Ione Municipal Code Ch. 16.42 Surveys and Monuments

The purpose of this chapter is to establish the procedure and standards for surveying property as part of a subdivision and establishing monuments.

(Ord. No. 431, § 2, 2-2-2010)

The procedure and practice of all survey work done on any subdivision, whether for preparation of a final map or parcel map, shall conform to the standard practices and principles of land surveying, the Land Surveyor's Act of the state of California, and the provisions of this chapter.

(Ord. No. 431, § 2, 2-2-2010)

The traverse of the exterior boundaries of the tract computed from field measurements of the ground must close within a limit of error of one foot to 20,000 feet of perimeter before balancing the survey.

(Ord. No. 431, § 2, 2-2-2010)

When required by city engineer, the engineer or surveyor making the survey shall show references, ties, locations, elevations and other necessary data relating to monuments set in accordance with the requirements of this title.

If exterior boundary monuments are to be set after recordation of the final map or parcel map, as provided by Section 16.42.070 (boundary monuments) of this chapter, the city engineer shall require, prior to accepting such map for filing, the reference of said monuments to a sufficient number of adjacent reference points to accurately set each boundary monument after recordation of said map, the setting of only a portion of the boundary monuments, or the submission of complete field notes as evidence of a thorough survey.

(Ord. No. 431, § 2, 2-2-2010)

Wherever the city engineer has established a system of coordinates which is within a reasonable distance of the subdivision boundary, as determined by the city engineer, the field survey shall be tied into such system.

(Ord. No. 431, § 2, 2-2-2010)

In making the survey of the subdivision, the engineer or surveyor shall set sufficient permanent monuments so that the survey, or any part thereof, may be readily retraced.

At the time of making the survey for the final map, the engineer or surveyor shall set sufficient durable monuments to conform with the standards described in Section 8771 of the Business and Professions Code so that another engineer or surveyor may readily retrace the survey. At least one exterior boundary line shall be monumented prior to recording the final map. Other monuments shall be set as required by the city engineer.

(Ord. No. 455, § 15, 12-6-2011; Ord. No. 431, § 2, 2-2-2010)

Monuments shall be set on the exterior boundary of the subdivision including at all corners, angle points, beginnings and ends of curves and at intermediate points approximately 1,000 feet apart. The locations of inaccessible points may be established by ties and shall be so noted on the final map or parcel map.

All exterior boundary monuments shall be set prior to recordation of the Final map or parcel map unless extensive grading operations or improvement work makes it impractical to set such monuments. In the event any or all of the boundary monuments are to be set after recordation of the final map or parcel map, prior to the submission of such map to the city engineer for filing, the engineer or surveyor making the survey shall, in addition to furnishing field notes showing the boundary survey as required by Section 16.42.040 (Survey data), of this chapter, furnish evidence acceptable to the city engineer to substantiate his reasons for deferring the setting of such monuments until after recordation of such map.

(Ord. No. 455, § 15, 12-6-2011; Ord. No. 431, § 2, 2-2-2010)

Interior monuments shall be set at the corners of all lots, along street and alley center lines at the beginnings and ends of curves, at points of intersection with lines of other existing and proposed streets and alleys (e.g., at corner lots and centers of cul-de-sacs), and at the points of intersection with the exterior boundary lines. Interior monuments may be set after the final map or parcel Map is recorded. Interior monuments shall consist of Parker-Kalon nails as described in Section 16.42.100 (Monument type and positioning), of this chapter, except where concrete survey monuments are required by the city engineer.

(Ord. No. 455, § 15, 12-6-2011; Ord. No. 431, § 2, 2-2-2010)

Prior to recordation of the map where monuments cannot be set until after construction, a monument bond shall be posted with the city for 100 percent of the cost to set all monumentation. Said bond will be released only upon receipt of a signed and stamped letter from the responsible surveyor or engineer certifying all monuments have been set and they have been paid.

(Ord. No. 455, § 15, 12-6-2011)

In the event any or all of the required monuments are to be set after recordation of the final map or parcel map, the engineer's or surveyor's certificate shall specify the date, established by the city engineer, by which the monuments will be set, and the field notes thereon furnished, and the subdivider shall, prior to the submission of such map to the city engineer for filing, furnish to the city engineer a cash deposit in an amount established by resolution of the city council for each boundary and interior monument to be deferred. After deferred monuments have been set, written notice shall be given to the city engineer as per Section 66497 of the Subdivision Map Act, and the cash deposit, if any, shall be returned to the subdivider. In the event the deferred monuments are not set within the period of time specified on the engineer's or surveyor's certificate, or within any approved extended period of time, and provided that all improvement work has been completed, the city engineer shall, by written notice, forthwith direct the engineer or surveyor of record to, within 60 days of the date of such directive, set such monuments and furnish such field notes as were agreed to be set and furnished on said certificate. If the engineer or surveyor fails to comply with said directive within the specified time, and if no request for an extension of time has been submitted in writing and granted within such time, the city engineer shall, without further notice, submit a written complaint and request for disciplinary action against said engineer or surveyor to the state board of registration for civil and professional engineers.

(Ord. No. 431, § 2, 2-2-2010)

Boundary monuments shall consist of one inch diameter iron pipes, eighteen inches long. Permanent interior monuments shall be set by the surveyor. All monuments shall be set securely to ground level at the completion of any grading activity. Concrete survey monuments shall be in accordance with the most recent city standards.

(Ord. No. 455, § 15, 12-6-2011; Ord. No. 431, § 2, 2-2-2010)

All boundary monuments shall be permanently and visibly marked or tagged with the registration or license number of the engineer or surveyor who signs the engineer's or surveyor's certificate and under whose supervision the survey was made.

(Ord. No. 431, § 2, 2-2-2010)

Any boundary monument set as required herein which is disturbed or destroyed before acceptance of all improvements by the city, and any interior monument which is disturbed or destroyed before being located and referenced by the city at the time of construction, shall be replaced by the subdivider's engineer or surveyor.

(Ord. No. 431, § 2, 2-2-2010)

The following survey data and information shall be shown on each Final Map or parcel map for which a field survey was made pursuant to the provisions of these regulations:

A. The basis of bearing used in the field survey, making reference to a recorded subdivision map or other record acceptable to the city engineer;

B. Stakes, monuments (together with their precise position) or other evidence found on the ground to determine the boundaries of the subdivision;

C. Corners of all adjoining properties identified by lot and block numbers, subdivision names, numbers and page of record or by section, township and range or other proper designation;

D. All information and data necessary to locate and retrace any point or line without unreasonable difficulty;

E. The location and description of any required monuments to be set after recordation of the final map, and the statement that they are "to be set";

F. Bearing and length of each lot line, block line and boundary line and each required bearing and distance;

G. Length, radius and bearings of terminal radii of each curve and the bearing of each radial line to each lot corner on each curve;

H. The center lines of any street or alley in or adjoining the subdivisions, profiles, estimated costs and specifications.

The form, layout, scale and other particulars of the plans, and number of copies to be provided, shall be in accordance with the requirements of the city engineer.

(Ord. No. 431, § 2, 2-2-2010)