Chapter 16.28
STANDARD SUBDIVISION—FINAL MAP
16.28.010 General requirements.
Within eighteen months after the return of the approved or conditionally approved tentative map to the subdivider, unless the map has been extended, the subdivider shall cause the subdivision or any part thereof to be surveyed and a final map thereof prepared in conformance with the tentative map as approved or conditionally approved. The final map of the subdivision shall be submitted to the city engineer for checking and approval. The map shall be filed, together with traverse sheets, other data and check prints, with the city engineer at least thirty days prior to the filing of the final map by the city engineer with the city clerk for action by the city council. (Ord. 35 § 1 (part), 1972: prior code § 10-112.010)
16.28.020 Form.
The final subdivision map shall be clearly and legibly drawn in black India ink upon tracing cloth of good quality. All lines, letters, figures, certificates, acknowledgements and signatures shall be made in black India ink. Typewriting or rubber stamps shall not be used. The map shall be so made and shall be in such condition when filed that good legible blueprints and negatives can be made therefrom. The size of the sheets of tracing cloth shall be eighteen by twenty-six inches, leaving a margin of one inch from the edge of the sheets. The name, tract number, title or other designation, all drawings, affidavits, acknowledgments, endorsements, acceptances of dedication and notarial seals shall be within the marginal line. The scale of the final map shall be one inch equals one hundred feet on large areas and one inch equals fifty feet on small or irregular areas unless otherwise permitted by the county engineer, but in any case the scale shall show clearly all the details of the subdivision. (Ord. 35 § 1 (part), 1972: prior code § 10-112.020)
16.28.030 Requirements.
A. The title sheet of the final map shall contain the title, consisting of the tract number to be assigned by the county recorder, and such other descriptive matter as may be necessary, but no commercial name or title shall appear on the final map as a tract designation. Below the title shall appear a subtitle consisting of a general description of all the property being subdivided by reference to the plat of a United States survey. The following words shall appear below the title: “In the City of Foster City, County of San Mateo.” Reference to tracts and subdivisions in the description must be worked identically with original records and references to book and page of record must be complete. Every sheet comprising the map shall bear the tract number, scale, north point, legend, sheet number and number of sheets comprising the map. Below the title shall be clearly noted the basis of bearing for the survey.
B. The final map shall particularly define and designate all lots or parcels intended for sale or reserved for private purposes, all parcels offered for dedication for any purpose, with all dimensions, boundaries and courses clearly shown and defined in every case. No ditto marks shall be used. Parcels offered for dedication but not accepted shall be designated by letter and private streets offered but not accepted for dedication shall have the words “Not a Public Street.”
C. The map shall show clearly what stakes, monuments or other evidences were found on the ground to determine the boundaries of the tract. The adjoining corners of all adjoining subdivisions shall be identified by lot and block number, tract name and place of record, or by section, township and range, or other proper designation.
D. The map shall show all information, data and monuments necessary to locate and retrace any and all exterior boundary lines, lot and block lines, and shall also show bearings and distances of straight lines and radii, delta and arc length for all curves and such information as may be necessary to determine the location of the centers of curves, also bearings and tangent distances and radii, delta and arc lengths of all lots. Where streets intersect on curves, centerline lengths, radii and deltas and centerline intersection points shall be shown.
E. Wherever the city engineer has established the centerline of a street or alley, the data shall be shown on the final map, indicating all monuments found and making reference to a field book or map. If the points were reset by ties, the fact shall be stated.
F. The map shall show all city boundaries crossing or adjoining the subdivision clearly designated and tied in.
G. The map shall show the line of extreme high water in case the subdivision is adjacent to tidewater.
H. The boundary of the tract shall be designated by a one-sixteenth-inch border of Prussion blue water color applied on the reverse side of the tracing and inside the boundary line. Such border shall not obliterate figures or other data.
I. Lots and Blocks. In tracts containing more than one block, the blocks shall be numbered or lettered in numerical order or alphabetical order, commencing with the numeral “1” or the letter “A” with no omissions or duplications. Lot numbers shall begin with the numeral “1” in each block and shall continue consecutively, with no omissions or duplications. As an alternative to the foregoing, block letters or numbers may be omitted, in which case lot numbers shall begin with the numeral “1” and shall continue consecutively throughout the subdivision with no omissions or duplications. No prefix or suffix, such as “1A,” “B2” or “BB,” shall be used. All letters and figures shall be conspicuous and solid. They shall not obliterate dimensions or courses. If more than one sheet is required for a subdivision map, each sheet shall show lots and blocks in their entirety and not portions thereof.
J. Streets and Other Rights-of-way. The total width of all streets shall be shown, also the widths of rights-of-way for flood control or drainage channels, and any other rights-of-way.
K. Easements. The map shall show the centerline and side lines of all easements to which the lots are subject. The easement must be clearly labeled and identified, and if already of record, its recorded reference must be given. If any easement is not definitely located of record, a statement of such easement must appear on the title sheet. Easements for storm drains, sewers and other purposes shall be denoted by fine dotted lines. Distances and bearings on the side lines of lots which are cut by an easement must be so shown that the map will indicate clearly the actual lengths of the lot lines. The width of the easement and the length and bearings of the lines thereof and sufficient ties thereto to definitely locate the easement with respect to the subdivision must be shown.
