This chapter establishes requirements for the preparation and processing of final maps.
(Ord. 08-01 §1, 2008)
A final map shall be required for any subdivision creating five or more parcels, five or more condominium units as defined in Section 783 of the Civil Code, a community apartment project containing five or more parcels, or for the conversion of a dwelling to a stock cooperative containing five or more dwelling units, except where any one of the following occurs:
A. 
The land before division contains less than five acres, each parcel created by the division abuts upon a maintained public street or highway, and no dedications or improvements are required by the legislative body.
B. 
Each parcel created by the division has a gross area of twenty acres or more and has an approved access to a maintained public street or highway.
C. 
The land consists of a parcel or parcels of land having approved access to a public street or highway, which comprises part of a tract of land zoned for industrial or commercial development, and which has the approval of the governing body as to street alignments and widths.
D. 
Each parcel created by the division has a gross area of not less than forty acres or is not less than a quarter of a quarter section.
E. 
The land being subdivided is solely for the creation of an environmental subdivision pursuant to Section 66418.2 of the Subdivision Map Act.
(Ord. 08-01 §1, 2008)
The following material shall be submitted with each proposed final subdivision map:
A. 
Application. The city subdivision map application form;
B. 
The final map, electronic copy in AutoCAD, and twelve blue line copies thereof in the form and with materials prescribed herein to the city engineer;
C. 
A checking fee to be established by resolution of the city council from time to time hereafter enacted, the proposed improvement agreement, accompanying improvement security, a map filing title report and proposed private deed restrictions;
D. 
Traverse Sheets. The subdivider shall furnish the city engineer traverse sheets prepared by a registered engineer or licensed surveyor showing the mathematical closure within one foot to ten thousand feet on the perimeter of the exterior boundary of the tract and of each block within the tract and each irregular lot.
(Ord. 08-01 §1, 2008)
The final map shall include the following:
A. 
The final map shall be made to a scale large enough to show details clearly, minimum scale of one hundred feet to the inch or larger, using more than one sheet if necessary. The original shall be drawn in black ink upon tracing cloth or polyester base film of good quality. The size of the sheets shall be eighteen inches by twenty-six inches, and all sheets shall have a two inch margin on the left side and a one inch blank margin on all sides outside a 3/32″ wide border line.
B. 
Each sheet shall be numbered, the relation of one sheet to another shown, and the number of sheets used in the map shall be set forth in the title of the map. If more than two sheets are necessary, an index diagram shall be provided.
C. 
The title of the final map shall consist of a tract name, conspicuously placed at the lower right-hand corner of the sheet followed by the words, "consisting of __________ sheets" (showing the number thereof), followed by the words, "City of Waterford."
D. 
The map and title sheet shall also contain a subtitle giving a general description of the property being subdivided by reference to maps which have been previously filed or recorded, or by reference to the plat of any state or U.S. survey. Each reference in such description shall be set out as on the original record thereof as on the original pages of records and worded identically with the original record thereof and references to book and page of record must be complete.
E. 
Boundaries, Streets and Easements. The exterior boundaries of the land in the subdivision be shown by a border 3/32″ wide; the border lines and center lines of all proposed streets with their widths and names; all easements including those to be dedicated to public use; vertical and lateral access-way easements shall be reviewed by a qualified biologist and/or geologist and easements shall be dedicated to the public as determined by the city unless otherwise specified in the approval of the tentative map.
F. 
Adjacent Streets. The lines of all adjoining properties; the lines of adjacent streets and alleys, showing their widths and names.
G. 
Lot Lines and Numbers. All lot lines, and numbers for all lots. Building lines shall be shown if they differ from zoning requirements. All lots are to be numbered consecutively.
H. 
Dimensions. All dimensions, both linear and angular, for locating boundaries of subdivisions, lots, street and alley lines, easements and building lines. The linear dimensions shall be expressed in feet and hundredths of a foot.
I. 
Monuments. All permanent monuments, together with their descriptions showing their location and size, and if any points were reset by ties, that fact shall be stated. Monuments shall be of a type and location as prescribed by the standards.
J. 
Title and Description. Title and description of property being subdivided, showing its location and extent, north arrow, scale of plan, basis of bearing and name of subdivider and of engineer or surveyor platting the tract.
K. 
The boundaries of any areas subject to periodic inundation by water or to geological hazards.
