Taft Municipal Code Ch. 8 Final Subdivision Map

The subdivider shall file with the City Clerk three (3) complete sets of black and white or blue line prints of the final or parcel map. Within three (3) working days after the filing of the final map, the City Clerk shall transmit two (2) prints thereof to the City Engineering and one print to the Secretary of the Commission. A copy of the deed restrictions applicable to the subdivision shall be filed with the City Clerk at the time of the filing the final map. (Ord. 839-20, 10-20-2020)

Agreement: If, at the time of approval of a final map by the Council, any public improvements required by the City pursuant to the provisions of this Title have not been completed and accepted in accordance with standards established herein, applicable at the time of the approval or conditional approval of the tentative map, the Council, as a condition precedent to the approval of the final map, shall require the subdivider to enter into an improvement agreement upon mutually agreeable terms to thereafter complete such improvements at the subdivider’s expense. The City shall require that performance of such agreement be guaranteed by the security specified in Chapter 6 of this Title. (Ord. 839-20, 10-20-2020)

(A) The map number and the tract name, if any, shall comprise the title.

(B) Below the title shall be a subtitle consisting of a general description of all the property being subdivided, by reference to subdivisions or to section surveys.

(C) References to subdivisions shall be worded identically with original records, with references to the books and pages if the subdivisions are recorded.

(D) Affidavits, certificates, acknowledgements, endorsements, acceptances or dedication and notary’s seals required by law and by this chapter shall appear on the title sheet.

(E) The title sheet shall show the basis of bearings.

(F) A key map showing the proposed subdivision and its relationship to the closest surrounding subdivisions and streets in all directions together with the area encompassed by each sheet of the final subdivision map shall appear on the title sheet.

(G) Where the size of the subdivision permits, in lieu of a title sheet, the information prescribed in subsections (A) through (F) of this section may be shown on the same sheet as the final subdivision map. (Ord. 839-20, 10-20-2020)

The final map shall show the following:

(A) The tract number and the tract name, if any, or parcel map number, date of preparation, north arrow and scale.

(B) The scale of the map shall be a minimum of the one inch (1") equals one hundred feet (100') or as approved by City Engineer.

(C) The locations and names of streets, without abbreviations, the width of the portion of the street being dedicated and the width of existing dedication, if any.

(D) The locations and widths of pedestrian ways.

(E) The locations and dimensions of public areas and the net acreage, to the nearest one-hundredth (1/100) of an acre, if more than one acre, or in square feet if less than an acre.

(F) The center lines, widths and side lines of all easements, clearly labeled, to which the lots are subject, the date on which the easement was created, and the book and page number of the County Recorder’s Records in which the easement appears. If the easement is not definitely located of record, a statement as to the easement shall be made. Easements for storm drains, sewers and other similar purposes shall be denoted by broken lines. Easements being dedicated shall be so indicated in the certificate of dedication. For parcel maps, easements shall be shown substantially in the correct location in relation to the corners of the property being divided, however, when such easement is not being dedicated the ties to the easement need not be shown on the map.

(G) Locations and width of drainage channels.

(H) Locations and widths of utilities rights-of-way.

(I) Locations and widths of railroad rights-of-way.

(J) Limitations on rights or access to and from streets and lots and other parcels of land.

(K) Locations of City boundary lines within five hundred (500) feet.

(L) The net dimensions of each lot. No ditto marks shall be used.

(M) Sufficient data shall be shown to determine readily the bearing and length of each lot line. The final subdivision map shall show net acreage to the nearest one-hundredth (1/100) of an acre, if more than one (1) acre and in square feet if less than one (1) acre.

N) The following surveying data:

1. A complete and accurate survey of the land to be subdivided by a civil engineer or surveyor registered to practice in the State in accordance with the standard practices of land surveying.

2. The traverse of the exterior boundaries of a proposed subdivision and of each block and lot with an error of closure before adjustment not exceeding one (1) in ten thousand (10,000) except by permission of the City Engineer when extreme terrain makes such accuracy unusually difficult to obtain. Traverse sheets shall be provided showing closure of the perimeter and centerline of streets, and an irregular lots.

3. All sources of information shown or used on plat shall be noted on plat. If a recorded course is different from a field course, both should be noted in proper notation.

