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ORIGINAL O;:':ICIAL COPY ORDINANCE NO. L/{P6
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1-110 CiTY CI..ER:,'S OI=FICE
IN CE PROVIDING REGULATIONS FOR THE: SUB-
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DIVISION OF LAND IN THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH, CALIF.,
AND FOR THE PREPARATION AND PRESENTATION OF MAPS
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THEREFOR; REQ.UIRING CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN CONNEC-
TION THEREWITH; PROVIDING FOR THE AFPROVING AND
RECORDING THEREOF; AND DESIGNATING AN ADVISORY AGENCY.
In order to promote public health, safety, and general welfare,
orderly growth, and development 01' the City 01' Seal Beach, herein-
after referred to as the City; proper use 01' land; conservation,
stabilization, and protection 01' the use value 01' property;
adequate provision for necessary utilities and public convenience,
the City Council of the City of Seal Beach hereinafter referred to
as the City Council, ordains as follows:
ARTICLE 1
AUTHORITY
SECTION 1: AUTHORITY Pursuant to the Subdivision Map Act of
the State 01' 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 lim! ts of the City. The
Seal Beach 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 design and 1Jnprovement of proposed
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subdivisions; and is nereby authorized to recommend to the City
Council, the approval, conditional approval, or disapproval of tenta-
tive maps of subdivisions, prepared and filed according to this ordinance
'. and the said Subdivision Map Act, and t~ report to the City Counc'll
the action taken on tentative maps.
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ARTICLE 11
GENERAL CONTROLS
SECTION 1: CONFORMANCE TO PLANS - Whenever a proposed subdivision
or other division of land shall include within its boundaries, any
portion of a street which has been designated on a master plan of
major and secondary highways approved by the City Council, such street
shall confOl'Jl1 in width, alignment, and other improvements, and design
standards as designated on the master plan. If no master plan of
major and secondary highways has been adopted by the City Council,
the provisions of this section shall apply to any proceedings affect-
ing the subdivision which may have been initiated by the City Council
or approved by said Council upon initiation by other legally con-
stituted bodies of the city, county, or state.
SECTION 2 - STREETS
(a) Local streets in areas to be used for other than one-family
or tt-lo-family residences shall have a width of not less than sixty
feet, with a roadway of not less than forty feet. Local collector
streets in areas to be used for one-family or two-fa;dly residences
shall have a width of not less than sixty feet, with a roadway width
of not less than forty feet. All other local streets shall have a
width of not less than fifty-four feet, with a roadway of not less than
thirty-six feet; except that cul-de-sac streets shall have a width of
not less than fifty feet, with a roadway of not less than thirty feet;
service roads shall have a width of not less than forty-one feet, with
a roadway of not less than twenty-eight feet.
(b) When necesS'!1'y to give access to or permit a satisfactory
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dary of the property and the resulting deadend streets may be approved
without a turn-around. In all other cases a turn-around having a mini-
mum radius of forty feet shall be provided;
(c) The ndnimum requirements of this ordinance may be reduced by
the City Council in the case of local streets where railroads, parkways,
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grade separations, freeways, land use, and contour or other dominant
factors are involved, providing, however, that roadway widths shaJ.l
not be less than twenty..feet on tangents and long radius curves, and
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on short radius curves the width of roadway may be increased to pro-
vide adequate sight distance. When street cross-section and terrain, v
in the opinion of the City Council, make sidewalk construction im-
practicaJ., sidewaJ.ks may be eliminated or required on one side of the
street only;
(d) Along major highways, limited-access, highways or freeways,
a frontage roadway separated 1'rom the traffic roadway by an acceptable
separation strip may be required. All dimensions on such multiple
roadway thoroughfares shaJ.l be as defined on the city master o:fl offi-
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cial plan or. State Division of Highways plan;
(e) The center line curve radii of all streets and h~ghways shall
conform to accepted engineering standards of design and shaJ.l be sub-
ject to approvaJ. by the City Engineer; provided, however, in no instance
shall the radius of any street br less than one-hundred, fifty- feet;
(f) Tl;e grade of major and secondary thoroughfares shall not
