Chapter 17.08
PARCEL MAPS
Sections:
17.08.020 Tentative map required.
17.08.030 Application and processing of tentative maps for parcel maps.
17.08.040 Filing of parcel map.
17.08.050 Termination of proceeding.
17.08.060 Preparation and form of parcel map.
17.08.070 Title sheet of parcel map.
17.08.080 Information on parcel map.
17.08.090 Statements, fees, documents and other data to accompany parcel map.
17.08.100 Survey of parcel map.
17.08.110 Processing of parcel map – Filing.
17.08.120 Separate dedications.
17.08.130 Action by the City Engineer.
17.08.140 Waiver of parcel map – Conveyance to public body.
17.08.150 Waiver of parcel map.
17.08.010 Applicability.
The regulations contained in this chapter shall apply to the subdivisions described in Sections 66426(a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) of the Subdivision Map Act and all other subdivisions as to which a final map or parcel map is not otherwise required by the Subdivision Map Act; provided, however, that no parcel map needs to be filed for a subdivision of four (4) or fewer parcels resulting from a conveyance of land to a government agency, public entity or public utility when said subdivision has been approved in accordance with DMC 17.08.140. [Ord. 09-026.]
17.08.020 Tentative map required.
Except as provided by the Subdivision Map Act or by this title, a tentative map shall be submitted for each proposed parcel map. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the tentative map shall be processed and acted upon by the approving authority in accordance with the provisions of this title.
The Community Development Director shall be the approving authority for a tentative map for a parcel map. Such tentative maps shall be processed as provided in this chapter. In the case of a division of land of four (4) or fewer parcels, dedications and improvements required in connection with the approval of the tentative map shall be limited to the dedication of right-of-way, easements, and the construction of reasonable off-site and on-site improvements for the parcels being created. [Ord. 09-026.]
17.08.030 Application and processing of tentative maps for parcel maps.
The Community Development Director shall be the approving authority for tentative maps for parcel maps. The process to be followed for the processing of applications for tentative maps for parcel maps shall be as follows:
A. The provisions of DMC 17.06.080, Tentative map process, shall apply to the processing of tentative maps for parcel maps, except that all references to the “Council” and the “Commission” in DMC 17.06.080 shall mean the Community Development Director, and all references in DMC 17.06.080 to actions taken by the “Community Development Department” or the “Community Development Director” shall be taken by staff under the direction of the City Engineer.
B. All the provisions of DMC 17.06.080 shall apply to the processing of tentative maps for parcel maps except the following:
1. Only the first sentence of DMC 17.06.080(D) shall apply.
2. DMC 17.06.080(L) through (N), inclusive.
3. DMC 17.06.080(S).
C. The Community Development Director shall approve, conditionally approve or deny the tentative map and report his or her action to the subdivider within fifty (50) days of the later of (1) the date when the tentative map was filed or (2) the date of determination by the approving authority that the project is exempt from the requirements of CEQA.
D. The subdivider or any interested person may appeal the action taken by the Community Development Director in connection with such tentative maps as provided in DMC 17.01.050. [Ord. 09-026.]
17.08.040 Filing of parcel map.
Within twenty-four (24) months of the date of approval or conditional approval of a tentative map, the subdivider may cause a parcel map to be prepared and recorded in accordance with the tentative map as approved and in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and the Subdivision Map Act. [Ord. 09-026.]
17.08.050 Termination of proceeding.
Failure to record a parcel map within twenty-four (24) months of the date of approval or conditional approval of a tentative map or within any extended period of time granted by the approving authority in accordance with DMC 17.06.120 shall terminate all proceedings. Before a parcel map may be thereafter recorded, a new tentative map shall be filed in accordance with this chapter. [Ord. 09-026.]
17.08.060 Preparation and form of parcel map.
The parcel map shall be prepared by or under the direction of a registered civil engineer or licensed land surveyor and shall conform to the requirements of the Subdivision Map Act and 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, drafting and location of acknowledgments, shall be determined by the City Engineer.
