Santa Clara County Municipal Code Part 4 Parcel Maps

The parcel map shall be prepared by or under the direction of a registered civil engineer or licensed land surveyor, and shall show the location of streets and property lines bounding the property and shall conform to all the following provisions:

(a) It shall be legibly drawn, printed or reproduced by a process guaranteeing a permanent record in black on tracing cloth or polyester base film. Certificates 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.

(b) The size of each sheet shall be 18 by 26 inches, minimum. A marginal line shall be drawn completely around each sheet, leaving an entirely blank margin of one inch. The scale and the information on the map shall be large enough to show all details clearly in order to allow for future microfilming and subsequent reproduction, 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.

(c) Each parcel shall be numbered or otherwise designated.

(d) The exterior boundary of the land included within the subdivision shall be indicated by a distinctive symbol suitable for microfilming without obliterating information on the map. The symbol shall be identified in the legend.

(e) The map shall show the location of each parcel and its relation to surrounding surveys. The location of any remainder of the original parcel shall be indicated, but need not be indicated as a matter of survey, but only by deed reference to the existing record boundaries of such remainder, if such remainder has a gross area of five acres or more.

(f) In accordance with the provisions of this chapter, a certificate, signed and acknowledged by all parties having any record title interest in the real property subdivided, consenting to the preparation and recordation of the parcel map, shall be placed on the face of the map; except that with respect to the division of land into four or fewer parcels, when dedication or offers of dedication are not required, the certificate shall be signed and acknowledged by the owner only.

(g) The parcel map shall define, delineate and designate all lots reserved for private purposes, all parcels offered for dedication for any purposes, public or private and any private streets or roads permitted under the provisions of the applicable tentative map approval conditions with all dimensions, boundaries and courses clearly shown and defined in every case. Sufficient linear, angular and radial data shall be shown to readily determine the bearing and length of the boundaries of the subdivision and the parcels being created. Lengths, radius and central angle of all curves shall be shown.

(h) All monuments and other evidence found and used to determine the boundaries of the subdivision shall be shown on the map.

(i) City and/or county boundaries which cross or adjoin the subdivision shall be clearly designated.

(j) The map shall identify the location and kind of survey monuments set or found in conjunction with the preparation of the map.

(k) Easements and rights-of-way which affect the created parcels shall be noted on the map.

(l) The survey monuments set or reset by the engineer or surveyor shall be in the same form, manner and standards as outlined in this chapter, Sections C12-26 through C12-28.

(m) Any offers for dedications required as a tentative map condition shall be included as part of the owner's certificate.

(Ord. No. NS-1203.35, § 4, 3-13-78; Ord. No. NS-1203.82, § 3, 1-13-87; Ord. No. NS-1203.124, § 16, 12-13-16)

In all cases where a parcel map is required, such map shall be based either upon a field survey made in conformity with Land Surveyors Act, or be compiled from recorded or filed data when sufficient survey information exists on filed maps to locate and retrace the exterior boundary lines of the parcel map if the location of at least one of these boundary lines can be established from an existing monumented line.

(Ord. No. NS-1203.35, § 4, 3-13-78)

The owner's certificate as outlined in Section C12-27(a) shall be placed on the parcel map including the following language: All off-site and on-site improvements not completed prior to recording of this map are covered under a standard land development agreement. In addition to the owner's certificate, the following shall appear on the parcel map:

(a) Engineer's or surveyor's certificate. This map was prepared by me or under my direction (and was compiled from record data) (and is based upon a field survey) in conformance with the requirements of the Subdivision Map Act at the request of (name of person authorizing map) on (date) . I hereby state that the parcel map procedures of the County of Santa Clara have been complied with and that this parcel map conforms to the approved tentative map and the conditions of approval thereof which were required to be fulfilled prior to the filing of the parcel map.

R.C.E. (or L.S.) No. _____

(b) Recorder's certificate. Filed this _____ date of _______, 19___, at m. in Book _____ of _____, at page _____, at the request of ___________.

(c) County Surveyor's certificate. This map conforms with the requirements of the Subdivision Map Act and this chapter.

(Ord. No. NS-1203.35, § 4, 3-13-78)