Within twenty-four months after the date of the approval or conditional approval of the tentative map or maps by the advisory agency, the subdivider may cause the proposed subdivision to be accurately surveyed and a final map or parcel map thereof to be prepared in accordance with the tentative map and with any and all alterations and changes required thereto (except that where the map is for the purpose of effecting a reversion to acreage, a survey shall not be required) and within said period, unless extended by the advisory agency, they may file with the county recorder a parcel map or final map of the subdivision conforming in all particulars to the provisions of the Map Act and of this title.
(Ord. 409, 1981; Ord. 1139 § 2, 2008)
The subdivider shall file the original and two white copies of the final map or parcel map with the county surveyor. The county surveyor shall indicate the date of filing on all copies of the final map or parcel map and accompanying data, and thereafter shall transmit one copy to the county planning department.
(Ord. 409, 1981)
In addition to the requirements specified in Section 16.32.020, the subdivider shall be required to file either at the time of filing the final map or parcel map at a later date as provided in Section 16.40.020, detailed plans, profiles and specifications of the improvements to be installed as required by the provisions of Chapter 16.40 and of all other improvements proposed to be installed by the subdivider in, on, over or under any street or right-of-way, easement or parcel of land dedicated by the map, including the estimated cost thereof.
(Ord. 409, 1981)
In addition to filing the original and two white copies of the final map or parcel map with the county surveyor for checking the mathematical accuracy of the map, ties to maps of record and for conformity with the Map Act. Upon the submission of a final map or parcel map to the county surveyor for checking, the subdivider shall deposit with the county surveyor a plan checking fee pursuant to Section 16.32.350.
(Ord. 409, 1981)
The final map or parcel map shall be clearly and legibly drawn in black waterproof India ink upon good tracing cloth or polyester basefilm, but affidavits, certificates and acknowledgements may be legibly stamped or printed upon the map with opaque ink. Signatures shall be in opaque black ink. The size of each sheet of the map shall be eighteen 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 large enough (not smaller than one inch equals one hundred feet) 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 the relation to each adjoining sheet shall be clearly shown. The map shall be so made and shall be in such condition when filed that good legible prints and negatives can be made therefrom.
(Ord. 409, 1981)
A. 
The title sheet of each map shall contain a title consisting of the number of the subdivision, as secured from the county planning department on a final map and the words "parcel map" on a parcel map, followed by the words "consisting of . . . sheets" (showing the number thereof), followed by the words "partly in the city of . . . and partly in unincorporated territory of the County of Inyo" or "in the unincorporated territory of the County of Inyo"; also except as provided in Section 16.32.100, a subtitle consisting of a description of all of the property being divided, by reference to such map or maps of the property shown thereon, as has been previously filed or recorded in the office of the county recorder or has been previously filed with the county clerk pursuant to a final judgment in any action in partition, or has been 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. When necessary for greater clarity or definiteness, supplemental reference may be made to any other map on file in the office of the county recorder.
B. 
Each reference in such description to any division of land shall be spelled out and worded identically with the original record thereof and must show a complete reference to the book and page of records of county. The description shall also include reference to any vacated area with the number of the ordinance or resolution of vacation thereof.
C. 
Upon such title sheet the certificate of the surveyor or engineer referred to in Sections 66441 and 66449 of the Subdivision Map Act shall appear. Also upon such title sheet, or upon at least one map sheet, shall appear the basis of bearings, making reference to some recorded subdivision map, county surveyor's map or other record acceptable to the county surveyor, or to a solar or polaris observation.
D. 
Certificates and Acknowledgements on Final Maps. The following certificates and acknowledgements shall appear on the title sheet of a final map:
1. 
Owner's certificate and acknowledgement and offer of dedication, if any;
2. 
Certificate of the county clerk of approval by the board of supervisors and acceptance or rejection of offer of dedication;
3. 
Certificate of approval of the county surveyor and, if in an incorporated city, also the city engineer;
4. 
Certificate of engineer with his registered engineer's number or of surveyor with his licensed land surveyor's number.
E. 
Certificates and Acknowledgements on Parcel Maps. The following certificates and acknowledgements shall appear on the title sheet of a parcel map:
1. 
Owner's certificate and acknowledgement and offer of dedication, if any, or subdivider's certificate;
2. 
Parcel maps with offers of dedication shall have a certificate of the county clerk of approval by the board of supervisors and acceptance or rejection of offer of dedication;
3. 
Certificate of approval of the county surveyor;
4. 
Certificate of engineer with his registered engineer's number or of surveyor with his licensed land surveyor's number.
F. 
Other Forms Required. The title sheet shall also contain such other affidavits, certificates, acknowledgements, endorsements and notarial seals as are required by law and by this title. A blank space eight and one-half inches by eleven inches shall be provided for other forms of approval by other county officials.
