agency denies a subdivider's application for extension, the subdivider may appeal to the City Council within fifteen (15) days after the advisory agency has denied the extension.

(Ord. 824-2016 § 7 (part), 2017)

At the time of filing of the final or parcel map or extension thereof, the subdivider shall pay a filing fee prescribed by resolution of the City Council.

(Ord. 824-2016 § 7 (part), 2017)

The final map or parcel map shall substantially conform to the tentative map as approved or conditionally approved, including all approved modifications, and shall contain the following information:

A. The boundary line of the subdivision shall be clearly delineated and labeled. All areas shown on the map which do not constitute a part of the subdivision shall be labeled "Not a Part" or "N.A.P." All lines delineating such areas shall be dashed.

B. All survey data and information required by this Title.

C. Calculation and traverse sheets in a form approved by the Public Works Department giving bearings and distance and coordinates of the boundary of the subdivision and blocks and lots therein shown on the final or parcel map.

D. All lots or parcels intended for sale or reserved for private purposes and all parcels offered for dedication to the City or any other public agency, for any purpose, with all dimensions, boundaries, and courses clearly shown and defined in every case.

E. Dimensions of lots shall be as total dimensions, corner-to-corner, in addition to point-to-point dimensions and total acreage within the subdivision or parcel(s). Lots of more than one (1) acre shall show net acreage to the nearest one hundredth (1/100th).

F. All lots shall be numbered consecutively, without omissions or duplications. Parcels offered for dedication other than for streets or easements shall be designated by letters. Each numbered lot or parcel shall be shown entirely on one sheet.

G. The location and total width of all streets, alleys, pedestrian ways, equestrian and hiking trails, and biking paths; the names of streets, and the width on each side of the centerline of each street; the width of the portion of the street, alley, pedestrian way, equestrian and hiking trail and biking path being dedicated, and the width of the existing dedication, if any, within the subdivision.

H. All limitations on rights of access to and from streets and lots and other parcels of land.

I. The lines of any natural watercourse, channel, stream, creek or body of water in or adjacent to the subdivision and officially adopted floodplain lines.

J. Detailed plans, cross-sections and profiles of public street improvements and of all other improvements proposed to be installed as required by the provisions of this Title and of all other improvements proposed to be installed by the subdivider in, on, over, or under any street, right-of-way, easement, or parcel of land dedicated by the map or previously dedicated, including the estimated cost thereof, shall be submitted to the City Engineer for processing and approval. All such plans shall be prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Subdivision Map Act.

K. A no-access rights certificate shall be shown on the final map where required by the City Engineer.

L. The design calculations and analysis shall be prepared by a licensed Land Surveyor or Registered Civil Engineer and shall be signed and stamped.

M. Report and guarantee of clear title:

1. The final or parcel map shall be accompanied by a current report prepared by a duly authorized title company naming the persons whose consent is necessary for the preparation and recordation of such map and for dedication of the streets, alleys, and other public places shown on the map and certifying that as of the date of the preparation of the report, the persons therein named are all the persons necessary to give clear title to such subdivision.

2. At the time of recording said map, following approval by the Planning Commission or City Council, there shall be filed with the County Recorder a guarantee executed by a duly authorized title company identifying the person(s) consenting to the preparation and recordation of such map and offering for dedication the right-of-way, alleys and other public places shown thereon. Said named individuals being the persons necessary to pass clear title to such subdivisions and the dedications shown thereon.

