Nevada City Municipal Code Art. VIII Final Maps

A final map, conforming with the approved or conditionally approved tentative map, shall be required for every subdivision described in Section 16.04.090.

(Ord. 369 § 9-01, 1975)

Within twenty-four (24) months of the date of approval or conditional approval of the tentative map,the subdivider may cause the proposed subdivision, or any part thereof, to be surveyed, and a final map to be prepared and recorded, in accordance with the provisions of this article and the Subdivision Map Act.

(Ord. 369 § 9-02, 1975; Ord. No. 2020-18, § 1, 10-28-2020)

Upon the written application of the subdivider filed prior to the expiration of the tentative map, the time for recording the final map may be extended by the city council for a period or periods not exceeding a total of two years.

(Ord. 369 § 9-03, 1975)

Failure to record a final map prior to the expiration of the tentative map shall terminate all proceedings, and before a final map may thereafter be recorded, a new tentative map shall be filed and processed in accordance with Articles VI and VII of this chapter.

(Ord. 369 § 9-04, 1975)

The form of the final map, and the information and certificates contained thereon, shall be governed by the provisions of Section 66433 et seq. of the Subdivision Map Act.

(Ord. 369 § 9-05, 1975)

The following instruments and other data shall accompany the final map:

A. Any offer of dedication by separate instrument, and accompanying title report, as may be required as a condition of approval of the tentative map;

B. Any deed restrictions to be recorded with the final map, in the form in which they are to be recorded, when required as a condition of approval of the tentative map;

C. A final grading plan, provided that such plan may be waived in the city engineer determines it to be unnecessary for proper grading and erosion control;

D. The complete plans, profiles, cross-sections and specifications for the construction and installation of improvements, as required by Article XIV;

E. All other data required by law or as a condition of approval of the tentative map.

(Ord. 369 § 9-06, 1975)

After causing all required certificates and acknowledgments to be executed, except the certificates of the city engineer, city clerk and county recorder, the subdivider shall submit to the city manager the original tracing of the final map and as may prints thereof as may be required, together with the accompanying instruments and other data. The city manager shall promptly submit the map and other material to the city engineer for review.

(Ord. 369 § 9-08, 1975)

At the time of filing the final map, the subdivider shall pay to the city a reasonable fee for processing said map, in accordance with a schedule of fees to be adopted by resolution of the city council.

(Ord. 369 § 9-07, 1975)

The city engineer shall examine the map, and if he finds it to be technically correct and in substantial conformity with the tentative map and any approved modifications thereof, and in conformity with the improvement plans and specifications for the subdivision, he shall execute the city engineer's certificate on the map and file it, together with the accompanying instruments and other data, with the city clerk. If the map is found to be incorrect or incomplete, the subdivider shall be notified in writing of the corrections or additions to be made before the map may be certified. The map shall be certified and filed with the city clerk within twenty days from the time of its submission to the city manager pursuant to Section 16.04.420.

(Ord. 369 § 9-09, 1975)

Within ten days after the filing of the final map with the city clerk, or at the next regular meeting of the city council after the meeting at which it receives the map, whichever is later, the council shall approve the map if it conforms with all of the requirements of the Subdivision Map Act, this chapter and any rulings made thereunder, and if not, the council shall disapprove the map. If the council does not approve or disapprove the map within the prescribed time, or any authorized extension thereof, and the map conforms with all said requirements, it shall be deemed approved, and the city clerk shall certify such approval thereon. At the same time the council approves the final map, it shall also accept, accept subject to improvement, or reject any offer of dedication, and the city clerk shall certify such action on the map. If, at the time of approval of the final map by the council, any public improvements required by the Subdivision Map Act and this chapter have not been completed, the council, as a condition precedent to the approval of the map, shall require the subdivider to enter into an improvement agreement and to furnish improvement security, as specified in Article XIV of this chapter.

(Ord. 369 § 9-10, 1975)

Upon approval by the city council, the final map shall be further processed, and shall be filed in the office of the county recorder, in accordance with the provisions of Section 66464 et seq. of the Subdivision Map Act.

(Ord. 369 § 9-11, 1975)