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HomeMy Public PortalAboutOrdinance 63-107ORDINANCE NO. 63-]Q7 AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING REGULATIONS FOR THE DIVISION OF LAND IN THE CITY OF TEMPLE CITY, CALIFORNIA, AND FOR THE PREPARATION AND PRE - SENTATION OF MAPS THEREOF, AND PRESCRIBING PENALTIES FOR ITS VIOLATION... In order to promote public health, safety and general welfare, orderly growth and development of the City; proper use of land; conservation, stabilization and protection of the use value of property; adequate provisions for necessary utilities and conven- ience, the City Council of the City of Temple City ordains as follows: AIR T I C. L E I AUTHORITY Section 100: AUTHORITY. Pursuant to the Subdivision Map Act of the Stata of California, as it now exists or may hereafter be amended, the provisions of this ordinance are supplemental to those of said Act, and shall apply to all subdivisions of land hereafter made when said land is entirely, or partially, within the limits of the City of Temple City. For purposes of this ordinance a sub- division shall be defined as the division of any real property improved or unimproved, or any portion thereof, shown on the last preceding tax roll as a unit which is to be divided for tha purpose of sale or lease whether immediate or future, into two (2) or more parcels. The Temple City Planning Commission is hereby designated as the advisory agency referred to in said Act, and is charged with the duty of making investigations and reports on the desicn and improvement of proposed subdivisions and minor land subdivisions, and is hereby authorized to approve, conditionally approve, or dis- approve tentative maps of subdivisions and minor land subdivisions prepared and filed according to this ordinance and the said Sub- division Map Act, to recommend the kinds, nature and extent of the improvements required to be installed in subdivisions and minor land subdivisions if other than those for which standards have been 259 adopted, and to report to the City Council the action taken on tentative maps. Such action to approve, conditionally approve or disapprove shall constitute the report and recommendation of the advisory agency to the City Council. ARTICLE II GENERAL CONTROLS Section_ 200: CONFORMANCE TO PLANS. A subdivision plan shall conform to precise plans of streets. In the absence of a precise plan of streets and highways, there shall be substantial conformance to the Comprehensive General Plan. In the absence of a Comprehensive General Plan, the street system in a proposed subdivision shall relate to the existing streets in the area adjoining the subdivision. All existing streets adjacent to a subdivision need not necessarily be carried into a new subdivision. Section 20.1: GENERAL REQUIREMENTS. All curbs, gutters, monu- ments, sidewalks, street trees, pavements, sanitary sewers, sewer appurtenances, street lights, street name signs, water mains, water appurtenances, drainage facilities if required by the City Engineer, and fire hydrants shall be installed at the cost of the subdivider. Water lines, sewer lines, storm drains, and streets shall conform to grades approved by the City Engineer. Section 202: STREETS AND HIGHWAYS. (a) Freeways, limited - access and unlimited - access State Highways shall conform to the standards of the Division of Highways, Department of Public Works, State of California, and where same are involved in any subdivision they shall be subject to individual determination by the City. Said standards of the Division of High- ways shall be deemed to be the minimum standards that will be accept- able. (b) Major highways shall have a dedicated width of not less than one hundred (100) feet, and shall be designed to contain not less than four (4) traffic lanes, each twelve (12) feet in width, a left hand turning lane of fourteen (14) feet in width and two (2) parking lanes each eight (8) feet in width. -2 -. 260 (c) Secondary highways shall have a dedicated width not less than eighty (80) feet, and shall be designed to contain not less than four (4) traffic lanes each twelve (12) feet in width and two (2) parking lanes each eight (8) feet in width. (d) Local collector streets shall have a dedicated width of not less than sixty (60) feet, and shall be designed to contain not less than two (2) traffic lanes each twelve (12) feet in width and two (2) parking lanes each eight (8) feet in width. (e) Minor and cul -de -sac streets shall have a dedicated width of not less than fifty -four (54) feet, and contain two traffic lanes each tan (10) feet in width and two (2) parking lanes each eight (8) feet in width, and such minor and cul -de -sac streets shall not be more than five hundred (500) feet in length except where special conditions might justify a lesser width or greater length. The radius at the terminus of the cul -de -sac street shall be not less than fifty (50) feet. (f) Stub -end streets or rights- of-way may be required to the edge of the subdivision. (g) Special local streets, where railroads, parkways, grade separations, freeways and hills, or other dominant factors are involved, shall be subject to individual determination by the City. (h) When indicated by the Comprehensive General Plan or precise plans of the City, or plans of the State Division of High- ways, a service roadway to provide access to abutting private properties and local streets shall be required along major highways, secondary highways, limited- access highways or freeways, such service roadway to be separated from such highways or freeways by an acceptable separation strip. All dimensions on such multiple roadway streets shall be as defined on the City's precise plans or State Division of Highway plans or, in the absence of the above - mentioned sources, dimensions shall be as prescribed by the City Engineer, but in no case shall they have a pavement width less than two (2) traffic lanes each ten (10) feet in width and one (1) park- ing lane eight (8) feet in width and a sidewalk five (5) feet in width. -3 261 (1) Curved major highways shall normally have a center line radius of not less than one thousand (1000) feet and an arc length of a minimum of three hundred (300) feet. Lesser radii may be used if evidence indicates above requirements are not practicable. (j) Curved secondary highways shall normally have a center line radius of not less than five hundred (500) feet and an arc length of a minimum of three hundred (300) feet. Lesser radii may be used if evidence indicates above requirements are not practicable. (k) Curves on other streets shall normally have a center line radius of not less than two hundred (200) feet, and an arc length of a minimum of one hundr d (100) feet. Lesser radii and arc lengths may be used if evidence indicates above requirements are not practicable. (1) Street corners at the property line at local streets shall have a radius of not less than fifteen (15) feet, and not less than twenty -five (25) feet at intersections involving° highways. (m) intersections of any class of thoroughfares shall be as near right angles as practicable. In no case shall the angle be less than eighty degrees (80 °). (n) Streets which are a continuation of streets in contiguous territory shall be so aligned as to assure that their center lines shall coincide. In cases where straight continuations are not physically possible, such center line shall be continued by curves. (o) In areas where no precise plans exist, the layout of all improvements including roadways, curbs, parkways, dividing strips, sidewalks, sewer lines and water mains within the rights -of -way of all highways, streets, alleys and utility easements shall be in accordance with standards established by the City Engineer and approved by the City Council, and where no such standards have been adopted the arrangements shall be individually established by the City Engineer and approved by the City Council. Section 203: LOTS. (a) Lot areas shall be such as will conform to the 262 standards of development as defined by the zoning ordinance or by other precise plans adopted pursuant to law. (b) Lots having no frontage on a dedicated street may be cause for disapproval of subdivision. (c) The width of lots shall be such as will conform to standards of development as defined by the zoning ordinance or other precise plans adopted pursuant to law, provided the minimum width of lots shall be sixty (60) feet, and provided further that odd - shaped lots shall conform to the requirements of the zoning ordi- nance in matters of dimensions and areas. (d) Wo lot shall be divided by a County, City, School District or other taxing district boundary line. (e) The side lines of lots shall be approximately at right angles to the street line on straight streets or to the tangent on curved streets. (f) Double frontage lots should be avoided. Section 204: BLOCKS. (a) Blocks less than three hundred thirty (330) feet in length, or more than nine hundred ninc..ty (990) feet in length, may be cause for disapproval, but in no case shall a bloc% be longer than thirteen hundred twenty (1320) feet. (b) Long blocks are desirable adjacent to main streets in order to reduce the number of intersections. Section 205: ALLEYS. (a) Alleys twenty (20) feet wide shall be provided at the rear of all lots classified for and to ba used for commercial or multiple- family residential purposes, but not including two- family residential use. Alleys elsewhere shall be optional with the City but, if offered, they shall be not less than twenty (20) feet wide and shall be subject to approval by the City as to location. If a precise plan indicates alleys which are not required by the general rule, than the alleys thus shown shall be required. (b) Alleys shall be required at the rear of all property fronting directly upon any major or secondary highway where no service road or other local street is provided. -5- 263 (c) Alleys as required in paragraphs (a) and (b) and alleys at the rear of industrial property, may be made subject to individual determination by the City as to possible increased width, special location, design, entrances, exits, and other special considerations. (d) 'Aare two allays intercept or intersect, the corners shall be cut either on a ten (10) foot radius to which the lot boundaries are tangent, or on a straight line connecting points on both lot lines ten (10) feet distant from the corner of the lot at the intersection of the alleys. Section 206: PARKING AREAS. (a) Special areas for off- street parking of motor vehicles offered for dedication or to be otherwise reserved for public use in connection with proposed business, industrial, unlimited multiple residential or institutional property, shall be subject to deter- mination by the City as to size, location, shape and adequacy, and shall generally conform to the City's zoning ordinance. Section 207: UTILITY EASEMENTS. Where alleys are not required, utility easements may be required generally through the interior of the block and in approximately the location that would be occupied by an alley. If the easement parallels the boundary of a subdivision along which no contiguous easement exists, the utility easement, if required, shall be not less than ten (10) feet in width. Such easements, if required, shall be noted as provided in Article IV, Section 412, paragraph (e) of this ordinance. Where a subdivision is traversed by an existing electric transmission line right of way easement, the subdivider shall show on the map the width and alignment of such right of way, which shall either be excluded from the proposed subdivision or shown as a separate lot on the map, lettered alphabetically, and designated as an electric transmission line right of way. Section 208: GRADES. Any street or highway grade greater than six percent (6 %) shall be subject in each case to review. Grades of more than tan percent (10 %) may be cause for disapproval of a map. Section 209: CURVES AND TANGENTS. Suitable tangents when -6- 264 possible must be used between all reverse curves. Mo