(Ord. 409, 1981)
Upon the title sheet of each map filed for the purpose of reverting subdivided land to acreage, the subtitle shall consist of the words "A Reversion to Acreage of . . ." (insert a legal description of the land being reverted).
(Ord. 409, 1981)
A. 
On each final map or parcel map as required shall be fully and clearly shown and identified such stakes, monuments or other evidence determining the boundaries of the subdivision as were found on the ground, together with sufficient corners of adjoining divisions of land, by lot and block number, subdivision name or number and place of filing, or by section, township and range, or other proper designation as may be necessary to locate precisely the limits of the subdivision.
B. 
The county surveyor may require that a field survey be performed for any parcel map and shall examine such survey for compliance with the Subdivision Map Act and the Land Surveyor's Act.
(Ord. 409, 1981)
The evidence of title required by the provisions of Section 66465 of the Subdivision Map Act shall be a certificate of title or a policy of title insurance issued by a title company authorized by the laws of the state to write the same, showing the names of all persons having any record title interest in the land to be subdivided together with the nature of their respective interests therein. In the event that any dedication is to be made for public use of any property shown on any such final map or parcel map of land in the county, the certificate of title or policy of title insurance shall be issued for the benefit and protection of the county. Such certificate or policy shall be dated and delivered upon request of the county surveyor when such final map or parcel map is ready for recordation.
(Ord. 409, 1981)
Lots shall be numbered beginning with the numeral "1" and continuing without omission or duplication throughout the entire division of land. No prefix or suffix combination of letter and number shall be used. Each lot shall be shown entirely on one sheet.
(Ord. 409, 1981)
The boundary line of a division of land shall be indicated by a border of light blue ink approximately one-eighth of an inch in width applied on the reverse side of the tracing and inside such boundary line. Such ink shall be of such density as to be transferred to a blue line print of such map and not to obliterate any line, figure or other data appearing on such map.
(Ord. 409, 1981)
The location, size and depth of all monuments placed in making the survey shall be shown and if any points were reset by ties, that fact shall be stated.
(Ord. 409, 1981)
The map on each sheet and the lettering thereon shall be so oriented that, with the north point directed away from the reader, the map may be read most conveniently from the bottom or lower right corner of such sheet, the binding edge to be at the left and lengthwise of the sheet, keeping in mind that the sheets are always on the right page of the map book, the left page being always blank.
(Ord. 409, 1981)
Each sheet of a final map or parcel map, excepting the title sheet or sheets thereof, shall bear the main title of the map, the scale of the map, north point and sheet number, together with a designation of the relation, if any, between each sheet and each other sheet thereof.
(Ord. 409, 1981)
A. 
The basis of bearings where control monuments are available shall be that of zone, California plane coordinate system, or other basis specifically approved for each final map or parcel map by the county surveyor. The bearing and length of each lot line, block line and boundary line shall be shown on the final map or parcel map; provided, that when bearings or lengths of lot lines in any series of lots are the same, such bearings or lengths may be omitted from each interior parallel lot line of such series. Each required bearing and length shall be shown in full and no ditto mark or other designation of repetition shall be used.
B. 
Upon each lot shall be designated the acreage of such lot not less accurately than to the nearest one-hundredth of an acre.
(Ord. 409, 1981)
The length, radius and total central angle or bearings of terminal radii of each curve and the bearing of each radial line to each lot corner on each curve, or the central angle of each segment within each lot, shall be shown thereon.
(Ord. 409, 1981)
A. 
Street names within the boundaries of a division of land shall be shown on a final map or parcel map in accordance with Section 16.16.160.
B. 
The words "Avenue," "Boulevard," "Place" or other designation of any such street shall be spelled out in full on the map and such terms shall be approved by the county engineer.
(Ord. 409, 1981)
A. 
There shall be shown, upon each final map or parcel map, the centerline of each highway or street, the total width thereof; the width of that portion, if any, to be dedicated, and in the case of any existing highways or streets, the width thereof; and the width of each highway or street on each side of the centerline thereof. On each such centerline shall be shown the bearing and length of each tangent and radius, central angle, and length of each curve.
B. 
The final map or parcel map shall show the width of each railroad right-of-way, flood control or drainage easement and each other easement appearing on such map, whether previously of record or offered for dedication on such map.
(Ord. 409, 1981)
Upon a final map or parcel map shall be shown the centerline or side lines of each easement to which the lots in the division of land are subject. In the event that such easement is not definitely located of record, a statement showing the existence of such easement shall be placed on the map.
(Ord. 409, 1981)
Each easement shown for any public utilities, storm drain or sewer or fire access shall be designated on the final map or parcel map by fine dashed lines.
(Ord. 409, 1981)
The width of easements or the lengths and bearings of the lines thereof and sufficient ties thereto to definitely locate such easements with respect to a division of land shall be shown on the final map or parcel map.
