The final map shall be prepared by or under the direction of a registered civil engineer or licensed land surveyor, shall be based upon a survey, and shall conform to all of the following provisions:
(A) 
It shall be legibly drawn, printed, or reproduced by a process guaranteeing a permanent record in black on tracing cloth or polyester base 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.
(B) 
The size of each sheet shall be eighteen by twenty-six inches (18″ x 26″). A marginal line shall be drawn completely around each sheet leaving an entirely blank margin of one inch (1″). The scale of the map shall be not less than one inch equals one hundred feet (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.
(C) 
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, radii and arc length or chord bearings and 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.
(D) 
Each parcel shall be numbered and each block may be numbered or lettered. Each street shall be named or otherwise designated.
(E) 
The exterior boundary of the land included within the subdivision shall be indicated by distinctive symbols and clearly so designated. The map shall show the definite location of the subdivision, and particularly its relation to surrounding surveys.
If the map includes a “designated remainder” parcel, and the gross area of the “designated remainder” parcel or similar parcel is five (5) 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 as “not a part” shall be deemed to be a “designated remainder” for purposes of this Section.
(F) 
All printing or lettering on the map shall be of one-eighth inch (1/8″) minimum height and of such shape and weight as to be readily legible on prints and other reproductions made from the original drawings.
(G) 
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.
(H) 
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 San Juan Bautista, San Benito County.”
(I) 
The following certificates shall appear only once on the cover sheet:
(1) 
Owner’s Certificate. A certificated, signed and acknowledged by all parties record title interest in the land subdivided, consenting to preparation and recordation of the map and offering for dedication to the public certain specific parcels of land or easements. Exceptions are those parties having rights-of-way, easements, or interests which cannot ripen into a fee, or as provided in the Subdivision Map Act.
(2) 
Trustee’s Certificate. A certificate, signed and acknowledged by either the holder of beneficial interests under trust deeds at the time of the City Council approval of the final map, consenting to the recording of the map and any offers of dedications.
(3) 
Engineer’s Statement. A statement by the engineer or surveyor responsible for the survey and final map. The statement shall give the date of the survey, state that the survey and final map were made by or under the direction of the engineer or surveyor, 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 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.
The statement shall state that the map complies to the Subdivision Map Act and the provisions of this Chapter.
(4) 
Soils and Geologic Report To Be Kept on File for Public Information. When a soils report, a geologic report, or soils and geologic reports have been prepared specifically for the subdivision, it shall be noted on the final map, together with the date of the report or reports and the name of the engineer making the soils report and geologist making the geologic report and where the reports are on file.
(5) 
City Engineer’s Statement of Certificate. A statement or certificate signed and dated by the City Engineer with his/her registration or license number and its expiration date is required stating that the map has been examined; that it is substantially the same as the tentative map and any approved alterations; that it complies with the Subdivision Map Act, the provisions of this Chapter, any local ordinances applicable at the time of the approval of the tentative map, and is technically correct. The City Engineer shall complete and file with the City Council the certificate or statement within twenty (20) days from the time of submittal of the final map for his/her approval.
(6) 
City Clerk’s Certificate. A certificate for execution by the City Clerk stating the date of the resolution adopted by the City Council approving the final map and stating that the City Council accepted, subject to improvement, or rejected on behalf of the public, any real property offered for the dedication for public use in conformity with the terms of the offer of dedication.
(7) 
Tax Letters. Letters from County Assessor’s office and Tax Collector’s office stating that all taxes due have been paid or that a tax bond assuring the payment of all taxes which are a lien but not yet payable has been filed with the County.
(8) 
County Recorder’s Certificate. A certificate to be executed by the County Recorder stating that the map has been accepted for filing, that the map has been examined, and that it complies with the provisions of State laws and local ordinances governing the filing of final maps. The certificate shall show who requested the filing of the map, the time and date the map was filed, and the book and page where the map was filed.
(J) 
There must appear on each map sheet the scale, the north point, and the basis of bearings based on Zone IV of the California Coordinates, and the equation of the bearing to true north. The basis of bearings shall be approved by the City Engineer.
(K) 
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, 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.
(L) 
The location and description of all existing and proposed monuments shall be shown. Standard City monuments shall be set at the following locations or at City Engineer approved offsets to these locations:
(1) 
The intersection of street centerlines.
(2) 
Beginning and end of curves or intersection of tangents or centerlines.
(3) 
At other locations as may be required by the City Engineer.
(M) 
All lots and, wherever practicable, blocks in their entirety shall be shown on one (1) sheet. Lot numbers shall being with the number one (1) in each block of the subdivision and shall continue consecutively within each block and 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. Block numbers shall begin with the number one (1) in each subdivision and continue consecutively throughout all tracts, with no omissions or duplications. Each lot shall be shown entirely on one (1) sheet of the final map, unless approved by the City Engineer.
(N) 
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 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.
(O) 
City boundaries which cross or join the subdivision shall be clearly designated.
(P) 
The names of all streets, alleys, or highways within or adjoining the subdivision shall be shown.
(Q) 
Easements for roads or streets, paths, storm water 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. If at the time the final map is approved, any streets, paths, alleys, or storm drainage easements are not accepted by the City Council, the offer of dedication shall remain open and the City Council may, by resolution at any later date, accept and open the streets, paths, alleys, or storm drainage easements for public use. This acceptance shall be recorded in the office of the County Recorder.
The City Engineer shall 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.
