§ 16.07

A.

Within fifty days of the filing of a tentative parcel map with the city administrator, the council shall hold a public hearing on said hearing on said tentative parcel map and, following the public hearing, shall take action by resolution to approve, conditionally approve or disapprove the tentative parcel map.

B.

Notice of time and place of any public hearing on a tentative parcel map shall be as set forth in Section 16.05.110B of this title.

C.

The council may make such investigations as it may determine necessary for the purposes of making its decision. The council shall of, and shall determine whether they comply with the provisions of this chapter. In approving, conditionally approving, or denying a tentative parcel map, the council shall make the findings set forth in Section 16.03.020 of this title.

D.

The decision of the council shall be final and the council shall report its decision directly to the subdivider within ten days of the decision.

(Ord. 87-2 §1(part), 1987).

16.07.040 - Waiver of parcel map.

A.

A subdivider may, at the time of filing of a tentative parcel map, file a request for waiver of the requirement for a parcel map. Such a request shall be filed with the city administrator in the form of an application therefor furnished by the city.

B.

The city administrator shall waive the requirement for the filing of a parcel map if, after consideration of the tentative parcel map, information submitted therewith, if he/she finds that all of the following conditions have been met:

1.

That the subdivider has complied with the provisions of Section 16.07.020B;

2.

That adequate monuments exist in the field which appear of record in the office of the county recorder to permit the retracement of boundaries for each parcel to be created;

3.

That no dedications of right-of-way or easements are offered or required;

4.

That all onsite and offsite improvements as required for parcel maps by Section 16.08.250 have been completed; and

5.

That the proposed division of land complies with requirements as to area, design, floodwater drainage control, sanitary disposal facilities, water supply availability, environmental protection and other requirements of the city and the Subdivision Map Act and this title.

C.

The instrument evidencing the city council's waiving the requirement for a parcel map shall be known as a "Waiver Certificate" which shall be prepared by the subdivider and shall consist of the following form, matters and attachments:

1.

A description of the boundary of the property proposed to be subdivided;

2.

A property plat map prepared by or under the direction of a registered civil engineer or licensed land surveyor and legibly drawn, printed or reproduced by a process guaranteeing a permanent record in black ink;

3.

The location of all division lines and the exterior boundary of the land included within the subdivision shall be indicated by distinctive lines and clearly so designated;

4.

The map shall be signed and sealed by the registered civil engineer or licensed land surveyor;

5.

A certificate shall be signed and acknowledged by the parties having record title interest, consenting to the preparation and recordation of the waiver certificate; and

6.

The size of each sheet shall be eight and one-half by eleven or thirteen inches. An entirely blank margin of two inches shall be left at the top of each sheet.

D.

Filing of Waiver Certificate.

1.

The waiver certificate shall be submitted to the city administrator for his or her examination prior to filing, together with all necessary fees for the recordation of the waiver certificate and evidence that all fees as hereinafter required have been paid. The city administrator shall examine the certificate of waiver, and if he or she finds the same to be substantially in the form required by this title, and in conformity with the

conditions imposed by the city council in connection with the approval of the tentative parcel map, he or she shall accept the same for filing and shall then transmit the same to the city engineer.

2.

Within twenty days after receiving the waiver certificate or with such additional time as may be reasonably necessary, the city engineer shall determine whether the waiver certificate is technically correct and conforms with the approved tentative parcel map. If approved, he or she shall so certify upon the waiver certificate.

3.

After affixing his or her signature upon the waiver certificate, the city engineer shall deliver the certificate to the city administrator who shall present the certificate to the county recorder for filing. When the certificate is presented to the county recorder and is accepted by him or her, he or she shall file and index the same in the official records of the county.

E.

Waiver of the parcel map shall not preclude the payment of fees as provided by Section 16.10.010. Said fees shall be calculated in the same manner as though a parcel map had been required and shall be paid prior to the filing of the waiver certificate with the city administrator.

(Ord. 87-2 §1(part), 1987).

The provisions of Section 16.01.120 shall govern the proceedings for the termination of a tentative parcel map with the exception that the city council shall have the right to approve or deny a subdivider's application for extension.

(Ord. 87-2 §1(part), 1987).

16.07.060 - Parcel map withdrawal.

A.

In the event the applicant wishes to terminate his or her application prior to the recordation of the parcel map, he or she shall transmit his or her request in writing to the administrator. Where an agreement to construct improvements has been executed, the city council, at their option, may release the applicant from his or her agreement to improve and release to him or here any surety bond or cash deposit which he or she may have posted upon completion of necessary abandonment proceedings.

B.

In the event the parcel map has been recorded with the county recorder, a revised parcel map may be prepared in the manner prescribed in this title for an original parcel map, and the revised parcel map shall supersede any previous parcel map.

(Ord. 87-2 §1(part), 1987).

The subdivider shall file five copies of the final parcel map with the city administrator not less than sixty days prior to the date on which the map must be recorded. The format and content of the final map shall be as prescribed in the following provisions and the Subdivision Map Act:

A.

The provisions for the establishment of the persons qualified to prepare parcel maps and of the standards for its preparation are as set forth in Section 66445 of the Subdivision Map Act;

B.

The scale of the map shall be one inch equals one hundred feet; except that subdivisions with lots of two and one-half acres or greater may use a scale of one inch equals two hundred feet, or the city engineer may require a different scale if complexity of detail so warrants;

C.

