Lodi Municipal Code Ch. 17.64 Surveys and Monuments

This chapter provides requirements for subdivision survey work and the placement of subdivision monuments.

(Ord. No. 1869, § 2, 2-20-2013)

The procedure and practice of all survey work done on any subdivision, whether for preparation of a final map or parcel map shall conform to the standard practices and principles of land surveying, the California Land Surveyor's Act, and the provisions of this article. All related documents shall be executed by a registered civil engineer licensed to practice land surveying in California, or a California-licensed land surveyor.

A. Traverse. The traverse of the exterior boundaries of the subdivision computed from field measurements of the ground must close within a limit of error of one foot to ten thousand feet of perimeter before balancing the survey.

B. Field Notes. When required by the public works director, the engineer or surveyor making the survey shall prepare complete field notes, in a form satisfactory to the public works director, showing references, ties, locations, elevations and other necessary data relating to monuments, set in compliance with these regulations, and shall submit the notes to the public works director to be indexed and retained as a part of the permanent public record of his office.

C. Geodetic Monuments. Whenever the public works director has established a system of coordinates which is within a reasonable distance of the subdivision boundary, as determined by the public works director, the field survey shall be tied into the city's monument system.

(Ord. No. 1869, § 2, 2-20-2013)

In surveying a subdivision, the engineer or surveyor shall set sufficient permanent monuments so that any part of the survey may be readily retraced. Survey monuments shall be set by the engineer or surveyor for all new subdivisions requiring a parcel map or final map (Division 16-122, Subdivision Map Approval Requirements), unless waived by the Public Works Director, in compliance with this section.

A. Boundary Monuments.

1. Boundary monuments shall be set on the exterior boundary of the subdivision at all corners, angle points, beginnings and ends of curves and at intermediate points approximately one thousand feet apart. The locations of inaccessible points may be established by ties and shall be so noted on the final map or parcel map.

2. All exterior boundary monuments shall be set prior to recordation of the final map or parcel map or as certified on the final map or parcel map.

B. Interior Monuments. Whenever interior monuments are required, the monuments shall be set in compliance with the city of Lodi public works department public improvement design standards, or as otherwise required by the public works director.

C. Monument Type and Positioning. All monuments set in the course of the survey shall be as specified by the public works director and shall be set to the depth and in the manner prescribed by the public works director in the public improvement design standards.

D. Identification Marks. All monuments shall be permanently and visibly marked or tagged with the registration or license number of the engineer or surveyor who signs the engineer's or surveyor's certificate and under whose supervision the survey is made.

E. Replacement of Destroyed Monuments. Any monument which is disturbed or destroyed before acceptance of all improvements by the city shall be replaced by the developer.

F. Timing of Monument Installation. The timing of the installation of a monument shall be in compliance with the Map Act (Section 66496).

G. Notice of Completion. Within five days after all monuments have been set, the engineer or surveyor shall give written notice to the developer and the public works director that the final monuments have been set. Verification of payment to the engineer or surveyor shall be filed as required by the Map Act (Article 9, Chapter 4). The cost of setting monuments shall be included in the engineer's estimate for improvements in compliance with Section 17.60.040 (Improvements Agreements and Security).

H. Inspection and Approval. All monuments shall be subject to the inspection and approval of the public works director.

(Ord. No. 1869, § 2, 2-20-2013)

The following survey information shall be shown on each final map or parcel map for which a field survey was made in compliance with this article:

A. Stakes, monuments (together with their precise position and description) or other evidence found on the ground, to determine the boundaries of the subdivision;

B. Corners of all adjoining properties identified by lot and block numbers, subdivision names, numbers and pages of record, or by section, township and range, or other proper designation;

C. The location and description of any required monuments to be set after recordation of the final map, and the statement that they are "to be set";

D. Bearing and length of each lot line, block line and boundary line and each required bearing and distance;

E. Length, radius, and angle of each curve and the bearing of each radial line to each lot corner on each curve;

F. The centerlines of any street or alley in or adjoining the subdivision which have been established by the public works director, together with reference to a field book or map showing the centerline and the monuments which determine its position. If determined by ties, that fact shall be so stated; and

G. Any other survey data or information as may be required to be shown by the public works director or by the provisions of this article.

(Ord. No. 1869, § 2, 2-20-2013)