§ 16.07.080. Final maps.

A.

The form, contents, accompanying data, and filing of the final map shall conform to the provisions of this section. The final map shall be prepared by or under the direction of a registered engineer or licensed land surveyor.

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 tentative map shall have a separate subdivision number. Any 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.

C.

Multiple final maps of an approved or conditionally approved tentative map may be filed by the subdivider.

D.

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 included in the survey. (G.C. 66434)

At the time of making the survey for the final map, the engineer or surveyor shall set sufficient durable monuments to conform with standards described in Section 16.07.080(F)(6) and Section 8771 of the Business and Professions Code. At least one exterior boundary line shall be monumented prior to recording the final map. Other monuments shall be set as required by the town engineer. (G.C. 66495)

E.

The form of the final map shall conform to Section 66434 of the Subdivision Map Act and as follows:

1.

The final map 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.

2.

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 not less than one inch equals one hundred feet, 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.

3.

All printing or lettering on the map shall be of one-eighth inch minimum height and of such shape and weight as to be readily legible on prints and other reproductions made from the original drawings.

4.

The final form of the final map shall be as approved by the town engineer.

F.

The contents of the final map shall conform to Section 66434 the Subdivision Map Act and as follows:

1.

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.

2.

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 the United States Survey. The following words shall appear in the title: "Town of Paradise, County of Butte."

3.

Certificates. The following certificates shall appear only once on the cover sheet:

a.

Owner's Certificate. A certificate, signed and acknowledged by all parties having record title interest in the land subdivided, consenting to the 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 result in a future fee, or as provided in Section 66436 of the Subdivision Map Act.

b.

Trustee's Certificate. A certificate which may be included in the owner's certificate, signed and acknowledged by any trustees of record at the time of town council approval of the final map, consenting to the recording of the map and any offers of dedications.

c.

Engineer's Certificate. A certificate by the engineer or surveyor responsible for the survey and final map shall appear on the map. The certificate 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 certificate shall also state that all the monuments are of the character and occupy the positions indicated, or that they will be set in such positions on or before a specified later date. The certificate shall also state that the monuments are, or will be, sufficient to enable the survey to be retraced. (G.C. 66441)

The certificate shall state that the map complies to the Subdivision Map Act and the provisions of this title.

d.

Certificate of Soils and Geologic Report. When a soils report, a geologic report, or soils and geologic reports have been prepared specifically for the subdivision, such fact shall be noted on the final map, together with the date of such report or reports, and the name of the engineer making the soils report and geologist making the geologic report and the location where the reports are on file. (G.C. 66434.5)

e.

Town Engineer's Certificate. A certificate by the town engineer stating that the map has been examined and that it is substantially the same as the tentative map and any approved alterations, that it complies with the Subdivision Map Act and the provisions of this title and is technically correct. (G.C. 66442)

f.

Town Clerk's Certificate. A certificate for execution by the town clerk stating the date and number of the resolution adopted by the town council approving the final map and stating that the town council accepted, subject to improvement or rejected on behalf of the public, any real property offered for dedication for public use in conformity with the terms of the offer of dedication. (G.C. 66440)

g.

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. (G.C. 66466(c))

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.

4.

Scale, North Point, and Basis of Bearings. There must appear on each map sheet the scale, the north point and the basis of bearings.

5.

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.

6.

Monuments. The location and description of all existing and proposed monuments shall be shown. Standard town monuments shall be set at, or on, town engineer approved offsets from the following locations:

a.

The intersection of street centerlines;

b.

Beginning and end of curves or intersection of tangents on centerlines;

c.

At other locations as may be required by the town engineer;

7.

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. Each lot shall be shown entirely on one sheet of the final map, unless approved by the town engineer.

8.

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 such subdivision; and if no such subdivision is adjacent then by reference to the recorded deed by book page number for the last recorded owner of such adjacent property.

9.

Town Boundaries. Town boundaries which cross or join the subdivision shall be clearly designated.

10.

Street Names. The names of all streets, roads, alleys, or highways within or adjoining the subdivision shall be shown.

11.

