Chapter 19.24

SURVEY AND MONUMENTATION

Sections:

• A. All survey work performed for the preparation of a final map or parcel map shall con-

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SUBDIVISIONS

form to the requirements of the Land Surveyors Act of the State of California, the Subdivision Map Act and this Title 19, and shall be subject to inspection and approval by the city engineer.

• B. The allowable error of closure of any portion of any final map or parcel map shall be one in 20 thousand or such other error of closure as the city engineer finds to be consistent with the standards of practice of the engineering profession within Santa Clara County.

• C. All monuments shall conform to the city engineer's specifications and shall be subject to the inspection and approval of the city engineer.

• D. Permanent monuments, visibly marked and tagged with the registration number or license number of the civil engineer or land surveyor under whose supervision the survey was made, shall be set at:

  1. All boundary corners of the subdivision;

  2. At all street intersections;

  3. Between street intersections where necessary to preserve the street alignment;

  4. At the angle points along the exterior boundaries of the subdivision; and

  5. At the intersection of the exterior boundary of the subdivision with the street right-of-way.

• E. Monuments need not be set at angle points in common exterior boundary lines where multiple final maps are filed by the same property owner for the subdivision of adjacent parcels.

• F. Permanent monuments shall also be set on the street rights-of-way at right angles or radially to street centerline monuments, or in lieu thereof, a permanent reference mark on the top of the sidewalk or curb shall be made or set at right angles or radially to street centerline monuments. Where street monuments fall within a street intersection or at the end of a cul-de-sac, those street monuments shall be tied by distance to marks on the sidewalk or curb or iron pipes on the street right-of-way and the location of reference marks shall be shown on the final map or parcel map.

• G. At least one exterior boundary line of the land being subdivided shall be adequately monumented or referenced before the map is recorded. All monuments need not be set at the time of recordation if all of the following conditions are satisfied:

  1. The improvement contract so provides; and

  2. The civil engineer or land surveyor states or certifies on the final map or parcel map that all interior and/or exterior monuments will be set on or before a specified later date; and

  3. The subdivider furnishes to the city a faithful performance monument bond or other security satisfactory to the city engineer guaranteeing such performance in an amount equal to the cost determined by the city engineer of setting such monuments.

• H. Prior to the city's release of the faithful performance monument bond or other security accepted by the city guaranteeing the subdivider's performance of the monument agreement, the subdivider or the civil engineer or land surveyor of record shall:

1. Provide written notice to the city engineer that all final monuments have been set; and

   2. Provide written notice to the city engineer that the civil engineer or land surveyor of record has been paid for the setting of the final monuments.

(Prior code § 9255; Ords. 19215, 24550.)