Chapter 17.70 — OFFICIAL MAPS

Prior ordinance history: Ord. 543.

Whenever any subdivision of land is plotted or divided into lots by blocks, and whenever any addition to any subdivision is laid out into lots or blocks for the purpose of sale or transfer, the county surveyor, under the direction and with the approval of the board of supervisors, may make an official map of the town or subdivision, giving to each block on the map a number, and to each lot or subdivision in the block a separate number or letter, and giving names to the streets, avenues, lanes, courts, commons or parks, as may be delineated on the official map. Ref Division 3 of the Subdivision Map Act beginning with Section 66499.50 of the Government Code.

If there is no county surveyor subject to the direction of the board of supervisors, the board may employ competent engineers and surveyors to the extent necessary for the carrying out of the purposes of this section in the county of Madera, and the persons so appointed shall have the same authority and shall perform the same duties as are given to and enjoined upon county surveyors in like cases. The services of engineers and surveyors so employed shall be contracted for, examined, passed upon, audited and paid as are other debts contracted by the board of supervisors.

(Ord. No. 278U, § 1 (Exh. A), 2-7-12; Ord. 278N § 15(part), 2004).

Any surveyor or civil engineer, licensed in the state of California, under the review of the county surveyor may prepare an official map to be filed for record pursuant to subdivisions (D) and (E) of Section 66499.35 of the California Government Code. The map shall be prepared in accordance with the map format specifications of subdivisions (a) to (f), inclusive, of Section 66434 of the Government Code.

(Ord. No. 278U, § 1 (Exh. A), 2-7-12; Ord. 278N § 15(part), 2004).

Payment for the services of the county surveyor, and any charges required for processing the official map by the county surveyor, shall be the responsibility of the applicant.

(Ord. No. 278U, § 1 (Exh. A), 2-7-12; Ord. 278N § 15(part), 2004).

The official map shall include a surveyor statement stating that the map was prepared pursuant to the provisions of Government Code 66499.52 and shall include an approval statement of the county surveyor. The statement shall be signed, and below or immediately adjacent to the signature, shall indicate the license or registration number with expiration date of the registered civil engineer or license land surveyor preparing and approving the official map.

(Ord. No. 278U, § 1 (Exh. A), 2-7-12; Ord. 278N § 15(part), 2004).

The engineer or surveyor under the direction and with the approval of the board of supervisors may compile the map from maps on file, or may resurvey or renumber the blocks, or renumber or reletter the lots in the blocks, or change the names of the streets

(Ord. No. 278U, § 1 (Exh. A), 2-7-12; Ord. 278N § 15(part), 2004).

Each and every map made and adopted pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be certified under the hands of a majority of the members and the presiding officer and secretary and official seal of the board of supervisors. The certificate shall set forth in full the resolution adopting the map, with a date of adoption.

(Ord. No. 278U, § 1 (Exh. A), 2-7-12; Ord. 278N § 15(part), 2004).

The map, so certified, shall be forthwith filed in the office of the county recorder. The recorder shall immediately securely fasten and bind each map so filed in one of a series of firmly bound books to be provided, together with the proper indices thereof and appropriately marked for the reception of the maps provided for in the division of the Government Code governing official maps.

(Ord. No. 278U, § 1 (Exh. A), 2-7-12).

The maps shall become an official map for all purposes of Division 3 of the Subdivision Map Act when certified, filed and bound, and not before.

(Ord. No. 278U, § 1 (Exh. A), 2-7-12; Ord. 278N § 15(part), 2004).

Whenever the board of supervisors adopts a map as provided in this chapter as the official map of a subdivision, town or county, it shall be lawful and sufficient to describe the lots or blocks in any deeds, conveyances, contracts, or obligations affecting any of the lots or blocks as designated on the official map, a reference sufficient for the identification of the map being coupled with the description.

(Ord. No. 278U, § 1 (Exh. A), 2-7-12; Ord. 278N § 15(part), 2004).

All surveys and the field notes thereof made by any engineer or surveyor, under the provisions of this chapter, or in surveying officially any lots or parcels of land in any town or county for the purposes of any map under this chapter, shall be filed in the office of the surveyor or engineer, as the case may be, and shall become a part of the public records of the county.

(Ord. No. 278U, § 1 (Exh. A), 2-7-12; Ord. 278N § 15(part), 2004).

III. - SHORT SUBDIVISIONS