Tehama County Municipal Code Art. IV Final Map

A. The approval or conditional approval of a tentative subdivision map shall expire twentyfour months after its approval or conditional approval by the advisory agency. An extension to the expiration date may be approved as provided in subsections D through G of this section.

B. The period of time specified in subsection A of this section shall not include any period of time during which a development moratorium is in effect according to Section 66452.6 of the Subdivision Map Act; providing, however that the length of the moratorium does not exceed five years. Upon termination of the moratorium, maps shall be valid for the same period of time as was left to run on the map at the time the moratorium was imposed unless that time is less than one hundred twenty days. In that event, the map shall be valid for one hundred twenty days following termination.

C. The period of time specified in this section shall not include any period of time during which a lawsuit has been filed and is pending in a court of competent jurisdiction involving the approval or conditional approval of a tentative map if a stay of time period is approved by the advisory agency. Within ten days of the service of the initial petition or complaint upon the county, the subdivider, if he wishes to take advantage of this provision, shall apply in writing to the planning department requesting a stay in the time period of the tentative map. Within forty days after receiving the request the advisory agency shall either stay the time period for up to five years or deny the requested stay. The request for a stay shall be subject to a hearing with notice to the subdivider and to the appellant. Within ten days of the conclusion of the hearing the advisory agency shall declare its findings.

D. The subdivider may request an extension of the expiration date of the approved or conditionally approved tentative map by written application to the planning department. The application shall be filed not less than fortyfive days before the map is to expire and shall state the reasons for requesting the extension.

E. The approved extension periods shall not exceed twelve months each and in no event shall there be an approval of more than two extensions. The approved new expiration date shall not extend more than four years beyond the date of approval of the advisory agency approving or conditionally approving the tentative map.

F. Expiration of an approved or conditionally approved tentative map shall terminate all proceedings and no final map or parcel map of all or any portion of the real property included within the tentative map shall be filed without first processing a new tentative map.

G. The subdivider may appeal any action of the advisory agency on the extension in conformance with Chapter 16.36.

H. At least twenty days prior to the date of the meeting of the board of supervisors at which approval of the final map is desired, the subdivider shall submit to the county surveyor, in complete and dependable form, the following:

1. Three legible prints of the final map;

2. Subdivision improvement plans, and plan, map and field checking fees, as provided in the land division standards;

3. Traverse sheets showing closures and computation of all distances, angles, and courses shown on the final map, ties to existing and proposed monuments, and adjacent subdivisions, street corners, and highway stations. The traverse of the exterior boundaries of the tract and of lots and blocks shall close within the limits of closure outlined in the land division standards;

4. Map filing report, as required by state law; such report shall be issued for the benefit and protection of the county surveyor and county recorder and shall be issued by a title company;

5. An instrument restricting vehicular traffic over the side lines of any road or highway, when and if the same is required;

6. A geologic and soil report or a soil investigation report by a soils engineer in the form prescribed by the county engineer unless this requirement is waived in writing by the county engineer;

7. Improvement bonds, subdivision agreements and such other documents as are required by this title and the land division standards;

8. A preliminary title report.

(Ord. 1231 §2, 1983; Ord. 714 §1(part), 1975)

The final map shall conform to all of the following provisions:

A. It shall be clearly and legibly drawn in black waterproof India ink upon good tracing cloth or other material approved by the county recorder, and shall include certificates as required by the Subdivision Map Act and this title.

B. The size of each sheet shall be eighteen inches by twentysix inches. A marginal line shall be drawn completely around each sheet, leaving an entirely blank margin of one inch. The particular number of the sheet and the total number of sheets comprising the map, the tract number, title, or other designation shall be stated on each of the sheets, and its relation to each adjoining sheet shall be clearly shown. The tract designation, all drawings, affidavits, acknowledgements, endorsements, offers and acceptances of dedication, and notarial seals shall be within said marginal lines. The first sheet of the map shall contain all affidavits, acknowledgements, endorsements, offers and acceptances of dedication and notarial certificates, and no signed certificates shall appear on any other sheet of the map, nor shall any portion of the map appear on the sheet containing the certificates. The scale of the final map should be one inch equals one hundred feet or one inch equals fifty feet, unless otherwise permitted by the county surveyor, but in any case the map shall show clearly all the details of the subdivision.

C. The title sheet of the final map shall contain the tract number and designation and such descriptive matter as may be necessary. Below the tract designation shall appear a subtitle consisting of a general description of all the property being subdivided by reference to recorded deeds or to maps which have been previously recorded or by reference to the plat of a United States Survey. Reference to tracts and subdivisions in the description must be worded identically with original records and references to book, and page of record must be complete. The basis of bearing for the survey shall be clearly noted.

D. The final map shall particularly define and designate all lots or parcels, including those reserved for private purposes, all parcels offered for dedication for any purpose, with all dimensions, boundaries, and courses clearly shown and defined in every case. No ditto marks shall be used. Parcels offered for dedication but not accepted shall be designated by letter, and private streets offered but not accepted for dedication shall be identified as "private street."