B. The scale of the map shall be one (1) inch equals forty (40) feet or as 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 parcel map number, scale and north arrow shall be shown on each appropriate sheet.
F. A title sheet, designated as page number one (1) of the parcel 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 parcel map shall be so made and shall be in such condition when filed that legible prints and negatives can be made therefrom. [Ord. 09-026.]
17.08.070 Title sheet of parcel map.
The title sheet shall contain the following information:
A. Title, consisting of the words “Parcel Map” and followed by the parcel map name, if any, conspicuously placed at the top of the sheet.
B. Below the title shall be a subtitle consisting of a description of all property being subdivided by reference to such map or maps of the 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 Solano County 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, followed by the words “City of Dixon, California,” followed by the month and year of recording.
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.
C. Following the description shall be the name of the engineer or surveyor preparing the map and the sheet numbering.
D. Affidavits, certificates, acknowledgments, endorsements, acceptances, and notarial seals required or authorized by the Subdivision Map Act and by this title. The surveyor’s statement, City Engineer’s statement, Community Development Director’s statement, the Solano Irrigation District’s statement on behalf of the Dixon-Solano Municipal Water Service (DSMWS if within the DSMWS service area), City Clerk’s statement, and Recorder’s statement shall be shown on Sheet 1.
E. Where a field survey is required, the basis of bearings used in the survey, making reference to some recorded subdivision map or other record acceptable to the City Engineer. [Ord. 09-026.]
17.08.080 Information on parcel map.
The parcel map shall substantially conform to the tentative map approved or conditionally approved by the Council or Commission (including all approved modifications) and shall contain the following information and such additional information as stated in DMC 17.07.050, Information on final map, as may be required by the City Engineer:
A. The boundary line of the subdivision shall be designated by a bold border inside the boundary line. Such border shall be of such density to appear on a blue line print of the map without obliterating any figures, lines or other data.
B. Where a field survey is required, all survey data and information required by DMC 17.11.120, Survey data and information to be shown on final map or parcel map.
C. All lots or parcels intended for sale or reserved for private purposes with all dimensions, boundaries and courses clearly shown and defined in each case.
D. Each parcel shall be identified by a number.
E. The location and width of streets, alleys, pedestrian-ways, and other easements and the portions thereof dedicated or offered for dedication to the City, including their recording references; the names of streets.
F. The lines of public easements to which the lots are subject shown in fine, dashed lines; the lines, bearings and dimensions of easements deeded to the City.
G. All limitations on rights of access to and from streets and lots and other parcels of land. [Ord. 09-026.]
17.08.090 Statements, fees, documents and other data to accompany parcel map.
The following statements, filing fees, documents and other data, and as many additional copies thereof as may be required, shall be filed with the parcel map:
A. The names, addresses and telephone numbers of the record owner(s), subdivider and persons preparing the parcel map.
B. A filing fee as established by resolution of the Council.
C. An irrevocable offer of dedication of property for streets, alleys, pedestrian-ways, equestrian or hiking trails, biking paths, drainage channels, sewers, other easements or for any public purpose or future public purpose when the dedication is not made by certificate on the parcel map. The offer shall be on a form approved by the City Attorney and the City Engineer for recordation in the office of the Solano County Recorder, and shall be in such terms as to be binding on the owner, his/her heirs, assigns or successors in interest, and shall continue until the Council accepts or rejects such offer.
D. A guarantee of title or letter from a title company doing business in the City, approved by the City Engineer certifying that the signatures of all persons signing offers of dedication and the certificate required by Section 66445(f) of the Subdivision Map Act and signing all acknowledgments thereto appear and are correctly shown.
E. Where a field survey has been made, the engineer or surveyor under whose supervision the survey was made shall furnish the City Engineer with a traverse sheet in a form approved by the City Engineer giving latitudes, departures and coordinates and showing the mathematical closure.
F. The plans, profiles, cross sections, specifications, and applicable permits for the construction and installation of improvements as required by Chapter 17.12 DMC, Subdivision Improvements.