tangents shall be between curves in the same direction. Section 210: SANITARY SE\•!E RS. '-!here a sewer is constructed or laid within a street, highway or road, the subdivider shall install a six (6) inch sewer line to the property line of each lot within the subdivided area. All sanitary sewer lines, appurtenances and service connections shall be constructed or laid prior to paving to the grade established by the City Engineer and shall be of such size and design as he designates. Section 211: WATER SUPPLY. Wherever water shall be provided from a common source, or sources, approved by the City of Temple City, water mains shall be constructed to serve each lot within the sub- divided area and shall be of such size, design and material as to meet the standards established by the City Engineer and the Chief Engineer of the Fire Department. Fire hydrant connections, including valves, shall be installed to the rear pr back of the curb. Section_212: EXCEPTIONS. Conditional exceptions to the regulations herein defined may be authorized if exceptional or special circumstances apply to the property. Such spacial circum- stances may include limited size, unusual shape, extreme topography, dominating drainage problems, or the impracticability of employing a comprehensive plan or layout by reason of prior existing recorded subdivision of contiguous properties. ARTICLE III TENTATIVE MAP Section 300: REQUIREMENTS FOR FILING. Each proposed subdivi- sion shall be submitted in map form. Sufficient copies of such map shall be filed with the Secretary of the Planning Commission. When such required copies of a tentative map are filed, the Secretary of the Planning Commission shall immediately forward one (1) copy to each of the following, with a request that each report recommenda- tions, if any, to the Planning Commission within twenty (20) days. (a) City Council (b) City Engineer or Department of Public Works 7- 265 (c) Fire Department of tha County, (d) Water Department (e) County Flood Control District (f) State Division of Highways, if affected (g) State Division of Real Estate (h) County Planning Commission (1) City Planning Commission - two copies (j) Temple City Unified School District (k) Public utility companies serving or traversing the area with its facilities. (1) Such other agencies as may be involved in the area covered by the subdivision. Section 301: SCALE OF MAP. The scale shall not be lass than one hundred (100) feet to the inch. Section 302: INFORMATION REQU I BRED ON MAP. Each such map shall be prepared by or under the direction of a registered civil engineer or licensed land surveyor and shall contain the following informa- tion: (a) Tract number, (b) Name and address of the owner whose property is pro- posed to be subdivided, including the ownership as shown on the latest adopted assessor's maps. (c) Mame and address of parson preparing the tentative map and the registered civil engineer or licensed surveyor under whose direction or supervision the map was prepared, (d) North point, (e) Scale, (f) Date of preparation, (g) Boundary lines, (h) The location, width and proposed names of all streets within the boundaries of proposed subdivision and their approximate grades, (1) Location and width of alleys, (j) Name, location and width of adjacent streets, (k) Lot lines and approximate dimensions and number of -8- 266 each lot, (1) Location and width of water courses or areas subject to inundation from floods, or location of structures, irrigation ditches and other permanent physical features. (m) Description of the exterior boundaries of the sub- division (or legal description of the property comprising the sub- division), (n) Width and location of all existing or proposed public or private easements, (o) Classification of lots as to intended residential, commercial, industrial or other uses. (p) Railroads, (q) f°,pproximate radi i of curves, (r) Where topography controls or influences the layout of streets and lots, water supply or drainage, approximate contours shall be shown drawn to intervals prescribed by the City Engineer. (s) The location and approximate outline of all buildings on the property, noting which are to remain, and identifying each by using street numbers or other appropriate designations if the improvements do not have street addresses. Section 303: SUPPLEMENTAL t HJFOMAT f ON. The tentative map shall show thereon, or be accompanied by sufficient numbers of copies of reports and written statements from the subdivider riving essential information retarding the following matters: (a) Source of water supply, (b) Type of street improvements and utilities which the subdivider proposes to install, (c) Proposed method of sewage disposal, (d) Proposed storm water sewer or other means of drainage (grade and size) (e) Protective covenants to be recorded, (f) Proposed tree planting, (g) Proposed street lighting, Section 304: PROCEDURE. (a) After noting the above requirements, it is desirable _9- 267 that the subdivider should confer with the City Engineer before preparing the tentative map. (b) The tentative map shall be prepared in accordance with the Subdivision Map Act and the provisions of this ordinance, and shall be filed with the Secretary of the Planning Commission. Such filing should ba prior to the completion of final surveys of streets and lots, and before commencing grading or construction work within the proposed subdivision. To assure to the Planning Commission all necessary information to be considered on a tentative map, the Commission shall act only upon such material, together with required statements or other evidence, as shall have been filed with the Commission not less than twenty (20) days prior to the data of the Planning Commission meeting at which such matter is to be considered. (c) If at any time during the processing of a tentative map or a minor subdivision map it is discovered that such map has been i mrr.: r: -0',- T ., prepared or required pertinent information has not been subA;I i :;.?._`. n accordance with the