Victorville Municipal Code Art. 6 Monuments and Bench Marks

Monuments shall conform to Section 8771 of the California Business and Professions Code, the Subdivision Map Act, City of Victorville Development Department Mapping Standards and as dictated herein. At least one exterior boundary line of the land being subdivided shall be adequately monumented or referenced before the map is recorded.

(a) Final Map Boundary: Monument settings shall be required at all angle points, at intervals not to exceed five hundred feet along tangent courses between angle points, at the midpoint of curves of one thousand feet or more in length, at the beginning and ending of curves, at intersections of the boundary with street centerlines and right-of-way lines, and at other locations that may be specified by the City Surveyor.

(b) Parcel Map Boundary: Monument settings shall conform to all the requirements of subsection (a) of this Section, except that monuments shall not be required at intervals not to exceed five hundred feet along tangent courses between angle points, at the midpoint of curves of one thousand feet or more in length.

(c) Street Centerline: Monument settings are required at all intersections, at the beginning and ending of curves, and at the midpoint of curves of one thousand feet or more in length.

(d) Street Right-of-Way: Monument settings are required at all intersections of right-of-way lines with property lines, and at the beginning and ending of curves.

(e) Property Lines: Monument settings are required at all angle points, corners, and at the beginning and ending of curves. A nail and tag shall be set in concrete curb on the prolongation of side lot lines in lieu of front corners. Where rear lot corners abut a street and are located within a landscape easement for which a screen wall is constructed that separates the front and rear corners, a nail and tag shall be set on top of the wall on the prolongation of side lot lines in lieu of rear corners.

(f) Boundary Control: Monument settings are required at all Section corners, quarter corners, and one-sixteenth corners (excluding those lying within lots of the subdivision) used in the subdivision boundary determination. Any monument used in the subdivision boundary determination which does not conform to Section 8771 or Section 8772 of the California Business and Professions Code shall be replaced, rehabilitated, and/or marked as required.

(g) Any existing monument which will be destroyed as a result of improvements to the subdivision shall be replaced.

(h) In no case shall there be less than two monuments on any exterior subdivision boundary or less than two street monuments in any street.

(i) The requirement for subdivision boundary monuments to be set within State Highways or Super Arterial designated streets may be waived when approved by the City Surveyor, in the event the monument cannot be safely set (e.g. location falls within a traffic lane). In such case a witness corner shall be placed on the boundary line at an offset as directed by the City Surveyor.

The character of monuments set for subdivisions shall be as per the City of Victorville Development Department Mapping Standards.

For each centerline intersection monument set and such other monuments as are deemed necessary by the City Engineer, the engineer or surveyor under whose supervision the survey has been made shall furnish the City Engineer a set of notes showing clearly a sufficient number, normally four, of durable distinctive reference points. Such reference points should be lead and tacks in concrete. If no concrete exists, then iron pipes may be used. The notes to be furnished shall be on eight and one-half inch to eleven inch paper and shall be a plan view showing the monument ties.

A minimum of two permanent and accurate bench marks based on datum specified in writing by the City Engineer for each subdivision for which a final map is required shall be established on the monuments or other locations specified by the City Engineer and complete field notes showing locations and elevations shall be filed with the City Engineer. Additional bench marks may be required by the City Engineer for subdivisions of fifty lots or more. For subdivisions as to which a parcel map is required, the number and location of bench marks shall be as directed by the City Engineer.