(Ord. 409, 1981)
If an easement is being dedicated by a final map or parcel map, it shall be properly set out in the owner's certificate of dedication on the map.
(Ord. 409, 1981)
Upon the final map or parcel map shall be shown each city boundary line adjoining the division of land and such line shall be clearly designated and tied in.
(Ord. 409, 1981)
A. 
If any portion of the land within the boundaries shown on a tentative map is subject to flood hazard, inundation or geological hazard and the probable use of the property will require structures thereon, the advisory agency may disapprove the map or that portion of the map so affected, and require protective improvements to be constructed as a condition precedent to approval of the map.
B. 
If any portion of a lot or parcel of a division of land is subject to flood hazard, inundation or geological hazard, such fact and portion shall be clearly shown on the final map or parcel map by a prominent note on each sheet of such map whereon any such portion is shown.
(Ord. 409, 1981)
In the event that a dedication of right-of-way for storm drainage purposes is not required, the advisory agency may require that the location of any watercourse, channel, stream or creek be shown on the final map or parcel map.
(Ord. 409, 1981)
Upon receipt of the final map or parcel map, the planning director shall examine the map for substantial conformity, with the approved tentative map and if it complies with the approved tentative map and any requirements imposed as a condition to the acceptance of the map, he shall transmit his approval to the county surveyor.
(Ord. 409, 1981)
Upon receipt of the final map or parcel map, the county surveyor shall check it as to correctness of surveying data, plans, profiles and specifications of improvements, certificates of dedication, acceptances of dedication and acknowledgements of payment of lateral connection charges and such other matters as require checking to insure compliance with the provisions of law and of this title. If the final map or parcel map is in the correct form prescribed by the Map Act and this title, and the matters shown thereon are sufficient, their correctness shall be certified on the map by the county surveyor in the form prescribed by the Map Act. He shall thereupon transmit the map together with said other materials to the board of supervisors. If a parcel map does not involve an offer of dedication the county surveyor shall submit the parcel map to the county recorder for filing.
(Ord. 409, 1981)
A. 
Except as provided in subsection D of this section, the subdivider shall comply in all respects with Government Code Sections 66492 and 66493 concerning the preparation and filing of a certificate regarding liens, taxes and assessments on the property to be subdivided and the filing of security to ensure payment of taxes and assessments on the property due but not yet payable.
B. 
The forms of security eligible to be filed for the purposes described in subsection A of this section are those listed in Government Code Section 66499(a)(1) (bonds) and (a)(2) (deposit of money or negotiable bonds), as well as personal, certified, cashier's or official checks, and certificates of deposit.
C. 
The Inyo County treasurer-tax collector shall have the authority and duty to determine, in each case and from the security devices listed in subsection B of this section, the type of security device that the county will accept in fulfillment of the subdivider's obligation under Government Code Section 66493(b) and the amount thereof; such determination shall be in accordance with rules and procedures developed for that purpose by the treasurer-tax collector and approved by the board of supervisors.
(Ord. 1018 § 3, 1999; Ord. 1313, 12/3/2024)
At its next meeting or within a period of not more than ten days after the filing of the final map or parcel map with the board of supervisors, the board of supervisors shall approve the map if the same conforms to all the requirements of the Map Act and of this title applicable at the time of approval of the tentative map and any rulings made thereunder. At the time of approval, the board shall also accept or reject any or all offers of dedication and as a condition precedent to the acceptance of any streets or easements may require that the subdivider, at his option, either improve or agree to improve the streets or easements in accordance with Section 16.40.010. Upon the execution by the subdivider of the agreement and the posting of the bond or the deposit of money or negotiable bonds required by Chapter 16.44, the map of the subdivision shall be approved and accepted for recordation. Title to property so accepted shall not pass until the final map is duly recorded under the provisions of the Map Act and of this title. If, at the time the final map or parcel map is approved any streets which are rejected, the offer of dedication shall be deemed to remain open and shall not be subject to revocation, and the board of supervisors may by resolution at any later date and without further action by the subdivider, rescind its action and accept and open the streets for public use, which acceptance shall be recorded in the office of the county recorder. If a resubdivision or map showing reversion to acreage of the tract is subsequently filed for approval, any offer of dedication previously rejected shall be deemed to be terminated upon the approval of the map by the board of supervisors.
(Ord. 409, 1981)
A. 
Where the county surveyor checks a final map or parcel map under the provisions of the Subdivision Map Act, the subdivider shall pay a map checking fee to the county surveyor in addition to all the other fees and charges required by law. This fee shall be set by a resolution of the board of supervisors.
B. 
The provisions of this section shall apply to all final maps and parcel maps checked by the county surveyor, whether the property is within the limits of an incorporated city or not.
(Ord. 409, 1981)