The parcel map shall be clearly and legibly drawn to a standard engineer's scale of not less than one inch (1") equals one hundred feet (100'). The basis of bearings shall be that approved by the Public Works Department. It shall conform to all of the requirements of Sections 66445, 66447, 66448 and 66449 of the Map Act and the following requirements:
(a) 
The exterior boundary of the entire parcel to be subdivided shall be designated by a colored border applied over ink in such a manner as not to obliterate the figures or other data.
(b) 
The map shall show intersecting property lines, abutting public and private roads, ties to the centerline of streets or property lines bounding the parcel, required street widening and the proposed or adopted street set back lines.
(c) 
There shall be a vicinity sketch showing streets, adjoining subdivisions, creeks, railroads and other data sufficient to locate the proposed subdivision and to show its relation to the surrounding area.
(d) 
There must appear on each map sheet the scale, the north point and the basis of bearing.
(e) 
There shall be shown all existing buildings or structures and the approximate location of other improvements, existing contours, drainage channels and other drainage structures and general direction of flow of storm waters.
(f) 
The names of adjacent property owners shall be shown.
(g) 
The map shall show the proposed layout of streets and lots, the lot numbers, and the areas of the lots.
(h) 
Sufficient linear, angular, and radial data shall be shown to determine the bearings and lengths of the boundary lines of the subdivision and of the boundary lines of every lot and parcel which is a part thereof. Length, radius, and total central angle or radial bearings of all curves shall be shown.
(i) 
All easements of record shall be shown on the map by dashed lines with the widths, lengths and bearings thereof, together with sufficient recording data to identify the conveyance. Easements for an existing or proposed utility installation for the use of a private or non-governmental agency shall not be shown on the map unless there is a recorded conveyance thereof, provided that easements not of record but found by the surveyor or engineer to be existing shall be specifically designated on the map with identification of the apparent dominant tenements for which they were created.
(j) 
The adjoining corners of all adjoining subdivisions shall be identified by subdivision number or name, and reference to the book and page of the recorded map showing such subdivision; and if no such subdivision is adjacent, then by the name of the owner and reference to the recorded deed by book and page number for the last recorded owner of such adjacent property.
(k) 
City boundaries which cross or join the subdivision shall be clearly designated.
(l) 
The location and description of all existing and proposed monuments shall be shown.
(m) 
The certificate for the city engineer's signature required by Section 66450 of the Map Act shall be affixed to the title sheet.
(n) 
The title sheet shall contain the subdivision number conspicuously placed at the top of the sheet and 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. In case the property included within the subdivision lies partially in unincorporated territory, the following words shall appear on the title: "Lying within the County of Contra Costa and partly within the City of Hercules."
(o) 
Affidavits, certificates, acknowledgments, endorsements, and the required notarial seals shall appear only once on the title sheet. Said affidavits, certificates, acknowledgments and endorsements may be printed thereon with opaque ink or by photographic reproduction.
(p) 
If more than (3) sheets are used, a key diagram shall be included on the first sheet.
The parcel map shall be accompanied by a statement containing the names, addresses and phone numbers of applicants and owners, the method of sewage disposal and source of water supply, and each item for which a variation is requested and the specific reasons for the request. When improvements are proposed by the subdivider or required by the city, the parcel map shall be accompanied by the following documents which are subject to approval by proper authorities before the parcel map is approved by the city council:
(a) 
Improvement plans in accordance with the provisions and subject to the conditions and requirements of Section 10-2.402(a) and 10-2.403(d).
(b) 
Subdivision agreement guaranteeing the completion of construction of required improvements within a specified time, and payment therefor.
(c) 
Either cash deposit or acceptable surety equivalent to the estimated cost of the construction of the improvements, guaranteeing performance of work, payment of labor and materials and any other claims that may arise as a result of the improvement work as set forth in the subdivision agreement.
(d) 
A letter from the tax collector showing all payable taxes paid, and a bond for payment of taxes, then a lien but not yet payable, as required by the Map Act.
(e) 
Cash payment or receipt therefor of all fees required for the checking and filing of the map, inspection of the construction, payment for any improvements to be furnished and installed by the city and any other applicable fees or deposits.
(f) 
Deeds conveying easements or fees required for street or drainage purposes.
(g) 
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 required facility.
(h) 
Agreements acceptable to the city, where street improvements are to be accepted by the city, executed by the owners of existing utility easements within the proposed street rights-of-way, consenting to the dedication of the street or consenting to the joint use of the right-of-way as may be required by the city for the public use of the street.
(a) 
Three (3) sets of prints of the parcel map and certificate sheets and such additional number of copies thereof as may be required by the Public Works Department shall be submitted to the Public Works Department for checking purposes before the certificates on the original tracings are executed. The preliminary prints shall be accompanied by the information and documents, if any, required by Section 10-2.502 and traverse sheets prepared by the sub-divider's engineer, showing the mathematical closure of the exterior boundaries around the subdivision and the interior lots or blocks. The error of closure in traverse around the subdivision and around the interior lots or blocks shall not exceed one part in ten thousand.
(b) 
At the time of such submission all fees as set by resolution of the City Council shall be paid.