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.
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.
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.
The final form of the final map shall be as approved by the City Engineer.
Upon approval of the tentative map, prints of the final map or parcel map shall be submitted to the City Engineer for his examination for conformance to the approved tentative map, local ordinance, the Subdivision Map Act, and the Land Surveyor’s Act.
The following data and material shall be provided by the subdivider or his agent:
(A) 
A traverse sheet or sheets in a form approved by the City Engineer giving latitudes and departures and coordinates of the boundary of the subdivision, blocks, lots, or parcel and monument lines therein.
(B) 
A minimum of three (3) sets of prints of the map.
(C) 
Submit a copy of the record owner deed and/or those deeds used in the survey, i.e., senior, adjoiners and easements.
(D) 
Submit a current title report, and deeds of trust.
(E) 
Plans, cross-sections, profiles and specifications of the street improvements, grading, drainage facilities, water, water recycling and sanitary sewer improvements, and erosion and siltation control measures or structures and such drawings and specifications as the City Engineer may require. The plans and drawings shall be drawn to a scale not to exceed one inch equals forty feet (1″ = 40′) horizontal and one inch equals forty feet (1″ = 40′) vertical, unless prior approval is granted by the City Engineer. Plans and drawings shall be in the form specified by the City Engineer and shall be certified by a registered civil engineer.
(F) 
A statement of the water supply installed or available for the subdivision, including information as to the source and adequacy of the supply. The location of any watercourse, channel, stream or creek shall also be shown on the final map.
(G) 
A statement of the sewerage works and sewage disposal installed, proposed or available for the subdivision, together with a statement from the controlling agency that the proposed system will comply with all Health Department rules and regulations and state laws and operate without creating a public or private nuisance, or a statement shall be required where the subdivision is to be sewered by connection to an existing public sanitary sewer system.
(H) 
The tracing of the map shall contain original signatures and shall be submitted for certification when notified by the City Engineer; in addition to the tracing of the map there shall be submitted three (3) sets of prints of the map and one (1) set of mylar reproduceables of the map.
(I) 
The submittal of the final map or parcel map for a common interest development within the meaning of Sections 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 Planning Director, City Engineer, City Manager and City Attorney.
The subdivider shall pay to the City for the purpose of checking, investigating, surveying, and other matters required by law and these regulations, those fees for the checking of the map, plans and specifications, and investigations incidental thereto as set out in the City of San Juan Bautista fee resolution.
When prints of the map and accompanying data material are presented to the City Engineer for examination, the subdivider shall give evidence to the City Engineer that it has deposited with the City Manager the fees or deposits as required by the City’s fee resolution. If the amount is a deposit, and it exceeds the actual cost to the City, the subdivider shall be reimbursed for the balance remaining. If the actual cost exceeds the deposited amount, the City Engineer shall withhold certification of the map until the subdivider presents a receipt for the deposit of the excess amount.
The subdivider shall pay to the City for the purpose of checking, investigating, surveying and other matters required by law and these regulations for processing a parcel map the fee fixed by the schedule adopted for that purpose by the City Council and in effect at the time the parcel map is submitted for checking. Said payment shall be submitted to the City Engineer at the time the parcel map is submitted for checking.
The City Engineer is authorized to take final approval action on a parcel map as well as to reject offers of dedication. Acceptance of offers of dedication on a parcel map shall require Council approval. The City Engineer shall disapprove a parcel map for failure to meet or perform any of the requirements or conditions imposed by the Subdivision Map Act, this Chapter, or the approved tentative map for the subdivision; provided, that a parcel map shall be disapproved only for failure to meet or perform requirements or conditions which were applicable to the subdivision at the time of approval of the tentative map; and provided further, that such disapproval shall be accompanied by a finding identifying the requirements or conditions which have not been met or performed. A parcel map shall not be disapproved when the failure to meet requirements or conditions is the result of a technical or inadvertent error which does not materially affect the validity of the map as may be determined by the City Engineer.
The City Council shall take final approval action on final maps. It shall disapprove a final map for failure to meet or perform any of the requirements or conditions imposed by the Subdivision Map Act, this Chapter, or the approved tentative map for the subdivision; provided, that a final map shall be disapproved only for failure to meet or perform requirements or conditions which were applicable to the subdivision at the time of approval of the tentative map; and provided further, that such disapproval shall be accompanied by a finding identifying the requirements or conditions which have not been met or performed. A final map shall not be disapproved when the failure to meet requirements or conditions is the result of a technical or inadvertent error which does not materially affect the validity of the map as may be determined by the City Council.
After the City Engineer’s approval and certification of a parcel or final map, it shall be transmitted to the City Clerk for final action and ultimate transmittal to the County Recorder.
A map may be amended in conformance with the provisions of the Subdivision Map Act and/or local ordinances and shall be entitled “Amended Map of _______.”
All corrections or omissions shall be boxed and the errors removed from the map with a certified statement by the surveyor stating, in general, the correction or omission being made in addition to the recording information of the original map.
A certificate of correction may be used to correct: (1) an error in the description of real property, (2) a course error that is outside of the exterior boundary of the map. A certificate of correction shall be upon a form approved by the City Engineer.
A map may be reverted to acreage pursuant to all the provisions of the Subdivision Map Act and shall be entitled “Reversion to Acreage of _______.”
Subdivided lands may be merged and re-subdivided without reverting to acreage by complying with all applicable provisions of the Subdivision Map Act.