Woodside Municipal Code § 152.108 Approval, acceptance, and recording of final maps

(A) Within 24 months after the approval or conditional approval of a tentative map or vesting tentative map for a land division or subdivision, or within such additional period of time as may be granted by the Planning Commission, not to exceed an additional 12 months, the owner or subdivider may cause a final map to be prepared. Such map shall conform with the tentative map as approved and shall comply with the provisions of this chapter and the Subdivision Map Act.

(B) The final map may be compiled from record data when sufficient survey information exists on filed maps to locate and retrace the exterior boundary lines of the final map and when the location of at least one of such boundary lines can be established from an existing monumented line. In all other cases, the final map shall be based on a field survey.

(C) Final maps shall be prepared by a prepared by a licensed land surveyor or civil engineer authorized to practice land surveying.

(Ord. 2021-617, § 3(Exh. A), effective 3-11-21)

Within 24 months after the approval or conditional approval of a tentative map or vesting tentative map, the owner or subdivider may cause the land division or subdivision, or any part thereof, to be surveyed and a final map to be prepared and recorded in accordance with the requirements set forth in Sections 152.100 through 152.110 of this chapter. The final map shall be recorded by the Town Clerk or the applicant's title company if deemed necessary by the Planning Director and Town Engineer.

(A) One or more extensions of time, not to exceed a total of 12 months, for recording the final map may be granted by the Planning Commission. Applications for extensions shall be submitted in writing to the Planning Commission at least 30 days prior to the expiration of the tentative map. The owner or subdivider shall pay the prescribed fee for processing requests for time extensions as established by the Town's Schedule of Fees.

(B) In the event a land division or subdivision or building, water, or sewer moratorium is established by the Council, that portion of the 12-month period remaining at the time the moratorium was imposed shall be available to the owner or subdivider. However, if the remaining time is less than 120 days, the map shall be valid for 120 days following the termination of the moratorium.

(C) Failure to present a final map to the Town Clerk for recording within the time limits allowed shall terminate all proceedings. Before a final map may thereafter be recorded, a new tentative map or vesting tentative map shall be submitted and approved.

(Ord. 2021-617, § 3(Exh. A), effective 3-11-21)

The title of final maps shall be in the lower right-hand corner, and the title shall be on all sheets. The title shall include the following items in addition to the specific requirements for the map: the land division or subdivision number assigned by the Town; the words "Final Map" or, in the case of a subdivision, the name; then the wording, "lying within the Town of Woodside, being a resubdivision of …"; the current owners' names; the current owners deed record references; any prior subdivision map, or record of survey referenced by the recording data; then the wording "Town of Woodside, San Mateo County, California"; a divider bar drawn on the map to separate the legal description from the remaining information; the map scale shown under the left side of the divider bar; the month and year shown under the right side of the divider bar; and the name, address, and telephone number of the person or company preparing the map.

(Ord. 2021-617, § 3(Exh. A), effective 3-11-21)

The following certificates and statements shall appear on final maps:

(A) Owners' certificates. A certificate signed and acknowledged by all parties having any record title interest in the real property, consenting to the preparation and recordation of the final map, including any dedication of interest in real property. In the event any road shown on a final map is not offered for dedication, the certificate shall contain a statement to this effect;

(B) Town Clerk's certificate. A certificate executed by the Town Clerk stating that the Council has approved the final map and has accepted, accepted subject to improvement, or rejected on behalf of the public any real property offered for dedication for public use in conformity with the final conditions of the offer of dedication;

(C) Engineer's or surveyor's certificate. A certificate executed in accordance with the requirements of the Subdivision Map Act;

(D) Town Engineer's certificate. A certificate executed in accordance with the requirements of the Subdivision Map Act;

(E) Recorder's certificate. A certificate executed in accordance with the requirements of the Subdivision Map Act; and

(F) Geotechnical statement. A statement on the title page of the final map indicating the date of the geotechnical report and the names of all persons involved in preparing the report and the location where the report is on file for public inspection.

