Lassen County Municipal Code Art. 2 Parcel Maps

A parcel map shall be required pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, unless a parcel map waiver has been approved pursuant to Section 16.20.250. The form, contents, accompanying data and filing of the parcel map shall conform to the provisions of this article.

The parcel map shall be prepared by or under the direction of a California registered civil engineer authorized to practice land surveying or by or under the direction of a California licensed land surveyor.

(Ord. 2022-12 § 4)

(a) Multiple parcel maps relating to an approved or conditionally approved tentative map may be filed prior to the expiration of the tentative map if:

(1) The subdivider, at the time the tentative map is filed, requests the planning commission's approval for filing multiple parcel maps on such tentative map; or

(2) After approval of the tentative map, the planning commission and the subdivider concur in the filing of multiple parcel maps.

(b) The subdivider shall be required to define the configuration and number of proposed multiple parcel maps. The filing of a parcel map on a portion of an approved or conditionally approved tentative map shall not invalidate any part of such tentative map. The right of the subdivider to file multiple parcel maps shall not limit the authority of the planning commission to impose reasonable conditions relating to the filing of multiple parcel maps. The sequence of map approval shall provide for the construction of improvements as required to constitute a logical and orderly development of the whole subdivision.

(Ord. 2022-12 § 4)

An accurate and complete survey of the land to be subdivided shall be made by a California registered civil engineer authorized to practice land surveying or by a California licensed land surveyor. All monuments, property lines, centerlines of streets, alleys and easements adjoining or within the subdivision shall be tied into the survey. The allowable error of closure on any portion of the parcel map shall not exceed 1/10,000 for field closures and 1/20,000 for calculated closures.

At the time of making the survey for the parcel 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.

(Ord. 2022-12 § 4)

(a) The form of the parcel map shall conform to the Subdivision Map Act and as follows:

(1) The parcel map shall be legibly drawn, printed or reproduced by a process guaranteeing a permanent record in block on tracing cloth or polyester base film. Certificates, affidavits and acknowledgments may be legibly stamped or printed upon the map with opaque ink. If ink is used on polyester base film, the ink surface shall be coated with a suitable substance to assure permanent legibility.

(2) The size of each sheet shall be eighteen inches by twenty-six inches. A marginal line shall be drawn completely around each sheet, leaving an entirely blank margin of one inch. The scale of the map shall be as necessary to show all details clearly and enough sheets shall be used to accomplish this end. The particular number of the sheet and the total number of sheets comprising the map shall be stated on each of the sheets and its relation to each adjoining sheet shall be clearly shown. When four or more sheets, including the certificate sheet, are used a map key shall be included.

(3) All printing or lettering on the map shall be readily legible on prints and other reproductions made from the original drawings.

(b) The final form of the parcel map shall be as approved by the county surveyor.

(Ord. 2022-12 § 4)

The contents of the parcel map shall conform to the Subdivision Map Act and as follows:

(a) Boundary. The boundary of the subdivision shall be designated by a heavy black line in such a manner as not to obliterate figures or other data.

(b) Title. Each sheet shall have a title block identifying the legal owner(s) and subdivider, parcel map number and the location of the property being subdivided with reference to maps which have been previously recorded, or by reference to the plat of a United States Survey. The following words shall appear in the title: "Lassen County."

(c) Certification. The following certificates shall appear only once on the cover sheet.

(1) Owner's Certificate. A certificate signed and acknowledged by all parties having any record title interest in the land subdivided, consenting to the preparation and recordation of the map and offering for dedication to the public certain specific parcels of land or easements. Exceptions are those parties having rights-of-way, easements, or interests which cannot ripen into a fee, or as provided in the Subdivision Map Act.

(2) Trustee's Certificate. If required, a certificate signed and acknowledged by any trustees or beneficiaries of record at the time of board of supervisors approval of the parcel map, consenting to the recording of the map and any offers of dedications.

(3) Surveyor's Certificate. A certificate signed by the engineer or surveyor responsible for the survey and parcel map as required by Section 66449 of the Subdivision Map Act. The certificate shall give the date of the survey, state that the survey and parcel map were made by or under the direction of the engineer or surveyor, is based upon a field survey in conformance with the requirements of the Subdivision Map Act and local ordinances and substantially conforms to the conditionally approved tentative map. The parcel map shall also contain a statement by the engineer or surveyor responsible for the survey as required by Section 66445(i) of the Subdivision Map Act that states all monuments are of the character and occupy the positions indicated, or that they will be set in those positions on or before a specified date, and that the monuments are, or will be, sufficient to enable the survey to be retraced.

