San Marino Municipal Code Art. 03 Final Map

Within ten (10) months after the date of the approval of the tentative map by the Council as provided by Section 22.02.04 of this Article, the subdivider shall cause the proposed subdivision to be accurately surveyed in accordance with the tentative map and with any and all alterations and changes required thereto, except where a survey is not required by the Subdivision Map Act 1 . (1954 Code §20.11)

All survey data on the final map shall be shown in an approved manner. (1954 Code §20.16)

Within the period specified by Section 22.03.01 of this Article, the subdivider shall file with the City Engineer a final map of the subdivision conforming in all particulars to the provisions of the Subdivision Map Act 2 and of this Chapter. (1954 Code §20.12)

The failure of the subdivider to file the final map with the City Engineer within the period required by Sections 22.03.01 and 22.03.02 of this Article and to have such map recorded in the office of the County Recorder within one year after the date of approval or conditional approval of the tentative map by the Council shall automatically terminate and void the proceedings. (1954 Code §20.13)

Upon submission of a tract map or parcel map for checking, the subdivider shall pay a map checking fee to the County Engineer in addition to all other fees and charges required by law. This fee shall be equal to the fee established by the County for checking tract and parcel maps. (1954 Code §20.13[a])

No final map shall be presented to the Council for approval until the subdivider either completes the required improvements or:

A. Files with the Council a surety bond in such an amount as the City Engineer shall estimate and determine to be necessary to complete all the improvements required to be done by the subdivider, which surety bond shall be executed by the subdivider as principal, and a corporation authorized so to act under the laws of the State as surety, shall be payable to the City and shall be conditioned upon the faithful performance of any and all work required to be done by the subdivider, and such bond shall be further conditioned that should the subdivider fail to complete all work required to be done by him within a specified reasonable time, the City may, at its option, cause all required work to be done, and the persons executing the bond shall be firmly bound for the payment of all necessary costs therefor; or

B. Enters into a contract with the Council to complete such improvements within a specified reasonable time after the approval and recordation of the final map, such contract to be secured in such an amount as the City Engineer shall estimate and determine will be necessary to complete all the improvements required to be done by the subdivider, by a deposit of money or of negotiable bonds, or the kind approved by law for securing deposits of public money, made with either the Council or a reliable escrow agent or trust company approved by the Council. The deposit shall be conditioned upon the faithful performance of any and all work required to be done by the subdivider under the terms of such contract and shall further be conditioned to the effect that should the subdivider fail to complete all such work required within a specified reasonable time, the City may, at its option, cause all required work to be done. The money or bonds of the deposit shall be firmly bound for the payment of all necessary costs therefor, and in such contract, the escrow agent or depositary shall be instructed to pay to the City out of the moneys and bonds on deposit all costs and expenses incurred and expended by the City in causing any and all such required work to be done and to secure the cost of which the deposit was made, upon the filing by the City Engineer with the escrow agent or depositary of a statement signed by him that all the work required under such contract to the extent that the cost of such work was covered by the deposit has been completed, together with a statement of costs and expense incurred and expended by the City therefor. The contract may, by its terms, provide for the acceptance of the work as it progresses and for partial withdrawal of the deposit, in money or bonds, upon certificate of the City Engineer in a manner similar to cash payment under cash contracts.

Every surety bond furnished and every contract under which a deposit is made to secure and guarantee the construction and completion of the improvements required to be done by the subdivider shall further provide and be conditioned that the surety executing such bond, or such deposit, respectively, shall continue to be firmly bound under a continuing obligation for the payment of all necessary costs and expenses that may be incurred or expended by the City in causing any and all such required work to be done, and that such surety or depositor, respectively, assents to any lawful extensions of time within which to construct and complete such improvements that may be granted to the subdivider. A guarantee for the construction and completion of improvements, in the form provided for in this Section, shall not be waived under any condition. (1954 Code §20.14; 1994 Code)

Approved permanent monuments shall be set as required by California Government Code sections 66495 and 66496. All monuments that are required to be set shall be marked to conform to the provisions of the California Business and Professions Code section 8772 and the provisions of this Chapter. (1954 Code §20.15)

A. Ties to Official Center Lines: In the event that the City Engineer shall have established or accepted the center line of any street or alley in or adjacent to the subdivision, the survey data and all monuments found on the ground and used in the determination of the boundaries of the subdivision shall be shown upon the final map, together with references to field books or maps used in connection therewith. If the points are reset by ties, that fact shall be so stated upon the final map. (1954 Code §20.17)