4. Dimensions in feet and decimals of a foot to the nearest one-hundredth (1/100) of a foot, and bearings to the nearest second of all lot lines, subdivision perimeters, and of the centerline of streets. If a course is a curve, the radius, length of curb, tangent distance and central angle shall be shown. If the ends of a curve are not tangent to the preceding or following course, the radial of the end of the curve with its bearing shall be shown. No ditto marks will be allowed. The width of each street right of way shall be shown, indicating the widths on each side of the centerline. The width of the original right of way and the right of way offered for dedication.

5. Suitable primary control points including section corners and monuments existing outside the proposed subdivision.

• 6. The location of all permanent monuments within the proposed subdivision.
• 7. Ties to and names of adjacent subdivisions.
• 8. Ties to any city and county boundary lines involved.

(O) Building line setbacks for each lot in the subdivision used for residential, commercial, or industrial uses.

(P) Basis of bearing shall be taken from a line between two (2) monuments. An assumed basis of bearings may not be used. The bearing shall be obtained from one of the following sources:

• 1. A record map or record of survey.
• 2. County surveyor’s records.
• 3. An astronomical observation.
• 4. California Coordinate System. (Ord. 839-20, 10-20-2020)

(A) If the map conforms to the tentative map as approved by the Commission and no changes have been made which have not been approved by the Commission, the secretary of the Commission shall certify the original tracing of the map on behalf of the Commission. If the map does not so conform, the secretary of the Commission shall report such fact and the nature of the nonconforming features to the City Engineer and the secretary of the Commission shall not certify the map on behalf of the Commission until the Commission specifically authorizes him to do so.

(B) The secretary shall certify:

1. The Commission approved or conditionally approved the tentative map and the date such action was taken.

2. The subdivision, as shown on the map, is substantially the same as it appeared on the tentative map and in accordance with any conditions approved by the Commission. (Ord. 839-20, 10-20-2020)

(A) The City Engineer shall examine the print of the map and determine the sufficiency of affidavits and acknowledgments, the correctness of surveying data, mathematical data and computations, and determine whether the provisions of the Map Act and this title have been complied with. One copy of the map shall be returned to the subdivider with notations as to errors or omissions or a statement by the City Engineer that the map is correct.

(B) The subdivider shall provide traverse sheets and work sheets, accurate and complete electronic computation, or method approved by the City Engineer, showing the closure of the exterior boundaries of the subdivision and of all lots, blocks and centerlines of streets.

(C) Plans, profiles and specifications of proposed improvements shall be submitted to the City Engineer for approval at the time the prints of the map are submitted for checking. Such plans and profiles shall show the full details of the proposed improvements, and the improvements shall comply with standards and specification of the Kern County Engineering Development Standards as approved by the City Engineer and Council.

(D) If the map is found to be correct, the matters shown thereon are sufficient and all applicable provisions of the Map Act and this title have been complied with, the City Engineer shall certify his approval of the final subdivision map. (Ord. 839-20, 10-20-2020)

After the final map has been checked and approved, as provided in sections 10-8-5 and 10-8-6 of this Chapter, and when all the certificates which appear on the final subdivision map, except the approval certificates of the Council and the Kern County Recorder, have been signed and, where necessary acknowledged, the City Engineer shall file the final map with the City Clerk for Council approval. (Ord. 839-20, 10-20-2020)

Prior to the filing of the final map with the Council, the subdivider shall file such certificates and such security and make such payments as are required by section 66493 and 66494 of the Map Act and shall comply fully with such provisions of law. (Ord. 839-20, 10-20-2020)

At its first regular meeting following the filing of the final map with the City Clerk, the Council shall consider said map, the plan of subdivision and the offers of dedication in accordance with the requirements of this Title. The Council may reject any or all offers of dedication. If Council determines that said map is in conformity with the requirements of this Title, it shall approve said map. When the subdivider shall have filed with the City Clerk the completion agreement and improvement security described in Section 10-6-2 of this Title, and when such completion agreement and improvement security shall have been approved by the City Attorney as to form and by the City Engineer and Council as to sufficiency, the City Clerk shall transmit the map to the Kern County Recorder. If the Council shall determine that said map is not in conformity with the requirements of this Title, it shall disapprove said map specifying its reason or reasons for such disapproval. Within thirty (30) days after the Council has disapproved any map, the subdivider may file with the City Engineer a map altered to meet the approval of Council. In such case, the subdivider shall conform to all the requirements imposed upon him by this Title when filing of the first final map with the City Engineer. No map shall have any force or effect until the same has been approved by the Council and no title to any property described in any offer of dedication shall pass until the recordation of the final subdivision map. (Ord. 839-20, 10-20-2020)