(4) Certificate of Soils and Geologic Report. When a soils report, a geologic report, or soils and geological reports have been prepared specifically for the parcel map, such fact shall be noted on the parcel map, together with the date of such report or reports, along with the name of the engineer making the soils report and geologist making the geologic report and the location where the reports are on file.

(5) County Surveyor's Certificate. A certificate signed by the county surveyor as required by Section 66450 of the Subdivision Map Act stating that the map has been examined and that it is substantially the same as the approved tentative map and any approved alterations, that it complies with the Subdivision Map Act and the provisions of this chapter and is technically correct.

(6) Planning Commission Certificate. A certificate signed by the secretary of the planning commission stating that the tentative map was approved by the planning commission and that the parcel map complies with the conditions of the tentative map approval.

(7) Supervisor's Certificate. A certificate for execution by the chair of the board of supervisors stating that the board of supervisors approved the parcel map and accepted, subject to improvement or rejected on behalf of the public, any real property or easements offered for dedication for public use or other uses in conformity with the terms of the offer of dedication.

(8) County Tax Collector's Certificate. A certificate for execution by the county tax collector stating that all taxes due have been paid or security assuring the payment of all taxes listed in Section 66493 of the Subdivision Map Act has been received.

(9) County Recorder's Certificate. A certificate for execution by the county recorder that shows who requested the filing of the map, the time and date the map was filed and the Book and Page where the map was filed.

(d) Scale, North Point and Basis of Bearings. There must appear on each map sheet a bar scale, a north point and a basis of the bearings. The basis of bearings shall be approved by the county surveyor.

(e) Linear, Angular and Radial Data. Sufficient linear, angular and radial data shall be shown to determine the bearings and lengths of monument lines, street centerlines, the boundary lines of the subdivision, the boundary lines on every lot and parcel which is a part of the subdivision, and ties to existing monuments used to establish the boundary. Arc length, radius and total central angle of all curves shall be shown. Ditto marks shall not be used in the dimensions and data shown on the map.

(f) Monuments. The location and description of all existing and proposed monuments shall be shown. Standard monuments shall be set at, or on county surveyor approved offsets, from the following locations:

(1) All lot, street, alley corners, angle points of boundary lines and points of beginning/ending of curves and change of curvature;

(2) Street centerline monumentation as may be required by the county surveyor;

(3) At other locations as may be required by the county surveyor to perpetuate or facilitate the re-establishment of any point or line of the survey;

(4) Monumentation shall be in compliance with Section 8772 of the Professional Land Surveyors' Act. Survey monuments shall, at a minimum, consist of one-half-inch (#4) rebar eighteen inches in length or three-quarter-inch metal pipes eighteen inches in length, either of which shall be marked with a permanent cap or tag stamped with the license number of the engineer or land surveyor responsible for the survey. Where a corner position falls in impervious material, and a witness corner is not set, a nail and tag shall be set where the tag is stamped with the license number of the licensed engineer or surveyor responsible for the survey. If any untagged pipe or monument is recovered and used as part of a survey, it shall be tagged or marked with the license number of the licensed engineer or surveyor responsible for the survey.

(g) Parcel Numbers. Parcels shall be lettered or numbered as required by the county surveyor. Each parcel shall be shown entirely on one sheet of the parcel map, unless approved by the county surveyor.

(h) City Boundaries. City or district boundaries which cross or join the subdivision shall be clearly designated.

(i) Street Names. The names of all streets, alleys, or highways within or adjoining the subdivision shall be shown along with the widths of said streets, alleys or highways.

(j) Easements.

(1) Easements for roads or streets, paths, stormwater drainage, sanitary sewers or other public use as may be required, shall be offered for dedication to the public but not accepted unless and until acceptance is deemed to be in the public interest by the county or other public agency, and the use shall be specified on the map. If, at the time the parcel map is approved, any streets, paths, alleys or storm drainage easements are not accepted by the board of supervisors, the offer of dedication shall remain open and the board of supervisors may, by resolution at any later date, accept and open the streets, paths, alleys or storm drainage easements for public use, which acceptance shall be recorded in the office of the county recorder.

