§ 16.14

A.

The parcel map shall be prepared by or under direction of a professional land surveyor or a registered civil engineer authorized to practice land surveying.

B.

The final parcel map shall show the location of streets and property lines bounding the property.

C.

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

D.

It shall be a map legibly drawn, printed, or reproduced by a process guaranteeing a permanent record in black on polyester base film including certificates, except that such certificates may be legibly stamped or printed upon the map with opaque ink. If ink is used on polyester base film, the ink surface shall be coated with a suitable substance to assure permanent legibility.

E.

The size of each sheet shall be eighteen (18) by twenty-six (26) inches. A marginal line shall be drawn completely around each sheet leaving an entirely blank margin of one (1) inch.

F.

The scale of the map shall be no greater than one (1) inch equals one hundred (100) feet; except those subdivisions with lots of two and one-half (2.5) acres or greater may use a scale of one (1) inch equals two hundred (200) feet. The city engineer may require one (1) inch equals fifty (50) feet if complexity of detail so warrants.

G.

When the parcel map consists of more than two (2) sheets, a key map drawn to a scale shall be included, indicating the relationship among all sheets. The particular number of each sheet and the total number of sheets comprising the map shall be stated on each of the sheets, and its relation to each adjoining sheet shall be clearly shown.

H.

The title of each parcel map shall consist of a parcel map number conspicuously placed on the sheet followed by the words "consisting of. . .sheets" (showing the number thereof) followed by the words "In the City of Woodlake." There shall appear a description of all the property being subdivided, by reference to such map or maps of the property shown thereon as previously recorded or filed in the county recorder's office or previously recorded or filed with the county recorder pursuant to a final judgment in any action in partition, or previously filed in the office of the county recorder under authority of Chapter 3, Part 2 of Division 4 of the Business and Professions Code, or by reference to the plat of any United States Survey. Each reference, in such description, to any tract or subdivision shall be spelled out and worded identically with the original records thereof and must show a complete reference to the book and page of records of

the county recorder. The description shall also include reference to any abandonment with the date, book, and page of records of the county recorder.

I.

The map shall show the location of each parcel and its relation to surrounding surveys. The location of any remainder of the original parcel shall be shown. If such remainder has a gross area of five (5) acres or more, it need not be shown as a matter of survey, but only by reference to the existing record boundaries of such remainder.

J.

A lot shall be shown in its entirety on one (1) sheet. The parcel map shall particularly define, delineate and designate all parcels intended to be reserved for private purposes, all parcels offered for dedication for any purpose, and any private roads, with all dimensions, boundaries and courses clearly shown and defined in every case. Parcels offered for dedication other than for roads, alleys, pedestrian walkways, water lots, or easements shall be designated. The parcels shall be numbered consecutively and shall continue without omission or duplication throughout the entire subdivision. Each parcel containing an area of one (1) acre or more, excluding public easements of record, shall have designated thereon the net acreage of such lot shown not less accurately than to the nearest one-hundredth (1/100th.) of an acre.

K.

Certificates and acknowledgments as are required by the Subdivision Map Act shall appear on the title sheet of the parcel map, unless their omission is permitted in the manner provided by the Subdivision Map Act.

L.

A certificate, either as a separate document or a certificate on the parcel map, signed and acknowledged by all parties having any record title interest in the real property subdivided, as specified in Section 66445 of the Subdivision Map Act, consenting to the preparation and recordation of the parcel map is required. However, with respect to a division of land into four (4) or fewer parcels, where dedications or offers of dedications are not required, the certificate shall be signed and acknowledged by the subdivider only; provided, however, where a subdivider does not have a record title ownership interest in the property to be divided, the subdivider shall provide the city clerk with satisfactory evidence that the persons with record title ownership have consented to the proposed division. For purposes of this section, "record title ownership" means fee title of record unless a leasehold interest is to be divided, in which case record title ownership means ownership of record of such leasehold interest; record title ownership does not include ownership of mineral rights or other subsurface interests which have been severed from ownership of the surface.

M.

Evidence of title, acceptable to the county recorder, shall be secured from a title company indicating that, as shown by public records, the parties whose signatures appear on the map and consent to the recordation of the map are all the parties having a record title interest in the land being subdivided whose signatures are required by the Subdivision Map Act.

(Ord. No. 642, § 3, 5-23-2022)

A.