requirements specified in Sections 302 and 303, the Commission shall notify the applicant, and the time limits specified in Section 305 shall be suspended until the map hmo 'peen rectified or the necessary information properly furnished. (d) Prior to the consideration by the Planning Commission of a tentative map and within the twenty (20) days following its filing, the City Engineer shall ma;e a report in writing to the Planning Commission as to any recommendations in connection with the tentative map and its bearing on particular functions. Failure to so report shall be deemed to be approval. Section 305: COMMISSIOI'! ACTFON AHD RECORD. The Planning Commission shall consider a tentative map at its first regular meeting held not lass than twenty (20) days following the Filing of said map. Action on such tentative map in approving, conditionally approving, or disapproving, shall be taken not later than thirty -five (35) days following the date of filing. Within not to exceed ten (10) days following the action by the Planning Commission upon any tenta- tive map, the Secretary of the Commission shall transmit the -10- 268 tentative map and a copy of the record pertaining to tha action thereon to tha City Council, ad a copy of the record thereon to the subdivider. A copy of such official action on a tentative map shall also be per�na:,e-,tly affixed to the official file copy of such map in the records of the Planning Commission. Section 306: COU SIC I L ACT I U`.•! . The City Council shall act upon the tentative map and the report of the Planning Commission thereon not later tsars ten (10) days or at its next succeeding regular meeting a {tr receipt of the report, unless the owner or subdivider agrees in writing to are extension of time. Section 30;r: REPORT OF COUJC I L ACTION. The City Council shall report its action thereon to tha subdivider and to the City Planning Commission not later than ten (10) days following the data of its action thereon. Section 308: FEE. A fee shall be paid to the City in the follow: to cover costs of checking each tentative map or maps, and ti:n ; c.y Clerk shall issue a receipt therefor. (a) Twenty -five ($25.00) Dollars, plus Four ($4.00) Dollars per lot, for each subdivision other than a subdivision consolidating propert i e: into one (1) lot, or for a subdivision for the purpose of reversion to acreage. ARTICLE I V FINAL MAP Section 400: PREPARING F I "'AL kAP. After approval of tentative map by the City Council, the subdivider may cause a final map to be prepared in accordance with a completed survey of the subdivision and in compliance with the approved tentative map, and in full compliance with the Subdivision F.ap Act and this ordinance. Section 401: SIZE AND CO''.TE:'T OF MAP. (a) Each sheet of tha wap shall be legibly draw., printed or reproduced on the face of the sheet by a process guaranteeing a permanent record in black on tracing cloth or polyester base film except for signatures, which must be original. If ink is used on polyester base film, the surface shall be coated with a suitable substance to assure permanent legibility. -11- 269 (b) The size of each sheet shall be 18 x 26 inches. (c) A marginal line shall be drawn completely around each sheet, leaving an entirely b lan arg i n of one (1) inch. (d) Tha exterior boundary line of the subdivision shall be outlined by a blue line approximately one - eighth of an inch in width applied on the reverse side of the tracing and inside of the boundary line. (e) The scale of the map shall be large enough to show all details clearly, and enough sheets shall be used to accomplish this end. (f) Each sheet shall be numbered, the relation of one sheet to another clearly shown, and the number of sheets used shall be set forth on each sheet. (g) The tract number, scale and north point shall be shown on each sheet of the final map. S :t or 402; TITLE SHEET. () the title of each final map shall consist of a tract number and the words "In the City of Temple City ", or "partly in the City of Temple City and partly in the City of It S or "partly in the City of Temple City and partly in the unincorporated area of the County of los Angeles ", as the case may be, and such title must be shown on all sheets. (b) SUBTITLE. A subtitle consisting of a description of all of the property being subdivided shall be shown on the first sheet by reference to such map or maps of the property as shall have been previously recorded or shall have been previously filed with the County Cler:: pursuant to a final judgement in any action in partition, or shall have been previously filed in the office of the County Recorder under authority of Chapter 3, Part 2 of Division 4 of the Business and Professions Code, or by reference to the plat of any United States survey. When necessary for greater clarity or definiteness, supplemental references may be made to any other map on file in the office of the County Recorder. Each reference to any tract or subdivision shall be so noted as to be a unique description and must show a complete reference to the book and page of records -12- 270 of said County. Section 403: REQUIRED 16!FOR� SAT I Ofd. (a) if more than three (3) sheets are used, an index showing entire subdivision with lots numbered consecutively shall be included. (b) Tract number, date, north point and scale, (c) Description of land included. (d) Location and names, without abbreviations, of all - (1) proposed streets and alleys, (2) proposed public areas and easements, (3) adjoining streets, and (4) street names previously approved by the City. (e) Dimensions in feet and decimals of a foot. (f) Dimensions of all lots, (g) Each lot shall be numbered, each bloc;; may be lettered or numbrcd. Eoch lot shall be shown entirely on one sheet. (h) Canter line data on streets, alleys and easements, including bearings and distances. (i) If any portion of the and within the boundaries shown on any final flap is subject to inundation or flood hazard by storm waters, such fact and an identification of the affected portion shall