San Francisco County Municipal Code Art. 7 Final Maps and Parcel Maps

Sec. 1455. Time Limit for Submittal. Sec. 1455.2. Final Maps Showing Only Portions of Tentative Map. Sec. 1456. Final Map. Sec. 1457. Certificates and Statements on Final Map. Sec. 1459. Parcel Map. Sec. 1460. Check Prints. Sec. 1461. Map Check. Sec. 1462. Filing. Sec. 1463. Submittal to Board. Sec. 1464. Recordation. Sec. 1465. Correction and Amendments of Map.

SEC. 1455. TIME LIMIT FOR SUBMITTAL.

Within 36 months after the approval of the Tentative Map application or preliminary Parcel Map application, unless such time has been extended upon approval of the Tentative Map or pursuant to Government Code Section 66452.6, the Final Map or Parcel Map shall be filed with the Director. (Added by Ord. 329-98, App. 10/30/98)

MAP. (a) General. Multiple final maps relating to an approved or conditionally approved Tentative Map may be filed prior to the expiration of the Tentative Map if, in addition to all other requirements of this Code pertaining to Final Maps, a subdivider files a notice pursuant to Section 1422(d)(1)(vi) or, after filing of the Tentative Map, the subdivider and Director (after consulting with the Agency) concur in the filing of multiple Final Maps. A subdivider filing multiple Final Maps must obtain approval of the Director pursuant to Subsection (b) of this Section in order to obtain the certificate required by Section 1457. (b) The Director shall approve a Final Map which is in compliance with the conditions of the Tentative Map, but which shows only a portion of the Tentative Map, unless any one of the following conditions occurs: (1) The Director finds: (i) That it will not be feasible from an engineering standpoint to construct the public improvements required for the areas shown on the Final Map; or (ii) That construction of the public improvements shown in the proposed Final Map would not provide adequate access to the area shown on the Final Map unless additional street or easement dedications, or public improvements as shown on the General Plan or in the Plans or Plan Documents, are provided, or other reasonable conditions, not in conflict with the Plans, Plan Documents and City regulations, are imposed. (2) The Director, or in the event of a hearing by the Agency pursuant to Subsection (d) below, the Agency finds that development of the uses authorized within the Final Map area at that time would not promote orderly development consistent with the General Plan, Plans and Plan Documents unless additional street or easement dedications, or public improvements as shown on the Tentative Map are provided, or other reasonable conditions, not in conflict with the Plans, Plan Documents and the City regulations, are imposed. (c) The Director shall make a determination pursuant to Subsection (b) within 40 days following submittal of the Final Map or Parcel Map. (d) If the Director refuses to approve for recording a Final Map showing only a portion of a Tentative Map, the Director shall provide the applicant with written findings in support of the determination. The Director's refusal to approve a phased Final Map may be appealed to the Agency, and then, if necessary, to the Board, for a determination of whether the Phased Final Map is consistent with the SMA, the Tentative Map, the Plans and Plan Documents, provided, however, that any decision by the Agency regarding consistency with the Plans shall be final. (Added by Ord. 329-98, App. 10/30/98) SEC. 1456. FINAL MAP. (a) The Final Map shall consist of the title sheets and map sheets. (b) The title sheets shall contain the following data: (1) The title, consisting of the name of the subdivision and the location; (2) A general description of all the property being subdivided by references to recorded deeds or to recorded maps; (3) Certificates, affidavits and acknowledgements; and (4) General information including a key map when there is more than one map sheet. (c) The map sheets shall contain the following data, in sufficient detail so that the sale, transfer and description of real property may be accomplished by reference to the Final Map and that all public improvements, properties and easements may be determined as to location, extent and condition: (1) Title; (2) Explanatory and description notes; and (3) Map.

(d) The Final Map shall conform to the requirements of Chapter 2, Article 2 of SMA and to the Subdivision Regulations regarding detailed format and contents. (Added by Ord. 329-98, App. 10/30/98) SEC. 1457. CERTIFICATES AND STATEMENTS ON FINAL MAP. (a) In addition to the certificates required by SMA, the following certificates shall be on the Final Map. (1) City Attorney's certificate; (2) Advisory Agency's certificate; (3) Certificate of Improvement Agreement. Whenever the conditional approval of the application packet includes conditions which are to be met after the recordation of the Final Map, a certificate signed by the Director evidencing that an improvement agreement has been entered into between the subdivider and the City shall be required; and (4) Certificate of Approval of Multiple Final Maps. Where the Final Map shows only a portion of the Tentative Map, then a certificate signed by the Director pursuant to Section 1455.2 shall be required. (b) The Director may require other notes, restrictions, references or requirements to be indicated on a Final Map. (Added by Ord. 329-98, App. 10/30/98) SEC. 1459. PARCEL MAP. (a) The requirements of Subsection (c) of Section 1456 of this Code shall apply to Parcel Maps. (b) The Parcel Map shall conform to the requirements of Chapter 2, Article 3 of SMA and to the Subdivision Regulations regarding detailed format and contents. (c) The Director may require other notes, restrictions, references or requirements to be indicated on a Parcel Map. (Added by Ord. 329-98, App. 10/30/98) SEC. 1460. CHECK PRINTS. Prior to filing of the Final Map or Parcel Map, the subdivider shall submit to the Director: (1) Prints of the Final Map sheets or the Parcel Map sheets; (2) A preliminary title report; (3) Traverse sheets, showing the mathematical closure of the exterior boundaries around the subdivision, of each lot boundary in the subdivision, and of boundaries of easements and of dedicated rights-of- way. (Added by Ord. 329-98, App. 10/30/98) SEC. 1461. MAP CHECK. (a) The Director shall check the prints of the Final Map or the Parcel Map to determine if it substantially conforms to the approved Tentative Map, this Code and SMA. (b) Within 14 days after submittal, the Director shall return a set of the submitted prints, noting therein any required corrections, to the subdivider's engineer. (Added by Ord. 329-98, App. 10/30/98)

