Chapter 16.12
MAPS REQUIRED
Sections:
16.12.010 Tentative subdivision map – General.
16.12.020 Tentative subdivision map – Form and content.
16.12.030 Tentative subdivision map – Accompanying data and reports.
16.12.040 Parcel map – General.
16.12.050 Parcel map – Survey required.
16.12.070 Parcel map – Contents.
16.12.080 Parcel map – Accompanying data and reports.
16.12.090 Final map – General.
16.12.100 Final map – Survey required.
16.12.120 Final map – Content.
16.12.130 Final map – Accompanying data and reports.
16.12.010 Tentative subdivision map – General.
A tentative subdivision map shall be prepared for each subdivision application and shall conform to the provisions of this title and the state Subdivision Map Act. The tentative subdivision map shall be prepared by a state licensed and registered civil engineer or a state licensed surveyor in a manner acceptable to the chief of planning. (Ord. 626 § 1 (Art. II § 201(A)), 1983)
16.12.020 Tentative subdivision map – Form and content.
The tentative map shall be clearly and legibly drawn and shall contain not less than the following:
A. A title which shall contain the proposed name and type of the subdivision;
B. The name and address of the legal owner, subdivider and person preparing the map (including registration/licensing number);
C. The names of adjacent subdivisions, the owners of adjoining parcels, and the location of their respective boundary and lot lines;
D. The location, size and arrangement of all existing streets, alleys, structures and utilities within three hundred feet of the proposed subdivisions;
E. The substance of any existing or proposed covenants, easements or other restrictions upon the use of the land or its structures;
F. Date, north arrow, scale and contour interval;
G. The existing topography of the land to be subdivided and extending at least one hundred feet beyond its boundary, shown by contours spaced at one-foot intervals for slopes zero percent to five percent and contours spaced at five-foot intervals for slopes greater than five percent;
H. The locations, sizes and types of existing trees that have circumference greater than nineteen inches and/or wooded areas;
I. The location, width and name of any proposed street system;
J. The location, size and layout of all proposed parking areas;
K. The location and dimensions of all proposed sidewalks, curbs and gutters;
L. The location and size of proposed water, sanitary waste and storm drainage facilities;
M. The layout of proposed lots, including lot lines, lot numbers, size and dimensions of each lot;
N. The location and size of existing structures to be removed shall be so marked. The location, size and dimensions of all proposed residential and/or nonresidential structures and their proposed sequence of construction;
O. The location and size of proposed common areas, recreation sites, trails and parks for private or public use and areas to be dedicated for public open space where required;
P. The overall net density of residential dwelling units proposed to be built. (Ord. 626 § 1 (Art. II § 201(B)), 1983)
16.12.030 Tentative subdivision map – Accompanying data and reports.
The tentative map shall be accompanied by the following data or reports:
A. Soils Report. A preliminary soils report may be required for subdivisions of less than five lots if the city engineer finds that, due to the knowledge the city has as to the soils qualities of the soils in the subdivision, a preliminary analysis is necessary.
B. Title Report. A preliminary title report showing the legal owners at the time of filing the tentative map.
C. Utility Certification. Certification in writing from all utilities that the proposed subdivision can be adequately served. The city engineer may defer the required certification until after the filing of the tentative map.
D. Organizational Documents. Conditions, covenants and restrictions (CC&Rs), maintenance agreements and other organizational documents for common interest subdivisions shall be prepared in a form acceptable to the chief of planning, the city engineer and the city attorney.
E. Other Reports. Any other data or reports deemed necessary by the chief of planning.
Subsections A and C of this section shall not apply to condominium conversions. (Ord. 626 § 1 (Art. II § 201(C)), 1983)
16.12.040 Parcel map – General.
A parcel map shall be prepared for each subdivision creating four or fewer lots and shall conform to the provisions of this title and the state Subdivision Map Act. The parcel map shall be prepared by a registered civil engineer or a licensed surveyor. (Ord. 626 § 1 (Art. II § 202(A)), 1983)
16.12.050 Parcel map – Survey required.
The parcel map shall be based upon a field survey made in conformity with the Land Surveyors Act. All monuments, property lines, centerlines of streets, alleys and easements adjoining or within the subdivision shall be tied into the survey. The allowable error of closure on any portion of the parcel map shall not exceed one-ten-thousandth for field closure and one-twenty-thousandth for calculated closures. (Ord. 626 § 1 (Art. II § 202(B)), 1983)
16.12.060 Parcel map – Form.
The form of the parcel map shall conform to final map form requirements as specified by SMC 16.12.110. (Ord. 626 § 1 (Art. II § 202(C)), 1983)
16.12.070 Parcel map – Contents.
A. The contents of the parcel map shall conform to final map content requirements as specified by SMC 16.12.120, and as modified in this section. Lots shall be numbered or otherwise consecutively designated.
B. The following certificates shall appear on a parcel map:
1. Owner’s Certificate. A certificate, signed and acknowledged by all parties having record title interest in the land subdivided, excepting those parties having rights-of-way, easements, or other interests which cannot ripen into a fee, or exceptions provided by the Subdivision Map Act and consenting to the preparation and recordation of the map and offering for dedication to the public certain specific parcels of land. Included with the owner’s certificate shall be a notary certificate.