(2) The board of supervisors may accept any dedications lying outside the subdivision boundary which require a separate grant deed. The acceptance shall be recorded in the office of the county recorder.

(3) All easements of record shall be shown on the map, together with sufficient recording data to identify the conveyance, e.g., Recorder's Serial Number and date, or Book and Page of Official Records.

(4) The sidelines of all easements of record shall be shown by dashed lines on the parcel map with the widths, lengths and bearings of record. The width and location of all proposed easements shall be approved by the county surveyor.

(Ord. 2022-12 § 4)

(a) The advisory agency may deem that additional information be required to be filed or recorded simultaneously with the parcel map pursuant to Section 66434.2 of the Subdivision Map Act.

(b) The additional information shall be in the form of a separate document or an additional map sheet and shall indicate its relationship to the parcel map. A statement shall be added which states that the additional information is for informational purposes, describing conditions as of the date of filing, and is not intended to affect record title interest. The document or additional map sheet may also contain a notation that the additional information is derived from public records or reports, and does not imply the correctness or sufficiency of those records or reports by the preparer of the document or additional map sheet.

(c) Additional survey and map information may include, but need not be limited to, building setback lines, flood hazard zones, seismic lines and setbacks, geologic mapping, and archaeological sites.

(Ord. 2022-12 § 4)

The subdivider shall submit two sets of prints of the parcel map to the county surveyor for review along with the applicable review fee listed in Chapter 3.18 of the Lassen County Code. The preliminary prints shall be accompanied by the following data, plans, reports and documents in a form as approved by the director of public works, or designated representative, and county surveyor.

(a) Title Report. A preliminary title report or condition of title report, issued within thirty days of the submittal date, showing the legal owners of the property or properties shown on the tentative map;

(b) Improvement Plans. Improvement plans as required by Sections 16.32.210 through 16.32.230 of this title;

(c) Deeds for Easements or Rights-of-Way. Deeds for off-site easements or rights-of-way required for road or drainage purposes which have not been dedicated on the parcel map. Written evidence acceptable to the county in the form of rights of entry or permanent easements across private property outside of the subdivision permitting or granting access to perform necessary construction work and permitting the maintenance of the facility;

(d) Traverse Closures. Traverse closures for all boundary blocks, lots, easements, street centerlines and monument lines;

(e) Hydrology and Hydraulic Calculations. Hydrology and hydraulic calculations of all storm drains;

(f) Any additional data, reports or information as required by the director of public works or designated representative, county surveyor, or county counsel.

(Ord. 2022-12 § 4)

The county surveyor shall review the parcel map and the subdivider's engineer or surveyor shall make corrections and/or additions until the map is acceptable to the county surveyor.

(Ord. 2022-12 § 4)

The subdivider's engineer or surveyor shall submit an original tracing of the map, corrected to its final form and signed by all parties required to execute the certificates on the map, to the county surveyor. This submittal shall include a parcel map guarantee, issued within ten days of the submittal date, along with the appropriate fees for recordation of all documents.

The county surveyor and secretary of the planning commission shall sign the appropriate certificates after all conditions of the tentative map have been satisfied and shall transmit the original to the county clerk.

(Ord. 2022-12 § 4)

Upon approval of the parcel map by the board of supervisors, the county clerk shall have the chair execute the appropriate certificate on the certificate sheet and then forward it to the county surveyor who shall ultimately transmit the map to the county recorder.

(Ord. 2022-12 § 4)

(a) In all instances in which an applicant desires that a waiver of the requirement of a parcel map be granted, a tentative parcel map of each proposed division shall be filed with the department of planning and building services as required by Article 1 of this chapter, together with a written request for a waiver of Section 16.20.150. The tentative map shall also be accompanied by the applicable fees for a parcel map as listed in Chapter 3.18 of the Lassen County Code.

(b) The tentative parcel map shall conform to the requirements of Section 16.20.020 and contain sufficient written information necessary to make the findings required by Section 66428(2)(b) of the Subdivision Map Act, and all other matters regulated by the Subdivision Map Act and this chapter. A preliminary title report or condition of title report showing the legal owners of the property or properties shown on the tentative map at the time of filing the tentative map may be required as determined by the director of the department of planning and building services or designated representative.