Easements. Easements for roads or streets, paths, stormwater drainage, sanitary sewers or other public use as may be required, shall be dedicated to the public for acceptance by the town or other public agency, and the use shall be specified on the map. If at the time the final map is approved, any streets, roads, paths, alleys or storm drainage easements are not accepted by the town council, the offer of dedication shall remain open and the town council may, by resolution at any later date, accept and open the streets, roads, paths, alleys, or storm drainage easements for public use, which acceptance shall be recorded in the office of the county recorder.

The town 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 town engineer.

G.

Preliminary Submittal. The subdivider shall submit two prints of the final map to the town engineer and two prints to the health department for checking accompanied by the appropriate checking fee. The following data, plans, reports, and documents shall be required in a form as approved by the town engineer.

1.

Improvement Plans. Improvement plans as required by resolution of the town council. An improvement plan being processed in conjunction with either an approved tentative, parcel or final map shall be proposed by a registered civil engineer. (G.C. 66456.2(a))

2.

Title Report. A title report showing the legal owners at the time of submittal of the final map.

3.

Improvement Bond Estimate. The improvement bond estimate shall include all improvements within public rights-of-way, easements, or private common areas and utility trench backfill as provided by the developer, except for those utility facilities installed by a utility company under the jurisdiction of the California Public Utilities Commission.

4.

Deeds for Easements or Rights-of-Way. Deed for offsite 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 town in 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.

5.

Traverse Closures. Traverse closures for the boundaries of blocks, lots, easements, street centerlines and monument lines.

6.

Hydrology and Hydraulic Calculations. Complete hydrology and hydraulic calculations of all storm drains.

7.

Organization Documents. The submittal of the final map or parcel map shall include the proposed declaration of covenants, conditions and restrictions, and all other organizational documents for the subdivision in a form as prescribed by Section 1353, et seq, of the Civil Code of the state of California. All documents shall be subject to review by the town engineer and town attorney.

8.

Any additional data, reports or information as required by the town engineer.

H.

Review by Town Engineer. The town engineer shall review the final map and the subdivider's engineer or surveyor shall make corrections and/or additions until the map is acceptable to the town engineer.

I.

Approval by Town Engineer. The subdivider's engineer or surveyor shall submit the original tracing of the map, corrected to its final form and signed by all parties required to execute the certificates on the map, to the town engineer.

The town engineer shall sign the appropriate certificates and transmit the original to the town clerk.

J.

Approval by town council. The final map, upon execution by the town engineer and planning director, together with any subdivision improvement agreement, shall be placed on the council agenda for its approval. The town council shall consider the final map for approval within ten days after filing with the town clerk, or at its next regular meeting, whichever is later. The town council shall have approved any subdivision improvement agreement before approving the final map. (G.C. 66458(a) and (b))

If the subdivision improvement agreement or final map is unacceptable, the town council shall make their recommended corrections, instruct the town engineer to draft a new agreement or revise the final map and defer approval until an acceptable agreement or final map has been resubmitted.

K.

Denial by the Town Council. The town council shall deny approval of the final map upon making any of the findings contained in Section 16.07.030(C) of this title.

The town council shall not deny approval of the final map if it has previously approved a tentative map for the proposed subdivision and if it finds that the final map is in substantial compliance with the previously approved tentative map. (G.C. 66448 and 66458(b))

L.

Filing with the County Recorder. Upon approval of the final map by the town council, the town clerk shall execute the appropriate certificate on the certificate sheet and forward the map, or have an authorized agent forward the map to the county recorder. (G.C. 66464)

M.

Additional Information. The planning commission, or the town council, may require additional information concerning the final or parcel map to be filed or recorded simultaneously with a final or parcel map. The additional information shall be in the form of a separate document or an additional map sheet which shall indicate its separate relationship to the final or parcel map, and shall contain a statement that the additional information is for informational purposes, describing conditions as of the date of filing, and is not intended to affect the recorded title interest. Additional survey and map information may include, but need not be limited to: building setback lines; flood hazard zones; seismic lines and setbacks; geologic mapping; archaeological sites; limit to the number of bedrooms on specific parcels; water supply provisions; road and access status. (G.C. 66434.2)

(Ord. 203 §2(part), 1990)