Chapter 9.82
PARCEL MAPS

Sections:

9.82.010    General.

9.82.020    Form.

9.82.030    Contents.

9.82.040    Lot design.

9.82.050    Survey required.

9.82.060    Submittal for city approval.

9.82.070    Approval by city engineer.

9.82.080    Denial by city engineer.

9.82.090    Filing with the county recorder.

9.82.100    Waiver of parcel map requirements.

9.82.010 General.

The form and contents, submittal, approval, and filing of parcel maps shall conform to the provisions of this chapter and the Map Act. (Ord. 806 § 1, 2007).

9.82.020 Form.

The form of the parcel map shall conform to final map form requirements as specified by BGMC 9.80.020, Form. (Ord. 806 § 1, 2007).

9.82.030 Contents.

The contents of the parcel map shall conform to final map content requirements as specified by BGMC 9.80.030, Contents, and as modified herein.

Certificates shall be in accordance with Section 66449 of the Government Code. (Ord. 806 § 1, 2007).

9.82.040 Lot design.

The size, dimensions, and configuration of lots or parcels created by any division of land shall conform to the requirements as specified by BGMC 9.80.040, Lot design. (Ord. 806 § 1, 2007).

9.82.050 Survey required.

An accurate and complete survey of the land to be subdivided shall be made by a registered civil engineer or licensed land surveyor. All monuments, property lines, center lines 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 1/10,000 for field closures and 1/20,000 for calculated closures. (Ord. 806 § 1, 2007).

9.82.060 Submittal for city approval.

A. Preliminary Submittal. The subdivider shall submit three sets of prints of the parcel map to the city engineer for checking. The preliminary prints shall be accompanied by two copies of the data, plans, reports, and documents as required for final maps by BGMC 9.80.060(A), Preliminary Submittal, and as modified herein.

The city engineer may waive any of the requirements of BGMC 9.80.060, Submittal for city approval, upon finding that the location and nature of the proposed subdivision is such as not to necessitate compliance with said requirements.

Any additional information or documents required shall be as specified within the conditions of approval of the tentative parcel map.

B. Return to Subdivider’s Engineer for Corrections. Upon completing a preliminary check, the city engineer shall note the required corrections on the preliminary prints, reports, and data and return one set to the subdivider’s engineer for revision.

C. Resubmittal. The subdivider’s engineer shall submit two sets of the revised map, reports, and data to the city engineer. After checking the revisions, one set shall be returned to the subdivider’s engineer marked “Approved as Submitted,” “Approved when Corrected as Noted,” or “Revise and Resubmit.” (Ord. 806 § 1, 2007).

9.82.070 Approval by city engineer.

Upon receipt of an approved print, the subdivider shall submit the original tracing of the revised map, prepared in accordance with the Map Act and this division and corrected to its final form, and signed by all parties required by the Map Act and this division to execute the certificates on the map, to the city engineer. The city engineer, upon signing the city engineer’s certificate, shall transmit the original to the city clerk or authorized agent. (Ord. 806 § 1, 2007).

9.82.080 Denial by city engineer.

The city engineer shall deny approval of the parcel map upon making any of the findings contained in Section 66474 of the Map Act.

The city engineer shall not deny approval of the parcel map if the planning commission has previously approved a tentative parcel map for the proposed division and if he finds that the parcel map is in substantial compliance with the previously approved tentative parcel map. (Ord. 806 § 1, 2007).

9.82.090 Filing with the county recorder.

The city clerk or authorized agent shall transmit the approved parcel map directly to the county recorder. (Ord. 806 § 1, 2007).

9.82.100 Waiver of parcel map requirements.

The city engineer may waive the requirement for a parcel map imposed by BGMC 9.76.010, Maps required; provided, that:

A. A tentative parcel map has been approved by the planning commission pursuant to the provisions of this division and the Map Act; and

B. The city engineer makes the finding that the proposed division of land complies with requirements as to area, improvement and design, floodwater drainage control, appropriate improved public roads, sanitary disposal facilities, water supply availability, environmental protection, and other requirements of the approved tentative parcel map, this division, and the Map Act.

Upon waiving the parcel map requirement the city engineer shall cause to be filed with the county recorder a grant of waiver and certificate of compliance accompanied by the approved tentative parcel map for the land to be divided. (Ord. 806 § 1, 2007).