be clearly shown on such final map by a prominent note on each sheet of such map whereon such portion shall be shown. (j) In the event that a dedication of right -of -way for storm drainage purposes is not required, the Planning Commission may require that the location of any water course or channel be shown on the final map. (k) Radius, tangent, arc length, and central angle of curves, (1) Suitable primary survey control points: (1) Section corners, and (2) Monuments (existing outside of subdivision) (m) Location of all permanent monuments within subdivision, (n) Ties to and identification of adjacent subdivisions, (o) Ties to any city boundary lines involved, -13- 271 (p) Required certificates. Section 404 REQUIRED IMPROVEMEr`,!TS. The minimum improvements which the subdivider will be required to make or enter into an agree- ment to make in the subdivision prior to the acceptance and approval of the final map by the City Council shall be: (a) Adequate distribution lines for domestic water supply to each lot. (b) Sewage collecting system and laterals where main lines of an adequate disposal system are available. (c) Adequate drainage of all of the subdivision streets, highways, ways and alleys, (d) The City may require such structures to be installed as are necessary to remove flood hazard from the subdivision, (e) Monuments, (f) Fire hydrants at locations designated by the Fire Departrncrrr, (9) Necessary barricades and safety devices, (h) Other improvements or protective measures may be required under circumstances cited in the Council's resolution, or as the Council may deem necessary for the appropriate development of the subdivision. (1) The subdivider shall improve, or agree to improve, all land dedicated or to be 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, curbs, gutters, culverts, bridges, storm drains, sanitary sewers, water mains, street lights, street name signs, 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 by the City Council. (j) All improvements shall be installed to grades approved by the City Engineer. (k) Original tracings covering plans, profiles and specifications of proposed improvements shall be furnished to the 272 City Engineer prior to the time of submitting the final map to him, 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 which shall be according to the stand- ards for the City of Temple City as defined by resolution of the City Council. (1) The subdivider shall, as a part of the improvement of the subdivision, provide a street lighting system in each subdivi- sion. The layout for such system shall be furnished to the City Engineer for approval prior to the submission of the final map to the City Engineer for certification. The installation of the system shall be subject to inspection by the City Engineer. All improvements shall conform to the standards and specifications established by the City Council. Section 405: EXISTING MONUMENTS. The final map shall show clearly what stakes, monuments or other evidence was found on the ground which were used as ties to determine the boundaries of the tract. Section 406: NEW MONUMErTS. (a) In making the survey for the subdivision the surveyor shall set sufficient permanent monuments so that the survey or any part thereof may be readily retraced. Such monuments shall generally be placed at angle points on the exterior boundary lines of the tract, and at intersections of center lines of streets, intersections of streets with the tract boundary, and at beginning of curves and end of curves, and point of intersection of tangents on center lines. Such monuments may be placed on offset lines. Stakes set at lot corners will not be considered permanent. The character, type and precise position of all monuments shall be noted on the map. (b) For each center line intersection monument sat, the engineer or surveyor under whose supervision the survey has been made, shall furnish to the City Engineer a set of notes showing clearly the ties between such monument and a sufficient number (normally four (4)) of durable distinctive reference points or monuments. Such reference points or monuments may be leads or tacks l5- 273 in sidewalks, or two (2) inch iron pipe set back of the curb line and below the surface of the ground, or such substitute therefor as appears to be not more likely to be disturbed. Such set of notes shall be of such quality, form and completeness and shall be on paper of such quality and size as may be necessary to conform to the standardized office records of the City Engineer. All such notes shall be indexed and filed by the City Engineer as a part of the permanent public records of his office. (c) Permanent boundary monuments shall be placed prior to the recording of the final map. Before approving the map, the City Engineer shall satisfy himself that all the monuments shown thereon actually exist and that their positions are correctly shown. (d) All monuments set as required herein shall be permanently and visibly marked or tagged with the registration or license number of the engineer or surveyor under whose supervision the survey was made. (e) In the event any or all of the monuments required to be set are to be set subsequent to the recordation of the final map or to the filing of an approved record of survey map, the map shall show which monuments are to be so set. Prior to the approval of the final map or record of survey map by the City Council the sub- divider shall submit a written agreement in which he agrees that the monuments so deferred will be sat within a specified time and that the notes required in paragraph (b) of this Section will be furnished within a specified time. Section 407: SURVEYING DATA FOR LOTS. (a) Sufficient data shall be shown to determine readily the bearing and length of each line. (b) Dimensions of lots shall be the net dimensions. (c) =!o ditto marks shall be used. (d) Lots containing three - quarters of an acre or more shall show net acreage to nearest hundredth. Section 403: LOT NUMBERS. (a) The lots shall be numbered