Chapter 17.07
FINAL MAPS – FIVE (5) OR MORE PARCELS
Sections:
17.07.020 Preparation and form of final map.
17.07.030 Title sheet of final map.
17.07.040 Certificates on final map title sheet.
17.07.050 Information on final map.
17.07.060 Statements, documents and other data to accompany final map.
17.07.080 Survey of final map.
17.07.090 Filing of final map.
17.07.100 Action by the City Engineer.
17.07.120 Multiple final maps.
17.07.010 Timing.
Prior to the expiration of the tentative map or within any further time period for which an extension has been granted under this title or the Subdivision Map Act, the subdivider may cause the proposed subdivision or any part thereof to be surveyed and a final map to be prepared and recorded in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and the Subdivision Map Act. [Ord. 09-026.]
17.07.020 Preparation and form of final map.
The final map shall be prepared by or under the direction of a registered civil engineer or licensed land surveyor in the manner required by the Subdivision Map Act, and shall conform to all of the following provisions:
A. The general form and layout of the map, including but not limited to the size and type of lettering, and the drafting and location of acknowledgments, shall be as determined by the City Engineer.
B. The scale of the map shall be one (1) inch equals one hundred (100) feet, unless otherwise permitted by the City Engineer, but in any case the map shall show clearly all details of the subdivision.
C. All dimensions shall be shown in feet and hundredths of a foot. No ditto marks shall be used.
D. If more than three (3) sheets are necessary to show the entire subdivision, an index map shall be included on the first sheet. Sheet size shall not exceed twenty (20) inches by twenty-six (26) inches.
E. The subdivision designation, scale and north arrow shall be shown on each sheet except the endorsement sheet.
F. A title sheet, designated as page number one (1) of the final map, shall be provided; except that, where the size of the subdivision permits, in lieu of a separate title sheet, the information required to be shown thereon may be shown on the same sheet as the map of the subdivision.
G. The final map shall be so made and shall be in such condition when filed that legible prints and negatives can be made from it. [Ord. 09-026.]
17.07.030 Title sheet of final map.
The title sheet shall contain the following information:
A. Title followed by the words “City of Dixon.”
B. Below the title shall be a subtitle consisting of a description of all property being subdivided by such map or maps or property shown thereon as shall have been last previously recorded or filed in the Solano County Recorder’s office, or shall have been last previously filed with the Clerk pursuant to a final judgment in any action in partition, or shall have been previously filed in the office of the Solano County Recorder under authority of the Subdivision Map Act or by reference to the plat of any United States survey. The description shall also include reference to any vacated area with the number of the ordinance vacating said area.
C. The subtitle of maps filed for the purpose of reverting subdivided land to acreage shall consist of the words “A reversion to acreage of ____________.” The blank shall contain the assessor parcel numbers of the parcels to be reverted.
D. References to tracts and subdivisions in the description must be worded identically with original records, and references to book and page of record must be complete.
E. Affidavits, certificates, acknowledgments, endorsements, acceptances, dedications and notarial seals required by law and by this title.
F. The basis of bearings used in the field survey, making reference to some recorded subdivision map or other record acceptable to the City Engineer. [Ord. 09-026.]
17.07.040 Certificates on final map title sheet.
The title sheet of the final map shall contain those certificates required by the Subdivision Map Act. The form of the certificate shall be approved by the City Attorney. [Ord. 09-026.]
17.07.050 Information on final map.
The final map shall substantially conform to the tentative map approved or conditionally approved by the Council (including all approved modifications) and shall contain the following information:
A. The boundary line of the subdivision shall be designated by a bold border line.
B. All areas shown on the map which do not constitute a part of the subdivision shall be labeled “Not a part of this subdivision,” or “N.A.P.O.T.S.” All lines delineating such areas shall be dashed.
C. All survey data and information required by DMC 17.11.120, Survey data and information to be shown on final map or parcel map.
D. All lots or parcels intended for sale or reserved for private purposes and all parcels offered for dedication to the City or any other public agency for any purpose with all dimensions, boundaries and courses clearly shown and defined in every case. Dimensions of lots shall be as total dimensions, corner to corner in addition to point to point dimensions.
