§ 16.16

A.

Conformity to Tentative Map.

1.

Within thirty (30) days prior to the expiration of the approval or conditional approval or any approved extension of time as provided by the Subdivision Map Act or this chapter, the subdivider shall cause the proposed subdivision to be accurately surveyed in accordance with the approved or conditionally approved tentative map and file with the City Engineer a final map of the subdivision conforming in all particulars to the Subdivision Map Act and this chapter. It shall be accompanied by a sufficient number of prints thereof to furnish the several interested City departments and public agencies with a copy and for checking and filing purposes.

2.

In addition to the original tracing and the required prints of a final tract map, the subdivider shall submit to the City Engineer two (2) duplicate transparencies on vellum suitable for reproduction.

B.

Time Limit. .....The failure of a subdivider to so file such final tract or parcel map and the required copies thereof with the City Engineer as provided in subsection A of this section or to have such map recorded within the time limit specified after the date of approval or conditional approval or any approved extension of time as provided by Subdivision Map Act or this chapter shall automatically terminate and void the tentative map approval or conditional approval.

C.

Survey Practice and Procedure. .....The practice and procedure of all survey work done on any final map of a subdivision shall conform to the accepted standards of the engineering profession. The allowable error of closure on any portion of a final map shall be one-ten thousandth (1/10,000). In the event the centerline of any street, alley or way shall have been established, the final tract or parcel map shall show such centerline, together with reference to a county field book or map or record showing such centerline, and the monuments which determine its position; if determined by ties, that fact shall be stated upon the final map.

D.

Reports of Compliance or Noncompliance. .....Each department represented on the Development Management Team shall submit a report for:

1.

Final tract maps: a report in writing to the City Council as to the compliance or noncompliance of the final tract map with laws as to matters coming under its jurisdiction, together with a statement of the changes necessary thereon to cause such map to comply with the law. These reports shall be transmitted to the City Engineer and he or she shall include them with his or her transmittal of the final tract map to the City Council.

2.

Final parcel maps: a report in writing to the City Engineer as to the compliance or noncompliance of the final parcel map with laws as to matters coming under its jurisdiction, together with a statement of the changes necessary thereon to cause such map to comply with the law.

E.

Evidence of Title. .....The evidence of title required by the provisions of Section 66465 of the Subdivision Map Act shall be a certificate of title or a policy of title insurance issued by a title company authorized by the laws of the state to write the same, showing the names of all persons having any record title interest in the land to be subdivided, together with the nature of their respective interests therein.

F.

Final Tract and/or Parcel Map Checking by County Surveyor. .....The subdivider is directed to the County of Orange, Surveyor's Office, Santa Ana, California, to obtain requisite map checking services and examination of legal boundaries. The subdivider is directed to said County Surveyor's office to obtain the fee schedule based on actual cost to the County Surveyor for examining and checking maps located in the City.

(Prior code § 35-25(a))

(Ord. No. 1565, § 1(Exh. A, § 15), 4-16-2013)

1.

Size and Materials. .....The final tract or parcel map shall be clearly and legibly delineated upon tracing cloth or polyester base film of good quality and in conformity to accepted engineering practices. All lines, letters, figures, certificates, acknowledgements and signatures shall be made in black waterproof India ink; except, that affidavits, certificates and acknowledgements may be legibly stamped or printed upon the map with black opaque ink. The size of each sheet shall be eighteen (18) inches by twenty-six (26) inches, and a marginal line shall be drawn completely around each sheet, leaving an entirely blank margin of one (1) inch. The scale of the map shall be large enough to show all details clearly but in no case at an engineers' scale where one (1) inch equals more than eighty (80) feet. One (1) sheet or as many sheets as are necessary to accommodate the map may be used. Each sheet shall be numbered, the relation of one (1) sheet to another clearly shown, and the number of sheets shall be set forth on each sheet. The tract number or R.S.T. number, scale, north point and sheet number shall be shown on each sheet of the final

tract or parcel map. Each such sheet and the lettering thereon shall be so oriented that, with the north point directed away from the reader, the map may be read most conveniently from the bottom of the lower right corner of such sheet.

2.

Title Sheets.

a.

The title sheet of each final tract or parcel map shall contain a title consisting of "tract (no.)" or "parcel map" and a subtitle consisting of a description of all property being subdivided, by reference to such map of the property shown thereon, as shall have been previously recorded, or shall have been previously filed in the office of the County Recorder, under authority of Chapter 3, Part 2, of Division 4 of the state Business and Professions Code, or by reference to the plat of United States survey. The title sheet shall also show in a form acceptable to the County Surveyor such appropriate certificates and acknowledgements as required in the Subdivision Map Act.

b.

