Chapter 16.40
CORRECTIONS AND AMENDMENTS TO MAPS
Sections:
16.40.030 Submittal and approval by city engineer.
16.40.040 Filing with county recorder.
16.40.010 Requirements.
After a final map or a parcel map is filed in the office of the county recorder, it may be amended by a certificate of correction or an amending map:
A. To correct an error in any course or distance shown thereon;
B. To show any course or distance that was omitted therefrom;
C. To correct an error in the description of the real property shown on the map;
D. To indicate monuments set after the death, disability or retirement from practice of the engineer or surveyor charged with responsibilities for setting monuments;
E. To show the proper location or character of any monument which has been changed in location or character, or originally was shown at the wrong location or incorrectly as to its character; or
F. To correct any other type of map error or omission as approved by the city engineer which does not affect any property right. Such errors and omissions may include, but are not limited to, lot numbers, acreage, street names, and identification of adjacent record maps.
As used in this subsection, “error” does not include changes in courses or distances from which an error is not ascertainable from the data shown on the final or parcel map. (Ord. 626 § 1 (Art. VII § 701), 1983)
16.40.020 Form and contents.
The amending map or certificate of correction shall be prepared and signed by a registered civil engineer or licensed land surveyor. The form and contents of the amending map shall conform to the requirements of SMC 16.12.040 through 16.12.080 if a parcel map, or SMC 16.12.090 through 16.12.130 if a final map. The amending map or certificate of correction shall set forth in detail the corrections made and show the names of the present fee owners of the property affected by the correction. (Ord. 626 § 1 (Art. VII § 702), 1983)
16.40.030 Submittal and approval by city engineer.
The amending map or certificate of correction, complete as to final form, shall be submitted to the city engineer for his review and approval. The city engineer shall examine the amending map or certificate of correction and, if the only changes made are those set forth in SMC 16.44.010, he shall certify to this fact on the amending map or certificate of correction. (Ord. 626 § 1 (Art. VII § 703), 1983)
16.40.040 Filing with county recorder.
The amending map or certificate of correction certified by the city engineer shall be filed in the office of the county recorder in which the original map was filed. Upon such filing, the county recorder shall index the names of the fee owners and the appropriate tract designation shown on the amending map or certificate of correction in the general index and map index respectively. Thereupon, the original map shall be deemed to have been conclusively so corrected and thereafter shall impart constructive notice of all such corrections in the same manner as though set forth upon the original map. (Ord. 626 § 1 (Art. VII § 704), 1983)
16.40.050 Fee.
The fee for checking, processing and recording the amending map or certificate of correction shall be in accordance with the city’s resolution establishing fees and charges. A deposit to be applied toward this fee may be required by the city engineer upon submittal of the amending map or certificate of correction for his review. (Ord. 626 § 1 (Art. VII § 705), 1983)