L. 
River, stream or natural drainage course meander lines from recorded data when sufficient survey information exists on filed maps and when the location of any points can be established by monuments.
M. 
Scenic easements and open spaces if not shown as a lot or parcel shall be described by courses and distances and the basis of bearings shown. When a tentative subdivision map is approved with a prescribed net density and when final subdivision maps are filed in units, sufficient lot size plus open space in each unit to meet the approved net density shall be provided.
N. 
Boundaries. Any city boundaries which adjoin the subdivision shall be designated and located in relation to adjacent lot or block lines. No lot shall be divided by a city or district boundary line.
O. 
Places where access rights have been waived or dedicated.
(Ord. 08-01 §1, 2008)
A. 
The city engineer shall forthwith transmit copies of the final map to the secretary of the planning commission, the county health officer, and to any fire district and flood control district containing the subdivision.
B. 
The city engineer/city surveyor shall examine the map and accompanying instruments, papers, and materials and if he or she finds the map is substantially the same as the tentative map as approved and as modified by any approved alterations, that it complies with requirements of this title and of the Subdivision Map Act applicable at the time of approval of the tentative map, and that it is technically correct, he or she (or other appropriate licensed civil engineer as determined by the city engineer) shall affix his or her certificate of approval to the map stating that he or she has examined the map and has made these findings.
C. 
The city engineer shall then transmit the final map to the secretary of the planning commission who shall examine the map to determine if it is in substantial conformity to the tentative map, and any approved alterations thereof; that it complies with this title. If he or she finds that the final map meets these requirements he or she shall affix his or her certificate of approval to the map.
(Ord. 08-01 §1, 2008)
The following certificates and acknowledgments shall appear on the final map, and may be combined where appropriate:
A. 
A certificate signed and acknowledged, by all parties having any record title interest in the land subdivided, consenting to the preparation and recording of the final map. In the event of dedication, there shall be a certificate signed and acknowledged by all parties having a record title interest in land being subdivided offering certain parcels of land for dedication for specified public uses, subject to such restrictions as may be contained in the offer of dedication.
B. 
An offer of dedication for street or highway purposes may include a waiver of access rights to such street or highway from any property shown on the final map as abutting thereon. Any parcels of land shown on the map and intended for public use shall be offered for dedication for public use except those parcels intended for the exclusive use of lot owners in the subdivision, their licensees, tenants, and employees.
C. 
The signatures of parties owning the following types of interests may be omitted if their names and the nature of their interests are set forth on the map:
1. 
Rights-of-way, easements, or other interest, none of which can ripen into a fee;
2. 
Rights-of-way, easements, or reversions, which by reason of changed conditions, long disuse, or latches, appear to be no longer of practical use or value and which signatures it is impossible or impractical to obtain. In this case, a reasonable statement of the circumstances preventing the procurement of the signatures shall be set forth on the map;
3. 
Any subdivision map including land originally patented by the United States or the state of California, under patent reserving interest to either or both of these entities, may be recorded under the provision of this title without the consent of the United States or the state of California thereto, or to dedication made thereon;
4. 
Interests in or rights to minerals, including, but not limited to, oil, gas, or other hydrocarbon substances, if:
a. 
The ownership of such interests or rights does not include a right of entry on the surface of the land, or
b. 
The use of the land, or surface thereof, in connection with the ownership of such interests or rights is prohibited by zoning or other governmental regulations of the governing body and the signatures of the owners of such interests or rights are waived by the governing body.
D. 
A statement by the engineer or surveyor responsible for the survey and final map. His or her statement shall give the date of the survey, name of the person authorizing the map being made, state that the survey and final map were made by him or her or under his or her direction, and that the survey is true and complete as shown. The statement shall also state that all the monuments are of the character and occupy the positions indicated, or that they will be set in those positions and on or before a specified later date. The statement shall also state that the monuments are, or will be, sufficient to enable the survey to be retraced.
E. 
Certificates for execution by the city engineer (or other appropriate licensed civil engineer as determined by the city engineer), planning director, secretary of the planning commission, clerk of the city council, county tax collector and the county recorder.
(Ord. 08-01 §1, 2008)
The subdivider shall execute and file with the city council an agreement between subdivider and the city of Waterford, in accordance with Section 16.12.040 to this title, for construction of improvements in the subdivision required by provisions of Waterford Municipal Code and other applicable laws.