L. Street Names. In order to avoid duplication, names to be used for new streets shall be subject to the approval of the planning commission. If any designations are numbers, they shall be spelled out completely, using hyphens in such forms as “Twenty-third Street.” The words “Avenue,” “Boulevard,” “Place,” etc., shall be spelled out in full. Names of newly-dedicated portions of streets shall be shown in or arrowed to the dedicated portion. (Ord. 35 § 1 (part), 1972: prior code § 10-112.030)
16.28.040 Accompanying data and information.
A. The following data and information shall accompany the final map:
1. A traverse sheet of the survey as specified in Section 16.12.010;
2. A complete set of blue line or black and white prints of the final map of the subdivision for checking purposes;
3. A statement that all improvements have been completed in accordance with the plans and specifications as approved by the city engineer;
4. A statement of the water supply installed or available for the subdivision, including information as to the source and adequacy of the supply;
5. A statement of the sewage works and sewage disposal installed, proposed or available for the subdivision together with a statement of the public health officer of San Mateo County as to whether in his opinion the proposed system is adequate and will operate without creating a public or private nuisance, but no such statement shall be required where the subdivision is to be sewered by connection to an existing public sanitary sewer system;
6. All other data and information that are now or may hereafter be required by law.
B. All data to accompany final map shall be paid for by the subdivider.
C. The subdivider shall pay to the city, for the purpose of checking, computing, investigating, surveying and other matters required by law and these regulations, an amount equal to three percent of the improvement bond as set forth in Section 16.40.070. (Ord. 35 § 1 (part), 1972: prior code § 10-112.040)
16.28.050 Certificates appearing on map.
The following certificates shall appear on the final map:
A. Owner’s Certificate. A certificate, signed and acknowledged by all parties having any record title or interest in the land subdivided, consenting to the preparation and recordation of the map;
B. Dedication Certificate. A certificate signed and acknowledged as above offering for dedication for public use those certain parcels of land which the parties desire to dedicate;
C. Engineer’s Certificate. A certificate by the civil engineer or licensed surveyor responsible for the survey and final map, the signature of which civil engineer or surveyor, unless accompanied by his seal, must be attested;
D. Basis of bearings note;
E. A certificate for execution by the city engineer;
F. A certificate for execution by the clerk of each approving governing body;
G. A certificate for execution by the county recorder. (Ord. 35 § 1 (part), 1972: prior code § 10-112.050)
16.28.060 Certificates accompanying map.
The following certificates shall accompany the final map:
A. The subdivider shall furnish to the planning commission a guaranty of title or letter from a competent title company, approved by the city, 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 on the proper certificates and are correctly shown on the map, both as to consents as to the making thereof and affidavits of dedication where necessary. Such guaranty shall be issued for the benefit of the city and shall be continued complete up to the instant of recordation of the map;
B. A letter from the county controller and if applicable from any city auditor, certifying that according to the records of his office there are no liens against the subdivision or any part thereof for unpaid state, county, municipal or local taxes or special assessments collected as taxes or special assessments not yet payable, and as to the latter the subdivider shall submit a statement by each proper officer giving his estimate of the amount of taxes and assessments which are a lien but which are not yet payable;
C. A certificate of the city clerk and of the clerk of the board of supervisors as to tax bond must accompany final maps filed between the first Monday in March and the third Monday in October;
D. All other data and material that are now or may hereafter be required by law. (Ord. 35 § 1 (part), 1972: prior code § 10-112.060)
16.28.070 Public use land dedication.
All parcels of land shown on any final map and intended for any public use shall be offered for dedication for public use except those parcels which are intended for the exclusive use of lot owners in the subdivision, their licensees, visitors, tenants and servants. (Ord. 35 § 1 (part), 1972: prior code § 10-113.010)
16.28.080 Council action.
When all the certificates which appear on the final map (except the approval certificate of the city council) have been signed, the city engineer shall file the map with the city clerk for action by the city council as required under the provision of Section 16.28.010. The city council shall at its next meeting or within a period of not more than ten days after such filing with the city clerk approve the map, if the same conforms to all the requirements of the Subdivision Map Act, this title, and any ruling made thereunder. The city council shall at that time require the construction or installation of the improvements designated in connection with the action on the tentative map, as hereinbefore provided. In the case of a final map the city council shall at the time of its action thereon accept or reject any or all offers of dedication. (Ord. 35 § 1 (part), 1972: prior code § 10-113.020)
16.28.090 Recordation.
Upon approval of any final map and after the required signatures and seal have been affixed, the city clerk shall transmit the map to the county recorder who shall, if he finds the map in proper order, record the same after payment of the required recording fee. (Ord. 35 § 1 (part), 1972: prior code § 10-113.030)
16.28.100 Filing for recordation.
There shall be filed with the city for recording the original tracings and one complete set of blue line prints on cloth, showing all certificates, affidavits and signatures. (Ord. 35 § 1 (part), 1972: prior code § 10-113.040)