N. The agreement and bonds specified in Section 16.12.050, entitled "Improvement Security--Required".

O. Two copies of all deed restrictions, bylaws and Articles of Incorporation.

P. One copy of each reference document, deed or map shown or referenced on the map or in the title report.

(Ord. 824-2016 § 7 (part), 2017)

The final map or parcel map shall be of a size and legibly drawn guaranteeing a permanent record Certificates, affidavits, and acknowledgments may be legibly printed upon the map. The scale of the map shall be sufficient to show all details clearly in conformance with the Subdivision Map Act and subject to review and approval by the City Engineer. Enough sheets shall be used to accomplish this end. The number of each sheet and the total number of sheets comprising the map shall be stated on each of the sheets and the relation of each adjoining sheet shall be clearly shown by a small key map on the first sheet. Each sheet of such map proper shall show the date of the survey, north point, written graphic scale, and other information as necessary. The map shall be so made and shall be in such condition when filed that good legible prints can be made therefrom, and will become the property of the City when submitted. The final record of as-built drawings shall be submitted as original drawings.

(Ord. 824-2016 § 7 (part), 2017)

The title of each sheet of such final map shall consist of the approved name and unit number of the tract, if any, at the lower right hand corner of the street, followed by the words, "City of Gridley". Maps filed for the purpose of showing an acreage of land previously subdivided shall be conspicuously marked with the words, "Reversion to Acreage."

(Ord. 824-2016 § 7 (part), 2017)

The adjoining corners of all adjacent lots shall be identified by lot and block numbers, subdivision name and place of record, or other proper designation.

(Ord. 824-2016 § 7 (part), 2017)

An accurate and complete boundary survey to second order accuracy (100th) shall be made of the land to be subdivided. A traverse of the exterior boundaries of the tract and of each block when computed from field measurements on the ground, shall close within a limit of one foot to ten thousand feet (1:10,000) or in the case of a parcel map, shall be based either upon a field survey made in conformity with the Land Surveyors Act or be compiled from recorded or filed data when sufficient survey information exists on field maps to locate and retrace the exterior boundary lines of the parcel map if the location of at least one of these boundary lines can be established from an existing monumented line. The boundary of the subdivision shall be indicated on the final or parcel map by a distinctive line and/or symbols, clearly designated.

(Ord. 824-2016 § 7 (part), 2017)

The final or parcel map shall show all survey and mathematical information and data necessary to locate all monuments thereon, including bearing and distance of straight lines and central angle, radius, and arc length of curves, and such information as may be necessary to determine the location of the centers of the curves.

(Ord. 824-2016 § 7 (part), 2017)

All lots and blocks and all parcels offered for dedication for any purpose shall be particularly delineated and designated with all dimensions, boundaries, and courses clearly shown and defined in every case; except in the case of a parcel map, the location of any remainder of the original parcel shall be shown, but need not be shown as a matter of survey but only by deed reference to the existing record boundaries of such remainder if such remainder has a gross area of five (5) or more acres. Parcels offered for dedication other than for streets and easements shall be designated by letter. Sufficient linear, angular and curve data shall be shown to determine readily the bearing and length of the boundary lines of every block, lot and parcel which is a part thereof. Sheets shall be so arranged that no lot is split between two or more sheets and whenever practical, blocks in their entirety shall be shown on one sheet. No ditto marks shall be used for lot dimensions. Lot numbers shall begin with the numeral "1" and continue consecutively throughout the tract, with no omissions or duplications.

(Ord. 824-2016 § 7 (part), 2017)

The final or parcel map shall show the right-of-way lines to each street, and the width of any portion being dedicated and widths of any existing dedications. The widths and locations of adjacent streets and other public properties within fifty (50) feet of the subdivision shall be shown. If any street in the subdivision is a continuation or approximately a continuation of any existing street, the conformity or the amount of nonconformity of such street to such existing streets shall be accurately shown. Whenever the centerline of a street has been established or recorded, the data shall be shown on the final or parcel map.

(Ord. 824-2016 § 7 (part), 2017)

A. The final or parcel map shall show building setback lines on all streets by long, thick dashed lines.

B. All structures, buildings or required parking area in a residential subdivision shall conform to the setback requirements as specified in Title 17.