E. All lots shall be numbered consecutively, without omissions or duplications, throughout the subdivision starting with the number one (1), except units of a total development, which shall be numbered consecutively throughout the development. Only parcels offered for dedication other than for streets or easements shall be designated by letters; provided, however, in single-family subdivisions the parcels intended for other than single-family use may be designated by letters. Each numbered lot shall be shown entirely on one (1) sheet.
F. The location and total width of all streets, alleys, pedestrian-ways, equestrian and hiking trails and biking paths; the names of streets, and the width on each side of center line of each street; the width of the portion of the street, alley, pedestrian-way, equestrian and hiking trail, and biking path being dedicated; and the width of the existing dedications, if any, within the subdivision.
G. The location and widths of any other rights-of-way within the subdivision.
H. All necessary data including width and side lines of all public easements to which the lots of the subdivision are subject. Each easement shall be clearly labeled and identified as to nature and purpose and, if already of record, its recorded reference given. If any easement is not definitely located on record, a statement concerning the easement shall appear on the title sheet. Easements shall be denoted by fine, dashed lines.
I. All limitations on rights of access to and from streets and lots and other parcels of land.
J. The lines of any natural watercourse, channel, stream, creek or body of water in or adjacent to the subdivision.
K. The location, width and name of any street and the location and width of any alley, pedestrian-way, equestrian or hiking trail, biking path, railroad right-of-way or other right-of-way adjacent to the subdivision.
L. Any City (limit) boundary adjoining the subdivision shall be clearly designated and tied in.
M. In areas subject to one hundred (100) year flood hazard, base flood elevation or depth of flow and floodway boundaries shall be indicated or a separate document shall be recorded with the final map indicating floodway boundary and base flood elevation or depth of flow. [Ord. 09-026.]
17.07.060 Statements, documents and other data to accompany final map.
The following statements, documents and other data, and as many additional copies thereof as may be required, shall be filed with the final map:
A. The names, addresses and telephone numbers of the record owners and subdivider and persons preparing the final map.
B. A guarantee of title or letter from a title company certifying that the signatures of all persons whose consent is necessary to pass a clear title to the land being subdivided and all acknowledgments thereto appear and are correctly shown on the proper certificates and are correctly shown on the final map, both as to consents for the making thereof and the affidavit of dedication.
C. A traverse sheet in a form approved by the City Engineer giving lot areas, latitudes, departures and coordinates and showing the mathematical closures.
D. The engineer or surveyor under whose supervision the survey has been made shall furnish the City Engineer field notes as required by Chapter 17.11 DMC, Surveys and Monuments.
E. The complete plans, profiles, cross sections, specifications and applicable permits for the construction and installation of improvements as required by Chapter 17.12 DMC, Subdivision Improvements.
F. A final grading plan. Submission of a final grading plan may be waived by the City Engineer when he or she determines that the submission of said plan is not required for proper grading, flood hazard mitigation and erosion control of the subdivision.
G. The agreement to make improvements and the security for such improvements as required by Chapter 17.12 DMC, Subdivision Improvements.
H. All protective covenants, conditions, restrictions or affirmative obligations in the form in which the same are to be recorded when approval thereof by an officer of the City has been required as a condition of approval of the tentative map.
I. Any irrevocable offer of dedication by separate instrument and accompanying title report as may be provided or required as a condition of approval of the tentative map. The dedication instrument and title report shall conform to the requirements of this title and shall be processed in accordance with the provisions of DMC 17.08.110, Processing of parcel map – Filing, that relate to instruments of dedication and accompanying title reports.
Whenever an irrevocable offer of dedication by separate instrument accompanies a final map, the final map shall not be accepted for filing by the City Engineer unless and until he or she determines that said offer of dedication has been approved for recordation as provided in DMC 17.08.120.
J. A current preliminary report issued by a title company for the lands proposed to be subdivided, together with copies of the recorded documents shown as exceptions in the report.
K. All other data required by law or as a condition of approval of the tentative map, including plans, reports, agreements, permits, fees, security or other requirements. [Ord. 09-026.]
17.07.070 Filing fee.
The final map shall be accompanied by a filing fee as established by resolution of the Council. [Ord. 09-026.]