Final parcel maps shall not require a certificate signed and acknowledged by all parties having any record title interest in the real property subdivided, except when dedications or offers of dedication are made on a parcel map.

3.

Index Map. .....If more than one (1) map sheet is used in preparing the final tract or parcel map, there shall be included either on the title sheet or first map sheet an index map showing the general plan of the subdivision and the portions thereof included on each map sheet.

4.

Boundary Line. .....The boundary line of a subdivision shall be indicated by a border of light blue ink approximately one-sixteenth (1/16) of an inch in width applied on the reverse side of the tracing and outside such boundary line. Such ink shall be of such density as to be transferred to a blue line print of such map and not to obliterate any line, figure or other data appearing on such map.

5.

Evidence Determining Boundary. .....On each final tract or parcel map there shall be fully and clearly shown and identified such stakes, monuments or other evidence determining the boundaries of the subdivision as were found on the ground, together with sufficient corners of adjoining subdivisions by lot and tract number and place of record, or by section, township and range or other proper legal description as may be necessary to locate precisely the limits of the subdivision.

6.

Boundary Monuments. .....Each final tract or parcel map shall show durable monuments of not less than two (2) inch iron pipe at least eighteen (18) inches long found or set at or near each boundary corner and at

intermediate points, approximately one thousand (1,000) feet apart, or at such lesser distance as may be made necessary by topography or contour to insure accuracy in reestablishment of any point or line without reasonable difficulty. The precise position and character of each monument shall be shown on the final map, together with the approximate elevation of the top of each such monument with respect to the surface of the ground. Sufficient boundary monuments or references thereto shall be in position prior to recordation of any final tract map to conform to the requirements of Section 66495 of the Subdivision Map Act.

7.

Lot or Parcel Monuments. .....All lot or parcel corners shall be monumented with not less than a one-half (½) inch iron pipe or by offset monuments as approved by the City Engineer. In condominiums or condominium type projects where walls or structures define the lot or parcel lines, no corner monuments need be set.

8.

Deferment, Monuments. .....In the event any of the monuments required to be set are set subsequent to the recordation of the final tract or parcel map, the map shall show which monuments are to be set and shall show that the remaining monuments will be set on or before a specified later date. All such monuments or the furnishing of notes thereon, as required in subsection 10 of this section, so deferred, shall be agreed to be set and furnished by the subdivider. Such agreement shall be included and guaranteed in the "agreement in lieu of improvements" as provided in Section 16.32.010(M) of this code and accompanied by a bond as provided in Section 16.32.020(E) of this code.

9.

Monument Inspection. .....All monuments shall be subject to inspection and approval by the City Engineer.

10.

Centerline Monuments. .....All centerline intersections of streets, alleys and ways, the beginnings and ends of curves and the points of intersections of tangents when such points fall within the paved roadway shall be monumented with spikes not less than eight (8) inches long. In addition, Orange County Type A survey monuments, or equivalent, shall be placed in strategically located pairs throughout the subdivision so as to enable the survey to be readily retraced. The exact number and location of such monuments shall be as directed by the City Engineer.

11.

Notes to be Furnished. .....For each centerline intersection monument set, except for Type A monuments, the engineer or surveyor under whose supervision the survey has been made shall furnish to the City Engineer a set of notes showing clearly the ties between such monument and a sufficient number, not less than four (4), of durable distinctive reference points of monuments. Such set of notes shall be of such quality and size as may be necessary to conform to the standardized office records of the City Engineer.

Identification Marks. .....All monuments set as required herein shall be permanently marked or tagged with the registration or license number of the engineer or surveyor under whose supervision the survey was made.

13.

Bearings and Distances. .....The bearing and length of each lot or parcel line, block line and boundary line shall be shown on the final tract or parcel map. Each required bearing and distance shall be shown in full and no ditto mark or other designation of repetition shall be used.

14.

Basis of Bearings. .....Upon the title sheet or one (1) map sheet shall appear the basis of bearings making reference to some recorded subdivision map, record or survey map or other record acceptable to the City Engineer.

15.

Lot or Parcel Area. .....Lots or parcels containing one (1) acre or more shall show net acreage to the nearest one-hundredth (1/100) of an acre.

16.

