§ 7.40

Pursuant to Government Code Section 66469 et seq., after a final or parcel map is filed in the Office of the County Clerk/County Recorder, it may be amended by a certificate of correction or an amending map:

• A. To correct an error in any course or distance shown thereon;

• B. To show any course or distance that was omitted therefrom;

• C. To correct an error in the description of the real property shown on the map;

• D. To indicate monuments set after the death, disability, or retirement from practice of the engineer or surveyor charged with responsibilities for setting monuments;

• E. To show the proper location of any monument which has been changed in location, or character, or originally was shown at the wrong location or incorrectly as to its character;

• F. To correct any other type of map error or omission as approved by the City Engineer, which does not affect any property right. Errors and omissions may include, but are not limited to, lot numbers, acreage, street names, and identification of adjacent record maps. "Error" does not include changes in courses or distances from which an error is not ascertainable from the date shown on the final or parcel map.

• (Ord. 171 § 1, 2007)

The amending map or certificate of correction shall be prepared by a registered civil engineer or licensed land surveyor. The form and contents of the amending map shall conform to the requirements of Chapter 7.24 if a final map, and Chapter 7.22 if a parcel map. The certificate of correction shall set forth in detail the corrections made and show the names of the present fee owners of the property affected by the correction. (Ord. 171 § 1, 2007)

• A. The amending map or certificate of correction, complete as to final form, shall be submitted to the City Engineer for review and approval.

• B. The City Engineer shall examine the amending map or certificate of correction and if the only changes are those set forth in Section 7.40.010 of this Code, this fact shall be certified by the City Engineer on the amending map or certificate of correction.

• (Ord. 171 § 1, 2007)

Pursuant to Government Code Section 66472.1, after a final map or parcel map is filed in the Office of the County Recorder, such a recorded final map may be modified by a certificate of correction or an amending map when there are changes in circumstances which make any or all

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City of Lake Forest, CA § 7.40.040

LAKE FOREST CODE

§ 7.40.050

of the conditions of the map no longer appropriate or necessary and that the modifications do not impose any additional burden on the present fee owner of the property, and if the modifications do not alter any right, title, or interest in the real property reflected on the recorded map, and the City Council finds that the map as modified conforms to Government Code Section 66474. The modification shall be set for public hearing by the City Council, in accordance with Sections 7.05.045 and 7.05.050 of this Code and in accordance with Government Code Section 66451.3. The City Council shall confine the hearing to consideration of, and recommended action on, the proposed modification.

(Ord. 171 § 1, 2007)

The amending map or certificate of correction certified by the City Engineer shall be filed in the Office of the County Clerk/County Recorder. Upon such filing, the County Clerk/ County Recorder shall index the names of the fee owners and the appropriate subdivision designation shown on the amending map or certificate of correction in the general index and map index, respectively. Thereupon, the original map shall be deemed to have been conclusively so corrected, and thereafter shall impart constructive notice of all such corrections in the same manner as though set forth upon the original map.

(Ord. 171 § 1, 2007)

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City of Lake Forest, CA

SUBDIVISIONS

§ 7.50.010

§ 7.50.040

CHAPTER 7.50 STATE-MANDATED SUBDIVISIONS—URBAN LOT SPLITS