exceed six per cent llUlXimwn and for all -other stree~s the maximum rate
of grade shaJ.l be eight per cent, unless because of topographical
conditions or other exceptional conditions, the City Engineer deter-
mines that a grade in excess 01' eight per cent is necessary. No street
shaJ.l have a grade 01' less than ten-hundredths 01' one per cent;
(g) Street corners shaJ.l have a radius of not less than fifteen
feet;
(h) Street intersections shaJ.l be as near right angles as practi-
cable. In no case should the angle be less than 45 degrees;
(i) Streets which are a continuation of streets in contiguous
territory shall be so aJ.igned as to assure that their center lines shall
coincide. In cases where straight continuations are not physicaJ.ly
possible, such center line shall be continued by curves;
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(j) In areas not covered by the official or master plan, the
layout 01' all improvements including roadways, cul;-bs, parkways, park-
way trees, dividing strips, sidewalks, sewer lines, and water mains,
street lighting, street name signs, within the right-of-way 01' all
highways, streets, alleys, and public easements shall be in accordance ./
with standards established by the City Council and where no such stan-
dards have been adopted, the arrangements shall be subject to approval
by the City Engineer, City Planning Commission, and the City Council.
SECTION 3 - GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
(8.) All sidewalks~ curb~~ parkway trees, gutters, pavements,
sanitary sewer lines, water mains, street lighting, street name signs,
culverts, drainage structures, and e.:ny other required improvements shall
be installed to the satisfaction 01' the City Engineer. The cost 01' all
required improvements shall be borne by the subdivider, except as to
such improvements 01' a type, size, or quality over and above the stan-
dards required to service the subdivision and where the City Council has
enacted provisions for the City to bear that portion 01' the costs 1'or
such installations required t 0 serve additional areas..
(b) The Standard Streets and Highway Plans and Specifications 01'
the County 01' Orange, California, shall be deemed to be the minimum
standards acceptable.
SECTION 4 - SANITARY SEWERS
Sewers, including sewer to the property line 01' each lot, when
within street areas to be improved by the SUbdivider, shall be in-
stalled prior to the improvement 01' the street. Sanitary or storm
sewers, appurtenances, and service connections shall be constructed to
the satisfaction 01' the City Engineer. In rural hill areas where there
is no sewer within reasonable proximity, where gravity flow is im-
possible and pumping costs would be excessive, and when, in the opinion
of the City Council, no public nuisance would result, sanitary sewers
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may on specific permit of the City Council be omitted.
SECTION 5 - WATER SUPP~
w.ater shall be provided from the water system of the City. Water
mains shall be constructed to serve each lot within the subdivision to
the satisfaction of the City Engineer. Where the water main is in an
improved area, service connections shall be laid to the property line
prior to the improvement of the street.
SECTION 6 - ALLEYS
(a) Alleys twenty feet wide shall be provided at the rear of all
lots classified for or to be used for commercial or mult~ple-fam11y
purposes. If adequate off-street parking areas to serve such property
are securely reserved for such purpose and are shown upon the map and
approved by the City in the manner herein provided, this requirement
may be modified.
(b) Alleys at the rear of business, industrial, or unlimited mul-
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tiple residential property shall b e subject to determination by the
City as to design, location, and width; provided, however, in no instance
shall the width be less than twenty feet.
(c) Alleys shall be required at the rear of all property fronting
directly upon any major or secondary highway, and when no service road
is required or dedicated for ingress to and egress from such property.
(d) Where two alleys intercept 01' intersect, the corners shall be
cut on straight line connecting points on both lot lines ten feet distant
from the corner of the lot or lots at the intersection of the alleys.
SECTION 7 - DRIVEWAYS
Driveways shall not be permitted opening to streets where alleys
have been required or t.rhere driveway openings would interfere unduly
wi th traffic.
SECTION 8 - UTILITY EAS~mNTS
Easements for electric lines and telephone lines, twelve (12) feet
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in width, being six (6) feet on either side oj! rear lot lines and
six (6) feet on either side of side lot lines where necess:a:t'"1, shall
be provided generally through the interior 01' each block. Where such
easements paralle1. the boundary of a subdivision, such easements shall
be ten (10) feet in width on the property of the subdivision. Ease-
ments shall be shown on the map, but not dedicated.