B. New Center Line Data and Monuments: Complete center line data, including lengths of tangents and semi-tangents, shall be shown on the final map for all streets within or adjoining the subdivisions where no official center line has been previously established. The subdivider shall place approved center line monuments with permanent references thereto and furnish a set of approved field notes to the City Engineer. (1954 Code §20.18)

The City Engineer may require ties to the geodetic triangulation system where stations thereof have been established within a reasonable distance from the subdivision boundary. (1954 Code §20.19)

When the tracings of the final map are filed with the City Engineer, they shall be accompanied by two (2) prints. The City Engineer may refuse to accept any final map which does not conform to the provisions of the Subdivision Map Act 1 , the provisions of this Chapter or to the conditions of approval of the tentative map. (1954 Code §20.20)

All lots shall be numbered consecutively without omission or duplication, beginning with the numeral "1". No prefix, suffix, letter or combination of numeral and letter shall be used. Each lot in its entirety shall be shown on one sheet. (1954 Code §20.21)

A. Boundary Line Specifications: The boundary line of the subdivision shall be bordered by a Prussian blue watercolor tint approximately one-eighth of an inch (1/8") wide applied on the reverse side of the tracing and inside each boundary line. Watercolor used shall be of such density that will print without obliterating any lines, figures or other data appearing on the print. (1954 Code §20.22)

B. Boundary Determination to be Shown: The final map shall show fully and clearly where there may be found on the ground the stakes, monuments and other evidence used to determine the boundaries of the subdivision. It shall also show and identify each adjacent corner of each adjoining subdivision or portion thereof by lot and block number and tract name and place of record or by section, township and range or, where no such identifying data is available, by other approved designation sufficient to establish the relation with such adjoining subdivisions. (1954 Code §20.27)

A. Title and Legal Description of Property: The title sheet of each final map shall contain a title consisting of the number, name or other designation of the subdivision, together with the words "In the City of San Marino" or "Partly in the City of San Marino and partly in unincorporated territory" or "Partly in the City of San Marino and partly in the City of " (insert the name of the adjacent city), as applicable. The title sheet shall also contain a subtitle consisting of a description of all the property in the subdivision by reference to such map of such property as shall have been previously recorded or filed in the office of the County Recorder or filed with the County Clerk pursuant to a final judgment in any action in partition or filed in the office of the County Recorder pursuant to section 66499.55 of the State Government Code or by reference to the plat of any United States survey. Each reference in such subtitle to any tract or subdivision shall be worded and spelled identically with and contain a complete reference to the book and page of the original record thereof. (1954 Code §20.23)

B. Surveyor's Name, Date of Survey and Basis of Bearings to be Shown: Upon the title sheet, there shall be shown the name of the surveyor, the date of the survey, the basis of bearings, with a reference to a record satisfactory to the City Engineer, or a solar or Polaris observation. (1954 Code §20.24)

C. Reversion to Acreage Maps:

1. Upon the title sheet of each map filed for the purpose of reverting subdivided land to acreage, the subtitle shall consist of the words "A Reversion to Acreage of " (insert a legal description of the land being reverted).

2. No dedication for street or other public purposes shall be required as a condition of approval of a reversion to acreage map.

3. Maps recorded solely for the purpose of combining portions of vacated streets with adjoining lots shall be treated in procedure as reversion to acreage maps. (1954 Code §20.25)

D. Legibility of Information: All stamped and written matter on the title sheet, including signatures, shall be so imprinted with black, opaque ink that legible blue line prints can be obtained therefrom. (1954 Code §20.26)

All final maps for subdivisions shall meet the following miscellaneous requirements for data thereon:

A. Information Required on Each Sheet: Each sheet, except the title sheets, shall bear the main title of the map, the scale and the north point.

B. Lot, Blocks and Boundary Lines: The bearing and length of each lot line, block line and boundary line shall be shown on the final map; provided, that when bearings or lengths of lot lines in any series of lots are the same, such bearings and lengths may be omitted from each interior parallel line of the series. No ditto mark or other designation of repetition shall be used.

C. Lot Areas: The area of each lot containing three-fourths (3/4) of an acre or more shall be designated to the second decimal place.

