Lincoln Municipal Code Ch. 17.24 Final Map

A final map is required for all subdivisions for which a tentative map has been filed except those subdivisions for which a parcel map has been filed in accordance with Chapter 17.20.

(Ord. 324B §5-1, 1977)

Within 24 months of the date of approval or conditional approval of the tentative map, or within such additional time as may be granted by the city council, the subdivider may cause the proposed subdivision or any part thereof to be surveyed and a final map to be prepared and recorded as provided in this chapter and in the Subdivision Map Act.

(Ord. 405B §8, 1982: Ord. 360 §4, 1979: Ord. 324B §5-2, 1977)

Failure to record a final map within the time specified in Section 17.24.020 shall terminate all proceedings, unless an extension of time to file has been granted by the city council. The council may grant an extension up to but not exceeding an additional 24 months. Applications for time extensions shall be made in writing and sent to the commission not less than 30 days prior to the expiration of the initial 24-month period. Any extension to be granted shall be subject to the conditions that the final map shall be prepared and improvements shall be constructed and installed in compliance with the requirements at the time such extension is considered by the council. A fee for processing any such extension of time shall be required in an amount determined by resolution of the council.

(Ord. 405B §9, 1982: Ord. 360 §5, 1979: Ord. 324B §5-3, 1977)

The final map shall be prepared by, or under the direction of, a registered civil engineer or licensed land surveyor in the manner required by the Subdivision Map Act, and shall conform to all of the following:

(1) The general form and layout of the map, including size and type of lettering, drafting and location of acknowledgements, etc., shall be determined by the city engineer.

(2) The scale of the map shall be one inch equals 100 feet, unless otherwise permitted by the city engineer, but in any case the map shall show clearly all details of the subdivision.

(3) All dimensions shall be shown in feet and hundredths of the foot. No ditto marks shall be used.

(4) If more than three sheets are necessary to show the entire subdivision, an index map shall be included on one of the sheets.

(5) The subdivision designation, tract number, scale and north point shall be shown on each sheet.

(6) A title sheet, designated as page one of the final map, shall be provided unless the size of the subdivision permits all of the information to be shown on the same sheet.

(7) The final map shall be in such condition when filed that legible prints and negatives can be made from it.

(Ord. 324B §5-4, 1977)

The title sheet shall contain the following:

(1) Title, comprising the tract number as secured from the city engineer's office, followed by the words, "City of Lincoln";

(2) Below the title shall be a subtitle consisting of a description of all property being subdivided with reference to such maps, final judgments, previous subdivision maps and plats of the United States survey;

(3) The subtitle of final maps filed for the purpose of reverting subdivided land to acreage shall consist of the words, "A Reversion to Acreage of" (insert a legal description, by reference to title and date of approval of prior approved subdivision map);

(4) References to tracts and subdivisions in the description shall be worded identically with original records, and references to book and page of record must be complete;

(5) Affidavits, certificates, acknowledgements and endorsements, etc., required by law and by these regulations;

(6) The basis of bearings used in the field survey, making reference to some recorded subdivision map or other record acceptable to the city engineer.

(Ord. 324B §5-5, 1977)

The final map shall substantially conform to the tentative map approved or conditionally approved by the council, including any approved modifications, and shall include the following:

(1) The boundary line of the subdivision shall be designated by heavy colored border line;

(2) All areas shown on the map which do not constitute a part of the subdivision shall be labeled "not a part of this subdivision" or "N.A.P.O.T.S."; all lines delineating such areas shall be dashed;

(3) All survey data and information;

(4) All lots or parcels intended for sale or reserved for private purposes and for all parcels offered for dedication to the city or any other public agency with all dimensions, boundaries and courses clearly shown and defined in each case;

(5) All lots shall be numbered consecutively without omissions or duplications, throughout the subdivision, starting with the number 1, except units of a total development which shall be numbered consecutively throughout the entire development. Only parcels offered for dedication other than for streets and easements shall be designated by letters. Each numbered lot shall be shown entirely on one sheet;

