Shasta Lake Municipal Code Ch. 16.12 Final Maps and Parcel Maps

A. The filing of a parcel map for record may be waived when preparation of a tentative map by a registered civil engineer, licensed land surveyor, licensed architect, licensed landscape architect or professional land use planner is not required under Section 16.08.020A of this title; provided, that the planning commission specifically finds that the proposed land division complies with all development standards and all other city standards and requirements as to area, improvement and design, floodwater drainage control, appropriate improved public roads, sanitary disposal facilities, water supply availability, environmental protection and all other requirements of the Map Act and this chapter. A waiver of recordation of a parcel map shall expire concurrently with the approved tentative map upon which the waiver is based.

B. Whenever the planning commission approves a waiver of recordation of a parcel map, the development services director or his or her designee shall issue a notice of waiver of parcel map which shall contain such information as the city council may by resolution direct. The director of public services shall cause the notice to be filed for record.

(Ord. 97-98 § 15.12.010)

A. All tentative maps expire twenty-four (24) months from the date of approval. For a final map or parcel map, a tracing and five legible prints of the map in the required form, any agreements and security required under Sections 16.16.040, 16.16.050, 16.16.060 and 16.16.070 of this title, and any other evidence necessary to establish that all conditions of approval of the tentative map are satisfied shall be filed in the department of public services prior to expiration of the tentative map. An application for waiver of recordation of a parcel map shall be filed with the planning division prior to expiration of the tentative map and shall include evidence that all conditions of approval of the tentative map are satisfied and any agreements and security required under Sections 16.16.040, 16.16.050, 16.16.060 and 16.16.070 of this title have been filed in the department of public services.

B. At the time of filing, map checking fees shall be paid to the department of public services. The fee for recording a final map, parcel map or notice of waiver of parcel map and any related documents shall be deposited with the department of public services prior to recordation.

(Ord. 97-98 § 15.12.020)

A. The planning division and the department of public services shall review each parcel map or final map submitted for recordation and any related documents. Upon determining that a parcel map or final map substantially conforms to the approved tentative map and that all conditions of approval are satisfied, the director of public services, or his or her designee, shall approve or conditionally approve the map. An approved parcel map shall be filed for record by the department of public services. A final map shall be filed with the clerk of the city council and the director of public services shall recommend approval, conditional approval or disapproval to the council.

B. Any final map or parcel map which fails to meet the requirements of the Map Act, this chapter or the development standards may be approved when such failure of the map is a result of a technical and inadvertent error and the director of public services determines that such error does not materially effect the validity of the map.

C. If a map is determined not to substantially conform to the approved or conditionally approved tentative map, the map shall be returned to the applicant, or his or her agent, who shall be advised of deficiencies in the map. No final map for a land project shall be approved unless a specific plan for the area proposed to be included within the land project has been adopted and the city council finds that the proposed land project, together with provisions for its design and improvement, is consistent with that plan.

(Ord. 97-98 § 15.12.030)

The development services director or his or her designee shall cause appropriate conditions or notations to be written or printed on the face of any final or parcel map or included in any notice of waiver of parcel map, when the planning commission or city council has so directed. If the director of public services, county health officer, or development services director or his or her designee determines that a notation on the face of any final or parcel map or in any notice of waiver of parcel map is necessary or desirable to protect the public interest with respect to the proposed land division, the director of public services shall, with the concurrence of the city counsel, make such notation.

(Ord. 97-98 § 15.12.040)

A certificate of ownership consenting to the preparation and recordation of a parcel map or notice of waiver of parcel map, shall be signed by all record title owners of property proposed for division by parcel map or pursuant to a waiver of parcel map. The certificate and all dedications or offers of dedication shall appear on the face of the parcel map, or be attached as an exhibit to the map or notice of waiver of parcel map, or appear on separate instruments recorded concurrently with the map or notice.

(Ord. 97-98 § 15.12.050)

If a soils investigation report has been prepared, the fact that the report has been made, the name and registration number of the engineer who prepared it and the date of the report shall be noted on the face of the map. Approval of the map does not constitute approval of the preliminary soils report, soils investigation report or the engineer's true statement of soil conditions.

(Ord. 97-98 § 15.12.060)

A final map or parcel map may be reverted to acreage by the city council pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with Government Code Section 66499.11) of the Map Act. In addition, a parcel map may be recorded pursuant to Government Code Section 66499.20-1/4 for the purpose of reverting to acreage land previously subdivided and consisting of four or less contiguous parcels under the same ownership.

(Ord. 97-98 § 15.12.070)

Subdivided lands may be merged and resubdivided without reverting to acreage pursuant to provisions of Government Code Section 66499.20-1/2.

(Ord. 97-98 § 15.12.080)

A recorded final map or parcel map or the conditions applied to it may be modified as provided in Government Code Section 66472.1.

(Ord. 97-98 § 15.12.090)

A. The city engineer shall ministerially approve a parcel map application for an urban lot split if it meets the requirements of Government Code Section 66411.7 and conforms to all applicable objective requirements of the Subdivision Map Act (commencing with Government Code Section 66410). No public hearing shall be required.

B. The city engineer shall require a lot split pursuant to this section to comply with objective zoning standards, objective subdivision standards, and objective design review standards applicable to the parcels created by pursuant to this section, to the extent that such standards do not conflict with Government Code Section 66411.7.

C. Notwithstanding Paragraph A, the city engineer may deny a lot split proposed pursuant to this section if the building official makes a written finding, that the project proposed would have a specific, adverse impact upon public health and safety or the physical environment and for which there is no feasible method to satisfactorily mitigate or avoid the specific, adverse impact. Grounds for denial include:

1. Roads.

a. The project is served by a street that does not meet minimum design standards of the city or other responsible agencies.

b. The street that serves the project site exceeds standards for dead end road lengths.

2. Location. The project site is located within the Very High Fire Severity Zone and all structures, both existing and new, do not comply with the following standards:

a. The property shall conform to all California defensible space and vegetation management laws.

b. New structures shall be built to (WUI) Wildland Urban Interface and/or (VHFHSZ) Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone requirements according to current mapping. Existing structures that do not conform with WUI requirements shall retrofit all roofing, exterior coverings, windows, and decking with noncombustible and ignition-resistant materials to meet performance requirements of the California Referenced Standards Code Title 24, Part 12. All other openings into the building shall be retrofitted with approved ember resistant vents or similar.

3. Utilities.

a. The project site is in an area not served by the municipal wastewater collection system and cannot comply with applicable Shasta County environmental health requirements for onsite waste disposal (septic systems).

b. Public utilities are not available or lack adequate capacity that is sufficient to serve the increased utility demand on the site that will result from the project.

4. Environment.

a. The project would have a specific adverse impact upon the environment that cannot be mitigated without development of offsite improvements.

D. Accessory dwelling units are prohibited after completion of an urban lot split.

(Ord. No. 22-292, § I, 3-1-2022)