Ventura County Municipal Code Art. 6 Final and Parcel Map Requirements

After approval of a tentative map, the subdivider may cause a final map or parcel map of the proposed subdivision or any portion thereof to be prepared. Final maps and parcel maps shall be prepared by, or under the direction of, a registered civil engineer or licensed land surveyor in accordance with the requirements set forth in this Chapter and in Article 2 (commencing with section 66433) and Article 3 (commencing with section 66444) of Chapter 2 of the Government Code.

(Ord. No. 4566, § 1, 6-16-2020)

Final maps and parcel maps shall be based upon a field survey made in conformity with the Land Surveyors Act (Bus. & Prof. Code, §§ 8700—8805) except that no field survey is required for conservation parcels and as otherwise specified in this Section. A remainder parcel having a gross area of five (5) acres or more may be indicated by deed reference in lieu of a field survey. The County Surveyor may waive the field survey requirement for a parcel map creating four (4) or fewer lots if the civil engineer or surveyor under whose direction the map is prepared demonstrates to the satisfaction of the County Surveyor that record monuments exist at all corners of the parent parcel and either:

a. That such monuments are shown on a survey map prepared in compliance with the Land Surveyors Act within the preceding fifteen (15) years and recorded or filed in the Office of the County Recorder; or

b. That such monuments are correctly located and are identified in field survey data prepared within the preceding fifteen (15) years and filed with the County Surveyor; or

c. That such monuments are shown on a survey map prepared over fifteen (15) years before in compliance with the Land Surveyors Act and recorded or filed in the Office of the County Recorder, or that such monuments are correctly identified in field survey data prepared over fifteen (15) years before and filed with the County Surveyor, and that existing angles and distances on the ground measure within the limits established by the County Surveyor.

(Ord. No. 4566, § 1, 6-16-2020)

If a final map or parcel map does not include the entire area of the approved tentative map, the subdivider shall obtain from the County Surveyor a suffix number to the tract number or parcel map number appearing on the tentative map. Such final maps or parcel maps relating to a given tentative map may be submitted and certified pursuant to Section 8205-2(e) of this Chapter only in sequential order according to the suffix numbers assigned thereto.

(Ord. No. 4566, § 1, 6-16-2020)

All signatures shall be made in waterproof black opaque ink. The scale of the map shall be one (1) inch equals four (40) feet, one (1) inch equals fifty (50) feet, or one (1) inch equals one hundred (100) feet, provided that the County Surveyor may approve a different scale. A graphical scale not less than three (3) inches in length shall be shown in addition to a numerical scale.

(Ord. No. 4566, § 1, 6-16-2020)

The exterior boundary line of a subdivision shall be shown on final maps and parcel maps as a black opaque ink line that is at least three (3) times the width of any other line on the maps excluding the one-inch border lines.

(Ord. No. 4566, § 1, 6-16-2020)

Each title sheet of a final map or parcel map shall include a title block as provided by Section 8206-0.15 of this Article and all certificates, statements, acknowledgements, and non-references required by this Chapter and the Subdivision Map Act.

(Ord. No. 4566, § 1, 6-16-2020)

When the final map or parcel map consists of more than two (2) sheets exclusive of the title sheet, a key map at a scale of one (1) inch equals five hundred (500) feet with lot lines showing the relation of the sheets shall be placed on the first map sheet. Every sheet comprising the map shall bear a sheet number and shall indicate the total number of sheets comprising the map. A location map at a scale of one (1) inch equals one thousand (1,000) feet indicating the geographical location of the proposed subdivision and the access roads thereto shall be placed on the first map sheet. With approval of the County Surveyor, the scale of the key map and/or the location map may be modified, or the two (2) maps may be combined and shown as a single map.

(Ord. No. 4566, § 1, 6-16-2020)

Final maps and parcel maps shall show the total width of each road, the width of the portion of each road offered for dedication, the width of the existing right-of-way of each road, the width of each side of the centerline of each road, and the width of rights-of-way of railroads, flood control or drainage channels, and any other rights-of-way, in the form of easements or fee, appearing on the map.

(Ord. No. 4566, § 1, 6-16-2020)

Sufficient data shall be shown on the final map or parcel map to determine readily the bearing and length of each lot line, and the bearing of radial lines on each lot corner or curve. Each lot shall be shown entirely on one (1) sheet. No ditto marks shall be used. Resultant lot boundaries shall coincide with jurisdictional boundary lines; the resultant property lines shall be coterminous with the boundary line of a city, county or special district. If a remainder parcel having a gross area of five (5) acres or more is indicated by deed reference in lieu of a field survey, that reference shall appear on the final map or parcel map in a form satisfactory to the County Surveyor.