Lot or Parcel Numbers. .....The lots or parcels shall be numbered consecutively commencing with the number one (1), except as otherwise provided herein, with no omissions or duplications. Each numbered lot or parcel shall be shown entirely on one (1) sheet. No alphabetically designated lot shall be considered or approved as a building site, and this fact shall be noted on the final tract or parcel map.

17.

Curve Data. .....The length, radius and total central angle and bearings of terminal radii of each curve and the bearing of each radial line to each lot or parcel corner on each curve, and the central angle of each segment within each lot or parcel, shall be shown thereon.

18.

Easement Lines. .....The final tract or parcel map shall show the centerline data, width and side lines of all easements to which the lots or parcels in the subdivision are subject. If the easement is not definitely located of record, a statement as to the easement shall appear on the title sheet as provided in Section 66436 of the Subdivision Map Act.

19.

Easement Designation. .....Easements shall be denoted by broken lines.

20.

Easement Bearings on Lot or Parcel Lines. .....Distances and bearings on the side lines of the lots or parcels which are cut by an easement shall be so shown as to indicate clearly the actual length of the lot or parcel lines.

21.

Easement Widths and Ties. .....The width of the easement and the lengths and bearings of the lines thereof and sufficient ties to locate the easement definitely with respect to the subdivision shall be shown on the final tract or parcel map.

22.

Easement Identification. .....Each easement shall be clearly labeled and identified and, if already of record, proper reference to the records shall be given. Easements being dedicated shall be so indicated in the certificate of dedication.

23.

Rights-of-Way and Easements of Record. .....The final tract or parcel map shall show the width of each railroad right-of-way, flood control right-of-way, drainage easement and each other easement appearing on the map, whether previously of record or offered for dedication.

24.

Streets and Highways Being Dedicated. .....There shall be shown on each final tract or parcel map the centerline of each highway, street, alley or way the total width thereof, the width on each side of the centerline thereof, and the width of that portion to be dedicated. On each such centerline shall be shown the bearing and length of each tangent, radius, central angle and length of curve. The border of the map shall be shown along the centerline of any street or highway where such street or highway defines a limit of the parcel being subdivided.

25.

Limited Access Designation. .....When vehicular access rights from any lot or parcel to any highway are restricted, such rights shall be offered for dedication to the City by appropriate certificate on the title sheet and a note stating "vehicular access right dedicated to the City of San Clemente" shall be lettered along the highway adjacent to the lots or parcels affected, on the final tract or parcel map.

26.

City or County Boundary Lines. .....Any City or county boundary line adjoining the subdivision shall be clearly designated and tied in upon the final tract or parcel map.

27.

Land Subject to Flood Hazard. .....When any portion of the land within the boundaries of any final tract or parcel map is subject to inundation, flood hazard or possible flood hazard by stormwaters, such fact and portion shall be clearly shown on such final tract or parcel map by a prominent note on each sheet of such map whereon any such fact and portion shall be shown.

28.

Natural Watercourse Designation. .....In the event that dedication of right-of-way for flood control or storm drainage is not required, the location of any natural watercourse, channel, stream or creek shall be shown on the final tract or parcel map.

(Prior code § 35-25(b))

A.

Application. .....A property owner or his or her authorized agent may file an application to modify a recorded final map using the form provided by the City. The application shall be accompanied by the certification required by Section 16.08.040. Upon submission, the application shall be reviewed in the manner provided in Section 16.08.050.

B.

Hearing. .....Once the application is found to be complete, a public hearing shall be held before the City Council on the proposed map amendment. Notice of the hearing required by this section shall be given as provided for in Government Code Section 66451.3. The hearing shall be confined to consideration of an action on the proposed modification only. The City Council shall have the discretion to refer the proposed map amendment to the Planning Commission for a recommendation, in which case, the Planning Commission shall hold a public hearing and similarly be confined to consideration of an action on the proposed modification only.

C.

Findings. .....The proposed map modification shall not be approved unless all the following findings are made:

1.

There are changes in circumstances which make any or all of the conditions of the final map no longer appropriate or necessary;

2.

The modifications do not impose any additional burden on the present fee owner of the property;

3.

The modifications do not alter the right, title or interest in the real property reflected on the recorded map; and

4.

The map conforms to the provisions of Government Code Section 66474.

Upon approval of any amended map pursuant to this section, the amended map shall be treated as a newly approved final map and filed and recorded in the same manner as an approved final map.

(Ord. 1262 § 1, 2002)

Chapter 16.20 - VESTING TENTATIVE MAPS