consecutively, commencing with the number one (1), with no omissions or duplications. -16, 274 (b) Each lot shall be shown entirely on one (1) sheet. (c) Blocks may be used, but are not preferred. They shall be consecutively numbered in the same manner as required for numbering lots, or they may be lettered in alphabetical sequence beginning with the letter "A ". (d) Lots within each block shall be numbered consecutively beginning with number one (1) in each block. Section 409: ESTABLISHED LINES. (a) Whenever the City Engineer has established the center line of a street or alley such data shall be considered in making the surveys and in preparing the final map, and all monuments found shall be indicated and proper references made to field books or maps of public record relating to the monuments. If the points were reset by ties, that fact shall be stated. (b) The final map shall show city boundaries crossing or adjoining the subdivision clearly designated and tied in. Section 410: SURVEY DATA. (a) The final map shall show the center lines of all streets; length, tangents, radii and central angles or radial bear- ings of all curves, the total width of each street, the width of the portion being dedicated and the width of existing dedication and the width of each side of the center line; also the width of the rights - of -way of railroads, flood control or drainage channels and any other easements existing or being dedicated by the map. (b) Surveys in connection with the preparation of sub- division maps as in this ordinance provided shall be made in accordance with standard practices and principles for land surveying. A traverse of the boundaries of the subdivision and all lots and blocks shall close within a limit between zero and one (1) to ten thousand (10,000). Section 411: DEDICATION ADD AGREEMENTS. (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) Streets, or portions of streets, may be offered for -17- 275 future dedication where the immediate opening and improvement is not required, but where it is necessary to insure that the City can later accept dedication when said streets are needed for the further dev- elopment of the area or adjacent areas. (c) If such improvement work be not completed satisfactor- ily before the final map is approved, the owner or owners of the sub- division shall, prior to or concurrent with the approval, enter as contractor into an agreement with the City whereby in consideration of the acceptance by the City Council of the streets and easements offered for dedication and the approval of the final map, the contractor agrees to furnish all necessary equipment, materials and labor to cvmplcta the work within the time specified in the agree- (d) To assure the City that this work will be completed a bond, or bonds, shall be furnished guaranteeing faithful perform- ance. The amount of such bond, or bonds, shall be determined by the City Engineer, and approved by the City Council as to amount and adequacy of the bond, except in cases where a cash deposit is made. Section 412: RECORD. OF EASEMEPTS. (a) The final map shall show the center line data, width and side lines of all easements to which the lots are subject. If the easement is not definitely located of record, a statement as to the easement shall appear on the title sheet. (b) Easements for storm drains, sewers, water and other purposes shall be denoted by broken lines. (c) The easement shall be clearly labeled and identified and if already of record proper reference to the records given. (d) Easements being dedicated shall be so indicated in the certificate of dedication. (e) At the time the subdivider presents the final map to the City Engineer there shall be presented certificates executed respectively by the various public utility companies authorized to serve in the area of the subdivision certifying that satisfactory provisions have been made with each of said public utility companies as to location of their facilities; that easements, where required -18- 276 by such companies, have been executed and delivered to the utility companies or the City if City -owned utilities are involved, for recording. Easements for public utility companies shall be clearly labeled and identified and, if of record, the record reference shown thereon. Section 413: CERTIFICATES. Forms for certificates required by the Subdivision Map Act and this ordinance may be secured from the City Engineer. Section 414: CERTIFICATE OF TITLE. Each subdivision shall be accompanied by a certificate of title showing the names of all persons, firms or corporations having any record, title or interest in the land subdivided whose consent is necessary to pass title to road, street or other easements shown upon said map. Section 415: PROCEDURE FOR FILING. (a) After receipt of the report of . the City Council approving or conditionally approving the tentative map, the sub- divider may, within one (1) year from the date of said approval, proceed to prepare and file a final map as herein provided. If such final map is not recorded within one (1) year from the data of the approval of the tentative map, said map shall be considered abandon- ,1 ed. Upon application of the subdivider the City Council may grant one extension not exceeding one (1) year. (b) For purposes of filing a final map, the subdivider shall submit to the City Engineer an original final map tracing and sufficient copies of dark line prints thereof. One (1) copy of such dark line print shall be filed permanently with the City Engineer; one (1) copy shall be checked by the City Engineer; one (1) copy shall be returned to the subdivider after showing thereon corrections, if any, or a statement by the City Engineer that the map is correct. When the map is found to be correct, the final map tracing shall be certified by the City Engineer, the City Treasurer and the City Clerk, and recorded. (c) After receiving copies of the final map, the City Engineer shall examine or have examined the map as to sufficiency of affidavits and ac.;nowledgements, correctness