(Ord. 08-01 §1, 2008)
The procedure and practice for all survey work done on any subdivision, whether for preparation of a final map or parcel map shall conform to the standards and principals of land surveying, California Business and Professions Code Section 8700 et seq., and the provision of this title. All related documents shall be executed by a California-registered civil engineer or licensed land surveyor.
At the time of making a survey for a final map or parcel map, the engineer or surveyor shall set sufficient durable monuments as provided below:
A. 
Monuments set shall be sufficient in number and durability and efficiently placed so as not to be readily disturbed, to assure, together with monuments already existing, the perpetuation or easy reestablishment of any point or line of the survey.
B. 
When monuments exist which control the location of subdivisions, tracts, streets or highways, or provide survey control, the monuments shall be located and referenced by or under the direction of a licensed land surveyor or registered civil engineer prior to the time when any streets or highways are reconstructed or relocated and a corner record of the references shall be filed with the county surveyor. The monuments shall be reset in the surface of the new construction, a suitable monument box placed at that location, or permanent witness monuments set to perpetuate their location and a corner record filed with the county surveyor.
C. 
Sufficient controlling monuments shall be retained or replaced in their original positions to enable land lines, property corners and tract boundaries to be reestablished without devious surveys necessarily originating on monuments differing from those that currently control the area.
D. 
At least one exterior boundary line of a final map shall be adequately monumented or referenced before the final map is submitted for approval to the city council.
E. 
Interior monuments and boundary monuments, other than those required herein, 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 the subdivider furnishes to the city security guaranteeing the payment of the cost of setting such monuments, the map may be recorded.
F. 
Within five days after the final setting of all monuments has been completed, the engineer or surveyor shall give written notice to the subdivider, and to the city that the final monuments have been set.
(Ord. 08-01 §1, 2008)
Prior to the filing of the final map with the clerk of the city council, the subdivider shall file with the clerk a certification from the officer of the county computing redemptions showing that, according to the records of his or her office, there are no liens against the subdivision or any part thereof for unpaid state, county, municipal, or local taxes or special assessments not yet payable.
A. 
As to taxes or special assessments collected as taxes not yet payable, the subdivider shall file with the clerk of the city council a certificate by the county assessor giving his or her estimate of the amount of taxes and assessments which are a lien but which are not yet payable.
B. 
Whenever any part of the subdivision is subject to a lien for taxes or special assessments collected as taxes which are not yet payable, the final map shall not be recorded until the subdivider executes and files with the city council a bond to be approved by the city council and by its terms made to inure to the benefit of the city and conditioned upon the payment of all state, county, municipal, and local taxes and all special assessments collected as taxes, which at the time the final map is recorded are a lien against the property, but which are not yet payable. In lieu of a bond, a deposit may be made of money or negotiable bonds in the same amount, and of the kind approved for securing deposits of public money.
(Ord. 08-01 §1, 2008)
When the certificates of the city engineer, planning director, the secretary of the planning commission, and all other required certificates, except that of the city council, have been placed on the final map it shall be filed with the clerk of the city council together with accompanying proposed improvement agreements, improvement security, and any other papers and materials required by this title.
The city council shall consider the map, the proposed improvement agreement, proposed improvement security, and all accompanying papers and materials. If the city council determines that they conform to the requirements of this title and the Subdivision Map Act, and that the conditions of approval of the tentative map are satisfied, it shall:
A. 
Approve the Final Map. The council at this time shall also accept, subject to improvement, or reject any or all offers of dedication;
B. 
Enter into an agreement for construction of improvements in the subdivision;
C. 
After approval of the final map by the city council, the city clerk shall execute a certificate there-on stating that the city council approved the map and accepted or rejected, on behalf of the public, parcels of land offered for dedication for public use in conformity with the terms of the offer for dedication (the clerk shall have the option to release the final map to the subdivider's title company for recordation to the county recorder). The clerk shall thereupon transmit the final map together with the recording fee, to be paid by the subdivider, to the county recorder; or
D. 
The subdivider shall present to the county recorder evidence in the form of a title guarantee from a licensed title company that, upon the date of recording, as shown by public records, the parties consenting 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 provisions of this title, otherwise the map shall not be recorded.
(Ord. 08-01 §1, 2008)