Scotts Valley Municipal Code Ch. 16.10 Final Map

The final map shall be prepared by or under the direction of a registered civil engineer or licensed land surveyor. It shall be based on a survey and shall conform to all of the following provisions in this chapter.

(Ord. 64 § 3 (part), 1975)

The final map shall be legibly drawn, printed or reproduced by a process guaranteeing a permanent record in black on tracing cloth or polyester base film. Certificates, affidavits and acknowledgements 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.

(Ord. 64 § 3 (part), 1975)

The size of each sheet shall be eighteen by twenty-six inches. A marginal line shall be drawn completely around each sheet, leaving an entirely blank margin of one inch. The scale of the map shall be large enough to show all details clearly, 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.

(Ord. 64 § 3 (part), 1975)

All survey information and data necessary to locate all monuments and to locate and retrace any and all interior and exterior boundary lines appearing thereon shall be shown, including bearings and distances of straight lines, and central angle, radius and arc length for all curves, and such information as may be necessary to determine the location of the centers of curves and ties to existing monuments used to establish the subdivision boundaries.

(Ord. 64 § 3 (part), 1975)

Each parcel shall be numbered and each block may be numbered or lettered. Street names acceptable to the planning director shall be shown.

(Ord. 64 § 3 (part), 1975)

The exterior boundary of the land included within the subdivision shall be indicated by a distinctive symbol which shall be identified in a legend. The map shall show the definite location of the subdivision, and particularly its relation to surrounding survey.

(Ord. 64 § 3 (part), 1975)

When a soils or a geologic report has been prepared in accordance with this chapter, this fact shall be noted on the final map, together with the date of the report and the name of the engineer and/or geologist making the report.

(Ord. 64 § 3 (part), 1975)

All specific requirements noted as conditions of approval for the tentative map shall be incorporated into the final map.

(Ord. 64 § 3 (part), 1975)

The title sheet shall contain the title and a tract number as secured from the planning department, conspicuously placed on the sheet. Below the title shall appear a subtitle consisting of a general description of all the property being subdivided by reference to recorded deeds or to maps which have been previously recorded or by reference to the plat of a United States survey.

(Ord. 64 § 3 (part), 1975)

References in the description to tracts and subdivisions must be spelled out and worded identically with original records; and references to book and page of record must be complete. There must also appear on the map the scale, the north point and the basis of bearing, reference being made to a recorded subdivision map, recorded deed, United States survey, solar or Polaris observation. Every sheet comprising the map proper shall bear the title, scale, north point and sheet number.

(Ord. 64 § 3 (part), 1975)

Affidavits, certificates, acknowledgements, endorsements, acceptances of dedications and notarial seals required by law and by this chapter shall appear only once and shall be placed on the title sheet, or the title sheet and such other sheets as may be required.

(Ord. 64 § 3 (part), 1975)

All stakes, monuments or other evidences which were found on the ground to determine the boundaries of the subdivision shall be shown. The adjoining corners of all adjoining subdivisions shall be identified by lot and block number, tract name and place of record, or by section, township and range or other property designation.

(Ord. 64 § 3 (part), 1975)

City boundaries which cross or adjoin the subdivision shall be clearly designated.

(Ord. 64 § 3 (part), 1975)

The location, and kind of monuments placed in making the survey shall be shown.

(Ord. 64 § 3 (part), 1975)

If any points were reset from reference point ties, that fact shall be stated.

(Ord. 64 § 3 (part), 1975)

In making the survey, the engineer or surveyor shall set permanent monuments at all angles and curve points on the subdivision boundary, on the boundaries of each block and on all lot corners. In case the location of any water course, inaccessible terrain or physical obstruction makes it impracticable to place any of the monuments as required by this section, the city engineer may authorize, in lieu thereof, the placing of offset monuments. The exterior boundary of the land being subdivided shall be adequately monumented before the map is recorded.

(Ord. 64 § 3 (part), 1975)

Monuments at angle and curve points on the exterior boundaries of the subdivision shall be not less substantial than galvanized iron pipe not less than one and one-half inches in diameter and not less than thirty inches in length. Monuments on the exterior boundaries of blocks and lot corners shall be not less substantial than galvanized iron pipe not less than one-half inch in diameter and not less than thirty inches in length. Each lot corner shall also be marked by a wooden stake, not less than one inch by two inches in cross section, eighteen inches long and driven six inches into the ground with the lot number marked on the side of the stake toward the lot. All monuments shall be appropriately marked with the engineer's or surveyor's license number in conformance with Section 8772 of the Business and Professions Code of the state of California.

(Ord. 64 § 3 (part), 1975)

All monuments shall be subject to inspection and approval by the city engineer before approval of the map. In case the improvements in the subdivision are proposed to be installed subsequent to the recordation of the map, the city engineer may authorize the placing of reference point markers in lieu of some of the interior monuments required by this chapter which cannot be permanently placed until completion of the improvement work. In such case the agreement for the improvement work, as provided in Section 16.52.010, shall include the placing of the permanent monuments required by this chapter.

(Ord. 64 § 3 (part), 1975)

Boundary traverses of the subdivision and of all lots and blocks must close within a limit of error of one foot to five thousand feet of perimeter.

(Ord. 64 § 3 (part), 1975)

At the city engineer's option, interior monuments need not be set at the time the final map is recorded if the engineer or surveyor certifies on the map that the monuments will be set on or before a specified later date, and if the subdivider furnishes to the city council a bond or cash deposit guaranteeing the payment of the cost of setting the monuments as part of the agreement noted in Section 16.52.010.