(Ord. No. 4566, § 1, 6-16-2020)

The location on the final map or parcel map of all existing and proposed easements which are to remain after recordation, including any required easements outside of the subdivision, shall be shown by means of appropriate broken lines, together with the name of the easement owner, the purpose/use of the easement, and the record reference, if any. The easement owner's certificate on the final map or parcel map shall indicate the easements being offered for dedication. A statement identifying any easements of record to be abandoned shall be listed and certified on the Title Sheet pursuant to Government Code sections 66434(g) and 66445(j).

(Ord. No. 4566, § 1, 6-16-2020)

For lots having a net area of less than ten (10) acres, the widths of easements, the lengths and bearings of the lines thereof, and sufficient ties to locate the easements shall be clearly labeled and identified on the final map or parcel map. For lots having a net area of ten (10) acres or more, only easement widths need be shown. Regardless of the lot size, any easement of record shall be identified on the title sheet.

(Ord. No. 4566, § 1, 6-16-2020)

All monuments required by the Subdivision Map Act and this Chapter shall be clearly shown and identified on the final map or parcel map together with sufficient information so that an engineer or surveyor can readily locate each monument and retrace the survey.

(Ord. No. 4566, § 1, 6-16-2020)

Whenever the County Surveyor has established a centerline of a road or alley, this data shall be considered in making the surveys and in preparing the final map or parcel map. All monuments found shall be indicated and proper references made to filed field notes or maps of record relating to the monuments. If the points were reset by ties, that fact shall be stated.

(Ord. No. 4566, § 1, 6-16-2020)

City and County boundaries crossing or adjoining the subdivision shall be shown and identified upon the final map or parcel map.

(Ord. No. 4566, § 1, 6-16-2020)

Each lot on the final map or parcel map shall be identified by the same number or other designation used to identify it on the tentative map; provided that, with respect to a subdivision for which multiple final maps or multiple parcel maps are to be recorded, each such map shall designate as a "remainder parcel" such portion of the parent parcel, if any, which is not yet divided into lots by such map or any earlier one of the multiple final maps or multiple parcel maps.

(Ord. No. 4566, § 1, 6-16-2020)

The title, showing the tract number or parcel map number, the designation of the latest legal subdivision of which the parent parcel is a part together with a reference to the legal record of such subdivision, and either the words "in unincorporated territory" or "partly in unincorporated territory and partly in the City of ___________" shall appear on each sheet of the final map or parcel map.

(Ord. No. 4566, § 1, 6-16-2020)

The statement of the surveyor or engineer required by Government Code sections 66441 and 66449 with respect to final maps and parcel maps, respectively, shall be placed on the map prior to recordation. In each case where the map consists of more than one (1) sheet, such statement shall appear on the title sheet thereof.

(Ord. No. 4566, § 1, 6-16-2020)

The basis of bearings referred to on the final map or parcel map shall be approved by the County Surveyor and shall be clearly shown and identified on the map.

(Ord. No. 4566, § 1, 6-16-2020)

Each sheet of the final map or parcel map shall be so oriented that the north arrow points toward the top of the sheet or toward the left of the sheet. The title block shall be readable from the bottom of the sheet and all other lettering and data shall be readable from the bottom of the sheet or from the right side of the sheet.

(Ord. No. 4566, § 1, 6-16-2020)

The final map or parcel map shall also contain the following information:

a. Date of preparation, north arrow, and scale;

b. Location and names, without abbreviations, of all existing and proposed streets and alleys, and adjoining streets;

c. Dimensions in feet and hundredths of a foot;

d. Dimensions of all lots;

e. Bearings and distances for the centerlines of all roads;

f. Radius, arc length, and central angle of all curves, except that where arc segments of a larger curve are shown, only the arc length and central angle need to be indicated on the map for the segments;

g. Suitable primary survey control points;

h. Precise locations of all permanent monuments;

i. Ties to and names of all adjacent subdivisions, together with record references;

j. Net area of all lots having a gross area of at least one (1) acre, but less than ten (10) acres, to the nearest one-hundredth (0.01) of an acre;

k. Gross area of all lots having a gross area of ten (10) acres or more, to the nearest one-hundredth (0.01) of an acre; and

l. References to all controlling recorded maps and deeds for all or any portion of the existing boundaries of the parent parcel.

(Ord. No. 4566, § 1, 6-16-2020)

All surveys and all drafting in connection with the preparation of tentative maps, final maps, parcel maps, and improvement plans to be submitted pursuant to this Chapter shall be done in accordance with the standard practices and principles of drafting and land surveying.