G. 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.
H. The agreement to make improvements and the security for such improvements as required by Chapter 17.12 DMC, Subdivision Improvements.
I. All protective covenants, conditions, restrictions or affirmative obligations in the form in which the same are to be recorded when the approval thereof by the City has been made a condition of approval of the tentative map.
J. 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 requirement. [Ord. 09-026.]
17.08.100 Survey of parcel map.
Where the subdivision creates four (4) parcels or fewer, the parcel map may be compiled from available record data when the City Engineer determines that sufficient survey information exists on filed maps and when the location of any boundary of the parcel map, either by monuments or possessory lines, is certain.
All other parcel maps shall be based upon a field survey made in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 17.11 DMC, Surveys and Monuments. [Ord. 09-026.]
17.08.110 Processing of parcel map – Filing.
The subdivider shall cause the surveyor’s statement to be executed and shall file with the City Engineer as many prints of the original tracing of the parcel map as may be required. A parcel map shall not be considered as having been filed unless and until it complies with all provisions of this chapter and the statements, filing fees, documents and other data required to accompany the parcel map have been submitted in a form acceptable to the City Engineer.
Where offers of dedications of land are to be made in conjunction with the parcel map and are not made by statement on the parcel map, the subdivider shall transmit the instrument of dedication and the accompanying title report to the City Engineer. Said instrument shall include a plat showing the area being dedicated. In such cases, the parcel map shall not be considered as having been filed unless and until the offer of dedication has been approved for recordation as provided in DMC 17.08.120. [Ord. 09-026.]
17.08.120 Separate dedications.
Dedications may be required to be made by separate instrument. After receiving the instrument of dedication and accompanying title report, the City Engineer shall approve or disapprove the instrument of dedication as to its suitability for recordation. After approving an offer to dedicate, the City Engineer shall record the offer in the office of the Solano County Recorder.
If said offer of dedication is subsequently rejected by the Council, the City Engineer shall issue a release from such offer, which shall be recorded in the office of the Solano County Recorder. [Ord. 09-026.]
17.08.130 Action by the City Engineer.
Upon acceptance of the parcel 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 advisory agency and Council, and if found to be complete, technically correct, in conformity with the improvement plans and specifications, and in compliance with the requirements of this title, planned street lines, other applicable specific plans and ordinances, shall execute the City Engineer’s certificate on the map and shall submit it to the Community Development Director for approval and acceptance of dedications. No parcel 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. [Ord. 09-026.]
17.08.140 Waiver of parcel map – Conveyance to public body.
A parcel map need not be filed for a conveyance of land to a governmental agency or public entity in accordance with Cal. Gov’t Code § 66426.5. [Ord. 09-026.]
17.08.150 Waiver of parcel map.
The requirement for filing a parcel map may be waived by the Commission for projects not requiring Council approval and by the Council for those projects requiring Council approval. An application for waiver of the parcel map shall be filed at the time of filing of the tentative map.
The parcel map may be waived only if the Commission or Council determines that all of the following conditions are satisfied:
A. Findings. The parcel map may be waived only if the Commission or Council makes the following findings:
1. The subdivision conforms to all requirements of this title, other provisions of the City Code, provisions of the Subdivision Map Act, and other applicable laws, regulations and standards, including, but not limited to, those with respect to area, improved public roads, sanitary disposal facilities, water supply availability and environmental protection.
2. The subdivision conforms to the General Plan and any applicable specific plan.
3. The parcel map is not necessary to ensure the accuracy of the description of property, location of property lines, or monumenting of property lines.
B. Conditions. In addition to the foregoing requirements of this section, the following conditions must be satisfied before a certificate of compliance for the property may be recorded:
1. The subdivider must comply with DMC 17.08.090 and the requirements of the Subdivision Map Act.
2. Property descriptions, drawings showing bearings and distances, and closure calculations must be submitted.
3. A preliminary title report or letter from a title company showing that the subdivider is the owner of the subject property must be submitted.
4. A filing fee established by resolution by the Council must be paid. [Ord. 09-026.]