Chapter 9.20
SURVEYS AND MONUMENTS
Sections:
9.20.090 Monuments—Interior lots.
9.20.100 Monuments—Time for setting.
9.20.110 Monuments—Inspection and approval.
9.20.120 California coordinate system.
9.20.010 Field survey.
A. A final map or a parcel map, prepared by or under the direction of a licensed land surveyor (land surveyor) or a civil engineer licensed prior to 1982 (civil engineer), based upon a field survey shall be made in conformity with the Professional Land Surveyor’s Act. (Business and Professions Code Sections 8700 through 8805) and the Subdivision Map Act.
B. An accurate and complete boundary shall be made of the land to be included on the final map or parcel map. The map shall show the location of each parcel and its relationship to any and all surveys prepared in the area. (Ord. 4-16 § 1 (Exh. A) (part): Ord. 1-91 § 1 (8-5.0))
9.20.020 Discrepancy.
A. Whenever the field survey indicates a discrepancy from previously recorded data, the record bearing or dimension shall be shown in parentheses with the referenced recorded map information and in the same basis of bearings as the survey along with the field dimension.
B. When the discrepancy is major and causes a conflict to title, the land surveyor, civil engineer and subdivider shall take appropriate action to clear said title prior to the filing of the map. (Ord. 4-16 § 1 (Exh. A) (part): Ord. 1-91 § 1 (8-5.1))
9.20.030 Compiled map.
A parcel map may be compiled from a recorded or filed map if all of the following conditions exist:
A. The compiled map is based on a final map or parcel map filed in the Office of the County Recorder after January 1, 1964, or on a record of survey filed in the Office of the County Recorder after January 1, 1964, and prior to January 1, 1982, or on another final map, parcel map, or record of survey subject to prior approval of the City Engineer.
B. The parcel map complies with Government Code Section 66448 of the Subdivision Map Act.
C. No material discrepancy exists within the recorded or filed map information shown on the compiled map.
D. All of the exterior boundary lines are indicated by field bearings and distance on the compiled map.
E. Sufficient survey information exists on the compiled map to locate and retrace the exterior boundary lines.
F. At least one (1) of these boundary lines can be established from an existing monumented line which is shown on the compiled map. (Ord. 4-16 § 1 (Exh. A) (part): Ord. 1-91 § 1 (8-5.2))
9.20.040 Accuracy required.
An accurate and complete boundary closure shall be made of the land to be divided. A traverse of the exterior boundaries of the tract or parcel and of each block and lot or parcel when computed, must close within an acceptable limit of error (not less than one (1) part in twenty-five thousand (25,000)). (Ord. 4-16 § 1 (Exh. A) (part): Ord. 1-91 § 1 (8-5.3))
9.20.050 Remainder.
A. If the remainder of the original parcel shown on the parcel map has a gross area of five (5) acres or more, the remainder may be a field survey or may be indicated by deed bearings and distance shown in brackets; the bearings shall be on the same basis of bearings as the survey and the distances shall be in feet and designated as being a “nonsurveyed remainder.”
B. Designation of remainder parcels shall be as prescribed per Government Code Section 66424.6. (Ord. 4-16 § 1 (Exh. A) (part): Ord. 1-91 § 1 (8-5.4))
9.20.060 Ties to centerlines.
Whenever the City Engineer has established the centerline or monumented offset line of a street or alley, ties shall be made to that centerline or monument line and any monument or reference point thereon. (Ord. 4-16 § 1 (Exh. A) (part): Ord. 1-91 § 1 (8-5.5))
9.20.070 Boundary monuments.
A. At the time of making the survey for the final map or parcel map, the land surveyor or civil engineer shall set sufficient durable monuments to conform with the standards described in the California Business and Professions Code Section 8771 and California Government Code Section 66495, so that another land surveyor or civil engineer may readily retrace the survey. If the timing for setting these monuments is designated on the final map or parcel map, security as set forth in California Government Code Section 66496 will be made, by the subdivider, with the City Engineer prior to the recording of the final map or parcel map.
B. All monuments necessary to establish the exterior boundaries of the subdivision shall be set, or witness thereto, and shall be sufficient in number together with existing monuments of record for the perpetuation or facile reestablishment of any point or line of the exterior boundary.
C. Exterior boundary monuments set shall be durable in nature, such as an iron pipe, and efficiently placed so as not to be readily disturbed. (Ord. 4-16 § 1 (Exh. A) (part))
9.20.080 Street monuments.
A. The engineer or surveyor shall set permanent interior monuments in the street areas, located so as to define the street lines bounding each block. Due consideration shall be given to visibility of monuments, one from another, for the purposes intended.
B. Permanent monuments on public and private streets shall conform to the approved standards plans of the city for concrete monument for use on subdivision projects. (Ord. 4-16 § 1 (Exh. A) (part): Ord. 1-91 § 1 (8-5.9). Formerly 9.20.100)
9.20.090 Monuments—Interior lots.
A. Interior parcel or lot line monuments shall be set or witness thereto as required in the Business and Professions Code and Government Code Sections 8700 through 8805.
B. Interior monuments or witness monuments as designated upon the final map or parcel map shall be as prescribed on the map and set as stated in the surveyor’s statement on the final map or parcel map. (Ord. 4-16 § 1 (Exh. A) (part))
9.20.100 Monuments—Time for setting.
A. Exterior boundary, street monuments and interior lot monuments shall be set as prescribed in the surveyor’s statement on the final map or parcel map.
B. At least one (1) exterior boundary line of the land being subdivided shall be adequately monumented or referenced before the map is recorded.
C. Monuments may be designated to be set after approval of the final map or parcel map; provided, that they are set not later than the time of acceptance of improvements and adequate monument security is filed with the city prior to City Engineer approval and certification of the map.
D. When exterior boundary monuments, street monuments and interior monuments are not set at the time of recording of the final map or parcel map, the land surveyor or civil engineer shall certify on the map the date the monuments will be established, and the subdivider shall deposit with the city a security in an amount sufficient to cover the cost of setting such monuments, as determined by the City Engineer. (Ord. 4-16 § 1 (Exh. A) (part): Ord. 1-91 § 1 (8-5.11). Formerly 9.20.120)
9.20.110 Monuments—Inspection and approval.
A. All monuments shall be subject to inspection and approval by the City Engineer.
B. Within five (5) days after the setting of all monuments as shown on the final map or parcel map has been completed by the land surveyor or civil engineer, written notice shall be given to the subdivider and the City Engineer that the final monuments have been set. Written notice to the City Engineer shall certify that all monuments have been set under the direction of the land surveyor or civil engineer as shown on the recorded final map or parcel map and within the tolerances specified in Section 9.20.040. Written notification regarding payment for the setting of the monuments shall be provided in accordance with Government Code Section 66497. (Ord. 4-16 § 1 (Exh. A) (part): Ord. 1-91 § 1 (8-5.12). Formerly 9.20.130)
9.20.120 California coordinate system.
Whenever the City Engineer has an approved system of California coordinate monuments, the field survey shall be tied into the approved monuments. (Ord. 4-16 § 1 (Exh. A) (part): Ord. 1-91 § 1 (8-5.13). Formerly 9.20.140)