Easements required for sanitary sewers, storm sewers, or channels,
slope rights, and water pipe lines shaJ.l be so shown on the m.e;p and
dedicated to the City.
SECTION 9 - WALKWAYS
(a) Walkways shall be dedicated and improved wherever necessary
for the convenience of pedestrain traffic. Sidewalks shall not be
less than four (4) feet in width,
SECTION 10 - PARKING AREAS
Special areas for oft-street parking 01' motor vehicles offered for
dedication or to be otherwise reserved for public use in connection with
proposed business, industrial, unlimited multiple residential, or
institutionaJ. property, shall be subject to determination by the City
as to size, location, shape, and adequacy.
SECTION 11 - EOTS
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(a) Lot areas shall be such as will conform to the standards of
development as defined by the Zoning Ordinance or by other official
plans adopted pursuant to law. Each R-l lot shaJ.l have an area of at
least five-thousand square feet; R-2 lots, five-thousand, five hundred sq.
feet; and R-3 lots, six-thousand, five hundred square feet.
(b) All lots must have a frontage on a public street.
(c) The width of lots shall be such as will conform to standards
of deve1.opment as defined by the Zoning Ordinance or other official
plans adopted pursuant to 1.aw, provided the minimum width of interior
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lots shall be not less than fifty feet at building setback line, and
not less than firt;y-five feet at the street line. Corner lots shaJ.l
have a minimum width of fifty-five feet, and provided further that
odd-shaped lots shall be subject to individual determination by the
City.
SECTION 12 - BLOCKS
(a) Blocks shall not exceed one-thousand, three-hundred feet in
length between the center lines of any intersecting streets.
(b) A deadend street in which future extension is not intended
or possible, shall not be longer than five-hundred feet from the
nearest intersecting street line.
(c) The width of each block shall be sufficient for an ultimate
layout of two tiers of lots therein of a size required by the provisions
of this ordinance.
SECTION 13 - EXCEPTIONS
In the event that the literaJ. application of any of the recommen-
dations herein prescribed causes an impracticaJ. rElquirement or an un-
due hardship because of speciaJ. circumstances, the City Council may
waive the requirements involved upon such conditions as the Council may
prescribe. Such special circumstances may include the limited size of
the property to be subdivided, unusuaJ. shape, extreme topography, dominat-
ing drainage problems, or the impracticability of employing a compre-
hensive plan of layout by reason of prior existing recorded subdivision
of contiguous properties, or a proposed industriaJ. development.
ARTICLE 111
'l'ENTATIVE MAP'
SECTION 14 - REQUIREMENTS
Each proposed subdivision shall be submitted in map form. Not
less than eight (8) copies shall be filed with the Secretary of the
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City Planning CoIllIll1ssion. When such required copies of a tentative
map are filed, the Secretary of the Planning Colllll11ssion shall imme-
diately forward one copy to each of the following when necess:ary with
a request that each report recoIlllllendations, if eny, to the Planning
Commission:
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City Engineer
Each city entitled by law to review end recommend thereon
Two copies for the Planning Commission
Division of Highways, State Department of Public Works
County Planning Commission
Division of Real Estate
SECTION 15 - SIZE OF MAP
The scale of such tentative map or maps (preferably 1"=100) shall
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be such as to show the entire subdivision on one sheet, at a scale not
less than 200 feet to the inch.
SECTION 16 - INFORMATION ON TENTATIVE MAP
Each such map shall contain the follo.ring information:
(a) Tract number
(b) Name end address of the owner or owners whose prope1'ty is
p1'oposed to be subdivided.
(0) Name and address of registered civil engineer or licensed
sUI'veyo1' who prepared the map.
(d) No1'th point
(e) Scale
(f) Date of prepllZ'ation
(g) Boundary lines
(h) The locations, end widths, of all existing and proposed
streets, highways, ways, and alleys in the subdivision and their app1'o-
ximate g1'ade if in excess of six per cent.