(Ord. 824-2016 § 7 (part), 2017)

The side lines of all easements, including utility and new access easements shall be shown by fine dashed lines. If any easement already of record cannot be definitely located, a statement of the existence, the nature thereof, and its recorded reference shall appear on the title sheet. Distances and bearings on the side lines of lots which are cut by an easement shall be narrowed or so shown that the map will indicate clearly the actual lengths of the lot lines. The widths of all easements and sufficient ties thereto to definitely locate the same with respect to the subdivision shall be shown. All easements shall be clearly labeled and identified. If an easement shown on the map is already of record, its recorded reference shall be given. If an easement is being dedicated by the map, it shall be set out in the owner's certificate of dedication.

(Ord. 824-2016 § 7 (part), 2017)

The final or parcel map shall show the limits of high water coverage based upon a one-hundred-year frequency storm and as available from the California Department of Water Resources, the 200-year storm occurrence, with a fine continuous line if the subdivision includes or is adjacent to areas subject to periodic inundation, and the use of such areas may be required to be restricted by a covenant of restrictions.

(Ord. 824-2016 § 7 (part), 2017)

A. The final or parcel map shall fully and clearly show what stakes, monuments or other evidence to determine the boundaries of the subdivision were found on the ground, and the adjacent corners of each adjoining subdivision or portion thereof, by lot and block numbers, tract name or number and place of record, by section, township and range, or other proper designation.

B. The procedure and practice of all survey work done upon any such subdivision shall conform to the accepted standards of the engineering profession.

C. All monuments shall not be less substantial than a three-quarter-inch diameter pipe eighteen inches long or a five-eighth-inch diameter steel reinforcing bar eighteen inches long with a brass tag, aluminum or plastic cap bearing the registration number of the engineer or surveyor who set the monument, and shall be subject to inspection and approval by the City Engineer. "Permanent" monuments shall be set in concrete. Before street improvements are accepted, all monuments disturbed by the improvements shall be reset.

D. In making the survey for the subdivision, the engineer or surveyor shall set "permanent" monuments at all angle and curve points on the exterior boundaries of the subdivision, in all street intersections, at all angle points of street lines, and at all curved points, both simple and compound, of street lines. "Permanent" monuments at street intersections and at angle and curved points of street lines shall set on street centerlines, unless otherwise directed by the City Engineer; provided, however, that the "permanent" monuments need not be set at intervals of less than four hundred feet.

E. The "permanent" monument shall be set in the ground upright with the metal marker centered in the concrete, by excavating a six-inch minimum diameter hole two feet below the finished grade and pouring the same full of concrete. When streets are required to be paved, the location of such monument and access thereto shall be given by a suitable concrete or cast iron sliding sleeve surmounted by a circular cast iron frame and lid at street surface. In case the monument is not on a street, the metal marker may be set flush with the existing ground surface.

F. The engineer and surveyor shall set monuments at all lot corners and at all curve points on lot boundary lines.

G. There shall be one or more permanent bench marks for each subdivision, of a type approved by the City engineer and referred to the City datum, set at each street intersection in the curb return or other location approved by the City Engineer. The bench mark shall be a brass disc two inches ± in diameter set in the concrete curb.

(Ord. 824-2016 § 7 (part), 2017)

The title sheet of the map, below the title, shall show the name of the engineer or surveyor, together with the date of the survey, the scale of the map and the number of sheets. The following certificates, acknowledgments and descriptions shall appear on the title sheet of the final or parcel map and such certificates in accordance with the provisions of the Subdivision Map Act may be combined where appropriate:

A. Certificate by parties holding title.

B. Engineer's certificate.

• C. Certificate to be executed. Certificates for execution by each of the following:

• 1. City Engineer;
• 2. City Clerk;
• 3. County Recorder.

(Ord. 824-2016 § 7 (part), 2017)

A description of all property being subdivided by reference to maps or deeds of the property shown thereon as shall have been previously recorded or filed. Each reference in such description to any tract or subdivision shall show a complete reference to the book and page or records of the County. The description shall also include reference to any vacated area with the number of the ordinance vacating thereof.