Dedications of or offers to dedicated interests in real property for specific public purposes shall be made by a certificate on the final map or by separate instrument at the discretion of the city engineer.

B.

Pursuant to the Subdivision Map Act, if a subdivider is required to make a dedication of land for public purposes (other than for open space, schools, or parks), the local agency must record a certificate with the county recorder identifying the subdivider and the land being dedicated, and stating that the land shall be reconveyed to the subdivider if the same public purpose for which it was dedicated no longer exists or the land or a portion thereof is not needed for public utilities. The subdivider may request that the local agency make such a determination and reconvey the land to the subdivider as provided above, but the agency may assess a fee for making the determination. The fee may not exceed the cost of making the determination.

The local agency must give the subdivider sixty (60) days' notice prior to vacating, leasing, selling, or otherwise disposing of the dedicated property unless the dedicated property will be used for the same public purpose for which it was dedicated.

(Ord. No. 642, § 3, 5-23-2022)

The survey data requirements for parcel maps shall be the same as the requirements prescribed for final subdivision maps in Chapter 16.10 and shall be based on a field survey.

(Ord. No. 642, § 3, 5-23-2022)

The city surveyor shall examine the parcel map, and it shall be certified by him/her if he/she finds that such map is substantially in the form required by this chapter, is in conformity with the conditions imposed by the council, is the same as the approved tentative parcel map, and that the map is technically correct and in proper form as required by this chapter and the Subdivision Map Act. Examination and process of parcel map shall be acted on by the city surveyor, pursuant to Government Code Section 66456.2(a)

(Ord. No. 642, § 3, 5-23-2022)

If the subdivider states that the required improvements, if there be any, or any part of them have been completed, they shall be inspected by the city surveyor, or any other city officer designated for such purpose by the council, and if the same have been completed in conformity with the requirements of the council and applicable provisions of this title, he shall certify such fact on the parcel map or attach a certificate thereto so showing. If any of the improvements have not been properly completed, he or she shall attach the report thereof to the map.

(Ord. No. 642, § 3, 5-23-2022)

A.

Requirements for the construction of offsite and onsite improvements shall be noticed by certificate on the parcel map, or by separate instrument and shall be recorded on, concurrently with, or prior to the parcel map being filed for record.

B.

Fulfillment of such construction requirements shall not be required until such time as a permit or other grant of approval for development of the parcel is issued by the city or until such time as the construction of such improvements is required pursuant to an agreement between the subdivider and the city, except that in the absence of such an agreement, the city may require fulfillment of such construction requirements within a reasonable time following approval of the parcel map and prior to the issuance of a permit or other grant of approval for the development of a parcel upon a finding by the council that fulfillment of the construction

requirements is necessary for reasons of the public health and safety; or the required construction is a necessary prerequisite to the orderly development of the surrounding area. The findings and requirement shall be made at the time of approval of the tentative parcel map, and the requirement shall be made a condition of approval thereof.

C.

The city and the subdivider may enter into a mutual agreement regarding the timing of the construction of required improvements. Such agreement shall be approved by the council at the time of approval of the tentative parcel map.

D.

Conditions of approval requiring improvements by a time specific and agreements as to the time for the construction of required improvements shall be accompanied by security to guarantee performance as provided in Chapter 16.30 (fees and security).

(Ord. No. 642, § 3, 5-23-2022)

After the approval by the city of a final parcel map, the city engineer shall transmit the map in accordance with Section 66464 of the Map Act.

(Ord. No. 642, § 3, 5-23-2022)

A.

A recorded parcel map may be amended as set forth in Section 66470 of the Map Act for any of the reasons set forth in Section 66469 of the Map Act.

B.

A recorded parcel map may be modified by a certificate of correction or an amending map for reason other than those set forth in Section 66469 of the Map Act, if after a noticed public hearing, the planning commission finds as follows:

1.

There are changes in circumstances which make any or all of the conditions of the map no longer appropriate or necessary.

2.

The modifications do not impose any additional burden on the present fee owner of the property.

3.

The modifications do not alter any right, title, or interest in the real property reflected on the recorded map.

4.

The map, as modified, conforms to the provisions of Section 66474 of the Map Act.

C.

The public hearing shall be noticed pursuant to Section 66451.3 of the Map Act and Section 16.04 of this title and shall be confined to consideration of an action on the proposed modification.

(Ord. No. 642, § 3, 5-23-2022)

Chapter 16.16 - PARCEL MAP WAIVERS