(i) The locations names, and widths of existing adjacent streets,
highways, wayv, alleys, end other public properties.
(j) Lot numbe1', lot lines, and approximate dimensions of each lot.
(k) Approximate location end width of wate1' COUI'ses or areas sub-
ject to ,inundation f1'OIn floods, or location of structures, irrigation
ditchesf railroads, and othe1' pe1'll1anent physical features.
(ll Description of the exterio1' boundaries of the subdivision or
legal,desc1'iption of the prope1'ty comp1'ising the subdivision.
(m) Width and location of all existing or proposed public 01'
p1'ivate easements.
(n) Classification of lots as to intended residential, cOIllllle1'cial,
indust1'ial, 01' othe1' uses.
(0) PI'oposed di1'ection of rlow of st1'eet drainage.
(p) App1'oximate 1'adii of curves.
(q) Contours, st1'eet p1'ofile end c1'oss-sections, if necessary in
the opinion. of the City Engineer,
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SECTION 17 - SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
The tentative map shall show thereon, 01' be accompanied by reports,
and written statements from the subdivider giving essential information
regarding the following matters:
(a) SOUl'ce of water supply
(b) Proposed method o~ ee.'rage disposal.
(c) Proposed storm water jewel' 01' other means of drainag,e.
SECTION 18 - REQ.UIRED FEES; .
A fee to cover costs of checking shall be paid for each tentative
map or maps of a subdivision in 8II10unts as follows:
(a) $25.00 for each subdivision other than for a subdivision
consolidating properties into one lot or for a subdivision of the p~-
pose of reversion to acreage. The City Engineer shall issue a receipt
for the fee received, identifying same as related to the number of the
subdivision for which such fee is tendered.
(b~ Fees for other maps shall be as provided in Section 37.
SECTION 19 - PROCEDURE
(a) After noting the above requirements it is desirable that the
subdivider confer with the staff of the City Planning Commission and
the City Engineer before preparing the tentative map.
(b) Such tentative map must have a tract number to be assigned
by the County Surveyor of Orange County.
(c) 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 shall
be prior to the completion of final surveys of streets and lots and be-
fore any grading or construction work is done within the proposed sub-
division, that might be affected by changes in the tentative map.
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To assure to the Planning Commission a1 necessary information to consider
a tentative map, the Commission shall act only upon such tentative maps
as shall have been filed with the Commission not less than ten (10) days
prior.
(d) Prior to the consideration by the Planning Commission of a
tentative map and within the ten (10) days following its filing, the
City Engineer shall make a report in writing to the Planning Commission
as to arry reconnnendations in connection wi th the tentative map and its
bearing on particular functions. Failure to so report shall be deemed
approval.
SECTION 20 - COMMISSION ACTION AND RECORD
The Planning Commission shall consider a tentative map at its
first regular meeting held not less than ten (10) days following the
filing of said map. Action on such tentative map in recommending th~
apprOVal./o~o~~;~~~~~a!P~h~be taken not la:ter than thirty (30) days
fOllowing the date on which the map is filed. Railure to so act shall
be deemed approval. Within not to exceed seven (7) days foll1iJWing the
action of the Planning Co~ssion upon any tentative map, the Secretary
of the Commission shall transmit a copy of the record pertaining to
such action to the City Council. A copy of such official action on a
tentative map shall also be permanently affixed to the official file
copy of such map in the records of the Flanning Commission.
SECTION 21 - COUNCIL ACTION AND REPORT
The City Council shall' approve, conditionally approve, or dis-
approve the tentative map and through the City Engineer shall report
the action thereon to the subdivider and the City Planning Commission
not later than ten (10) days following the first meeting of the City
Council subsequent to the date on which the report of. the City Planning
Commission was received.
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SECTION 22 - PREPARING FINAL MAP
After the approval of a tentative map by the City Council, the
subdivider mq cause a final map to be prepared in accordance with a
completed sUl'Vey of the subdivision and in a substantial compliance
with the approved tentative map. and in full compliance with the
Subdivision Map Act and this ordinance.
