A. 
The form, contents, accompanying data, and filing of the final and parcel map hereinafter referred to as a "final map" shall conform to the provisions of the Map Act and this chapter.
B. 
The final map shall be prepared by or under the direction of a registered civil engineer or licensed land survey- or, in accordance with the applicable sections of the Business and Professions Code of the state of California.
(Ord. 469 § 1, 1990)
A. 
Multiple final maps relating to an approved or conditionally approved tentative map may be filed prior to the expiration of the tentative map if the subdivider, at the time the tentative map application is filed, notifies the department in writing of the subdivider's intention to file multiple final maps on the tentative map, pursuant to Section 16.12.030(F). 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.
B. 
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 number. The subdivision improvement agreement executed by the subdivider shall provide for the construction of improvements as required to constitute a logical and orderly development of the entire subdivision.
(Ord. 469 § 1, 1990; Ord. 645 § 3 Exh. C, 1996; Ord. 652 § 3 Exh. C, 1996)
A. 
An accurate and complete survey of the land to be subdivided shall be made by a registered civil engineer or licensed land surveyor. All monuments, property lines, centerlines of streets, alleys and easements adjoining or within the subdivision shall be tied into the survey. The allowable error of closure on any portion of the final map shall not exceed one ten-thousandth for field closures and one twenty-thousandth for calculated closures.
B. 
At the time of making the survey for the final map, the engineer or surveyor shall set sufficient durable monuments to conform with the standards described in Section 8771 of the Business and Professions Code so that another engineer or surveyor may readily retrace the survey, pursuant to Map Act Sections 66495 and 66496. At least one exterior boundary line shall be monumented prior to recording the final map. Other monuments shall be set as follows:
1. 
Lot corners: One-inch iron pipe, thirty inches long, set twelve inches below ground level. Except, corners of lots fronting on streets may be marked by an offset lead and tag set in the permanent concrete curb as approved by the engineer. Such offset shall be noted on the subdivision map;
2. 
Subdivision boundary corners: Two-inch iron pipe, thirty inches long, set twelve inches below ground level;
3. 
Private street intersection centerlines, angle points, and beginning and endings of curves: one-inch iron pipe, thirty inches long, set flush with ground level;
4. 
Public street intersection centerlines, angle points, beginnings and endings of curves, subdivision boundary and section quarter corners with street intersection: One-inch iron pipe, thirty inches long, set flush with ground level if pavement, set twelve inches below ground level if soil. Except, major street intersections and section corners shall be monumented with a city standard well monument set flush with ground level. All street monuments shall be tied to lead and tag set in permanent concrete curbs. Notes for ties shall be provided to the city on standard survey note paper, eight and one-half by eleven inches, depicting the tie information, stamped and signed by the surveyor or engineer.
(Ord. 469 § 1, 1990)
The form of the final map shall comply with the Map Act and as follows:
A. 
The final map shall be legibly drawn, printed or reproduced by a process guaranteeing a permanent record in black on polyester base film. Certificates, affidavits and acknowledgements may be legibly stamped or printed upon the map with opaque indelible ink. If ink is used on polyester base film, the ink surface shall be coated with a suitable substance to assure permanent legibility.
B. 
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 shall be an engineering scale and not less than 1″ = 100′ 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. When four or more sheets including the certificate sheet are used, a key sheet shall be included. All printing or lettering on the map shall be of one-eighth inch minimum height and of a shape and weight as to be readily legible on prints and other reproductions made from the original drawings. The final form of the final map shall be in compliance with Map Act Section 66434 and as approved by the engineer.
(Ord. 469 § 1, 1990)
The contents of the final map shall comply with the Map Act and as follows:
A. 
Boundary. The boundary of the subdivision shall be designated by a heavy black line in 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 Rancho Mirage, Riverside County, California."
C. 
Certificates and Acknowledgments. All certificates and acknowledgements shall be made pursuant to Map Act Section 66433 et seq., and as approved by the engineer, and shall appear only once on the cover sheet.
D. 
Scale, North Point and Basis of Bearings. There shall appear on each map sheet the scale and north point. The basis of bearings shall appear on the title map sheet and each subsequent sheet or referenced on each subsequent sheet. The basis of bearings shall be based on Zone Six of the California Coordinate System unless otherwise approved by the engineer.
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 centerlines, 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 and radial bearings of all curves shall be shown. Ditto marks shall not be used in the dimensions and data shown on the map.
F. 
Monuments. The location and description of all existing and proposed monuments shall be shown. Standard city monument types shall be set at the following locations:
1. 
The intersection of street centerlines;
2. 
The intersection of a street centerline and subdivision boundary;
3. 
Beginning and end of curves or intersections of tangents on centerlines;
4. 
Each lot/parcel corner; and
5. 
At other locations as may be required by the 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. Nonbuildable, open space and common lot areas shall be lettered beginning with the letter "A" and shall continue consecutively with no omissions or duplications. Each lot shall be shown entirely on one sheet of the final map, unless approved by the 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 reference to the book and page of the filed map showing the 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 engineer.
