Madera County Municipal Code Ch. 17.52 Improvement Standards and Procedures—monuments

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Editor's note— Ord. No. 278U, § 1 (Exh. A), adopted February 7, 2012, amended Chapter 17.52 in its entirety to read as herein set out. Former Chapter 17.52, §§ 17.52.010—17.52.070, pertained to similar material, and derived from Ord. No. 278, 1963; Ord. No. 278-J, 1977 and Ord. No. 278N, 2004.

A complete and accurate survey of the land to be subdivided shall be made by a registered civil engineer or licensed land surveyor licensed in the state of California (refer to Section 17.32.060) in accordance with standard practices and principles of land surveying and in accordance with the provisions of the Land Surveyors' Act, as set forth in Section 8772 of the Business and Professions Code of the state.

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

Permanent monuments of a type approved by the county engineer shall be installed at all of the following points:

A. Angle and curve points on the exterior boundaries of each unit of the subdivision;

B. All property corners and right-of-way boundaries.

Sufficient permanent monuments shall be set by the surveyor so that the survey or any portion thereof may be readily retraced. In no case shall the monument interval exceed five hundred feet.

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

All lot corners shall be identified with monuments not less substantial than one half-inch diameter iron rod and not less than thirty inches in length. The pipe shall have a plastic cap insert with a disc bearing the engineer's or surveyor's number stamped on the disc.

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

All government corners shall be identified with monuments not less substantial than one-inch diameter iron pipe, not less than thirty inches in length. The pipe shall have a plastic plug insert (or a brass tag set in concrete) with a disc bearing the engineer's or surveyor's professional license number stamped on the disc. Monuments shall be set flush with the surrounding surface, or may be set down six inches from the surface. In lieu of such pipe, a two and one-half-inch brass disc bearing the engineer's or surveyor's professional license number stamped on the disc, may be set in concrete when the monument falls in a roadway or other paved surface. In such case, the surface of the brass disc and concrete shall be set flush to the surrounding paving. The engineer or surveyor shall establish three or more ties to permanent objects surrounding the monument, and shall memorialize the monument and ties by filing a Corner Record with the office of the county engineer.

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

All monuments shall be subject to inspection and acceptance by the county engineer. Any monument or bench mark, as required by this title, that is disturbed or destroyed before acceptance of all improvements required by this title shall be replaced by the subdivider.

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

Monuments need not be set at the time of the final subdivision map recordation if the engineer or surveyor certifies on the map that the monuments will be set on or before a specified date subject to the approval of the county engineer, and if the subdivider furnishes to the board of supervisors a bond or cash deposit guaranteeing the payment of the cost of setting the monuments in accordance with the provisions of this title and section the Subdivision Map Act. The amount of the bond or deposit shall be determined by the county engineer.

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