Irvine Municipal Code Ch. 7 Final Maps: Requirements and Procedures

The content and form of final maps shall be governed by the provisions of the State Subdivision Map Act (Government Code § 66410 et seq.) and City's Subdivision Manual.

(Ord. No. 09-03, § 5, 4-28-09)

A. Final map required. A final tract map shall be required for every subdivision for which a tentative tract map is required pursuant to Section 5-5-301 of this division and the Subdivision Map Act (Government Code § 66410 et seq.). A final parcel map shall be filed and recorded for any subdivision subject to the Subdivision Map Act (Government Code § 66410 et seq.) for which a tentative and final tract map is not required except as provided in Section 5-5-304 of this division. Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, no parcel map shall be required for subdivisions of four parcels or less for construction of removable commercial buildings having a floor area of less than 100 square feet. All final maps shall meet all the requirements of the Subdivision Map Act (Government Code § 66410 et seq.), this Chapter 7, and the Subdivision Manual.

B. Evidence of title. The evidence of title required by this division shall be a certificate of title, a policy of title insurance, or title guarantee issued by a title company authorized by the laws of the State to write the same, showing the names of all persons having any record title interest in the land to be subdivided, together with the nature of their respective interests therein. Said evidence of title shall be current within three weeks of the submittal of the final map in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.

C. Street naming. Prior to the recordation of a final map, street names shall be secured and approved in accordance with the City's policy on street naming and numbering as adopted by the City Council.

D. Evidence of sufficient water supply. For any parcel map that proposes a "subdivision," as that term is defined in Government Code § 66473.7 or any successor statute, one of the following conditions must be met prior to the City's approval of the map:

1. That there will be verification of a "sufficient water supply" as that term is defined in said Government Code § 66473.7.

2. That the subdivision is exempted from the sufficient water supply verification requirement by virtue of a finding under Government Code § 66473.7(i) or any successor statute thereto.

E. Survey. Final maps shall be based on a field survey in conformity with the Professional Land Surveyors' Act unless such requirement is waived by the City Engineer.

F. Dedications and easements. If dedications or easements (or offers of dedication or easements) are required, they shall be made by certificate on the final map unless use of a separate instrument for such dedication is approved by the City Engineer.

(Ord. No. 09-03, § 5, 4-28-09)

A. Final maps, together with any required improvement agreements and security, shall be submitted to the City Engineer prior to the expiration of the tentative map approved for such subdivision. In conjunction with his or her approval of final maps, the City Engineer shall have the authority to accept or reject dedications and offers of dedication that are made by certificate on such map. The City Engineer shall transmit approved final maps to the County Recorder via the applicant's title officer.

B. Upon receipt of the final map, the City Engineer shall submit copies to the appropriate City departments for review and preliminary determination as to:

1. Compliance with any conditions imposed on the approval of the tentative map which are tied to recordation of the map; and

2. Substantial conformance with the approved tentative map and any approved alterations thereof; and

3. Compliance of any improvement agreement(s) and security with the requirements of the Subdivision Map Act (Government Code § 66410 et seq.), Chapter 12 of this division (commencing with Section 5-5-1201) and the Subdivision Manual.

C. Each officer or department responsible for checking compliance of the final map shall report in writing to the City Engineer as to the compliance or noncompliance of the final map, improvement agreement(s) and security with laws as to matters coming under their jurisdiction, together with a statement of the changes necessary thereon to cause such map to comply with the law.

D. The final map, improvement agreement(s), security and any written comments provided to the City Engineer pursuant to Subdivision C shall be considered by the City Engineer for final approval or disapproval.

(Ord. No. 09-03, § 5, 4-28-09)

A. After receiving a completed final map, improvement agreement(s) and security, the City Engineer shall notify the City Council at its next regular meeting that he/she is reviewing the map for final approval, together with any required improvement agreement(s) and security.

B. Following the notification referenced in Section A, the City Clerk shall provide notice of any pending approval or disapproval by the City Engineer of any final map, improvement agreement(s) or security, which notice shall be attached and posted with the City Council's regular agenda and mailed to interested parties who have requested such notice.

C. The City Engineer shall check the final map as to correctness of surveying, data, plans, profiles and specifications of improvements, certificates or offers of dedications or vacations, acceptance of offers of dedications or vacations, and acknowledgements and such other matters as required to ensure compliance with the provisions of the law, the provisions of this chapter, and the requirements of the tentative map, including all conditions and mitigation measures contained within the resolution of approval. The City Engineer shall also check the improvement agreement(s) and security to assure their correctness and compliance with the provisions of the law, the provisions of this chapter, and the requirements of the tentative map.

D. If a final map, improvement agreement(s) and/or security fails to meet any of the requirements or conditions imposed by this division or the Subdivision Map Act (Government Code § 66410 et seq.), the map, improvement agreement(s) and/or security may be approved if, in the determination of the City Engineer, the failure to meet the requirement or condition is the result of technical and inadvertent error in the original requirement or condition, and it does not materially affect the validity of the map.

E. If the final map, improvement agreement(s) and/or security is in the correct form prescribed by the State Subdivision Map Act (Government Code § 66410 et seq.) and the City's Subdivision Manual and the matters shown hereon are sufficient, their correctness shall be certified on the map and the map, improvement agreement(s) and/or security shall be approved by the City Engineer in the form prescribed by the State Subdivision Map Act (Government Code § 66410 et seq.) and the City's Subdivision Manual. The City Engineer shall approve or disapprove the final map, improvement agreement(s) and/or security within 10 days following the noticed meeting of the City Council referenced in Paragraph B.

F. The City Engineer shall provide written notice of the approval or disapproval of the final map, improvement agreement(s) and/or security to the applicant and any other interested party who requested notice. Such notice shall describe the right to appeal the City Engineer's decision. The applicant or any interested party may appeal the decision of the City Engineer to the City Council pursuant to Section 5-5-110 of this division.

(Ord. No. 09-03, § 5, 4-28-09)

After recordation of the final map, the subdivider shall forward one electronic copy in PDF (portable document format) of the recorded final map to the City Engineer.

(Ord. No. 09-03, § 5, 4-28-09)

Multiple final maps relating to an approved or conditionally approved tentative map may be filed prior to the expiration of the tentative map if the subdivider, at the time the tentative map is filed, informs the City in writing of the subdivider's intention to file multiple final maps on the tentative map, or after the filing of the tentative map the subdivider and the City concur in the filing of multiple final maps. In providing the notice, the subdivider shall not be required to define the number or configuration of the proposed multiple maps. The filing of a final map on a portion of an approved or conditionally approved tentative map shall not invalidate any part of the tentative map. Each final map which constitutes a part or unit of the approved or conditionally approved tentative map shall have a separate subdivision number.

(Ord. No. 09-03, § 5, 4-28-09)

A final map shall be recorded for all master tentative maps (A maps) approved pursuant to Chapter 4 of this division before any subsequent tentative map (B map) relating to the same parcel or parcels of land shall be recorded.

(Ord. No. 09-03, § 5, 4-28-09)