(Ord. 2021-617, § 3(Exh. A), effective 3-11-21)

(A) The owner or subdivider shall pay the required fee and deposit to the Town and submit three prints of the final map for checking by the Town Engineer. The following documents and materials shall be submitted to the Town:

(1) Traverse calculations. One complete set of traverse calculations in a form approved by the Town Engineer giving the coordinates and showing the mathematical closure and area calculations;

(2) Improvement data. A statement that all improvements have been completed in accordance with the plans and specifications as approved by the Town Engineer or that the owner or subdivider intends to install such improvements and will enter into an agreement and post a bond or other improvement security with the Town as required by Section 151.126 of this chapter;

(3) Plans and specifications. If the plans, profiles, cross sections, and specifications for the required land division or subdivision improvements have not been previously submitted and approved by the Town Engineer, the owner or subdivider shall submit the number of sets required by Section 151.126 of this chapter;

(4) Covenants and restrictions. Three copies of the proposed covenants and restrictions, if any;

(5) Consents. The written consents of all utility companies and other easements holders shall be obtained in accordance with of Government Code § 66436(c) of the Subdivision Map Act;

(6) Improvement agreement. In the event the improvements required have not been installed to the satisfaction of the Town Engineer at the time the final map is filed with the Council, the owner or subdivider shall execute and file with the Town Clerk an agreement between himself and the Town as required by Section 151.126 of this chapter;

(7) Title guarantee. The owner or subdivider shall furnish a guarantee of title or a letter from a title company certifying that the signatures of all persons whose consent is necessary to pass a clear title to the land being developed and all acknowledgments thereto appear on the proper certificates and are correctly shown on the final map, both as to consents to the making of such map and affidavits or dedications. Such guarantees shall be issued for the benefit of the Town and the protection of the Council and shall be continued complete up to the instant of the recordation of the final map; and

(8) Deeds. The owner or subdivider may be required by the Planning Commission, or by the circumstances of the required improvements, to obtain rights-of-way or easements for roads, storm drains, sanitary sewers, and other utilities outside the boundaries of the land being developed. The owner or subdivider shall furnish such deeds to the Town Engineer, and the deeds shall be reviewed and approved by the Town Engineer. After the deeds are approved by the Town Engineer, the deeds shall be executed by all the necessary persons prior to review by the Council. The deeds shall be recorded by the Town Clerk, along with the final map, after approval by the Council.

(B) Within 30 days after receiving such documents and materials and the final map, the Town Engineer shall complete his/her review for sufficiency of information, correctness of survey data, and conformance with the approved tentative map or vesting tentative map.

(Ord. 2021-617, § 3(Exh. A), effective 3-11-21)

The following information shall be included on final maps:

(A) The north point;

(B) (1)

All lots intended for sale or reserved for private purposes and all parcels offered for dedication for any purpose, with all dimensions, boundaries, and courses clearly shown and defined in every case, and the lot area, gross and net, to the nearest one-thousand an acre. No ditto marks shall be used.

(2) Parcels offered for dedication but not accepted shall be designated by letter. Private roads not offered for dedication, or offered but not accepted, shall show the words "Not a Public Road."

(3) Where adjoining blocks appear on separate sheets, the roads adjoining both blocks shall be shown on both sheets complete with center line and property line data;

(C) The locations of the roads and trails; the names of the roads; the total width of each road and trail; the width on each side of the center line, the width of the portion of the road and trail being dedicated; and the width of the existing dedication, if any, within the land division or subdivision;

(D) The locations and widths of the rights-of-way within the land division and subdivision, including the name, type, location, and width of all utility rights-of-way;

(E) (1)

The side lines of all easements, public and private, to which the lots are subject. The easements shall be clearly labeled and identified as to nature and purpose and, if already of record, their recorded reference given. If any easement is not definitely located and of record, a statement of such easement shall appear on the title sheet.