(Ord. No. 4566, § 1, 6-16-2020)

A survey and traverse of the boundaries of the subdivision and all lots shall close within a limit of two-hundredths (0.02) feet or 1:10,000, whichever is greater.

(Ord. No. 4566, § 1, 6-16-2020)

No map lettering shall be smaller than eight-hundredth (0.08) of an inch in height.

(Ord. No. 4566, § 1, 6-16-2020)

Dedications or offers to dedicate real property for public purposes shall be made by certificate on the final map or the parcel map, provided that with respect to a parcel map the County Surveyor may permit such dedications or offers to dedicate to be by separate instrument recorded prior to or simultaneously with the parcel map; and provided further, that where such dedications or offers to dedicate are made to an entity not controlled by the Board of Supervisors, or involve real property located outside the subdivision, they may be by separate instrument recorded prior to or simultaneously with the final map or parcel map.

(Ord. No. 4566, § 1, 6-16-2020)

A cross-reference to each separate map sheet required by Section 8206-2.17 of this Chapter shall be placed on the title sheet of the final map or parcel map. The cross-reference shall generally describe the type of information appearing on the separate map sheet and shall state that the separate map sheet is filed in the Office of the County Surveyor.

(Ord. No. 4566, § 1, 6-16-2020)

A cross-reference to each soils and/or geologic report prepared specifically for the proposed subdivision shall be placed on the title sheet of the final map or parcel map. The cross-reference shall identify the preparer and the date of the report and shall state that the report is filed at the Public Works Agency.

(Ord. No. 4566, § 1, 6-16-2020)

Final maps and parcel maps submitted for approval shall be first submitted to the County Surveyor who shall examine the final map or parcel map and determine whether it is technically correct and is in full compliance with the Subdivision Map Act and this Chapter and is in substantial compliance with the corresponding approved tentative map. If the tentative map was approved subject to any conditions which are to be satisfied prior to recordation of the final map or parcel map, the County Surveyor, in consultation with the appropriate County departments or agencies, shall determine whether those conditions have been satisfied. If any of those conditions have not been satisfied, the final map or parcel map shall not be considered to be in substantial compliance with the tentative map. If a final map or parcel map depicts lots other than lots to be offered for dedication or reserved for flood control, natural resource preservation, common open space, or similar purposes, which are smaller than the minimum lot size required by either the applicable General Plan or the applicable Zoning Ordinance or if the number of lots exceeds the number of lots approved in the tentative map, the final map or parcel map shall not be considered to be in substantial compliance with the tentative map. If the County Surveyor is satisfied as to these matters, he or she shall sign a certificate so stating. If the County Surveyor is not satisfied as to these matters, he or she shall return the final map or parcel map to the subdivider and inform the subdivider of the deficiencies which have been noted. The number of copies of a final map or parcel map to be submitted shall be as specified by the County Surveyor.

(Ord. No. 4566, § 1, 6-16-2020)

When a final map or parcel map is submitted to the County Surveyor, it shall be accompanied by the documents specified in Sections 8206-2.1 through 8206-2.19 of this Chapter, except as otherwise provided in such sections.

(Ord. No. 4566, § 1, 6-16-2020)

Improvement plans and specifications required by this Chapter together with such calculations and additional information as will assist the Public Works Director in properly checking the improvement plans and specifications shall be submitted with the final map or parcel map. The number of sets of such improvement plans and specifications submitted shall be as specified by the Public Works Director.

(Ord. No. 4566, § 1, 6-16-2020)

All improvement agreements and securities required by the Subdivision Map Act or this Chapter shall be submitted with the final map or parcel map.

(Ord. No. 4566, § 1, 6-16-2020)

A letter signed by the Ventura County Tax Collector certifying that there are no liens against the subdivision or any part thereof for unpaid state, County, municipal, or local taxes or special assessments collected as taxes, except taxes or special assessments not yet payable, and certifying the amount of taxes and assessments, which are a lien but which are not yet payable, shall be submitted with the final map or parcel map. The security, if any, required by Government Code section 66493 also shall be submitted with the final map or parcel map. This Section is inapplicable to amending maps filed in accordance with Government Code section 66469.

(Ord. No. 4566, § 1, 6-16-2020)

A preliminary subdivision guarantee and a title report containing the legal description of the parent parcel, issued by a title company acceptable to the County Recorder and authorized by the laws of the State of California to write the same, shall be submitted with any final map or parcel map presented to the County Surveyor. A subdivision guarantee, issued by a title company acceptable to the County Recorder and authorized by the laws of the State of California to write the same, showing the names of all persons having any record title interest in the parent parcel together with the nature of their respective interests therein, shall be submitted with the final map or parcel map prior to recordation of the map. The subdivision guarantee shall ensure that the parties named in the guarantee are the only parties having any record title interest in the land subdivided and that all record easements upon the property are included therein.

