Chapter 16.12
FINAL MAP*
Sections:
16.12.010 Time of preparation.
16.12.020 Contents and form.
16.12.030 Preliminary soil report.
16.12.040 Soil investigation.
16.12.050 Approval of soil investigation.
16.12.070 Minimum improvements requirements.
16.12.080 Making dedications and improvements.
* Prior ordinance history: Ords 156, 233 and 315.
16.12.010 Time of preparation.
After approval of the tentative map, the subdivider may cause a final map to be prepared in accordance with a completed survey of the subdivision and in substantial compliance with the approved tentative map, and in full compliance with the Subdivision Map Act and this title. (Ord. 667 § 3 (part), 2006)
16.12.020 Contents and form.
The final map shall be prepared by or under the direction of a registered civil engineer or licensed land surveyor, shall be based upon a survey, and shall conform to the requirements of the Subdivision Map Act. (Ord. 667 § 3 (part), 2006)
16.12.030 Preliminary soil report.
Prior to the submission of the final subdivision map, the subdivider shall file with the city a preliminary soil report, prepared by a civil engineer who is registered by the state of California. The preliminary soil report may be waived if the city engineer determines that, due to the knowledge of the city as to the soil qualities of the subdivision, no preliminary analysis is necessary. (Ord. 667 § 3 (part), 2006)
16.12.040 Soil investigation.
If the preliminary soil report indicates the presence of critically expansive soils or other soil problems which, if not corrected, would lead to structural defects, or the presence of rocks or liquids containing deleterious chemicals which, if not corrected, could cause construction materials such as concrete, steel, and ductile or cast iron to corrode or deteriorate, a soil investigation of each lot in the subdivision shall be prepared by a civil engineer who is registered by the state of California. The soil investigation shall recommend corrective action which is likely to prevent structural damage to each dwelling proposed to be constructed on the expansive soil. The report shall be filed with the city. (Ord. 667 § 3 (part), 2006)
16.12.050 Approval of soil investigation.
The city engineer shall approve the soil investigation if it determines that the recommended corrective action is likely to prevent structural damage to each dwelling to be constructed on each lot in the subdivision. The decision of the city engineer shall be final. The building permit shall be conditioned upon the incorporation of the approved recommended corrective action in the construction of each dwelling. (Ord. 667 § 3 (part), 2006)
16.12.070 Minimum improvements requirements.
A. The minimum improvements which the subdivider will be required to make or enter into an agreement to make in the subdivision prior to the acceptance and approval of the final map by the city council shall be established by the conditions of approval of the tentative map and shall include, but not be limited to:
1. Adequate distribution lines for domestic water supply to each lot where the subdivision is to be supplied with water;
2. Sewage collection system where main lines of an adequate disposal system are available;
3. Adequate drainage of the subdivision;
4. Street and right-of-way improvements, including but not limited to curb and gutter and street trees, as per minimum standards established by resolution of the city council.
B. All such improvements shall conform to the dimensions and material specifications established by the city engineer and the city council. (Ord. 667 § 3 (part), 2006)
16.12.080 Making dedications and improvements.
A. All streets, highways and parcels of land shown on the final map and intended for any public use shall be offered for dedication for public use.
B. Wherever the city council has determined that a street is necessary for the future subdivision of the property as shown on the subdivision map or for adjoining property, but that the present dedication and construction of such street is not warranted, the city council may require that the location, width and extent of such street shall be shown on the final map as a future street. No improvement of such future street shall be required of the subdivider.
C. The subdivider shall improve, or agree to improve, all land dedicated for streets, highways, public ways and easements as a condition precedent to acceptance thereof and approval of the final map. Such improvements shall include such grading, surfacing, sidewalks, street lights, street signs, street trees, curbs, gutters, culverts, bridges, storm drains, sanitary sewers, permanent subdivision monuments, bench marks, and such other structures or improvements as may be required under prescribed circumstances and conforming to such specifications pertaining to design and materials as shall be defined by resolution of the city council.
D. All improvements shall be installed to alignments and grades approved by the city engineer.
E. Plans, profiles and specifications of proposed improvements shall be furnished to the city engineer prior to the time of submitting the final map to the city engineer, and be approved by the city engineer before the map is filed with the city council. Such plans and profiles shall show full details of the proposed improvements.
F. If such improvement work is not completed satisfactorily before the final map is approved, as a condition precedent to the approval of the final map the owner or owners of the subdivision shall enter into an improvement agreement in the form as specified by the city engineer and provide security therefore in compliance with the Subdivision Map Act. (Ord. 667 § 3 (part), 2006)