5. 
Between the time of the approval of the tentative map and the recordation of the final map, no easements shall be granted to other agencies or utility companies which interfere with the city's rights in any public right-of-way.
L. 
Open Space Areas. Open space areas may be shown, subject to the approval of the city. Public open space areas shall be dedicated in fee unless otherwise specified in the approval or conditional approval of the tentative map. Private open space areas shall be dedicated as open space easements unless otherwise specified in the approval or conditional approval of the tentative map.
(Ord. 469 § 1, 1990)
The subdivider shall submit prints of the final map to the engineer for checking. The preliminary prints shall be accompanied by the following data, plans, reports and documents in a form as approved by the engineer and, where applicable, the city attorney:
A. 
Improvement Plans. Improvement plans pursuant to Section 16.20.070;
B. 
Soils Report. A soils report prepared pursuant to Section 16.12.030;
C. 
Title Report. A title report showing the legal owners at the time of submittal of the final map, to be current within ninety calendar days;
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 payments of all taxes which are a lien but not yet payable has been filed with the county;
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 centerlines and monument lines;
G. 
Hydrology and Hydraulic Calculations. Complete hydrology and hydraulic calculations of all storm drains, flood flows and retention facilities;
H. 
Governing Documents. The submittal of the final 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, and containing all conditions of approval designated to be contained within the "code, covenants and restrictions." The submittal of the final 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 director, engineer and city attorney;
I. 
Guarantee of Title. A guarantee of title, in form acceptable to the 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 thereto, 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;
J. 
Improvement Agreement. In the event sewer, water, drainage, grading, paving or other improvements required pursuant to Section 16.20.120 have not been completed prior to the presentation of the final map, an agreement pursuant to the requirements of Section 16.20.080 shall be filed for the improvement thereof. The subdivider shall secure the performance of the agreement pursuant to the requirements of Section 16.20.090;
K. 
Liability Agreement and Insurance. A hold-harmless agreement obligating the subdivider to hold the city and its officers, 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. A certificate of insurance reporting to the city 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/her subcontractors in connection with the subdivision. The certificate of insurance shall name the city as an additional insured. The agreement and certificate required by this section shall be subject to prior review and approval by the engineer and city attorney;
L. 
Any additional data, reports, or information as required by the engineer or city attorney.
(Ord. 469 § 1, 1990)
A. 
The engineer shall review the final map and any other required information and the subdivider shall make corrections and/or additions until acceptable to the engineer.
B. 
The subdivider shall submit to the engineer the original tracing of the map and any duplicates pursuant to city requirements, corrected to its final form and signed by all parties required to execute the certificates on the map. Original signatures shall appear on the original drawing. Upon receipt of all required certificates and submittals, the engineer shall sign the appropriate certificates and transmit the original map to the city clerk.
(Ord. 469 § 1, 1990)
A. 
The final map approved by the engineer as complying with the approved or conditionally approved tentative map shall be filed with the council for approval after all required certificates have been signed. The date the map shall be deemed filed with the council is the date on which the city clerk receives the map. The council shall consider the final map for approval at its next available regular meeting after the city clerk receives the map. Before approving the final map, the council shall consider approval of the subdivision improvement agreement pursuant to Section 16.20.080.
B. 
If the subdivision improvement agreement and final map are approved by the council, the city manager shall execute the agreement on behalf of the city. At the time the council approves the final map, it shall also accept, accept subject to improvement, or reject any offer of dedication. The city clerk shall certify on the final map the action by the council. If at the time the final map is approved, any streets, paths, alleys, public utility easements, rights-of-way for local transit facilities, or storm drainage easements are not accepted by the council, the offer of the dedication shall remain open and the council may, by resolution at any later date, and without further action by the subdivider, rescind its action and accept and open the streets, paths, alleys, rights-of-way for local transit facilities, or storm drainage easements, which acceptance shall be recorded in the office of the county recorder.
C. 
The city may accept any dedications lying outside the subdivision boundary which require a separate grant deed. The acceptance shall be recorded in the office of the county recorder.
D. 
If the subdivision improvement agreement and/or final map is unacceptable, the council shall state its recommended corrections, instruct the engineer to draft a new agreement and/or revise the final map and defer approval until an acceptable agreement and/or final map has been resubmitted.
E. 
The council shall not postpone or refuse approval of a final map because the subdivider has failed to meet a tentative map condition requiring construction or installation of off-site improvements on land which neither the subdivider nor the city has sufficient title or interest to permit the improvements to be made. Consequently, the city shall follow the procedure outlined in Section 16.20.120. Additionally, the 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 council finds that the final map is in compliance with the requirements of the Map Act, this title, and the tentative map and all conditions thereof.
