The purpose of this section is to establish the form, content,
regulations, standards and procedures for final subdivision maps.
This chapter is applicable to all approved or conditionally approved
vesting tentative maps that have not expired.
(Ord. 91-9 § 3)
A. An
accurate and complete survey of the land to be subdivided shall be
prepared by or under the direction of a registered civil engineer
authorized by Section 8731 of the
Business and Professions Code of
the state to practice land surveying or a licensed land surveyor and
shall be based upon an actual field survey.
B. The
final map shall be legibly drawn, printed or reproduced by a process
guaranteeing a permanent record in black on polyester film. Certificates,
affidavits, and acknowledgments 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.
C. The
size of each sheet shall be eighteen inches by twenty-six inches.
A marginal line shall be drawn completely around each sheet, leaving
an entirely blank margin of one inch. The scale of the map should
be not less than one inch equals one hundred feet or as may be necessary
to show all details clearly, and enough sheets shall be used to accomplish
this end. The particular number of the 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.
D. All
survey and mathematical information and data necessary to locate all
monuments and to locate and retrace any and all interior and exterior
boundary lines appearing thereon shall be shown, including bearings
and distances of straight lines, radius, central angle and arc length
for all curves, and any information which may be necessary to determine
the location of the centers of curves and ties to existing monuments
used to establish the subdivision boundaries.
E. If
the map includes a "designated remainder" parcel, and the gross area
of the "designated remainder" parcel or similar parcel is five acres
or more, that remainder parcel need not be shown on the map and its
location need not be indicated as a matter of survey, but only by
deed reference to the existing boundaries of the remainder parcel.
A parcel designated "not a part" shall be deemed to be a "designated
remainder" for purposes of this section.
(Ord. 91-9 § 3; Ord. 97-4 § 2 Exh. 1 (part))
The contents of the final map shall conform to the Subdivision
Map Act as follows:
A. Boundary.
The boundary of the subdivision shall be designated by a heavy black
line in such a manner as not to obliterate figures or other data.
B. Title.
Each sheet shall have a title showing the subdivision number and name
and the location of the property being subdivided with reference to
maps which have been previously recorded, or by reference to the plat
of a United States Survey. The following words shall appear in the
title, "City of West Sacramento, County of Yolo, State of California."
C. Certificates
and Acknowledgements. All certificates and acknowledgments shall be
made as required by Article 2, Chapter 2 (Sections 66433 et seq.)
of the Subdivision Map Act and shall appear only once on the cover
sheet.
D. Scale,
North Point and Basis of Bearings. There must appear on each map sheet
the scale, the north arrow, the basis of bearings, and a legend.
E. Linear,
Angular and Radial Data. Sufficient linear, angular and radial data
shall be shown to determine the bearings and lengths of monument lines,
street center lines, the boundary lines of the subdivision, the boundary
lines on every lot and parcel which is a part of the subdivision,
and ties to existing monuments used to establish the boundary. Arc
length, radius and total central angle for all curves, and radial
bearings as additional information for nontangent curves of all curves
shall be shown on the map.
F. Monuments.
The location and description of all existing and proposed monuments
shall be shown. Standard city monuments shall be set at, or on city
engineer approved offsets to the following locations:
1. The
intersection of street center lines;
2. Beginning
and end of curves or intersection of tangents on center lines;
3. At
other locations as may be required by the city engineer.
G. Lot
Numbers. Lot numbers shall begin with the number one in each subdivision
and shall continue consecutively with no omissions or duplications
except where contiguous lands, under the same ownership, are being
subdivided in successive units, in which event lot numbers may begin
with the next consecutive number following the last number in the
preceding unit. Each lot shall be shown entirely on one sheet of the
final map, unless otherwise approved by the city engineer.
H. Adjoining
Properties. The adjoining corners of all adjoining subdivisions shall
be identified by subdivision number, or name when not identified by
official number, and referenced to the book and page of the filed
map showing such subdivision; and if no subdivision is adjacent, then
by the name of the owner and reference to the recorded deed by book
and page number for the last record owner.