(c) A finding that the proposed division complies with all requirements of state law and this title as to area, improvement and design, floodwater drainage control, appropriate improved public roads, sanitary disposal facilities, water supply availability, environmental protection and other requirements of state law and this title, shall be made by the planning commission.

(d)

(1) Upon approval by the planning commission, the subdivider shall submit two copies of a consent of record owners document, that has been prepared by a California registered civil engineer authorized to practice land surveying, or by a California licensed land surveyor, and which includes legal descriptions for the resultant subject parcels, to the county surveyor for review. This submittal shall also include the applicable review fee for a parcel map as listed in Chapter 3.18 of the Lassen County Code. The preliminary copies shall be accompanied by a preliminary title report or condition of title report, issued within thirty days of the submittal date, showing the legal owners of the property or properties shown on the tentative map.

(2) A consent of record owners document shall also include the following certifications:

(A) Owner's Certificate. A certificate signed and acknowledged by all parties having any record title interest in the land subdivided, consenting to the preparation and recordation of the parcel map waiver and offering for dedication to the public certain specific parcels of land or easements. Exceptions are those parties having rights-of-way, easements, or interests which cannot ripen into a fee, or as provided in the Subdivision Map Act.

(B) Trustee's Certificate. If required, a certificate signed and acknowledged by any trustees or beneficiaries of record at the time of board of supervisors approval of the parcel map waiver, consenting to the recording of the parcel map waiver and any offers of dedications.

(C) Surveyor's Certificate. A certificate signed by the engineer or surveyor responsible for preparation of the consent of record owners document and the legal description(s) of the resultant parcels shown thereon. The form of this certificate shall be the same as required for parcel maps by Section 66449 of the Subdivision Map Act.

(D) County Surveyor's Certificate. A certificate signed by the county surveyor as required for parcel maps by Section 66450 of the Subdivision Map Act.

(F) Planning Commission Certificate. A certificate signed by the secretary of the planning commission stating that the tentative map was approved by the planning commission and that the parcel map waiver complies with the conditions of the tentative map approval.

(G) Supervisor's Certificate. A certificate for execution by the chair of the board of supervisors stating that the board of supervisors approved the parcel map waiver and accepted, subject to improvement or rejected on behalf of the public, any real property or easements offered for dedication for public use or other uses in conformity with the terms of the offer of dedication.

(H) County Tax Collector's Certificate. A certificate for execution by the county tax collector stating that all taxes due have been paid or that security assuring the payment of all taxes listed in Section 66493 of the Subdivision Map Act has been received.

(e) Easements for roads or streets, paths, stormwater drainage, sanitary sewers or other public use as may be required, shall be offered for dedication to the public but not accepted unless and until acceptance is deemed to be in the public interest by the county or other public agency, and the use shall be specified. If, at the time the parcel map waiver is approved, any streets, paths, alleys or storm drainage easements are not accepted by the board of supervisors, the offer of dedication shall remain open and the board of supervisors may, by resolution at any later date, accept and open the streets, paths, alleys or storm drainage easements for public use, which acceptance shall be recorded in the office of the county recorder.

(f) The board of supervisors may accept any dedications lying outside the subdivision boundary which require a separate grant deed. The acceptance shall be recorded in the office of the county recorder.

(g) All easements of record shall be shown on the consent of record owners document, together with sufficient recording data to identify the conveyance, e.g., Recorder's Serial Number and date, or Book and Page of Official Records.

(h) The county surveyor shall review the consent of record owners document and the subdivider's engineer or surveyor shall make corrections and/or additions until it is acceptable to the county surveyor. The subdivider's engineer or surveyor shall then submit an original copy of the consent of record owners document, corrected to its final form and signed by all parties required to execute the certificates, to the county surveyor. This submittal shall include a parcel map guarantee, issued within ten days of the submittal date, along with the appropriate fees for recordation of all documents.

(i) Upon satisfaction of all conditions and approval of the project by the board of supervisors, the county clerk shall have the chair execute the appropriate certificate on the consent of record owners document and then forward it to the county surveyor, who shall ultimately transmit the document to the county recorder for recording in the Official Records of Lassen County.

(j) The land division shall be deemed complete when the consent of record owners document and any other supporting documents have been recorded in the office of the county recorder.

(Ord. 2022-12 § 4)