Chapter 16.204 — CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE

This chapter provides procedures for the processing of certificates of compliance, consistent with the requirements of the Map Act (Section 66499.35). (Prior code § 16-670.010)

A certificate of compliance is a document recorded by the County Recorder, which acknowledges that the subject parcel is considered by the City to be a legal lot of record. Any person owning real property, or a purchaser of the property in a contract of sale of the property, may request a certificate of compliance.

(Prior code § 16-670.020)

A certificate of compliance application shall include the form provided by the City Engineer, the required filing fee, and a chain of title, consisting of copies of all deeds beginning before the division and thereafter, unless the parcels were created through a recorded subdivision map. (Prior code § 16-670.030)

• A. City Engineer Review.

  1. Upon making a determination that the real property complies with the provisions of the Municipal Code or the Map Act, the City Engineer shall cause a certificate of compliance to be filed for record with the County Recorder. The certificate of compliance shall identify the real property and shall state that the division of land complies with applicable provisions of the Stockton Municipal Code and the Map Act.

  2. If the City Engineer determines that the real property does not comply with the provisions of the Stockton Municipal Code or Map Act, the City Engineer may, as a condition to granting a certificate of compliance, impose conditions. Upon making a determination and establishing conditions, the City Engineer or authorized representative shall file a conditional certificate of compliance for record with the County Recorder. The certificate shall serve as notice to the property owner who has applied for the certificate, a grantee of the property owner, or any subsequent transferee to assignee of the property, that the fulfillment and implementation of the conditions shall be required prior to subsequent issuance of a permit or other grant of approval for development of the property.

  3. Compliance with the conditions shall not be required until a permit or other grant of approval for development of the property is issued.

• B. Form of Certificate. The certificate of compliance shall identify the real property, shall state that the division complies with the provisions of the Map Act and this Development Code, and shall include all information required by the Map Act (Section 66499.35).

• C. Effective Date of Certificate. A certificate of compliance shall not become final until the document has been recorded by the County Recorder.

• (Prior code § 16-670.040)

A recorded final or parcel map shall constitute a certificate of compliance with respect to the parcels of real property described in the final or parcel map. (Prior code § 16-670.050)