I. City
Boundaries. City boundaries which cross or join the subdivision shall
be clearly designated.
J. Street
Names. The names of all streets, alleys, or highways within or adjoining
the subdivision shall be shown.
K. Easements
and Dedications.
1. Easements
and dedications for roads or streets, paths, alleys, utilities, local
transit facilities, stormwater drainage, sanitary sewers or other
public use as may be required, shall be dedicated to the public for
acceptance by the city or other public agency, and the use shall be
specified on the map.
2. All
easements of record shall be shown on the map, together with the name
of the grantee and sufficient recording data to identify the conveyance,
(e.g., recorder's serial number and date, or book and page of official
records).
3. Easements
not disclosed by the records in the office of the county recorder
and found by the surveyor or engineer to be existing, shall be specifically
designated on the map, identifying the apparent dominant tenements
for which the easement was created.
4. The
sidelines of all easements of record shall be shown by dashed lines
on the final map with the widths, lengths and bearings of record.
The width and location of all easements shall be approved by the city
engineer.
(Ord. 91-9 § 3)
The city engineer may require additional data to be filed or
recorded simultaneously with a final map. The additional information
shall be in the form of a separate document or an additional map sheet
which shall indicate its relationship to the final or parcel map,
and shall contain a statement that the additional information is for
informational purposes, describing conditions as of the date of filing,
and is not intended to affect record title interest.
(Ord. 91-9 § 3)
The subdivider shall submit prints of the final map to the city
engineer for checking. The preliminary prints shall be accompanied
by the following data, plans, reports, and documents in a form as
approved by the city engineer:
A. Improvement
Plans. Improvement plans as required by Section 16.44.070;
B. Soils
Report. A soils report prepared in accordance with Chapter 70 (Excavation
and Grading) of the Uniform Building Code;
C. Title
Report. A title report showing the legal owners at the time of submittal
of the final map;
D. Tax
Certificate. A certificate from the county tax collector stating that
all taxes due have been paid or that a tax bond or other adequate
form of security assuring payment of all taxes which are a lien but
not yet payable has been filed with the county prior to recordation
of the final map;
E. Deeds
for Easements or Rights-of-Way. Deeds for off-site easements or rights-of-way
required for road or drainage purposes which have not been dedicated
on the final map. Written evidence acceptable to the city in the form
of rights-of-entry or permanent easements across private property
outside of the subdivision permitting or granting access to perform
necessary construction work and permitting the maintenance of the
facility;
F. Traverse
Closures. Traverse closures for the boundary blocks, lots, easements,
street center lines and monument lines;
G. Hydrologic
and Hydraulic Calculations. Complete hydrologic and hydraulic calculations
of all stormdrains and flood flow;
H. Governing
Documents. The submittal of the final map or parcel map for a common
interest development within the meaning of Section 1350 et seq., of
the state
Civil Code shall include the proposed declaration of covenants,
conditions and restrictions containing the provisions described in
Section 1353 of the
Civil Code, and all other governing documents
for the subdivision as are appropriate pursuant to Section 1363 of
the
Civil Code. The submittal of the final map or parcel map for all
subdivisions other than a common interest development shall include
any declaration of covenants, conditions and restrictions proposed
in connection therewith. All documents shall be subject to review
and approval by the city engineer and city attorney;
I. Guarantee
of Title. A guarantee of title, in form acceptable to the city engineer
and city attorney, shall be issued by a competent title company to
and for the benefit and protection of the city and shall be continued
complete up to the instant of recording of the final map, guaranteeing
that the names of all persons whose consent is necessary to pass a
clear title to the land being subdivided, and all public easements
being offered for dedication, and all acknowledgments hereto, appear
on the proper certificates and are correctly shown on the map, both
as to consents as to the making thereof and affidavits of dedication
where necessary prior to recordation of the final map;
J. Improvement Agreement. In the event sewer, water, drainage, grading, paving, or other improvements required pursuant to Chapter