(Ord. No. 4566, § 1, 6-16-2020)

Whenever fee interests in land or easements are offered for dedication for public use or access, and whenever fee interests in land or easements are to be granted to public agencies, all such land or easements not offered for dedication or granted by the owner's certificate on the final map or parcel map shall be granted by deeds submitted no later than submission of the final map or parcel map.

(Ord. No. 4566, § 1, 6-16-2020)

Written evidence of rights-of-entry or permanent easements on or across private property not within the proposed subdivision as may be necessary to allow performance of the work necessary to improve the subdivision, to allow for the maintenance of the subdivision improvements once completed, to allow the permanent access to the proposed subdivision, and to allow for and to grant necessary slope rights, shall be submitted with the final map or parcel map, except as otherwise provided in Government Code section 66462.5.

(Ord. No. 4566, § 1, 6-16-2020)

A statement shall be submitted with the final map or parcel map from each utility systems operator serving the proposed subdivision stating that the public utility easements shown on the final map or parcel map are satisfactory for use by that utility for service to the proposed subdivision and that arrangements have been made to convey such easements to the respective utilities.

(Ord. No. 4566, § 1, 6-16-2020)

When the proposed water supply is to be provided by anything other than individual wells on each lot, there shall be submitted with the final map or parcel map a water supply certificate on a form provided by the County and signed by the proposed water purveyor, certifying that:

a. Either of the following is true:

1. A binding agreement has been entered into between the owner of the land and the water purveyor, enforceable by the owner and the owner's successors in interest to the land, providing, on terms substantially the same as those given the water purveyor's customers generally, for the connection to the water purveyor's system of each lot proposed to be served by the water purveyor; or

2. Each lot proposed to be served by the water purveyor will be served through an existing connection provided by the water purveyor to the property; and

b. A civil engineer, registered by the State of California, has determined that:

1. The water purveyor's system complies with the quality and quantity standards set forth in Title 22 of the California Code of Regulations and the connection of each proposed lot to such system will not cause any failure of such compliance; and

2. The facilities of the water purveyor's system, including the installation to be made in the proposed subdivision, meet or exceed the requirements set forth in the applicable Ventura County Improvement Standards and Specifications; and

c. The portion of the improvement plans containing the design and specifications for subdivision sewer is satisfactory to the water purveyor; and

d. The water purveyor has filed a Water Availability Letter with the Public Works Agency that is in compliance with the Ventura County Waterworks Manual.

(Ord. No. 4566, § 1, 6-16-2020)

A statement from the Environmental Health Division approving the method of permanent domestic water supply shall be submitted with the final map or parcel map. If a water supply certificate is required by Section 8206-2.8 of this Chapter, a written statement from the Environmental Health Division approving such certificate shall be submitted with the final map or parcel map.

(Ord. No. 4566, § 1, 6-16-2020)

When the proposed method of sewage disposal is by a public sewer entity, there shall be submitted with the final map or parcel map a sewer service certificate, on a form provided by the County and signed by the public sewer entity, certifying that:

a. Either of the following is true:

1. A binding agreement has been entered into between the owner of the land and the public sewer entity, enforceable by the owner and the owner's successors in interest to the land, providing, on terms substantially the same as those given the public sewer entity's customers generally, for the connection to the public sewer entity's system of each lot proposed to be served by the public sewer entity; or

2. Each lot proposed to be served by the public sewer entity will be served through an existing connection provided by the public sewer entity to the property; and

b. The portion of the improvement plans containing the design and specifications for subdivision sewer is satisfactory to the public sewer entity.

(Ord. No. 4566, § 1, 6-16-2020)

A statement from the Environmental Health Division approving the method of sewage disposal shall be submitted with the final map or parcel map. If a sewer service certificate is required by Section 8206-2.10 of this Chapter, a written statement from the Environmental Health Division approving such certificate shall be submitted with the final map or parcel map.

(Ord. No. 4566, § 1, 6-16-2020)

The certification of the County Fire Chief that adequate fire protection facilities have been planned for the proposed subdivision and for use by the Ventura County Fire Protection District shall be submitted with the final map or parcel map.

(Ord. No. 4566, § 1, 6-16-2020)

Easements not within the proposed subdivisions as may be necessary to provide for the acceptance of stormwaters generated by the proposed subdivision shall be submitted with the final map or parcel map except as otherwise provided in Government Code section 66462.5.