When the parcel map consists of more than two sheets, a key map drawn to a scale of one inch equals one thousand feet shall be placed on sheet number one indicating the relationship among all sheets. The particular number of each sheet and the total number of sheets comprising the map shall be stated on each of the sheets, and its relation to each adjoining sheet shall be clearly shown;

D.

The title of each parcel map shall consist of a parcel map number conspicuously placed on the sheet followed by the words "consisting of ...sheets" (showing the number thereof) followed by the words "In the City of Parlier". There shall appear a description of all the property being subdivided, by reference to such map or maps of the property shown thereon as previously recorded or filed with the county recorder pursuant to a final judgment in any action in partition, or previously filed in the office of the county recorder under authority of Chapter 3, Part 2 of Division 4 of the Business and Professions Code, or by reference to the plat of any United States Survey. Each reference, in such description, to any tract or subdivision shall be spelled out and worded identically with the original records thereof and must show a complete reference to the book and page of records of the county recorder. The description shall also include reference to any abandonment with the date, book, and page of records of the county recorder;

E.

A lot shall be shown in its entirety on one sheet. The parcel map shall particularly define, delineate and designate all parcels intended to be reserved for private purposes, all parcels offered for dedication for any purpose, and any private roads, with all dimensions, boundaries, and courses clearly shown and defined in every case. Parcels offered for dedication other than for roads, alleys, pedestrian walkways, water lots, or easements shall be designated. The parcels shall be numbered consecutively and shall continue without omission or duplication throughout the entire subdivision. Each parcel containing an area of one acre or more, excluding public easements of record, shall have designated thereon the net acreage of such lot shown not less accurately than to the nearest one-hundredth of an acre;

F.

A certificate for the city administrator shall be required where dedications are offered and shall certify the action of the city council to accept or reject the proposed dedications; and

G.

Evidence of title, acceptable to the county recorder, shall be secured from a title company indicating that, as shown by public records, the parties whose signatures appear on the map and consent to the recordation of the map are all the parties having a record title interest in the land being subdivided whose signatures are required by the Subdivision Map Act.

(Ord. 87-2 §1(part), 1987).

A.

The survey data requirements for parcel maps shall be the same as the requirements prescribed for final subdivision maps in this title.

B.

A parcel map may be compiled from available record or filed data when sufficient survey information exists on filed maps and when the location of any boundary of the parcel map either by monuments or possessory lines is certain. If there is not sufficient survey information on filed maps and when the location of the boundary of the parcel map is uncertain, a field survey shall be made.

(Ord. 87-2 §1(part), 1987).

The city administrator shall examine the parcel map, and if he or she finds the same to be substantially in the form required by this title, and in conformity with conditions imposed by the city council in connection with the approval of the tentative parcel map, he or she shall accept the same for filing and shall then transmit the same to the city engineer.

(Ord. 87-2 §1(part), 1987).

The city engineer shall examine the parcel map and it shall be certified by him or her if he or she finds that such map is substantially the same as the approved tentative parcel map and that the map is technically correct and in proper form as required by this title and the Subdivision Map Act. Review of the parcel map shall be completed by the city engineer within twenty days after receiving the map or within such additional time as may be reasonably necessary.

(Ord. 87-2 §1(part), 1987).

A.

If the subdivider states that the required improvements, if there be any, or any part of them have been completed, they shall be inspected by the city engineer, or any other official designated for such purposes by the council, and if the same have been completed in conformity with the requirements and applicable provisions of this title, he or she shall certify such fact on the parcel map or attach a certificate thereto so showing. If any of the improvements have not been properly completed, he or she shall attach his or her report thereof to the map.

B.

Completion of improvements or agreement shall be as provided in Section 16.10.040.

(Ord. 87-2 §1(part), 1987).

The city will not deny approval of a parcel map if it has previously approved a tentative parcel map for the proposed subdivision and if it finds that the parcel map is in substantial compliance with the previously approved tentative parcel map.

(Ord. 87-2 §1(part), 1987).

When the city administrator finds that the parcel map is substantially in the form required by this title, and in conformity with the conditions imposed by the city council in connection with the approval of the tentative parcel map, that, where required, the agreement and security respecting improvements have been approved and filed, and that all certificates of approval herein required have been made, he or she shall endorse on such map the final certification thereof.

(Ord. 87-2 §1(part), 1987).

The provisions for acceptance and rejection of offers of dedications shall be as set forth in Section 66477.1, 66477.2 and 66477.3 of the Subdivision Map Act.

(Ord. 87-2 §1(part), 1987).

Upon final certification and acceptance or rejection of dedications, the city administrator shall deliver the map to the county recorder for recordation. Whenever separate documents are to be recorded concurrently with the parcel map pursuant to Section 66435.1 or 66445 (h) of the Subdivision Map Act, the county recorder shall complete the cross-reference to such concurrently recorded separate documents.

(Ord. 87-2 §1(part), 1987).

All divisions of land shall be designed and improvements thereon constructed and dedications therefrom required as in the case of subdivisions as provided in Chapter 16.06.

(Ord. 87-2 §1(part), 1987).

Fees required for the filing, or as a condition of the recordation of a parcel map, are governed by the provisions of Chapter 16.09.

(Ord. 87-2 §1(part), 1987).

Chapter 16.08 - DESIGN AND IMPROVEMENT STANDARDS

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