16.44 have not been completed prior to the filing of the final map, an agreement in accordance with the requirements of Section
16.44.080 shall be filed for the improvement thereof. The subdivider shall secure the performance of the agreement in accordance with the requirements of Section
16.44.080;
K. Liability and Insurance. The improvement agreement shall obligate the subdivider to hold the city and its officer, agents and employees harmless from any liability for damages or claims for damages for personal injury or death which arise from the operations of the subdivider and/or the subdivider's subcontractors in connection with the subdivision. Evidence of insurance as required by the city indicating the amount of insurance the subdivider carries for the subdivider's own liability for damages or claims for damages for personal injury or death which arise from the operations of the subdivider or his or her subcontractors in connection with the subdivision. A certificate of insurance shall be provided which names the city as an additional insured. The evidence and certificate of insurance required by this subsection shal
l be subject to prior review and approval by the city engineer and city attorney;
L. Copy
of the approved or conditionally approved tentative map and the final
conditions of approval;
M. Traverse
data consisting of an ASCII file containing traverse data, i.e., bearings,
distances, northings and eastings of boundaries, street centerlines,
lot lines, easements, etc., as defined in the standards and specifications
set forth in the document titled "Specifications for the Digital Submission
of Cadastral Surveys" prepared by the city of West Sacramento community
development department;
N. Graphics
Representation. A graphics representation of required elements of
the cadastral map as defined in Specifications for the Digital Submission
of Cadastral Surveys prepared by the city of West Sacramento community
development department.
(Ord. 91-9 § 3; Ord. 93-5 § 2(B))
The city engineer shall review the final map and any other required
information and the subdivider shall make corrections and/or additions
until acceptable to the city engineer. The land surveying functions
of the city engineer may be performed by the city surveyor.
(Ord. 91-9 § 3)
The subdivider shall submit to the city engineer the original
tracing of the map and any duplicates as per city requirements, corrected
to its final form and signed by all parties required to execute the
certificates, statements and acknowledgements on the map. Original
signatures shall appear on the original drawing. Upon receipt of all
required certificates and submittals, the city engineer shall sign
the appropriate statements and transmit the original map to the city
clerk. The city surveyor shall also sign the appropriate statement
if the land surveying functions of the city engineer are performed
by the city surveyor.
(Ord. 91-9 § 3)
The city council shall not deny approval of the final map if
the city has previously approved a tentative map for the proposed
subdivision and if the city council finds that the final map is in
compliance with the requirements of the Subdivision Map Act, this
chapter, and the tentative map and all conditions thereof.
(Ord. 91-9 § 3)
Upon approval of the final map by the city council, the city
clerk shall execute the appropriate statement on the statement sheet
and shall, subject to the provisions of Section 66464 of the Subdivision
Map Act, transmit the map, or have an authorized agent forward the
map, to the county recorder.
(Ord. 91-9 § 3)
Multiple final maps relating to an approved or conditionally
approved tentative map may be filed prior to expiration of the tentative
map if the subdivider, at the time the tentative map application is
filed, notifies the community development director in writing of the
subdivider's intention to file multiple final maps on the tentative
map. In providing the notice, the subdivider shall not be required
to define the number or configuration of the proposed multiple maps.
The planning commission shall approve the sequence of map approvals.
After filing of the tentative map application, the community development
director, the city engineer and the subdivider shall concur in the
filing of multiple final maps.
The filing of a final map on a portion of an approved or conditionally
approved tentative map shall not invalidate any part of the tentative
map. Each final map which constitutes a part, or unit of the approved
or conditionally approved tentative map shall have a separate subdivision
unit number. The subdivision improvement agreement executed by the
subdivider shall provide for construction of improvements as required
to constitute a logical and orderly development of the whole subdivision.
(Ord. 91-9 § 3)