(6) The location and total width of all streets, alleys, pedestrian ways, equestrian hiking trails and biking trails; the names of streets and the width of each side or centerline of each street, the width of each street, alley, pedestrian way, equestrian or hiking trail and bike path being dedicated;

(7) The location and widths of any other rights-of-way within the subdivision;

(8) Building setback lines;

(9) All necessary data, including widths and boundaries relating to all public easements, which shall be clearly labeled and identified as to nature and purpose. Previously recorded easements shall be identified by reference to record data. Any easement not definitely located of record shall appear in the title sheet. Easements shall be denoted by fine, dashed lines;

(10) All limitations on rights of access to and from streets and lots and other parcels of land;

(11) The lines of any natural watercourse, channel, stream, creek or body of water in or adjacent to the subdivision;

(12) All limitations on rights of access to, or use of, any natural watercourse, channel, stream, creek or body of water in or adjacent to the subdivision;

(13) Any city boundary crossing or adjoining the subdivision shall be clearly designated and identified;

(14) All subdivisions which are in areas designated as special flood hazard areas pursuant to the Chapter 15.32 shall include the elevations of proposed structure(s) and pad(s), as well as any other information required by Chapter 15.32, Flood Damage Prevention, of this code.

(Ord. 403B §2, 1981; Ord. 324B §5-6, 1977)

The following data, in as many copies as required by the city engineer, shall be filed with the final map:

(1) The names, addresses and telephone numbers of the record owners, subdivider, and persons preparing the final map;

(2) A guarantee of title, or a letter from a title company, certifying that the signatures of all persons whose consent is necessary to pass a clear title to the land and all acknowledgements thereto appear and are correctly shown on the proper certificates, and are correctly shown on the final map, both as to the consents for the making thereof and the affidavit of dedication;

(3) The agreement to make improvements and the security for such improvements as required by Chapter 17.40 of this code;

(4) The city engineer may require the following information:

a. A traverse sheet in a form to be approved by him and complete plans, profiles and cross-sections for the construction and installation of the improvements required by this title,

b. A final grading plan;

(5) All protective covenants, conditions and restrictions in the form in which they are to be recorded;

(6) All offers of dedication, whether they are by separate instrument or are part of the final map;

(7) All other data required by law or imposed as a condition of approval of the tentative map.

(Ord. 324B §5-7, 1977)

A filing fee in an amount to be determined by the council by resolution shall accompany the final map.

(Ord. 324B §5-8, 1977)

The subdivider shall cause all certificates to be executed except those to be executed by the city engineer, the city clerk and the county recorder, and shall file with the city engineer the original tracing of the final map and as many prints thereof as the city engineer may require. The city engineer shall examine the map and, if he finds it to be in substantial conformity with the approved tentative map and with improvement plans and specifications in compliance with the requirements of this title, and such other plans that are pertinent, he shall execute the city engineer's certificate on the map. He shall file the map with the city clerk. Should the map or other accompanying documents be found to be incomplete or incorrect, the city engineer shall notify the subdivider in writing by mail of the changes or additions that must be made before the map may be certified. The city engineer shall act on the final map within 20 days from the time the final map is submitted to him by the subdivider for approval.

(Ord. 324B §5-9, 1977)

The council shall, within a period of ten days after the filing of the final map with the city clerk for approval, or at its next regular meeting after the meeting at which it receives the map from the city clerk, whichever date is later, approve the map if it conforms to all the requirements of the Subdivision Map Act and this title. It shall disapprove a map if it does not conform as provided above. If at the time of approval of the final map all public improvements required in the particular subdivision have not been completed and accepted in accordance with the provisions of this title the council shall, as a condition precedent to the approval of the final map, require the subdivider to enter into an agreement as provided by Section 17.40.090. The agreement shall be in a form approved by the city attorney, and shall be secured by improvement security as provided by Sections 17.40.100 and 17.40.110.

(Ord. 324B §5-10, 1977)

Approval of a final map for a subdivision resulting from the conversion of residential real property into a condominium project or community apartment project shall be subject to the provisions of section 66427.1 of the Government Code.

(Ord. 324B §17-2, 1977)