2. Engineer’s (Surveyor’s) Certificate. A certificate by the engineer or surveyor responsible for the survey and parcel map shall appear on the map. The certificate shall give the date of the survey, state that the survey and parcel 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 the map complies to the Subdivision Map Act and to the provisions of this title.
3. City Engineer’s Certificate. A certificate by the city engineer stating that the map has been examined and that it is in accord with the tentative map and any approved alterations thereof, complies with the Subdivision Map Act and the provisions of this title, and is technically correct.
4. Planning Commission Certificate. A certificate by the secretary to the planning commission stating that the parcel map is substantially the same as the tentative map reviewed by the planning commission giving the date of that review and stating that the Subdivision Map Act and the provisions of this title have been complied with.
5. City Clerk’s Certificate. A certificate by the city clerk stating the date and number of the resolution adopted by the city council approving the parcel map and stating that the city 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.
6. 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 parcel map, together with the date of such report or reports, the name of the engineer making the soils report and geologist making the geologic report, and the location where the reports are on file. The certificate shall read:
A soils and/or geologic report for Subdivision No. _______ was prepared by me or under my direction and was filed with the City on ________.
Date
7. County Recorder’s Certificate. A certificate to be executed by county recorder giving the date and time the parcel map was filed, the book and page number of the records, the person requesting the recordation and the signature of the county recorder. (Ord. 626 § 1 (Art. II § 202(D)), 1983)
16.12.080 Parcel map – Accompanying data and reports.
The accompanying data and reports for the parcel map shall conform to the requirements for accompanying data and reports required with the final map as specified by SMC 16.12.130. (Ord. 626 § 1 (Art. II § 202(E)), 1983)
16.12.090 Final map – General.
A final map shall be prepared for each subdivision creating five or more lots and shall conform to the provisions of this title and the state Subdivision Map Act. The final map shall be prepared by a registered civil engineer or a licensed surveyor. (Ord. 626 § 1 (Art. II § 203(A)), 1983)
16.12.100 Final map – Survey required.
The final map shall be based upon a field survey made in conformity with the Land Surveyors Act. All monuments, property lines, centerlines of streets, alleys and easements adjoining or within the subdivision shall be tied into the survey. The allowable error of closure on any portion of the final map shall not exceed one-ten-thousandth for field closures and one-twenty-thousandth for calculated. (Ord. 626 § 1 (Art. II § 203(B)), 1983)
16.12.110 Final map – Form.
The form of the final map shall conform to the Subdivision Map Act and as provided in this section:
A. 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.
B. The size of each sheet shall be seventeen 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 will be included.
C. 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.
D. The final form of the final map shall be as approved by the city engineer. (Ord. 626 § 1 (Art. II § 203(C)), 1983)
16.12.120 Final map – Content.
The contents of the final map shall conform to the Subdivision Map Act and as provided in this section:
A. Boundary. The boundary of the subdivision shall be designated by a heavy black line in such a manner as to not obliterate figures or other date. The map shall show the definite location of the subdivision and particularly its relation to surrounding surveys. The location of a designated “remainder” parcel shall be indicated.
B. Title. Each sheet shall have a title showing the subdivision name and type and the location of the property being subdivided with reference to maps which have been previously recorded, or by reference to the plat of a United States survey. The following words shall appear in the title, “In the City of Seaside.”
C. Scale, North Point and Basis of Bearings. 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 and of the boundary lines on every lot and parcel which is a part thereof; length, radius and total central angle or radial bearings of all curves shall be shown. Ditto marks shall not be used in the dimensions and data shown on the map.
D. 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 and of the boundary lines on every lot and parcel which is a part thereof; length, radius and total central angle or radial bearings of all curves shall be shown. Ditto marks shall not be used in the dimensions and data shown on the map.
E. Monuments. The location and description of all existing and proposed monuments shall be shown. Standard city monuments shall be set at (or from offsets as approved by the city engineer) the following locations:
1. The intersection of street centerlines;
2. Beginning and end of curves in centerlines;
3. At other locations as may be required by the city engineer.
F. Lot Numbers. Lot numbers shall begin with the number 1 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 otherwise by the city engineer.
G. 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 each subdivision; and if no such subdivision is adjacent, then by the name of the owner and reference to the recorded deed by book page number for the last recorded owner of such adjacent property.
H. City Boundaries. City boundaries which cross or join the subdivision shall be clearly designated.
I. Street Names. The names of all streets, alleys or highways, within or adjoining the subdivision, shall be shown.
J. Easements. Easements for roads or streets, paths, storm water drainage, sanitary sewers or other public use as may be required shall be dedicated to the public for acceptance by the city or other public agency and the use shall be specified on the map. If, at the time the final map is approved, any streets, paths, alleys or storm drainage easements are not accepted by the city council, the offer of dedication shall remain open and the city council may, by resolution at any later date, accept and open the streets, paths, alleys or storm drainage easements for public use, which 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 number 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 city engineer.
