San Anselmo Municipal Code Art. 6 Final Maps

(a) Preparation. The Final map shall be prepared by, or under the direction of, a registered civil engineer or licensed land surveyor, shall be based upon a survey, and shall conform to all of the provisions of this section.

(b) Materials. The final map shall be legibly drawn, printed, or reproduced by a process guaranteeing a permanent record, in black, on tracing cloth or polyester base film. The certificates, affidavits, and acknowledgments may be legibly stamped or printed upon the map with opaque ink. If ink is used on polyester base film, the ink surface shall be coated with a suitable substance to assure permanent legibility.

(c) Size. The size of each sheet shall be eighteen (18″) inches by twenty-six (26″) inches. A marginal line shall be drawn completely around each sheet, leaving an entirely blank margin of one inch. The scale of the final map shall be large enough to show all details clearly, and enough sheets shall be used to accomplish this end. The particular number of the 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) Tract information. Every sheet comprising the final map shall bear the tract name, scale, north point, legend, sheet number, and number of sheets comprising the map. The title sheet shall contain the name of the tract and, if any of the land being subdivided has been previously shown on a recorded map, a subtitle referring to such recorded map. Below the name of the tract shall be clearly noted the basis of bearing for the survey. The tract name shall not be the same as the name of any existing city, town, tract, or subdivision of land into lots in the County of which a map or plot has been previously recorded, nor shall such name be so nearly the same as to mislead the public or cause confusion as to the identity thereof.

(e) Survey data. All survey and mathematical information and data necessary to locate all monuments and to locate and retrace any and all interior and exterior boundary lines appearing thereon shall be shown, including the bearings and distances of straight lines, and radii and arc length or chord bearings and lengths for all curves, and such information as may be necessary to determine the location of the centers of curves and ties to existing monuments used to establish the subdivision boundaries.

(f) Parcel and block numbers and street names. Each parcel shall be numbered, and each block may be numbered or lettered. Each street shall be named.

(g) Boundary information. The exterior boundaries of the land included within the subdivision shall be indicated by distinctive symbols and clearly so designated. The final map shall show the definite location of the subdivision, and particularly its relation to surrounding surveys. The location of a designated "remainder" parcel shall be indicated, but need not be indicated as a matter of survey but only by deed reference to the existing boundaries of such remainder if such remainder has a gross area of five (5) acres or more.

(h) Conformance with local laws. The final map shall conform to any additional survey and map requirements of local laws.

(i) Streets. The final map shall show the side lines, total width, width of the portion being dedicated, and width of existing dedications of all streets.

(j) Easements. The final map shall show the location and width of all easements to which the lots are subject. The easements shall be clearly labeled and identified and, if already of record, recorded references given. If any easement is not definitely located of record, a statement of such easement shall appear on the title sheet. Easements for storm drains, sewers, and other purposes shall be designated by dashed lines. Distances and bearings on the side lines of lots which are cut by an easement shall be arrowed or so shown that the map will indicate clearly the actual lengths of the lot lines. The width of the easement, and the length and bearings of the lines thereof, and sufficient ties thereto to definitely locate the easement with respect to the subdivision shall be shown. If the easement is being dedicated by the map, it shall be properly set out in the owner's certificate of dedication. Guy wires and appurtenances supporting public utility poles shall be located within the public utility easement area.

(k) Parcel boundaries. The final map shall particularly define, delineate, and designate all lots intended for sale or reserved for private purposes and all parcels offered for dedication for any purpose, with all dimensions, boundaries, and courses clearly shown and defined in every case. Any or all of the parcels, other than streets, intended for the exclusive use of the lot owners, and their licensees, visitors, tenants, and servants, in the subdivision shall be offered for dedication for public use. Parcels offered for dedication but not accepted shall be clearly designated as such on the map.

(l) Building setback lines. The final map shall show all building setback lines which shall be clearly dimensioned from each parcel boundary. Where such setbacks are the same for a number of lots, a typical lot may be delineated and a reference note used to indicate that other parcels are the same.