of surveying data, -19- 277 mathematical data and computations and such other matters as require checking to insure compliance with the provisions of the Subdivision Map Act and of this ordinance. \hen requested by the City Engineer, traverse sheets and work sheets showing the closure of the exterior boundaries and of each irregular block and lot shall be provided. If the final map is found to be correct in form and the matters shown thereon are sufficient, the City Engineer shall endorse his approval thereon. (d) I f the final map as submitted conforms in every respect to the approval by the City Council, and no new features have been added which have not been approved by the City Council, such fact shall be reported to the City Clerk, and the City Clerk may certify such map on behalf of the City Council. I f the final map does not so conform, such fact and the nature of the nonconform- ing features shall be reported to the City Council and the City Clerk may not certify such map until the changes have been reviewed and approved by the City Council. (e) After the final map has been recorded in the County Recorder's office, two (2) cloth prints of such map shall be furnished to the City. Section 416: GUARANTEE OF PERFORMANCE. The subdivider shall provide the necessary bonds and agreements to guarantee required improvements as provided in Section 411, item (d). Section 417: DEPOSITS. (a) Inspection Dosits. (1) Prior to commencing with any improvement which is under the jurisdiction of the City Engineer, the subdivider shall deposit with the City Engineer the sum estimated by the City Engineer to cover the actual cost of inspecting such improvements, plus the sum required by Los Angeles County Ordinance No. 2269, adopted by Municipal Coda Section 8300 and Los Angeles County Ordinance No. 6130 adopted by Municipal Code Section 8401 for sewers and other improvements described in those ordinances to be constructed or installed. (2) Prior to the commencing with any street or high- way improvement required by this ordinance, the subdivider or his -20- 278 assigns shall deposit with the City Engineer the sum estimated by the City Engineer to cover the actual cost of inspections of such improvements, plus the sum required by Los Angeles County Ordinance No. 3597 adopted by Municipal Code Section 7100, for street lights or street lighting systems to be installed. In lieu of making the inspection deposits required for the cost of inspection of improvements the subdivider may make and maintain with the City Engineer a general deposit in an amount not less than one thousand ($1,000) Dollars determined by the City Engineer to be sufficient to protect the City's interests. (b) Ma i ntenanc Deposits . (1) The subdivider shall make such deposits with the City Engineer as may be required for the operation and maintenance of a lighting system in a subdivision prior to its inclusion in an approved lighting district. The amount of such deposit shall be as determined by the City Engineer. (2) The subdivider shall make such deposits with the City as are required for the maintenance of a service road island prior to its inclusion in an approved maintenance district. The amount of such deposit shall be as determined by the City. (c) Insufficient Deposits. If any deposit made pursuant to this Section is less than sufficient to pay all of the costs of inspections, or maintenance, the subdivider, upon demand of the City Engineer, shall pay to the City Engineer an amount equal to the deficiency. If the subdivider fails or refuses to pay such deficiency upon demand, the City may recover the same by action in any court of competent jurisdiction. Until such deficiency is paid in full the improvement shall be considered uncompleted. (d) Unused Deposits. If the actual cost of inv;pection is less than the amount deposited, the City shall refund unused deposits as provided in Los Angeles County Ordinance No. 3597 adopted by Municipal Coda Section 7100 and Los Angeles County Ordinance No. 6130 adopted by Municipal Code Section 8401 in the same manner as provided by law for the repayment of trust monies. Section 410: FEES. Fees shall be paid in the following amounts: -21- 279 (a) Twenty ($20.00) Dollars, payable to the City for a subdivision consolidating properties into one (1) lot subdivision, or for a subdivision for the purpose of reversion to acreage. (b) One Hundred ($100.00) Dollars, plus Three ($3.00) Dollars per lot contained in a subdivision. The City Engineer shall issue a receipt for fees received in behalf of the City, identifying same as related to the title of the subdivision fc.,r which such fee was tendered. ARTICLE V MINOR LAND SUBDIVISION Section 500: PERMISSION. When an owner or subdivider desires to split one (1) or more lots so as to produce not more than a total of four (4) lots, he shall prepare and file a subdivision map as provided by the Subdivision Map Act and other sections of this ordinance, provided if no dedication of streets, alleys or other public ways is involved, the City may waive the requirements of Articles III and IV of this ordinance, in which case the owner or subdivider may subdivide his property in the following manner: (a) An original and four (4) prints of a map at a scale of not less than forty (40) feet to the inch, showing the proposed division shall be prepared by a registered civil engineer or licensed surveyor, and such map and prints shall be filed with the Secretary of the Planning Commission. When such required maps are filed, the Secretary of the Planning Commission shall immediately forward one (1) copy to the City Engineer and one (1) copy to the Director of Building and Safety with the request that they report recommendations, if any, to the Planning Commission. One (1) copy shall accompany the Planning Commission's recommendations to the City Council, and one (1) copy shall be permanently filed in the Planning Commission's files. (b) Such map shall show: (1) Legal description of the property proposed to be divided, resulting lot, (2) The lot