(a) 
A recorded Certificate of Subdivision Compliance may be requested by any person owning real property to have the Community Development Director determine whether such property complies with the provisions of this Code.
(b) 
A Certificate of Subdivision Compliance may be required by the Office of Planning prior to recordation of a merger.
(c) 
A recorded Certificate of Subdivision Compliance shall be required of all lot line adjustments.
(d) 
When contiguous deeds or surveys have ambiguities in which the property boundary cannot be ascertained as determined by the County Surveyor and an agreement is reached to establish the line by all parties, a Certificate of Compliance should be recorded.
(e) 
When determined by the County Surveyor, a Certificate of Subdivision Compliance may be required for the remainder parcels on Final/Parcel Maps.
Upon making a determination that real property complies with this Division, the Community Development Director shall cause a Certificate of Subdivision Compliance to be filed for record with the County Recorder. The Certificate of Subdivision Compliance shall identify the real property and shall state that the division thereof complies with applicable provisions of this Division and the Subdivision Map Act.
(a) 
When granting a Certificate of Subdivision Compliance for the purpose of determining whether real property is in compliance with this Code the following shall apply.
(1) 
The requirements or conditions for the granting of a Certificate of Subdivision Compliance shall be limited to dedications of flood control and road or street right-of-way easement for lots created before March 4, 1972.
(2) 
When a Certificate of Subdivision Compliance is requested for a parcel of land created on or after March 4, 1972, the following shall apply.
(A) 
If the parcel is less than five acres in size, access, improvement, and map requirements consistent with land division requirements at the time the parcel was created shall be required.
(B) 
If the parcel is five acres or greater in size, no Parcel or Record of Survey Map shall be required, unless the City Planner finds that, due to topographical, geologic, or drainage concerns, delineation of such areas is necessary to assure adequate building sites. Access shall be provided pursuant to subsection A above.
(C) 
Access requirements across lands not in the ownership of the applicant may be deferred until development is requested on the applicant’s property. A statement of disclosure relating to such lack of access shall be placed on the conditional Certificate of Subdivision Compliance advising of this requirement to future buyers of the parcel.
(3) 
If the Community Development Director determines that such real property does not comply with the provisions of this Division, the Community Development Director shall impose all the access requirements of this Division before issuing a Certificate of Subdivision Compliance. The Community Development Director may, as a condition of approval for a Certificate of Subdivision Compliance, impose those additional improvement requirements and Tentative or Parcel Map requirements provided in this Division. Such conditions may be fulfilled and implemented by the property owner who has applied for a Certificate of Subdivision Compliance pursuant to this section, or by a grantee of such property owner. If such conditions are not fulfilled or implemented by the applicant, property owner, or the grantee, the Certificate of Subdivision Compliance shall have no force or effect upon any subsequent transfer of the property and any subsequent transferee or assignee shall make a new application for a Certificate of Subdivision Compliance pursuant to this Article, and the Community Development Director may impose such conditions as would have been applicable at the time such assignee or transferee acquired the property.
(b) 
All Certificates of Subdivision Compliance shall be reviewed and approved by the City Engineer prior to recordation. A record of survey may be required by the City Engineer in order to facilitate the preparation of new legal descriptions or to ensure the elimination of any encroachment.
(c) 
A Certificate of Subdivision Compliance shall be issued for any real property which has been approved for development.
(d) 
A recorded final subdivision map or Parcel Map or recorded lot merger shall constitute a Certificate of Subdivision Compliance with respect to the parcels of real property described therein.
(e) 
An official map prepared pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 66499.52 of the California Government Code and Article 10 of Chapter 4 of Division 3 of this Code shall constitute a Certificate of Subdivision Compliance or a conditional Certificate of Subdivision Compliance with respect to the parcels of real property described therein and may be filed for the record, whether or not the parcels are contiguous, so long as the parcels are within the same section or, with the approval of the City Engineer, within contiguous sections of land.