Sierra County Municipal Code Ch. 23.25 Correction and Amendment of Maps

After a final or parcel map is filed in the office of the County Recorder, it may be amended by a certificate of correction or an amending map:

A. To correct an error in any course or distance shown thereon.

B. To show any course or distance that was omitted therefrom.

C. To correct an error in the description of the real property shown on the map.

D. To indicate monuments set after the death, disability or retirement from practice of the engineer or surveyor charged with responsibilities for setting monuments.

E. To show the proper location of any monument which has been changed in location, or character, or originally was shown at the wrong location or incorrectly as to its character.

F. To correct any additional information filed or recorded pursuant to Cal. Gov’t. Code § 66434.2, if the correction does not impose any additional burden on the present fee owner of the property and does not affect any right, title or interest in the real property reflected on the recorded map.

G. To correct any other type of map error or omission as approved by the County Surveyor which does not affect any property right. Errors and omissions may include, but are not limited to, lot numbers, acreage, street names and identification of adjacent record maps. Error does not include changes in courses or distances from which an error is not ascertainable from the data shown on the final or parcel map.

H. To make modifications when there are changes which make any or all of the conditions of the map no longer appropriate or necessary and that the modifications do not impose any additional burden on the present fee owner of the property, and if the modifications do not alter any right, title or interest in the real property reflected on the recorded map. The modification shall be set for public hearing by the Planning Commission. The Planning Commission shall confine the hearing to consideration of, and action on, the proposed modification. No modification shall be approved unless the Commission makes the findings as set forth in Cal. Gov’t. Code § 66474. Any decision of the Commission may be appealed by an interested party pursuant to SCC 20.05.130. (Formerly 23.25.001)

The amending map or certificate of correction shall be prepared by a registered civil engineer or licensed land surveyor. The form and contents of the amending map shall conform to the requirements of Chapter 23.07 SCC if a final map, and Chapter 23.10 SCC if a parcel map. The certificate of correction shall set forth in detail the corrections made and show the names of the present fee owners of the property affected by the correction. (Formerly 23.25.002)

The amending map or certificate of correction, complete as to final form including those approved by the Commission pursuant to SCC 23.25.010(H), shall be submitted to the County Surveyor for review and approval. Within 20 days, the Department of Public Works shall examine the amending map or certificate of correction and if the only changes made are those set forth in SCC 23.25.010 and 23.25.020, this fact shall be certified by the Department of Public Works on the amending map or certificate of correction. If the map or certificate does not comply, the document shall be returned to the engineer or surveyor preparing the document with a written statement of changes to bring the document into compliance. Upon resubmittal, the County Surveyor shall have 10 days to submit the document to the County Recorder after approval. (Formerly 23.25.003)

The amending map or certificate of correction certified by the Department of Public Works shall be filed in the office of the County Recorder. Upon such filing, the County Recorder shall index the names of the fee owners and the appropriate subdivision designation shown on the amending map or certificate of correction in an index of recorded certificates of correction, or amended maps, as appropriate. Thereupon, the original map shall be deemed to have been conclusively so corrected, and thereafter shall impart constructive notice of all such corrections in the same manner as though set forth upon the original map. (Formerly 23.25.004)