Morgan Hill Municipal Code Art. II Parcel Maps

The form and contents, submittal, approval and filing of parcel maps shall conform to the provisions of this chapter and the State Subdivision Map Act.

(Ord. 635 N.S. § A (part), 1983)

An accurate and complete survey of the land to be subdivided shall be made by a registered civil engineer or 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 1/10000 for field closures and 1/20000 for calculated closures.

(Ord. 635 N.S. § A (part), 1983)

The form of the parcel map shall conform to final map form requirements as specified by Article III of Chapter 17.20 of this title.

(Ord. 635 N.S. § A (part), 1983)

A. The contents of the parcel map shall conform to final map content requirements as specified by Article III of Chapter 17.20 of this title, and as modified herein.

B. Certificates shall be in accordance with Sections 66449 and 66450 of the Government Code.

C. Lots shall be designated by letters commencing with "A."

(Ord. 1143 N.S. § 37, 1993; Ord. 635 N.S. § A (part), 1983)

A. The subdivider shall submit three sets of prints of the parcel map to the city engineer for checking. The preliminary prints shall be accompanied by two copies of the data, plans, reports and documents as required for final maps by Article III of Chapter 17.20 of this title, Preliminary Submittal, and as modified herein. The city engineer may waive any of the requirements upon finding that the location and nature of the proposed subdivision is such as not to necessitate compliance with the requirements of Article III of Chapter 17.20 of this title.

B. Any additional information or documents required shall be as specified with the conditions of approval of the tentative map.

(Ord. 635 N.S. § A (part), 1983)

Upon completing preliminary check, the city engineer shall note the required corrections on the preliminary prints, reports and data and return one set to the subdivider's engineer for revision.

(Ord. 635 N.S. § A (part), 1983)

The subdivider's engineer shall submit two sets of the revised map, reports and data to the city engineer. After checking the revisions, one set shall be returned to the subdivider's engineer marked, "Approved as Submitted," "Approved When Corrected as Noted" or "Revise and Resubmit."

(Ord. 635 N.S. § A (part), 1983)

Upon receipt of an approved print, the subdivider shall submit the original tracing of the revised map, prepared in accordance with the Subdivision Map Act and this chapter and corrected to its final form, and signed by all parties required by the Map Act and this chapter to execute the certificates on the map, to the planning commission.

(Ord. 635 N.S. § A (part), 1983)

The city clerk or authorized agent shall transmit the approved parcel map directly to the county recorder.

(Ord. 635 N.S. § A (part), 1983)

A. The community development director may waive the parcel map for the following:

1. Division of real property or interests therein created by probate eminent domain procedures, partition or other civil judgments or decrees; or

2. A division of property resulting from the conveyance of land, or interest therein, to a public agency for a public purpose, such as school sites, public building sites or rights-of-way for streets, sewers, utilities, drainage, etc.; or

3. The community development director may waive the parcel map upon making a finding that the proposed division of land complies with requirements as to area, improvement and design, flood water drainage control, appropriate improved public roads, sanitary disposal facilities, water supply availability, environmental protection and other requirements of this chapter, local ordinance and the Subdivision Map Act.

B. Upon waiving the parcel map requirement, the city engineer shall cause to be filed with the county recorder a certificate of compliance for the land to be divided.

C. A parcel map waived by the community development director may be conditioned to provide for payment of park, drainage and other fees by a method approved by the community development director.

(Ord. 635 N.S. § A (part), 1983)