D. Curves: The arc length, radius and central angle or bearings of terminal radii of each curve and the bearing of each radial line to each lot corner on each curve shall be shown.

E. Street Names:

1. Approved names shall be used for every street shown on the final map.

2. The name of each newly dedicated portion of any street shall be shown in or arrowed to the newly dedicated portion.

3. Numerals and abbreviations shall not be used in delineating street names.

F. Widths of Streets, Alleys and Railroad Rights of Way:

1. The final map shall indicate the widths and fractional widths of each street and alley as follows: the total width dedicated prior to the recording of the final map; the width of additional strips to be dedicated by the final map, the total width including such additional strips; and the fractional total widths on each side of the center line.

2. The width of each railroad right of way appearing on the map shall be indicated thereon.

G. Power Lines and Water Mains: The boundary lines of all power line and water main easements shall be accurately delineated whenever the use of property lying within such lines is so restricted by the terms of the easement that the property cannot be devoted to the erection of structures.

H. Easements: The center line or side lines of each easement to which the lots in the subdivision are subject shall be shown on the final map. If such easement cannot be definitely located from the official records, a statement showing the existence of the easement shall be placed on the title sheet of the final map. All easements shall be delineated on the final map by fine dotted lines. Distances and bearings on the side lines of lots which are crossed by easements shall be so arrowed or shown as to indicate clearly the actual length and bearing of each lot line. The width of each easement and the lengths and bearings of the lines thereof and sufficient ties thereto to definitely locate it with respect to the subdivision shall be indicated. The purpose of each easement shall be designated and, if then of record, the record reference shall be given; all easements to be dedicated shall be included in the offer of dedication in the owner's certificate on the title sheet. The data pertaining to easements shall be smaller and lighter than other data.

I. City Boundary Lines: City boundary lines crossing or abutting the subdivision shall be clearly designated and tied in. (1954 Code §20.28)

A. Purpose: The City Council declares that this Section is enacted pursuant to the requirements of section 66490 et seq., of the California Government Code.

B. Preliminary Soil Report: Prior to the submission of the final subdivision map, the subdivider shall file with the Planning and Building Department a preliminary soil report, prepared by a civil engineer who is registered by the State, based upon adequate test borings or excavations of every subdivision, as defined in sections 66411 et seq., of the California Government Code. The preliminary soil report may be waived if the Planning and Building Department shall determine that, due to the knowledge of such Department as to the soil qualities of the subdivision, no preliminary analysis is necessary.

C. Soil Investigation: If the preliminary soil report indicates the presence of critically expansive soils or other soil problems which, if not corrected, would lead to structural defects, a soil investigation of each lot in the subdivision shall be prepared by a civil engineer who is registered by the State. The soil investigation shall recommend corrective action which is likely to prevent structural damage to each dwelling proposed to be constructed on the expansive soil. The report shall be filed with the Planning and Building Department.

D. Approval of Soil Investigation: The Planning and Building Department shall approve the soil investigation if it determines that the recommended corrective action is likely to prevent structural damage to each dwelling to be constructed on each lot in the subdivision. Appeal from such determination shall be to the City Council. The building permit shall be conditioned upon the incorporation of the approved recommended corrective action in the construction of each dwelling. (1954 Code §20.28-1; 1994 Code)

A. Certification: The City Engineer shall check the final map to determine if the same conforms in all respects to the provisions of the Subdivision Map Act 1 and of this Chapter. He shall, thereupon, either certify to its correctness and transmit it to the City Council, together with such other information as is necessary, or he shall return the map to the subdivider, together with a statement setting forth the corrections required. (1954 Code §20.20)

B. Approval or Disapproval by Council; Dispositions: The City Council shall, at its next regular meeting after receipt of the final map from the City Engineer as provided by subsection A above, approve or disapprove the final map. If the Council approves the final map, it shall return the map to the City Engineer, who shall immediately transmit the same to the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors of the County for recordation. If the Council disapproves the final map, it shall be returned to the City Engineer with a statement of the grounds for its disapproval, and the City Engineer shall, thereupon, return the same to the subdivider. (1954 Code §20.30)

Except as otherwise provided in the Subdivision Map Act 2 the provisions of subsections 22.03.12C and 22.03.13E, F and H of this Article shall apply to record of survey maps. (1954 Code §20.31; 1994 Code)