(Ord. 824-2016 § 7 (part), 2017)

Prior to the filing of the final or parcel map with the City Council, the subdivider shall file the certificate and documents pursuant to the Map Act or any amendments thereto relating to taxes and assessments.

(Ord. 824-2016 § 7 (part), 2017)

Such other affidavits, certificates, acknowledgments, endorsements, and notarial seals as are required by law and by this title shall be completed and/or furnished by the subdivider.

(Ord. 824-2016 § 7 (part), 2017)

A. Upon acceptance of the final map or parcel map and accompanying documents as property of the City, fees and materials for filing, the Planning Department shall cause the same to be examined and if found to be in substantial conformity with the approved tentative map and all amendments, conditions, modifications and provisions made or required by the approving body, and if found to be complete, technically correct, in conformity with improvement plans and specifications, and in compliance with the requirements of this Title, planned street lines and other applicable specific plans and ordinances, shall file said map with the City Clerk. No map shall be certified until the required improvements have been installed in accordance with Chapters 16.21 and 16.24. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this section, the on-site improvements for the unimproved parcels shown on a parcel map may be constructed after the final parcel map is filed for record, but prior to the issuance of a permit or other grant of approval for the development of such parcel. In such instance, the final or parcel map shall contain a statement setting forth all on-site and off-site improvements which must be constructed prior to further parcel development.

B. Should the map or other accompanying documents, fees or materials be found to be incomplete or incorrect in any respect, the subdivider shall be advised, in writing, by mail, of the changes or additions that must be made before the map may be certificated. If the defect is the result of a technical and inadvertent error, which does not materially affect the validity of the map, the defect may be waived.

C. The planning director need not approve final map or parcel map which is not substantially similar to the approved tentative map if, in his/her opinion, circumstances concerning the design and improvement of the subdivision, as they relate to the public health, safety and welfare, having materially changed since approval of the tentative map, and such changed circumstances warrant reconsideration thereof. In such instance, the map shall be returned to the approving agency for further consideration.

D. The final or parcel map shall not be considered filed for action by the City Clerk until the Planning Department has completed such action required.

(Ord. 824-2016 § 7 (part), 2017)

If, at any time of approval of the final map by the Planning Department, any public improvements required by the City Engineer pursuant to the provisions of this title have not been completed and accepted in accordance with City standards applicable at the time of the approval or conditional approval of the tentative map, as a condition precedent to the approval of the final map, the subdivider shall be required to enter into an agreement with the City upon mutually agreeable terms to thereafter complete such improvements at the subdivider's expense, within the time specified in the agreement, which time shall in no event exceed twelve (12) months from the date thereof. Such agreement shall be secured by improvement security in the amount and form set forth in this title.

(Ord. 824-2016 § 7 (part), 2017)

When the final map has been approved as set forth in this Title, the City Clerk shall record the same with the Butte County Recorder.

(Ord. 824-2016 § 7 (part), 2017)

After a final map or parcel map is filed in the office of the Butte County Recorder, such a recorded map may be amended by a Certificate of Correction or an amending map, at the discretion of the City Council, if the City Council finds that:

A. There are changes in circumstances which make any or all of the conditions of such map no longer appropriate or necessary; and,

B. The modifications do not impose any additional burden on the present fee owner of the property; and,

C. The modifications do not alter any right, title, or interest in the real property reflected on the recorded map; and,

D. The modifications, as modified, conform to the requirements for such maps imposed by this code and State law.

The subdivider shall apply for an amendment under this section by filing an application with the Planning Department setting forth all of the amendments proposed to be made and addressing specifically all of the findings set forth above. Upon receipt of an application under this section, it shall immediately be set for a public hearing at the next council meeting allowing compliance with the notice provisions of Government Code Section 66451.3. The council may, by resolution, set fees to be charged for this application pursuant to Government Code Section 66451.2.

(Ord. 824-2016 § 7 (part), 2017)