SECTION 23 - REQUIRED INFORMATION
The final map shall contain the following information:
(a) If more than three (3) sheets are used, an index showing
entire subdivision of lots numbered consecutively shall be included.
(b) Title, number of tract, date, north point, and scale.
(c) Descripti~ of land included.
(d) Location and names, ld thout abbreviations, of all:
(1) Proposed streets and alleys;
(2) Proposed public areas and easements;
(3) Adjoining streets.
(e) Dimensions in feet and decimals of a foot.
(f) Dimensions of all lots.
(g) Each lot shall be numbered; each block may be lettered or
mumbered. Each lot shall be shown entirely on one sheet.
(h) Center line data on streeps, alleys, and easements, includ-
ing bearings and distances.
SECTION 24 - RECORD OF EASEIom:NTS
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(a) The final map shall show the center line data and widths of
all recorded easements to which the lots are subject,
(b) Utility easements shall not be dedicated to the City.
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(c) Easements shall be clearly labeled and identif'ied with
respect to the Use for which intended and proper reference to the
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(d) Public easements shall be dedicated and so indicated in the
certificate of dedication.
SECTION 25 - REQUIRED SURVEYING DATA
Each map shall have indicated thereon the following:
(a) Radius, tangent, arc, and central angle of curves.
(b) Suitable primary survey control points.
(1) Section corners
(2) ].lonuments (existing outside of sUbdivision).
(c) Location of all permanent monuments within subdivision.
(d) Ties to and name of adjacent subdivisions.
(e) Ties to any city or county boundary lines involved.
I (f) Ties to any ex.isting city streets, alleys, easements
adjacent to the subdivision.
(g) Required certificates.
SECTION 26 - SIZE AND CONTENT OF I{AP
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(a) The final map shall be clearly and legibly delineated upon
tracing cloth of good quality. All lines, letters, figures, certifi-
cates, acImowledgments and signatures Shall be made in black waterproof
india ink, except that affidavits, certificates, and acImowledgments may
be legibly stamped or printed upon the map with black opaque ink.
(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 blank margin of one inch.
(d) The scale of the map shall be large enough to show all de-
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(e) Each sheet shall be numbered, :the relation of one sheet to
another clearly show.n, end the number of sheets used shall be set
forth on each sheet.
(f) The tract number, scale, north point and sheet number shaJil
be show.n on each map sheet of the final map.
(g) The bOWldary line of the subdivision shall be indicated by
a heavy weight colored ink line showing clearly the limits of the pro-
perty included in the subdivision.
SECTION 27 - TITLE SHEET
(a) The title sheet of each 1'inal map of a subdivision shall
contain a title consisting of the number, name, or other designation
of tne subdivision together with the loIOrds. "In 'Che Ci1:Y 01' Seal Beach"
or "Partl-y Within the City of Seal Beach and partly in Wlincorporated
territory or other city."
(b) Below the title shall be a subtitle consisting of a general
description of all the property being subdivided, by reference to sub-
divisions or to section surveys.
(c) Re1'erence to tracts and subdivisions shall be spelled out and
worded identically with original records, with complete references to
proper book and page of the records.
(d) Title sheet shall show, in addition, the basis of bearings.
(e) Maps filed for purpose of reverting subdivided land to
acreage shall be conspicuously marked under the title liThe purpose of
this Map is a Reversion to Acreage."
SECTION 28 - CERTIFICATES
Forms for certificates required by the Subdivision Map Act and
this ordinance may be secured from the City Engineer.
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SECTION 29 - SURVEYING DATA FOR LOTS
(a) Sufficient data shaJ.l be shown to determine readily the
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(b) Dm.ensions 01' lots shaJ.l be the net dimensions.
(c) No ditto marks shaJ.l be used.
(d) Lots containing one fiCre or more shaJ.l show net acreage to
nearest hundredt~.
(e) The finaJ. map shaJ.l show the center lines 01' all streets,
length of tangents, radii, and centraJ. angles or radiaJ. bearings of
aJ.l curves, the total width 01' each street, the width of the portion
being dedicated and the width of existing dedication and the width 01'
each center line; aJ.so the width of right-of-way 01' railroads, flood
control, or drainage channels and all easements.
