Chapter 16.08 — MAPS

• A. The requirements for the filing of subdivision maps shall be governed by the provisions of the Subdivision Map Act and the provisions of this title. All maps shall comply with the provisions of the Subdivision Map Act, the City Zoning Ordinance, this title, and any other ordinance, statute or law pertaining to the use, sale, leasing or subdivision of land.

• B. Maps for condominium projects or community apartment projects shall comply with applicable provisions of the Subdivision Map Act.

• C. In all cases where a final parcel map is required under the Subdivision Map Act or this title, the subdivider shall also submit a tentative parcel map pursuant to the procedure set forth in this title.

• D. Whenever a final parcel map is required by any provision of the Subdivision Map Act or this title, such a requirement may be waived by the City. The subdivider shall submit to the City a tentative parcel map pursuant to the procedure set forth herein and shall request a waiver of the requirement of a final parcel map.

• E. The advisory agency with the power of final approval over the tentative parcel map, shall thereupon make a finding that the proposed division of land complies with all requirements of the Subdivision Map Act or this title, and all other resolutions and ordinances of this City, including, but not limited to, requirements concerning area, improvements and design, floodwater drainage control, appropriate improved public roads, sanitary disposal facilities, water supply availability, public safety facilities and environmental protection. For parcel maps submitted pursuant to SB 9, the Community Development Director shall approve or deny the application for a parcel map for an urban lot split ministerially without discretionary review.

(Prior code 10020; Ord. 22-78; Ord. 15-23, 11/14/2023)

Any property owner or authorized agent who proposes to subdivide any property for the purpose of creating a subdivision of five or more parcels, five or more condominiums or a community apartment project containing five or more parcels or for any other subdivision for which a parcel map is not required, shall file a tentative and final tract map with the staff of the Department of Public Works.

(Prior code 10021(a); Ord. 22-78)

The following shall govern the form and content of tentative tract maps:

• A. A legal description of the proposed subdivision;

• B. Approximate acreage of the subdivision;

• C. Name and address of:

  1. Record owner,

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City of Orange, CA

SUBDIVISIONS

§ 16.08.030

§ 16.08.040

2. Subdivider,

3. Engineer or surveyor;

• D. The boundary of the subdivision, indicated by a distinctive border;

• E. The names and relative locations of adjoining subdivision and adjoining and abutting streets as well as a list of all property owners within 300 feet of the exterior boundary lines of the property involved as certified by a title insurance company authorized to do business in Orange County;

• F. Approximate size and location of all lots;

• G. The streets, alleys and easements, etc., which are to be dedicated by the final tract map, and widths of such streets and alleys;

• H. Public utilities easements, except where such easements are located in public streets;

• I. Private easements;

• J. Approximate dimensions, including length of each curb radius;

• K. Topographic features such as railroads, natural drainageways, drainage ditches or pipelines, location of existing sewer and waterlines and other features which may have an effect upon the proposed subdivision or its design;

• L. A typical section for each class of street involved;

• M. A brief plan or description of the proposed drainage system;

• N. Indication of area subject to overflow or inundation for a frequency period to be determined by the Department of Public Works;

• O. Method of sewage disposal;

• P. North arrow and scale;

• Q. Date of plot;

• R. Contours at no more than two-foot intervals if slope is less than 10% or five-foot intervals for slopes of more than 10%;

• S. Grading details showing cut and fill slope configuration, pad elevations, retaining wall details or other pertinent physical development details dictated by terrain and tract layout;

• T. Such other information or materials as may be required by the Department of Public Works. (Prior code 10021(b)(1); Ord. 22-78; Ord. 30-80)

In addition to the requirements of the Subdivision Map Act, the following shall govern the form and content of final tract maps:

• A. Approximate three-inch by three-inch blank space near upper right-hand corner for recorder's stamp;

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City of Orange, CA

ORANGE CODE

§ 16.08.040

§ 16.08.060

• B. "Sheet _____ of ________" preferably in upper left-hand corner;

• C. Show Tentative Map number;

• D. Show name of city (or unincorporated territory), County of Orange, State of California;

• E. Basis of bearings if based on field survey;

• F. Monument date or each monument described and referenced separately;

• G. Blue border around exterior boundary line of land being divided, drafted on exterior side of boundary line; the blue border shall be the fee title line;

• H. In the event that the blue border of the parcel map encompasses more than one public entity (City-City or City-County), the appropriate officials of both entities must sign the map;

• I. No lot shall be plotted so as to be divided by a City or County boundary line;

• J. Prior to recordation of a final tract map, the surveyor or engineer preparing the map shall submit to the Public Works Department a digital graphics file containing such information and data and in such format as shall be acceptable to the Public Works Director/City Engineer; and

• K. Such other information or materials as may be required by the Public Works Department. (Prior code 10021(b)(2); Ord. 22-78; Ord. 15-01)

Whenever a tentative or final tract map is not required by the Subdivision Map Act, a tentative parcel map shall be filed with the Department of Public Works. (Prior code 10022(a); Ord. 22-78)

In addition to the requirements of the Subdivision Map Act, the following shall govern the form and content of tentative parcel maps:

• A. A plot plan drawn to a suitable scale showing the following:

  1. The exterior boundaries of the property including all bordering streets or easements;

  2. The location of the property in relation to the nearest street intersection;

  3. The layout of the parcels proposed, the dimensions of each, and a number on each parcel;

  4. The location of each existing building or structure and the distance of each from the nearest parcel line;

  5. The location of existing wells, cesspools, septic systems, irrigation lines and underground structures and the distance of each from the nearest parcel line;

  6. The location of existing and/or proposed easements including those which cross adjacent properties to serve the proposed parcels.

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SUBDIVISIONS

§ 16.08.060

§ 16.08.070

• B. Such other information or materials as may be required by the Department of Public Works. (Prior code 10022(b)(1); Ord. 22-78)

The following shall govern the form and content of final parcel maps: Adoption of the section incorporates Section 16.08.060 with all its subparagraphs and all amendments thereto. In addition, the following may be required:

• A. "RST _____" preferably in upper right-hand corner;

• B. Dedications or offers of dedication may be made either by certificate on the parcel map or by separate instrument in accordance with the procedure set forth in the Subdivision Map Act;

• C. In all cases where a parcel map is required herein, such a map shall be based on a field survey made in conformity with the Land Surveyor's Act; and

• D. Prior to recordation of a final parcel map, the surveyor or engineer preparing the map shall submit to the Public Works Director/City Engineer a digital graphics file containing such information and data and in such format as shall be acceptable to the Public Works Department.

(Prior code 10022(b)(2); Ord. 22-78; Ord. 15-01)

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City of Orange, CA

SUBDIVISIONS

§ 16.12.010

§ 16.12.030