lines and accurate dimensions of each -22- 280 (3) Approximate location of existing buildings and permanent structures, and the distance of each from any proposed new lot lines, (L:) Width, location and description of all existing or proposed public or private easements, (5) Name, location, width and approximate grades of the street, or streets, which provide access to the lots resulting from the requested division. (6) Where topography influences the layout of lots or drainage, approximate contours shall be shown drawn to intervals prescribed by the City Engineer. (7) Location and width of water courses or areas subject to inundation. (8) North point and scale (9) Monuments to be set, if any. (10) Method of sewage disposal, (11) Name and address of the owner whose property is proposed to be divided and including the latest Assessor's cuts, (12) Name and address of person preparinJ the map, (13) Date of preparation of map. (c) If, because of size, shape or topography, legal access to a publicly- dedicated street for a lot or lots resulting from the division can be practically provided only by means of an access ease- ment, or by an equivalent extension of a new lot which extension has a width less than the minimum frontage prescribed by the zoning ordinance, such access easement or lot extension shall have a width of not less than twenty (20) feet, provided if the division involves two contiguous such lots the extensions of which are contiguous, then each such lot extension shall be not less than fifteen (13) feet in width. When access to a lot is provided by means of an extension of the lot such extension having less than the prescribed minimum lot width fronting upon a public street, it shall be con- sidered as conforming to the lot width requirement of the zoning ordinance, provided the width of the main portion of the lot shall -23- 281 be not less than the required minimum. (d) When approving any minor land subdivision map in which access to a publicly- dedicated street or highway is provided by recourse to either a private easement or by an extension of a lot, the Planning Commission shall indicate on the map the lot line that shall be considered the lot front line of each lot and the descrip- tion of the resulting lots, the location of their respective lot front lines and access easements, if involved, shall be recorded in the office of tha County Recorder of Los Angeles County. (e) After report is received from the City Engineer and the Director of Building and Safety, or if such reports are not received within ten (10) days, the Planning Commission shall act on said map. (f) Minor land subdivision maps shall be processed in the same manner as established herein for tentative maps of subdivisions. (g) This Article shall not apply to a division of a parcel of land by means of a conveyance to or from a public utility company or its wholly -owned subsidiary provided that no more than two parcels are created by such division, and provided further the parcel not to be used by the public utility company conforms to minimum lot size and dimensions as established by this ordinance, and where the division is made solely for purposes of opening or widening a public street, flood control channel or other public improvements, provided also no parcels are created other than those caused by such opening or widening or other public acquisition. Section 501: FEE FOR MINOR SUBDIVISION MAP. A fee of Twenty ($20.00) Dollars shall be paid to the City to cover costs of process- ing maps pertaining to minor land subdivision maps, and the City shall issue a receipt therefor, identifying same as related to the number of the minor land subdivision application and the identifica- tion of the property involved for which such fee was tendered. ARTICLE VI PENALTIES - REPEAL - ADOPTION Section 600: PENALTY FOR VIOLATION. Any person. firm or 282 corporation violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdeameanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable by a fine of not more than Five Hundred ($500.00) Dollars or by imprisonment in the County Jail for a period of not more than ninety (90) days, or both such fine and imprisonment. Each such person, firm or corporation shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for every day during any portion of which any violation of any provision of this ordinance, including any physical condition created in violation of this ordinance, is permitted, continued or committed by such person, firm or corporation and shall be punishable therefor as provided for in this ordinance, and any lot, street, alley or other feature made the subject of this ordi- nance maintained contrary to the provisions hereof shall constitute a public nuisance. Section 601: REPEAL. Ordinance No. 4478 as amended is hereby repealed, provided that all subdivisions, records and proceedings made or filed under said Ordinance No. 4478 shall remain in full force and effect. Section 602: ADOPTION. This ordinance shall take effect on the 1st day of July, 1963, and prior to the expiration of fifteen (15) days from the passage hereof, shall be published in the City of Temple City, California, together with the names of the members of the City Council voting for and against same. PASSED and ADOPTED this 27th day of May, 1963, by the following roll call vote: AYES: Councilmen - Dickason, Fitzjohn, Merritt, Tyrell, Nunamaker NOES: Councilmen - None ABSENT: Councilmen - None ATTEST: i - yCer o t e City o City, California Mayor o t e City o emp e City, California emp e 1, William Woollett, Jr., City Clerk of the City of Temple City hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 63 -107 was adopted by, the•City Council of the City of Temple City,•at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 27th day of May, 1963, by the following roll call vote: AYES: Councilmen - Dickason, Fitzjohn, Merritt, Tyrell, Nunamaker NOES: Councilmen - None ABSENT: .Councilmen - None If / Dated: May 27, 1963 City Clerk of the t e �` ty of Temple City, California 283