(Ord. 469 § 1, 1990)
Upon approval of the final map by the council, the city clerk shall execute the appropriate certificate on the certificate sheet and shall, pursuant to the provisions of Map Act Section 66464, transmit the map, or have an authorized agent forward the map, to the county recorder.
(Ord. 469 § 1, 1990)
A. 
The primary purpose of this section is to provide for a merger of parcels upon application of the property owner without the necessity of processing a parcel map. The specific requirements for a city-initiated merger are as follows in compliance with Map Act Section 66451.11.
B. 
Merger Without Final Map.
1. 
Application by Property Owner.
a. 
Upon application by the owner, on a form approved by the engineer, contiguous parcels under the same ownership may be merged without filing a map for reversion to acreage. The form and content of the application and the information, data, fees and other details required for the processing of same, shall be set by council resolution.
b. 
The engineer shall have the authority to approve mergers, and no final map shall be required provided the merger does not involve the following:
i. 
Streets or other easements to be vacated;
ii. 
Release of previously posted agreements or securities for improvements;
iii. 
Release of previously paid fees or deposits made pursuant to the division of the parcels to be merged; and/or
iv. 
More than four parcels.
c. 
Upon approval of a merger, the engineer shall cause to be prepared an appropriate instrument describing the parcels to be merged, which shall be executed by the owner involved and the engineer, and which shall be recorded with the county recorder.
2. 
Initiated by City.
a. 
Two or more contiguous parcels which have been created under the provisions of Map Act or any prior law regulating the division of land or by county or city ordinance enacted pursuant thereto, or which were not subject to such provisions at the time of their creation, may be deemed merged by the city if all of the following conditions apply:
i. 
Any one of the contiguous parcels does not conform to standards for minimum parcel size, preventing its use or development in compliance with the municipal code;
ii. 
At least one of the contiguous parcels is not developed with a building for which a permit has been issued by either the city, or the county;
iii. 
The contiguous parcels to be deemed merged are under the same ownership.
b. 
Whenever the city considers that contiguous parcels have merged as provided in this section, the director shall cause the preparation of an appropriate instrument describing the real property deemed merged, and specifying the record owners of the property as listed on the latest tax roll. The instrument, or notice of merger shall be filed for record with the county recorder provided that at least thirty days prior to the recording of the notice, the owner of the parcels to be affected by the merger is advised of the intention to record the notice, and the procedures of Map Act Section 66451.11 et seq. have been followed.
c. 
Such notification shall be pursuant to Section 16.22.020. At the public hearing the owner may present evidence to the commission as to why notice should not be recorded.
d. 
Unmerger of Parcels. Any parcel for which a notice of merger had not been recorded on or before January 1, 1984, shall be deemed not to have merged, pursuant to Map Act Section 66451.30 et seq.
(Ord. 469 § 1, 1990)
The procedure outlined in this section shall govern the processing of and requirements for boundary adjustments, pursuant to Map Act Section 66412(d). Any adjustment may be filed pursuant to the provisions of this section to adjust the boundaries between two or more adjacent parcels, where the land taken from one parcel is added to an adjacent parcel, and where a greater or lesser number of parcels than originally existed is not created, provided the engineer determines that the proposed boundary adjustment conforms to the General Plan, any applicable specific plan and zoning and building ordinances, and provided the proposed boundary adjustment does not:
A. 
Create any additional or fewer parcels;
B. 
Include any parcels which are not legal as defined in the municipal code;
C. 
Impair any existing access or create a need for new access to any adjacent parcels;
D. 
Impair any existing easements or prospective easements or create a need for any new or amended easements serving or burdening any adjacent parcels;
E. 
Increase or decrease the gross area of any property, in such a manner that will require a modification to an existing development plan or other land use entitlement, including but not limited to any specific plan applicable to any of the affected parcels;
F. 
Require substantial alteration of any existing improvements or create a need for any new improvements; and
G. 
Adjust the boundary between parcels for which a covenant of improvement requirements has been recorded and all required improvements stated therein have not been completed unless the engineer determines the proposed boundary adjustment will not significantly affect the covenant of improvement requirements.
(Ord. 469 § 1, 1990; Ord. 950 § 1, 2007)
A. 
Subdivided real property may be reverted to acreage, pursuant to Map Act Section 66499.11 et seq., and this title. This article shall apply to final and parcel maps.
B. 
Subdivided lands may be merged and resubdivided without reverting to acreage, pursuant to Map Act Section 66499.20 1/2. An application for reversion to acreage shall be filed with the department, and reviewed by the engineer. A public hearing shall be held by the council on all proposed reversions to acreage. Notice of public hearings shall be given by the department, pursuant to Section 16.22.020, legal notice requirements.
(Ord. 469 § 1, 1990)
A. 
After a final or parcel map is filed in the office of the county recorder, it may be amended by a certificate of correction or an amending map, pursuant to Map Act Section 66469 et seq.
B. 
The certificate of correction or amending map, shall be submitted to the engineer, pursuant to Map Act Section 66471.
(Ord. 469 § 1, 1990)