SEC. 1462. FILING. (a) After the check prints have been approved by the Director, the subdivider shall file with the Director: (1) The Final Map or Parcel Map, corrected to its final form, together with the copies specified in the Subdivision Regulations; (2) The bonds or other security and approved improvement agreement; (3) When applicable, deeds conveying all streets in the subdivision to the City and deeds granting easements for sewers, drains and pedestrian walkways which are not dedicated on the map; (4) Evidence of title; (5) The recording fee and evidence that all fees required by this Code have been paid; and (6) The corrected Preliminary Soil Report, when required. (Added by Ord. 329-98, App. 10/30/98) SEC. 1463. SUBMITTAL TO BOARD. (a) After obtaining the required certificates on the Final Map, or on the Parcel Map when dedications are included therein, the Director shall submit said map and the other documents to the Director. (b) After determining that all requirements of SMA and this Code have been met, the Director shall endorse the map and file the same, together with the other documents, with the Clerk. (Added by Ord. 329-98, App. 10/30/98) SEC. 1464. RECORDATION. (a) After approval of a Final Map or Parcel Map by the Board, the Clerk shall file said map with the Recorder. (b) After signing a Parcel Map, when no dedications are included therein, the Director shall file said map with the Recorder. (c) No Final Map or Parcel Map for a subdivision governed by this Code shall be recorded unless said Map has been approved by the Director or by the Board as required herein. (Added by Ord. 329-98, App. 10/30/98) SEC. 1465. CORRECTION AND AMENDMENTS OF MAP. (a) Requirements. After a Final or Parcel Map is recorded in the office of the Recorder, it may be amended administratively, without public hearing, by a Certificate of Correction as to Subparagraphs (1) to (6) below, and by an amending map and public hearing as to Subparagraph (7) below: (1) To correct an error in any course or distance shown thereon; (2) To show any course or distance that was omitted therefrom; (3) To correct an error in the description of the real property shown on the map; (4) To indicate monuments set after the death, disability or retirement from practice of the engineer or surveyor charged with responsibility for setting monuments; (5) To show the proper location or character of any monument which has been changed in location or character, or originally was shown at the wrong location or incorrectly as to its character; (6) To correct any other type of map error or omission as approved by the Director, which does not affect any property right. Errors and omissions may include, but not be limited to, lots and numbers, acreage, street names and identification of adjacent record maps. Error does not include changes in courses or distances from which an error is not ascertainable from the data shown on the Final or

Parcel Map; (7) To make modifications when there are changes which make any or all of the conditions of the Map no longer appropriate or necessary and when the modifications do not impose any additional burden on the present fee owner of the property, and if the modifications do not alter any right, title or interest in the real property reflected on the recorded map, and the Director finds that the map as modified conforms to the provisions of Section 66474 of the SMA. Such modification shall require an amending map and shall be set for public hearing by the Director according to the procedures established for a hearing on the Tentative Map. The Director shall confine the hearing to consideration of, and action on, the proposed modification. (b) Form and Contents. The amending map or certificate of correction shall be prepared and stamped by a registered civil engineer or licensed land surveyor. The form and contents of the amending map shall conform to the requirements for a Final Map, or a Parcel Map as provided in this Code and the SMA. The certificate of corrections shall set forth in detail the corrections made and show the names of the present fee owners of the property affected by the correction. (c) Submittal and Approval by Director. The amending map or certificate of correction, complete as to final form, shall be submitted to the Director for review and approval. The Director shall examine the amending map or certificate of correction, and if the only changes made are those in Subsection (a), this fact shall be certified on the amending map or certificate of correction. (d) Filing with Recorder. The amending map or certificate of correction certified by the Director shall be filed in the office of the Recorder in which the original map was filed. Upon such filing, the Recorder shall index the names of the fee owners and the appropriate subdivision designation shown on the amending map or certificate of correction in the general index and map index respectively. The original map shall be deemed to have been conclusively so corrected, and shall impart constructive notice of all the corrections in the same manner as though upon the original map. (e) Fee. The fee for checking, processing and recording the amended map or certificate of correction shall be as provided in Section 1415. (Added by Ord. 329-98, App. 10/30/98)