§ 16.04

A final map shall be prepared by or under the direction of a qualified registered civil engineer or licensed land surveyor, registered or licensed by the state of California. Final map submittal shall include all information and materials as required by the community development director and city engineer. A final map submittal shall also include a digital copy of the final map, prepared using computer software and standards specified by the city engineer. The form and content of final maps shall be administered and interpreted by the city engineer.

(Ord. No. 698, § 4, 10-14-15)

A final tract map shall be required for every subdivision for which a tentative tract map is required pursuant to Section 16.02.010 (Applicability) of this title. A final parcel map shall be filed and recorded for any subdivision for which a tentative parcel map is required pursuant to Section 16.02.010 (Applicability) of this title. All final maps shall meet the requirements of this chapter.

A.

Evidence of Title. The evidence of title required by this chapter 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.

B.

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.

C.

Evidence of Sufficient Water Supply. For any final map that proposes a subdivision of five hundred or more residential units, 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 Section 66473.7, as amended.

2.

That the subdivision is exempted from the sufficient water supply verification requirement by virtue of a finding under Government Code Section 66473.7(i), as amended.

D.

Survey and Monumentation. Survey and monumentation for final maps shall be carried out in accordance with the requirements of and to the satisfaction of the city engineer.

E.

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. 698, § 4, 10-14-15)

A.

Filing with City Engineer. The final map, together with all data, information and materials required by Section 16.04.020 (Final map requirements) and any supplemental information required by the community development director pursuant to Section 16.04.060 (Supplemental information sheets) shall be submitted to the city engineer. The final map shall be considered submitted when it is deemed complete.

B.

Review of Final Map. The city engineer shall review the final map and all accompanying materials, and shall:

1.

Determine whether all applicable provisions of this title have been complied with, that the map is technically correct, and that it is in substantial compliance with the approved tentative map; and

2.

Obtain verification from the community development director that the final map conforms to the approved tentative map, complies with all applicable provisions of the zoning code and that any conditions of

approval have been completed.

C.

If the final map does not conform as required above, the applicant shall be notified within thirty days of the submittal of the final map, and given the opportunity to make necessary changes prior to tentative map expiration and resubmit the final map, together with all required data.

(Ord. No. 698, § 4, 10-14-15)

After determining that the final map is in compliance and is technically correct in compliance with Section 16.04.030 (Filing and processing of final maps), the city engineer shall execute the city engineer's certificate on the map and forward the final map to the city council for action, as follows.

A.

Review and Approval by City Council. The city council shall approve or disapprove the final map at its next regular meeting after the city clerk receives the final map, or at its next regular meeting after the meeting at which it receives the final map, unless that time limit is extended with the mutual consent of the city engineer and the applicant.

1.

Criteria for Approval. The city council shall approve the final map if it conforms to all the requirements of this title and all provisions of the zoning code that were applicable at the time that the tentative map was approved, and is in substantial compliance with the approved tentative map.

2.

Waiver of Errors. The city council may approve a final map that fails to meet any of the requirements of this zoning code or the subdivision map act applicable at the time of approval of the tentative map, when the city council finds that the failure of the final map is a technical or inadvertent error which, in the determination of the city council does not materially affect the validity of the final map.

3.

Approval by Inaction. If the city council does not approve or disapprove the final map within the prescribed time or any authorized extension, and the final map conforms to all applicable requirements and rulings, it shall be deemed approved, and the city clerk shall certify its approval on the final map.

B.

Map with Dedications. If a dedication or offer of dedication is required on the final map, the city council shall accept, or accept or reject with or without prejudice, any or all offers of dedication, at the same time as it takes action to approve the final map. If the city council rejects the offer of dedication, the offer shall remain open and the city council may, by resolution, rescind the rejection and accept the offer at a later date.

C.

Map with Incomplete Improvements. If improvements required by this title, conditions of approval or by law have not been completed at the time of approval of the final map, the city council shall require the applicant to enter into an agreement with the city as specified in Chapter 16.16 (Improvement Agreements and Security), as a condition precedent to the approval of the final map.

D.

Transmittal to Recorder. After action by the city council, and after the required signatures and seals have been affixed, the city clerk shall transmit the final map to county recorder for filing, in compliance with Section 16.04.070 (Recordation of maps).

(Ord. No. 698, § 4, 10-14-15)

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 applicant, at the time the tentative map is filed, informs the city in writing of the applicant's intention to file multiple final maps on the tentative map, or after the filing of the tentative map the applicant and the city concur in the filing of multiple final maps. In providing the notice, the applicant 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. 698, § 4, 10-14-15)

16.04.060 - Supplemental information sheets.

In addition to the information required to be included in tentative maps and final maps, additional information may be required to be submitted and recorded simultaneously with a final map as required by this section.

A.

Preparation and Form. The additional information required by this section shall be presented in the form of additional map sheets, unless the community development director determines that the type of information required would be more clearly and understandably presented in the form of a report or other document. The additional map sheet or sheets shall be prepared in the same manner and in substantially the same form as required for final maps by Section 16.04.010 (Final map form and content).

B.

Content of Information Sheets. Supplemental information sheets shall contain the following statements and information:

Title. A title sheet, including the number assigned to the accompanying final map by the city engineer, the words "supplemental information sheet;"

2.

Explanatory Statement. A statement following the title sheet that the supplemental information sheet is recorded along with the subject final map, and that the additional information being recorded with the final map is for informational purposes, describing conditions as of the date of filing, and is not intended to affect record title of interest;

3.

Location Map. A location map, at a scale not to exceed one inch equals two thousand feet. The map shall indicate the location of the subdivision within the city;

4.

Soils or Geologic Hazards Reports. When a soils report or geological hazard report has been prepared, the existence of the report shall be noted on the information sheet, together with the date of the report and the name of the engineer making the report; and

5.

Information Required by Conditions of Approval. Any information required by the approval body to be included on the supplemental information sheet(s) because of its importance to potential successors in interest to the property, including any other easements or dedications.

(Ord. No. 698, § 4, 10-14-15)

At the time of filing of a final map with the county recorder, the applicant shall present to the county recorder evidence that, at the time of filing the map, the parties consenting to the filing are all parties having vested fee interest in the property being subdivided and are parties required to sign the certificate.

(Ord. No. 698, § 4, 10-14-15)

16.04.080 - Amendments or corrections to final or recorded maps.

A recorded final map may be amended or corrected to correct errors in the recorded map or to change characteristics of the approved subdivision only as set forth in this section.

A.

Corrections. In the event that errors in a final map are discovered after recordation, corrections may be accomplished by either the filing of a certificate of correction or an amending map with the city engineer. An amending map shall be prepared consistent with the requirements of Chapter 16.02 (Tentative Map Filing and Processing). For the purposes of this Section, "errors" include errors in course or distance (but not changes in courses or distances from which an error is not ascertainable from the final map), omission of any course or distance, errors in legal descriptions, or any other map error or omission as approved by the

city engineer that does not affect any property right, including but not limited to lot numbers, acreage, street names, and identification of adjacent record maps. Other corrections may include indicating monuments set by engineers or surveyors other than the one that was responsible for setting monuments, or showing the proper character or location of any monument that was incorrectly shown, or that has been changed.

B.

Changes to Approved Subdivision. In the event that an applicant wishes to change the characteristics of an approved subdivision, including but not limited to the number or configuration of parcels, location of streets or easements, or the nature of required improvements, the construction of which has been deferred through the approval of an agreement in compliance with Chapter 16.16 (Improvement Agreements and Security), a new tentative and final map shall be filed and approved as required by this title.

(Ord. No. 698, § 4, 10-14-15)