(Ord. 64 § 3 (part), 1975)

Street centerlines or parallel offsets (ten feet maximum) within the improved road area shall be monumented with railroad spikes or one-half inch by thirty inch galvanized iron pipes at curve points and along tangents in sufficient quantities to readily enable reestablishment of the centerline. Said monuments shall in all cases be intervisible. The centerline monuments shall be set after completion of the street surfacing and must be in place prior to county acceptance of the tract improvements.

(Ord. 64 § 3 (part), 1975)

A. Within five days after the final setting of all monuments has been completed by the engineer or surveyor, he shall give written notice to the subdivider, and to the city engineer that the final monuments have been set.

B. Upon payment to the engineer or surveyor for setting the final monuments, the subdivider shall present to the city engineer evidence of such payment and receipt thereof by the engineer or surveyor.

C. If the subdivider does not present evidence to the city engineer that he has paid the engineer or surveyor for the setting of the final monuments, and if the engineer or surveyor notifies the city council that he has not been paid by the subdivider for the setting of the final monuments, the city council may, within three months from the date of said notification, pay the engineer or surveyor from any deposit the amount due.

(Ord. 64 § 3 (part), 1975)

In the event of the death, disability or retirement from practice of the engineer or surveyor charged with the responsibility for setting monuments, or in the event of his refusal to set such monuments, the city council may direct the city engineer, or such engineer or surveyor as it may select, to set such monuments. When the monuments are so set, the substitute engineer or surveyor shall amend any map filed pursuant to this chapter in accordance with the provisions of Section 16.28.010. All provisions of this chapter relating to payment shall apply to the services performed by the substituted engineer or surveyor.

(Ord. 64 § 3 (part), 1975)

The following affidavits and certificates, with acknowledgements where appropriate, shall appear on the final map:

A. Owner's certificates, with acknowledgements, consenting to the preparation and recording of the final map and to the dedication or offer to dedicate interest in real property for specified public purposes. Said certificate must be signed by all parties having any record title interest in the real property being subdivided except as follows. Neither a lien for state, county, municipal or local taxes, nor for special assessments, nor beneficial interest under trust deeds, nor a trust interest under bond indentures, nor mechanics' liens constitute a record title interest in land for the purpose of this chapter.

B. Signatures That May Be Omitted. Signatures of the parties owning the following types of interest may be omitted if their names and the nature of their respective interest are stated on the final map:

1. Rights-of-way, easements or other interests which cannot ripen into a fee, except those owned by a public entity or public utility. If, however, the legislative body or advisory agency determines that division and development of the property in the manner set forth on the approved or conditionally approved tentative map will not unreasonably interfere with the free and complete exercise of the public entity or public utility right-of-way or easement, the signature of such public entity or public utility may be omitted. Where such determination is made, the subdivider shall send, by certified mail, a sketch of the proposed final map, together with a copy of this section, to any public entity or public utility which has previously acquired a right-of-way or easement.

a. If the public entity or utility objects to either recording the final map without its signature, or the determination of the legislative body or advisory agency that the division and development of the property will not unreasonably interfere with the full and complete exercise of its right-of-way or easement, it shall so notify the subdivider and the legislative body or advisory agency within thirty days after receipt of the materials from the subdivider.

b. If the public entity or utility objects to recording the final map without its signature, the public entity or utility so objecting may affix its signature to the final map within thirty days of filing its objection with the legislative body or advisory agency.

c. If the public entity or utility either does not file an objection with the legislative body or advisory agency, or fails to affix its signature within thirty days of filing its objection to recording the map without its signature, the local agency may record the final map without such signature.

d. If the public entity or utility files an objection to the determination of the legislative body or advisory agency that the division and development of the property will not unreasonably interfere with the exercise of its right-of-way or easement, the legislative body or advisory agency shall set the matter for public hearing to be held not less than ten nor more than thirty days of receipt of the objection. At such hearing, the public entity or public utility shall present evidence in support of its position that the division and development of the property will unreasonably interfere with the free and complete exercise of the objector's right-of-way or easement.

e. If the legislative body or advisory agency finds, following such hearing, that the development and division will in fact unreasonably interfere with the free and complete exercise of the objector's right-of-way or easement, it shall set forth those conditions whereby such unreasonable interference will be eliminated; and upon compliance with such conditions by the subdivider, the final map may be recorded with or without the signature of the objector. If the legislative body or advisory agency finds that the development and division will in fact not unreasonably interfere with the free and complete exercise of the objector's right-of-way or easement, the final map may be recorded without the signature of the objector, notwithstanding its objections thereto.

f. Failure of the public entity or public utility to file an objection pursuant to this section shall in no way affect its rights under a right-of-way or easement;

2. Rights-of-way, easements or reversions, which by reason of changed conditions, long disuse or laches appear to be no longer of practical use or value and signatures are impossible or impractical to obtain. A statement of the circumstances preventing the procurement of the signatures shall also be stated on the map;

3. Interest in or rights to minerals, including but not limited to oil, gas or other hydrocarbon substances.

(Ord. 64.1 § 4, 1978; Ord. 64 § 3 (part), 1975)

In the event any street shown on a subdivision map is not offered for dedication, the owner's certificate as noted in Section 16.10.240 may contain a statement to this effect. If such statement appears on the map and if the map is approved by the council, the use of any such street or streets by the public shall be permissive only.

An offer of dedication of real property for street or public utility easement purposes shall be deemed not to include any public utility facilities located on or under such real property unless and only to the extent and intent to dedicate such facilities is expressly stated in the certificate.

(Ord. 64 § 3 (part), 1975)

The city engineer shall complete and file with the council his certificate within twenty days from the time the final map is submitted to him by the subdivider for approval, if all tentative map conditions and all requirements of this chapter are met.

(Ord. 64 § 3 (part), 1975)