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Article II — Parcel Map Procedures.

Sec. 25-25. - Parcel review and approval.

Sonoma County Municipal Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-09-27 · Sonoma County

A parcel map shall be reviewed and approved as follows, in compliance with the Subdivision Map Act sections 66463 et. seq.

(a)

The County Surveyor shall have the final approval authority for parcel maps. If the map conforms to all the requirements of this title, applicable at the time of approval or conditional approval of the tentative map, and any rulings made thereunder, it shall be approved within twenty (20) working days of submittal.

(b)

Where the County Surveyor has determined that the parcel map is correct, that all required certificates appear on the parcel map, the County surveyor shall sign and seal the parcel map and shall forward the map to the County Recorder for recording. The recording fee shall be paid by the sub divider.

(c)

A parcel map shall only be denied for failure to meet or perform the requirements that were applicable to the subdivision at the time of the approval of the tentative map. If the map is not certified as correct, the County Surveyor shall notify the sub divider within ten (10) working days and provide the sub divider an opportunity

to make the necessary changes and resubmit the parcel map, together with all required data.

(d)

The County Surveyor may accept, accept subject to improvement, or reject dedications and offers to dedicate that are made by statements on the map or by a separate instrument recorded at the same time as the map. In the event that all improvements required by law or conditions imposed upon the approval are not completed, the County Surveyor may enter into an agreement with the sub divider as provided in Section 25-60.

(Ord. No. 6206, § III, 8-22-2017)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 6206, § III, adopted Aug. 22, 2017, amended § 25-25 in its entirety to read as herein set out. Former § 25-25 pertained to parcel map checking procedures and derived from Ord. No. 1875, § 2.

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