(Ord. No. 4566, § 1, 6-16-2020)

The certification of any affected railroad company (or, if the rail line is owned by the Ventura County Transportation Commission, then the Ventura County Transportation Commission shall certify) that satisfactory arrangements providing for all required railroad crossings have been made shall be submitted with the final map or parcel map.

(Ord. No. 4566, § 1, 6-16-2020)

A certification from the California Geologic Energy Management Division confirming that all oil and gas wells designated as abandoned have been abandoned in accordance with state regulations shall be submitted with the final map or parcel map.

(Ord. No. 4566, § 1, 6-16-2020)

Copies of all deeds, maps, office sketches, and other documents used in the preparation of the final map or parcel map, together with copies of calculations showing closure and area, as specified by the County Surveyor, shall be submitted with the final map or parcel map.

(Ord. No. 4566, § 1, 6-16-2020)

Separate documents or map sheets, in a form satisfactory to the County Surveyor and meeting the requirements of Government Code section 66434.2, shall be submitted with the final map or parcel map to show the following information when required by the conditions of the tentative map:

a. Unimproved natural watercourses wholly or partially within the proposed subdivision, and areas within the proposed subdivision that are subject to inundation or flood hazard;

b. All producing, abandoned, and idle oil wells, all oil and gas pipelines, all existing and abandoned oil sumps, and all existing oil and gas conditional use permit boundaries. This map sheet shall delineate areas of the property that shall be reserved (i.e., not developed with above-ground structures) to ensure that long-term access to the wells remain available as required by the California Geologic Energy Management Division;

c. The fault line or zone of each active or potentially active earthquake fault within the proposed subdivision that is identified in any soils and/or geologic report prepared specifically for the proposed subdivision;

d. Every building setback line or sewage disposal system setback line that is recommended in any archaeology report, soils, and/or geologic report, prepared specifically for the proposed subdivision;

e. Building envelopes or building exclusion areas established as mitigation measures to avoid impacts on protected resources; and

f. The conditions of approval of the tentative map with a separate sheet identifying all conditions of approval of the tentative map that are to remain in effect and be satisfied after the final map or parcel map is recorded.

(Ord. No. 4566, § 1, 6-16-2020)

Every soils and/or geologic report prepared specifically for the proposed subdivision, if any, shall be submitted with the final map or parcel map for review and filing by the County Geologist. Such reports shall be maintained by the County Geologist with the Public Works Agency and kept on file for public inspection.

(Ord. No. 4566, § 1, 6-16-2020)

When, as a condition of approval of a subdivision, property is dedicated to a local agency in fee for public purposes other than open space, parks, or schools, a certificate meeting the requirements of Government Code section 66477.5 and signed by that local agency shall appear on the final map or parcel map.

(Ord. No. 4566, § 1, 6-16-2020)

Final maps and parcel maps shall be approved and filed as follows:

a. Final Maps — A final map which has been submitted to and certified by the County Surveyor pursuant to Section 8206-1 of this Chapter shall be delivered by the County Surveyor to the Board of Supervisors by transmitting a copy of the final map to the Clerk of the Board together with the subdivision improvement agreements executed by the subdivider, if any, and a request that the approval or disapproval of the final map be placed on the agenda for the Board of Supervisors' next regular meeting. At the time the Board of Supervisors approves a final map, the Board of Supervisors shall also accept, accept subject to improvement, or reject any offer of dedication. The Clerk of the Board shall certify or state on the map the action by the Board of Supervisors. If the final map is approved by the Board of Supervisors, the Clerk of the Board shall transmit it to the County Surveyor for final subdivision guarantee check and transmittal to the County Recorder. The County Recorder shall file it for record subject to the provisions of Government Code section 66466.

b. Parcel Maps — The County Surveyor is authorized to approve or disapprove parcel maps which have been submitted to him or her pursuant to Section 8206-2 of this Chapter. If a parcel map is certified by the County Surveyor pursuant to Section 8206-1 of this Chapter, it shall be deemed to be approved by him or her and he or she shall transmit it to the Office of the County Recorder who shall file it for record subject to the provisions of Government Code section 66466. At the time the County Surveyor certifies and approves a parcel map, the County Surveyor shall also accept, accept subject to improvement, or reject any dedications and offers of dedication that are made by a statement on the map.

(Ord. No. 4566, § 1, 6-16-2020)

Separate map sheets submitted pursuant to Section 8206-2.17 of this Chapter shall be filed and recorded in the Office of the County Recorder with the final map or parcel map.

(Ord. No. 4566, § 1, 6-16-2020)