K. Certificates. The following certificates shall appear only once on the cover sheet:
1. Owner’s Certificate. A certificate signed and acknowledged by all parties having record title interest in the land subdivided, excepting those parties having rights-of-way, easements or other interests which cannot ripen into a fee, or exceptions provided by the Subdivision Map Act, and consenting to the preparation and recordation of the map and offering to the public certain specific parcels of land. Included with the owner’s certificate shall be a notary certificate.
2. Engineer’s (Surveyor’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 the map complies to the Subdivision Map Act and to the provisions of this title.
3. City Engineer’s Certificate. A certificate by the city engineer stating that the map has been examined and that it is in accord with the tentative map and any approved alterations thereof, complies with the Subdivision Map Act and the provisions of this title, and is technically correct.
4. Planning Commission Certificate. A certificate by the secretary of the planning commission stating that the final map is substantially the same as the tentative map reviewed by the planning commission giving the date of that review and stating that the Subdivision Map Act and the provisions of this title have been complied with.
5. City Clerk’s Certificate. A certificate by the city clerk stating the date and number of the resolution adopted by the city council approving the final map and stating that the city 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.
6. 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, the name of the engineer making the soils report and geologist making the geologic report, and the location where the reports are on file.
7. County Recorder’s Certificate. A certificate to be executed by the county recorder giving the date and time the final map was filed, the book and page number of the records, the person requesting the recordation and the signature of the county recorder. (Ord. 626 § 1 (Art. II § 203(D)), 1983)
16.12.130 Final map – Accompanying data and reports.
The following data and reports shall be submitted prior to the city engineer’s approval of the final map:
A. Improvement Plans. Improvement plans shall be prepared under the direction of and signed by a registered civil engineer licensed by the state. Improvement plans shall include but not be limited to grading, storm drains, landscaping, streets and related facilities according to standards set forth by local ordinance and/or the city engineer.
1. Form.
a. The form of improvement plans shall conform to the Subdivision Map Act and as provided in this section.
b. Plans, profiles and details shall be legibly drawn, printed or reproduced on twenty-four-inch by thirty-six-inch sheets. A border shall be made on each sheet providing one-half inch at top, bottom and right side and one and one-half inch on the left side.
c. A suitable title block shall be placed in the lower right corner or along the right edge and provide adequate space for approval by the city engineer and for approval of plan revisions.
d. Plan and profiles shall be drawn to the scale of one inch equals forty feet or larger unless approved by the city engineer. Details shall be drawn to such scale that clearly shows the facility being constructed. The scales for various portions of the plans shall be shown on each sheet.
e. A vicinity map shall be shown on the first sheet of all sets of plans.
f. A north arrow shall be shown on each sheet when applicable. Plans shall be laid out to orient north to the top or right edge of the sheet unless approved otherwise by the city engineer.
g. All lettering shall be one-eighth-inch minimum.
h. If the plans include three or more sheets, a cover sheet showing the streets, lots, easements, storm drains, index and vicinity map shall be included.
i. The form of all plans shall conform to such additional requirements as may be established by the city engineer.
j. The final form of all plans shall be as approved by the city engineer.
2. Contents. The improvement plans shall show complete plans, profiles and details following standards acceptable to the city engineer for all required improvements to be constructed, both public and private (including common area). Reference may be made to city, county, or state standard plans in lieu of duplicating the drawings thereon where deemed appropriate by the city engineer.
3. Supplementary Plans and Calculations. Hydrology, hydraulic plans and calculations, bond estimates and any structural calculations, as may be required, shall be submitted with the improvement plans to the city engineer. All calculations shall be legible, systematic and signed and dated by a registered civil engineer licensed by the state and in a form as approved by the city engineer.
B. Soils Report. Where deemed necessary by the city engineer, a soils report shall accompany the final map and shall contain an investigation of each lot within the subdivision.
C. Title Report. A title report shall show the legal owners at the time of submittal of the final map.
D. Subdivision Agreement. A subdivision agreement shall be submitted in a form acceptable to the city engineer.
E. Bonds. All bonds, cash or instruments of credit as required by the subdivision agreement and as approved by the city engineer.
F. Fees. All fees as required by city ordinance shall be paid at the time the preliminary final map is submitted for checking.
G. Deeds for Easements, Rights-of-Way or Dedication. Deeds for easements or rights-of-way required for utility, road or drainage purposes or for dedication which have not been dedicated on the final map shall be submitted in a form acceptable to the city engineer, the chief of planning and the city attorney.
H. Traverse Closures. Traverse closures for the boundary blocks, lots, easements, street centerlines and monument lines.
I. Hydrology and Hydraulic Calculations. Complete hydrology and hydraulic calculations of all storm drains.
J. Utility Clearance. Written clearance from all utility companies indicating agreement to the proposed improvement plans. This written clearance shall also indicate where relocation of existing utilities shall be required. (Ord. 626 § 1 (Art. II § 203(E)), 1983)