Article IV — PARCEL MAP

326-31. Filing of Parcel Map.

A tracing and three legible prints of the Parcel Map shall be filed within twenty-four (24) months of approval of the Tentative Subdivision Map. An extension of time not exceeding that permitted by the Map Act may be granted by the Advisory Agency approving the Tentative Subdivision Map as provided in the Map Act. Modification of a Tentative Subdivision Map after approval or conditional approval shall not extend the time limits imposed by this section.

The map filed with the County Surveyor with evidence that all conditions of approval have been met. The County Surveyor shall review the map to determine if: (1) it conforms to the Tentative Subdivision map; (2) all conditions of approval have been met; (3) it is in conformance with the Map Act and this division; and (4) it is technically accurate.

If the County Surveyor affirmatively determines the above, he shall sign the map and forward it to the Recorder. The County Surveyor shall either sign the map or reject it within twenty (20) days from the date it is filed unless the subdivider and County Surveyor mutually agree to extend said time. The County Surveyor may accept, accept subject to improvement or reject dedications or offers of dedications that are made by a statement on the map. The County Surveyor shall certify the acceptance or rejection of the dedication on the map. (Ord. 1290, § 7, 12/12/ 1978; Ord. 1612, § 1, 8/16/1983; Ord. 1961, § 2, 3/3/1992)

326-32. Form of Parcel Map.

(a) The form of the Parcel Map shall be as specified in Section 66445 of the Map Act, except that the size of each sheet shall be a minimum of eighteen by twenty-seven inches (18" x 27") and that the margin on the left side of the map shall be a minimum of two inches (2"). (Ord. 1146, § 91, 7/19/1977)

(b) In addition to any other certifications required to be placed on the map by the Subdivision Map Act, the map shall contain the certification required by Government Code Section 66492 (or any successor section thereto). Said certification shall be in the form prescribed by the County Tax Collector. (Ord. 1961, § 3, 3/3/1992)

(c) Pursuant to Government Code Section 66468.2, the duties of the Clerk of the Board with respect to the filing of Maps as set forth in Title 7, Division 2, Chapter 3, Article 6 of the Government Code, are hereby delegated to the County Tax Collector. (Ord. 1961, § 3, 3/3/1992)

326-33. Parcel Map Application Failure.

The Advisory Agency shall disapprove a map for failure to meet or perform any of the requirements or conditions imposed by the Map Act or this division; provided that a Parcel Map shall be disapproved only for failure to meet

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or perform requirements or conditions which were applicable to the subdivision at the time of approval of the Tentative Subdivision Map and provided further that such disapproval shall be accompanied by a finding identifying the requirements or conditions which have not been met or performed. When the failure of the map to comply with the Map Act or this division is the result of a technical and inadvertent error, which in the determination of the Advisory Agency, does not materially affect the validity of the map, the Advisory Agency, upon written request of the subdivider, may waive such failure and approve the map. (Ord. 1146, § 92, 7/19/1977)

326-34. Waiver of Requirement of Parcel Map.

(a) The requirement that a Parcel Map be prepared and recorded may be waived in accordance with the procedures set forth in this section if the preparation and recordation of a Parcel Map will create an undue hardship and the absence of survey data will not be detrimental to future owners of the lots created, or an abundance of survey data exists or record such that the survey and preparation of the Parcel Map is an unnecessary expense and the parcels can be conveyed by metes and bounds descriptions. A Tentative Subdivision Map approved by the Advisory Agency shall be required in cases where a Parcel Map is waived.

(b) An application for waiver of the requirement of a Parcel map shall be filed with the County Surveyor upon such forms as prescribed by the County Surveyor. The filing of such application shall be accompanied with payment of a filing fee as established by resolution of the Board of Supervisors.

(c) An application for waiver of the requirement of a Parcel Map shall be acted upon by the County Surveyor within twenty (20) days after its filing, unless such time is extended by agreement with the applicant. The County shall by written instrument approve or conditionally approve the application for waiver if it is determined that:

(1) The requirement of a Parcel Map will create an undue hardship and the absence of survey data will not be detrimental to future owners of the lots created, of an abundance of survey data exists of record such that the survey and preparation of the Parcel Map is an unnecessary expense and the parcels can be reconveyed by metes and bounds descriptions; and

(2) The Board of Supervisors or the Advisory Agency has made a finding that the proposed subdivision complies with the requirements of the Subdivision Map Act and this division as to area, improvement and design, flood water drainage control, appropriate improved public roads, sanitary disposal facilities, water supply availability, environmental protection, and other requirements of the Subdivision Map Act and this division.

Any requirements for the construction of reasonable off-site and on-site improvements for a lot being created by the proposed division of land shall be set forth in the instrument approving the application of waiver.

(d) The instrument of Waiver shall be duly acknowledged. The County Surveyor shall arrange for recordation of the instrument of waiver pursuant to Government Code Section 66411.1.

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(e) Within ten (10) days after denial of any application for waiver by the County Surveyor, a subdivider may appeal to the Humboldt County Subdivision Waiver Appeals Board. The Humboldt County Subdivision Waiver Appeals Board, hereby created, shall consist of three (3) members who are qualified by training and experience to pass upon matters pertaining to land boundaries. (Ord. 1290, § 8, 12/12/1978)