(c) 
The Public Works Department shall forward copies of the parcel map and any accompanying information and documents as it may deem necessary to the Planning Commission, other city departments that may be affected by or concerned with the proposed subdivision, and to affected agencies as provided in Section 10-2.109.
(d) 
If improvement plans have been submitted, the Public Works Department shall review the improvement plans and documents accompanying the improvement plans and upon completion of such review shall advise the sub-divider's engineer of the required revisions, if any. Ten (10) sets of the corrected plans and any additional sets requested by the Public Works Department for distribution to interested public agencies and utilities shall then be submitted to the Public Works Department for distribution. One (1) set of the corrected plans reviewed by the Public Works Department and with the review and date noted thereon, shall be returned to the subdivider's engineer.
Requests by the subdivider for review of minor revisions appearing necessary or desirable during construction shall be submitted to the Public Works Department and shall be accompanied by three (3) sets of revised drawings showing the proposed revision. The Public Works Department shall pass upon such requests and, if approved, shall return one (1) copy of such drawing bearing evidence of review to the subdivider's engineer.
Appeal to the City Council may be made within fifteen (15) working days on any condition specified by the Public Works Department relative to the improvement plans and not agreed to by the subdivider. In the event of such appeal the City Clerk shall set the matter for hearing before the Council and shall give at least five (5) days written notice of the hearing to the subdivider. At such hearing the subdivider shall show cause why the conditions specified by the Public Works Department shall not be met. Such hearing may, by the Council, be continued from time to time, and its determination shall be final and conclusive.
(e) 
The other documents, if any, accompanying the parcel map as required by Section 10-2.502 shall be reviewed by the appropriate departments of the City and their approval shall be a condition precedent to the approval of the parcel map by the City Council.
(f) 
Upon receipt of responses, if any, from other city departments and affected agencies, the Public Works Department shall note the required corrections, if any, on the prints and return them to the engineer for final revision of the map.
If the parcel map is in the correct form prescribed by the Map Act and this Chapter and the matters shown thereon are sufficient, their correctness shall be certified on the map by the Director of Public Works in the form prescribed by the Map Act.
(g) 
The parcel map and accompanying information and documents shall be reviewed by the Planning Commission at its next regular meeting following receipt thereof. No public hearing thereon shall be required. Within three (3) days after its review, the recommendation of the Planning Commission on the parcel map shall be submitted to the City Clerk.
(Ord. 175 §§ 1 (part), 2 (part), 1983)
After approval of the parcel map and all accompanying documents, the original tracing of the parcel map and two (2) sets of prints, corrected to its final form and signed by all parties required by the Map Act and this Chapter to execute the certificates on the map, and the approved accompanying documents shall be filed with the City Clerk.
The City Clerk shall present the parcel map to the City Council at its next regular meeting following the submittal thereof to the City Clerk. Before acting upon a parcel map the City Council shall hold a public hearing thereon.
Not less than ten (10) days nor more than twenty (20) days prior to the date of the public hearing, the City Clerk shall give written notice thereof by mailing, postage prepaid, a notice of the time and place of the hearing to the subdivider and to each person whose name appears on the last equalized assessment roll of Contra Costa County, or as known to the City Clerk, as owning property within three hundred (300) feet of the exterior boundaries of the property proposed to be subdivided, at the address shown on said assessment roll, or as known to said City Clerk. Notice of the public hearing shall also be given by posting three (3) or more copies, appropriately spaced, of such notice of hearing on or adjacent to the property proposed to be subdivided not less than ten (10) days prior to the date of the hearing and by publication of such notice of hearing at least once in a newspaper of general circulation circulated in the City of Hercules not less than ten (10) days prior to the date of the hearing.
At the public hearing the Council shall review and consider the proposed parcel map and all reports and information submitted therewith, and shall receive all evidence pertinent thereto. Each hearing shall be open to the public and all persons present shall be given an opportunity to be heard. Any hearing may be continued from time to time.
Within ten (10) days after the close of the public hearing, the Council shall approve, conditionally approve, or disapprove the parcel map. The time limit for Council action on said map may be extended by mutual consent of the subdivider and the Council. If the parcel map is approved or conditionally approved, at the same time the Council shall also accept or reject any and all offers of dedication. On the execution by the subdivider of the subdivision agreement and the filing of the surety bond or the deposit of money or negotiable bonds as provided by this chapter, if such agreement or bond or other deposit is required, the parcel map may be recorded.
If the parcel map contains any offers of dedication, title to property the dedication of which has been accepted shall not pass until the parcel map is duly recorded under the provisions of the Map Act and of this Chapter. If, at the time the parcel map is approved, any offers of dedication are rejected, the offer of dedication shall be deemed to remain open and shall not be subject to revocation, and the City Council may by resolution at any later date and without further action by the subdivider, rescind its action and accept such offers of dedication, which acceptance shall be recorded in the office of the County Recorder.
City Council approval of any variations with respect to a parcel map shall expire within one (1) year of the date of approval, provided that the Director of Public Works may grant a one (1) year extension thereof.
The parcel map shall be recorded as soon as it has been approved by the City Council. The subdivider shall present to the Recorder the evidence of title required by the Map Act.