(m) Certificates. The following certificates and acknowledgments and all others required by law shall appear on the final map, and such certificates may be combined where appropriate:

(1) Owners. A certificate signed and acknowledged by all parties having any record title interest in the land consenting to the preparation and recordation of the final map; provided, however, the signatures of parties owning the following types of interests may be omitted if their names and the nature of their interests are endorsed on the map:

(i) Rights-of-way, easements, or other interests, none of which can ripen into a fee;

(ii) Rights-of-way, easements, or reversions which, by reason of changed conditions, long disuse, or laches, appear to be no longer of practical use or value and for which signatures are impossible or impracticable to obtain. In such cases a reasonable statement of the circumstances preventing the procurement of the signatures shall be endorsed on the map; and

(iii) Where practical difficulties exist, ownership certification, attested, may be made by separate instrument to be recorded concurrently with the map;

(2) Dedication. A certificate for execution, acknowledged as prescribed in subsection (1) of this subsection, offering for dedication for public use those certain parcels of land which such parties desire to dedicate;

(3) Civil engineer. A certificate by the civil engineer or the licensed surveyor responsible for the survey and final map. The signature of such civil engineer or surveyor shall be attested, unless accompanied by his seal;

(4) Town Engineer. A certificate for execution by the Town Engineer;

(5) Commission. A certificate for execution by the Planning Director for the Commission;

(6) County Recorder. A certificate for execution by the County Recorder;

(7) County Auditor. A certificate for execution by the County Auditor stating that according to the records of his office there are no liens against the subdivision, or any part thereof, for unpaid Federal, State, County, municipal, or local taxes or special assessments not yet payable; and

(8) Council. A certificate for execution by the Mayor, and attested by the Town Clerk, accepting or not accepting the areas dedicated for public use.

(Ord. 839, eff. July 14, 1983)

Within a period of twenty-four (24) months after the approval or conditional approval of the tentative map, the subdivider may cause the subdivision, or any part thereof, to be surveyed and a final map to be prepared in accordance with the tentative map as approved. Upon the application of the subdivider, an extension of not exceeding one year may be granted by the Commission. Any failure to record a final map within the period prescribed by this chapter after the approval or conditional approval of the tentative map, or any extension thereof granted by the Commission, shall terminate all proceedings. Before a final map may thereafter be recorded, a new tentative map shall be submitted.

The final map shall be accompanied by the following data and materials:

(a) Conforming map. A final map conforming to Section 10-2.601 of this article and containing all the necessary signatures (except the signatures of the Town Engineer, the Planning Director, the Council, when required, and the County) affixed to the certificates and acknowledgments set forth in subsection (m) of Section 10-2.601 of this article;

(b) Traverse sheets. A traverse sheet or sheets in a form approved by the Town Engineer giving the latitudes and departures and/or coordinates of the boundaries of the subdivision and blocks and lots therein;

(c) Prints. In addition to the tracings, there shall be filed one (1) set of heavy sepia prints and two (2) sets of blue line or black line prints. All prints shall be made after all required signatures have been made on the tracings;

(d) Certificates of title. There shall be filed with the final map evidence of title, issued by a reputable title insurance company, showing the names of all persons having any right, title, or interest in the lands proposed to be subdivided and whose consent is necessary to convey clear title to the land;

(e) Improvement bonds. Improvement bonds subject to the conditions of Section 10-2.305 of Article 3 of this chapter if the improvements required by Section 10-2.301 of Article 3 of this chapter have not been completed satisfactorily before the final map is filed;

(f) Other evidence. Any other evidence and material which may be required by law or by the conditions of approval of the tentative map; and

(g) Fees. The fee for processing, checking, and recording the final map shall be as established by resolution.

(Ord. 839, eff. July 14, 1983)

(a) Town Engineer action. It shall be the duty of the Town Engineer to examine and check the final map as to the sufficiency of affidavits, consents to the making thereof, certificates of dedications, acceptance of dedications, acknowledgments, corrections of surveying data and computations, and its compliance with the changes or alterations designated upon the tentative map and such other maps which require checking to insure compliance with the laws and with the provisions of this chapter. The Town Engineer shall certify to the correctness of the map and transmit it to the Commission.

(b) Commission action. If the final map has been certified as correct by the Town Engineer, the Commission, at its next meeting or within a period of not more than thirty-five (35) days after such filing, shall approve the final map if the map conforms with all the requirements of the Subdivision Map Act of the State, this chapter, or any other rulings made thereunder.

(c) Council action. If there are dedications involved, the Commission shall present the final map, with its recommendations, to the Council at its next regular meeting for which the agenda deadline has not passed. The Council shall accept or reject any or all offers of dedication.

(d) Recording. Upon the approval of the final map, and after the signatures and seals have been affixed, the Planning Director shall transmit the map to the County Recorder and pay the County Recorder a sum set by the County from the General Fund of the Town as a recording fee. Such sum shall be a part of the sum originally paid by the subdivider as a filing fee.

(e) Abandonment of proceedings. In the event the proceedings are abandoned or a final map is never recorded, all fees previously paid by the applicant shall be declared a filing fee, and no part shall be returned to the applicant.

(Ord. 839, eff. July 14, 1983)