17.07.080 Survey of final map.
A complete and accurate survey of the land to be subdivided shall be made by a registered civil engineer or licensed land surveyor in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 17.11 DMC, Surveys and Monuments. [Ord. 09-026.]
17.07.090 Filing of final map.
The subdivider shall cause all certificates to be executed except those to be executed by the City Engineer, the City Clerk and the Solano County Recorder, and shall file with the City Engineer the original tracing of the final map and as many prints thereof as may be required. [Ord. 09-026.]
17.07.100 Action by the City Engineer.
Upon acceptance of the final map and accompanying documents, fees and materials for filing, the City Engineer shall cause the same to be examined, and if found to be in substantial conformity with the approved tentative map and all amendments, conditions, modifications and provisions made or required by the Council, and if found to be complete, technically correct, in conformity with improvement plans and specifications, and in compliance with the requirements of this title, planned street lines and other applicable specific plans and ordinances, shall execute the City Engineer’s certificate on the map and shall file the map and accompanying materials with the City Clerk. No final map shall be certified until the required improvements have been installed or agreed to be installed in accordance with Chapter 17.12 DMC, Subdivision Improvements.
Should the map or other accompanying documents, fees or materials be found to be incomplete or incorrect in any respect, the subdivider shall be advised in writing, by mail, of the changes or additions that must be made before the map may be certified. If the defect is the result of a technical and inadvertent error which, in the opinion of the City Engineer, does not materially affect the validity of the map, the City Engineer may waive the defect and execute his certificate of approval.
The City Engineer may refuse to approve the recording of a final map governing only a portion of a tentative map when in the process of checking the final map he or she determines that said portion does not by itself provide adequate or satisfactory access, design or improvements and therefore does not conform to the design and improvement of the subdivision as indicated by the approved tentative map.
The City Engineer must act on the final map within the time period prescribed by the Subdivision Map Act. [Ord. 09-026.]
17.07.110 Council action.
The Council shall act upon the final map in the manner authorized and prescribed by the Subdivision Map Act. The Council shall, at the meeting at which it receives the map or at its next regular meeting after the meeting at which it receives the map, approve the map if it conforms to all the requirements of the Subdivision Map Act and this title which were applicable at the time of approval or conditional approval of the tentative map and any rulings made thereunder. If the map does not conform, the Council shall disapprove the map. The Council shall not deny approval of a final map with a previously approved tentative map for the proposed subdivision if it finds that the final map is in substantial compliance with the previously approved tentative map.
As provided in Section 66458 of the Subdivision Map Act, the date on which the City Clerk receives the map from the clerk of the Commission shall be deemed to be the date of the “meeting” at which the City Council initially receives the map for purposes of this section. [Ord. 09-026.]
17.07.120 Multiple final maps.
Multiple final maps relating to an approved or conditionally approved tentative map may be filed prior to the expiration of the tentative map if either:
A. The subdivider, at the time the tentative map application is filed, informs the approving authority of the subdivider’s intention to file multiple final maps on such tentative map. In providing such notice, the subdivider shall not be required to define the number or configuration of the proposed multiple final maps, but the Council may refuse to approve a phased final map until the subdivider and City can reach agreement, which may be reflected in the subdivision improvement agreement, for the construction of improvements for the subdivision in a manner which provides for a logical and orderly development of all of the possible phases of the subdivision.
B. After filing of the tentative map application, the subdivider and approving authority concur in the filing of phased multiple final maps and the subdivider and the City reach agreement, which may be reflected in the subdivision improvement agreement or a separate written agreement approved by the Council such as a development agreement, for the construction of improvements for the subdivision in a manner which provides for a logical and orderly development of all of the possible phases of the subdivision.
The filing of a final map on a portion of an approved or conditionally approved tentative map shall not invalidate any part of such tentative map. Each final map which constitutes a part, or unit, of the approved or conditionally approved tentative map shall have a separate subdivision number. Any subdivision improvement agreement executed by the subdivider and City shall either initially provide for the construction of improvements in the phases which have been agreed upon by subdivider and City or shall be amended to include such requirements before phased final maps are approved by the Council. [Ord. 09-026.]