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(a) The finaJ. map 01' any subdivi810n shaJ.l be submitted to the
City Engineer for checking, and he, or his designate, shall ascertain
whether the work meets the standards in general use throughout Orange
County both for mathematicaJ. precision and for surveying methods and
assumptions.
(b) The cost 01' this work will be borne by. the Subdivider or
his Engineer and a fee 01' $25.00 plus $1.00 per lot will be assessed
against any such lotification. In the case of a reversion to acreage,
this charge will be $10.00.
SECTION 31 - EXISTING MONUMENTS
(a) The finaJ. map shaJ.l show clearly what stakes, monuments, or
other evidence was found on the ground Which were used as ties to
determine the boundaries 01' the tract.
(b) The corners 01' adjoining subdivisions or portions thereof
shaJ.l be identified and ties shown.
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SECTION 32 - NEW MONUMENTS
(a) In making the survey for the subdivision, the surveyor shall
set sufficient permanent monuments so that the surveyor any part
thereof '11lB:Y 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 and at the beginning
of curves and end of curves on center lines. The character, type, and
positions of all monuments shall be noted on the-map.
(b) All permanent monuments required to be set shall conform. to
the requirements of the C~ty Engineer,
SECTION 33 - 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 sur-
veys and in preparing the final map, and all monuments found shall be
indicated and proper reference made to field books or maps of public
record, relating to the monuments. If the points were reset by ties,
that fact sha1l be stated.
(b) The final map shall show city boundaries crossing or adjoin-
ing the subdivision clearly designated and tied in.
SECTION 34 - LOT NUMBERS,
(a) The lots shall be numbered consecutively, commencing with the
number 1, with no ommissions or duplications.
(b) Each lot shall be shown entirely on one sheet.
(c) Block numbers '11lB:Y 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 as herein provided
for subdivisions where blocks are not employed.
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SECTION 35 - PROCEDURE FOR FILING
(a) After receipt of the report of the City Council approving or
conditionally e,pproving the tentative map, the subdivider m.a:y, within
one (1) year from the date of said approval, prepare, file, and record
a final map as herein provided. If such final map is not recorded
within one (1) year from the date of the approval of the tentative
map, said map shall be considered abandoned. The City Cou nc11 may
grant to the subdivider an extension of time ld thin which he may
file such final maps, provided that the subdivider has made an appli-
cation in writing to the City Council far such purpose before the
expiration of said period of one year.
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(b) For purposes of filing a final map, the subdivider shall
submit to the City Engineer an original final map tracing, one (1)
duplicate tracing, 8nd four (4) blue line prints thereof. One blue
line shall be returned to the subdivider after showing thereon
corrections, if any. or a statement by the City Engineer that the ma,p
is correct, The three (3;) remaining copies' shali be retained for
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other departmental purposes. When the map is found to be correct. the
final map tracing and llupl1cate tracing shall be certified:. by the City
Engineer and the City Clerk, and returned to the subdivider for re:
cording. After recording, the subdivider shall provide one (1) blue
line print' on cloth or the subdivision which shall be permanently
filed with the City Engineer.
(e) If the -final map as submitted conforms substantially in
everi i-espect to the requirements of the C.ity Council pertaining to
the tentative map. and no new features have been added which have not
been approved by the Advisory Agency and City Council, such fact
shall be reported to the City Council, and the "City Engineer and the
City Clerk may certify thii said map in behalf ot the 'City. If the
1'inal'map does not so conform, mch fact, and the natw..e of the non-
conforming features shall be reported to the City Council.
(d) When requested, traverse sheets and m;rk sheets showing the
closure or the exterior boundaries of each irregular block and lot
shall be provided.
SECTION 36 - ,GUARANTEE OF PERFORMANCE
The subdivider shall provide the necessarr bonds to guarantee
completion of the improvements as required in Section 40. paragraph (f).