E. The map shall show clearly what stakes, monuments, or other evidences were found on the ground to determine the boundaries of the tract. The adjoining corners of all adjoining subdivisions shall be identified by lot and block number, tract designation, and place of record, or by section, township, and range, or other proper designation.

F. The map shall show all information, data, and monuments necessary to locate and retrace any and all exterior boundary lines and lot lines. It shall also show bearings and distances of straight lines and radii, central angle and arc length for all curves, and such information as may be necessary to determine the location of the centers of curves, bearings and tangent distances and radii, central angle, and arc lengths of all lots. Where streets intersect on curves, centerline lengths, radii and deltas, and centerline intersection points shall be shown. At the time of making the survey for the final map, the engineer or surveyor shall set sufficient durable monuments to conform with the standards described in Section 8771 of the Business and Professions Code so that another engineer or surveyor may readily retrace the survey. He shall also set such additional monuments as may be required by the Land Division Standards. The exterior boundary of the land being subdivided shall be monumented before the map is recorded. Interior monuments need not be set at the time the map is recorded, if the engineer or surveyor certifies on the map that the monuments will be set on or before a specified later date, and if the subdivider furnishes to the legislative body security guaranteeing the payment of the cost of setting such monuments.

G. Wherever the county surveyor has established the center of a street or alley, the data shall be shown on the final map, indicating all monuments found and making reference to a field book or map. If the points were reset by ties, the fact shall be stated.

H. The map shall show the line of extreme high water in case the subdivision is adjacent to a stream, channel, or subject to periodic inundation by water.

I. The exterior boundary of the land included within the subdivision shall be indicated by distinctive symbols and clearly so designated.

J. Block designations shall not be used, and lots shall be numbered consecutively throughout the subdivision, with no omissions or duplications.

K. The total width of all road rightsofway shall be shown, as well as the widths of rightsofway for flood control or drainage channels, and any other rightsofway.

L. The map shall show all easements of record and easements to be recorded. If any easement is not definitely located of record, a statement of such easement must appear on the title sheet. Easements for storm drains, sewers, public utilities and other purposes shall be clearly defined. Distances and bearings on the side lines of lots which are cut by an easement must be so shown that the map will indicate clearly the actual length of the lot lines. The width of the easement and the lengths and bearings of the lines thereof and sufficient ties thereto to definitely locate the easement with respect to the subdivision must be shown.

M. In order to avoid duplication, names to be used for new streets shall be subject to the approval of the county planning department. If any designations be numbers, they shall be spelled out completely, using hyphens in such forms as "Twentythird Street." The word "Avenue," "Boulevard," "Place," etc. shall be spelled out in full. Names of newly dedicated portions of streets shall be shown in or arrowed to the dedicated portion.

(Ord. 961 §1, 1979; Ord. 947 §1, 1979; Ord. 714 §1(part), 1975)

A. As deemed necessary by the advisory agency, additional information may be required to be filed or recorded simultaneously with the final map.

B. The additional information shall be in the form of a separate document or separate sheet, which shall indicate its relationship to the final map, and shall contain a statement that the additional information is for informational purposes, describing conditions as of the date of filing, and is not intended to affect record title interest. The document or additional map sheet may also contain a notation that the additional information is derived from public records or reports and does not imply the correctness or sufficiency of those records or reports by the preparer of the document or additional map sheet.

C. Additional survey and map information may include but need not be limited to sewage disposal sites, building setback lines, flood hazard zones, seismic lines and setbacks, geologic mapping, and archaeological sites.

(Ord. 1409 (part), 1988)

A. When the county surveyor finds that all requirements for submittal of a final map have been complied with, he shall date and sign his file copy to that effect and notify the subdivider and/or his engineer and the technical advisory committee that the map has been filed. Within ten days of the date of filing the committee may meet to review the map and submit comments thereon to the county surveyor.

B. Within twenty days of the date of filing, and when the map is complete and in order, the county surveyor shall sign the county surveyor's certificate on the original tracing thereof and submit it, and all related bond and agreement forms and other documents, to the board of supervisors for action.

C. The board of supervisors shall, within a period of ten days after the filing of the final map for approval or at its next regular meeting at which it receives the map, whichever is later, approve the map if it conforms to all the requirements of this title and the Subdivision Map Act applicable at the time of approval or conditional approval of the tentative map and any rulings made thereunder or, if it does not conform, disapprove the map.

D. If the subdivision lies entirely within the territory of a city, the map shall be filed with the city. If entirely within unincorporated territory, the map shall be filed with the county; and if partially within two or more of such territories, the map shall be filed with each and in the latter case each shall act thereon as provided in this title.

E. Following approval of the map and related documents by the board, the county surveyor shall submit the map to the county recorder for recording.

(Ord. 714 §1(part), 1975)