(2) Easements shall be denoted by fine dotted lines. Distances and bearings on the side lines of lots which are cut by easements shall be shown with the distance from a corner or angle point to the easement and the width of the easement along the lot line. The total length of the lot line and the exact location of the easement shall be clearly indicated.

(3) The width of the easements and the lengths and bearings of the lines shall be shown;

(F) Any limitation on right of access or nonaccess strips or reserve strips to and/or from roads and lots and other parcels of land;

(G) The locations, widths, and names of the roads and the locations and widths of trails and other rights-of-way adjacent to the land division or subdivision;

(H) All Town boundaries crossing or adjoining the land division or subdivision shall be clearly designated and located;

(H) The approved location of septic drain fields including areas for future septic drainfield expansion; and

(J) The location of building sites on lots which are identified as being in proximity to or within an environmentally sensitive area.

(Ord. 2021-617, § 3(Exh. A), effective 3-11-21)

(A) The Planning Director, after review by the Town Engineer, shall submit a copy of the final map to the Town Council.

(B) The Town Council shall determine whether the final map conforms with the approved tentative map or vesting tentative map.

(C) The Town Council shall also consider dedications, exceptions, and improvement agreements.

(D) If the final map conforms with the tentative map or vesting tentative map, the final map shall be approved by the Town Council. All offers of dedication, exceptions, and improvement agreements shall be considered for action at the time of the final map approval.

(Ord. 2021-617, § 3(Exh. A), effective 3-11-21)

(A) Recording of maps.

(1) After approval by the Town Council, the Town Engineer and the Town Clerk shall sign the final map. The Town Clerk, or the applicant's title company if deemed necessary by the Planning Director and Town Engineer, shall present the final map to the County Recorder for recording in accordance with the provisions of Article VI of the Subdivision Map Act, and the owner or subdivider shall be billed for or pay the recording fee.

(2) In the case of a lot line change, the Town Engineer shall approve the lot line adjustment, and such map shall be submitted for recording by the Town Clerk or her/her designee.

(B) Copies. After recording, two complete sets of prints on vellum and one set electronic reproducible copy shall be submitted to the Town by the owner or subdivider and shall be paid for by the owner or subdivider. In addition, two copies of such restrictive covenants and private road maintenance agreements as the owner or subdivider may have recorded shall be included with the sets of vellum prints.

(Ord. 2021-617, § 3(Exh. A), effective 3-11-21)

(A) The procedures set forth in Sections 152.100 through 152.110 of this chapter shall govern the form of the final map, the information and certificates to be shown thereon, the survey requirements, the procedures to be followed in securing approval by the Town Engineer and Planning Commission, the acceptance of the map, the dedications, and the recording of the map.

(B) The provisions of Section 152.126 of this chapter shall govern the installation of the improvements required and the acceptance of an improvement agreement with the Town.

(Ord. 2021-617, § 3(Exh. A), effective 3-11-21)

No building permit will be issued for any lot created under the procedures set forth in this chapter until the final map has been recorded and the required improvements have been completed in accordance with adopted Town policy.

(Ord. 2021-617, § 3(Exh. A), effective 3-11-21)

All surveys for final maps shall be in accordance with the Subdivision Map Act and the Land Surveyor's Act of the state. Road monuments shall be set as specified by the Town Engineer in all public and private roads at boundaries, curves, and at distances to allow a clear sight between monuments. All monuments shall contain the registration number of the person responsible for the monument. All lot corners shall be monumented and tagged with the registration number with iron pipe monuments or rock bolts. Iron pipe monuments shall be at least one inch in diameter, 18 inches long, and driven flush with the surface of the ground. All monuments and lot corners shall be in place prior to the acceptance of the improvement work. The licensed land surveyor or civil engineer authorized to practice land surveying shall certify in writing with a seal that all monuments and lot corners are in place as shown on the recorded maps.

(Ord. 2021-617, § 3(Exh. A), effective 3-11-21)