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SECTION 37 - REQUIRED FILING FEE
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rfilfiig fee to cover costs '01' ehecking shall be paid for each
tinal map or ma,ps 01' a subdivision in amounts as follows:
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lot subdivision; or for a subdivision for the purpose of reversion to
acreage.
(b) $10.00 for a record of survey map as described in Section 42
of this ordinance.
(c) For each subdivision other than those indicated in items
(a) and (b) of this section, the actual cost of checking shal~ be
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included with the cost of engineering incidental to the subdivision
improvements. The suret)- bonds required for faithful performance of
subdivision improvements shall not be released until all City engineer-
ing charges are paid.
SEXlTION 38 - CITY ENG.LJ.lJ!a!i.tt'S ENDORSEMENT
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After -receiving copies of the final map, the City Engineer shall
examine the map as to sufficiency of affidavits mid acknowledgments,
correctness of surveying data, 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. If' the
final map is found 'to be in compliance with this ordinence, the City
Engineer shall endorse his approval thereon.
SECTION 39 - CERTIFICATE OF TITLE
Each'subdivision map -, sh811 be accompained by satisfactory evidence
of title.
SECTION 40 - DEDICATION AND IMPROYmlEN'TS
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'(a) In the event any dedication'1s to be made for public use,
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the subdivider shall file a certificate of title, subdivision guarantee,
or a dedication letter, in the name of the ower of the land, issued
to or for the benefit and protection of the City of Seal Beach.
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(b) Streets~ or portions of streets may be offered for 1'\iture
dedication where the immediate opening and improvement is not required,
but where it is necess.ary to insure that the City can later accept
dedication when said streets: are needed for the f'urther development
of the area or adjacent areas.
(c) The subdivider shall provide for the drainage of lots slid
shall improve, or agree to improve, all land dedicated for streets,
higbBays, public ways, and easements as a condition precedent to
acceptance and approval of the final :map. Such improvements shall
include such grading, surfacing. sidewalks, street trees, curbs,
gutters:, culverts, bridges, storm drains, sanitary sewers:, w.ater- system,
street lighting, street name signs and such other structures' or improve-
ments as: may be required by ordinance or deemed by the City Counci~ to
be necess:ary for the general, use of the lot owners in the subdivision
and local neighborhood traffic and drainage needs.
(d) Al~ improvements shall be installed to grades approved by
the City Engineer. Lot grades shall be established so as to provide
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proper and adequate dr"i"'age.
(e) The subdivider shall file with the City Engineer either at
the time of filing the final map or at a later date, detailed plans,
profiles, and specifications of &1 improvements proposed to be
installed. It all plans, profiles, and specifications of improvements
are not filed with the City Engineer at the time of filing of the
final map, the surety bOnd as required in Article lV (Sec. 40 (1))
shall include a guarantee that the rE""'''i'''ing plans, .pi-ofiles, ma.~
specifications will be prepared in acco:rdance with the requirement
of the City Engineer.
(f)- If Buch improvement work be not completed satisfactorily
before the final map is reco:rded, the owner or owners of the sub-
division shallL, immediately prior to recordation of the final map,.
enter as contractor into an agreement with the City whereby in con-
sideration of the acceptance by the City of the street and easements
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offered for dedication, the contractor agrees to complete the work
within the time spec11'ied in the agreement.
The Subdivider shall:
(1) File with the City Engineer a surety bond in such an
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amount as the City Engineer Shall estimate and determine to be
necessary to provide all the improvements reliuired to be done by' the
subdivider, which surety bond shall be executed by' the subdivider,
as principal, and a corporation authorized so to act under the lawS\
of the State of Call1'ornia, as surety, the same to be payable to the
City and to be conditioned upon the faithtul performance of 8ri1' and
811 work required to be done by the subdivider. Said bond shall be
.further conditioned to the effect that sholild the'subdivider fail to
complete all work required to be done by him wi thin a specified
reasonable time, the City may, at its option, cause all required work
to be done l!!114 the parties executing the bond shall be firmly bound
for the p~nt of all necessary costs therefor (in the case of the
surety not exceeding the amount of the bond) or,
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(2) Enter into a contract with the City to complete such
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improvements within a specified reasonable t1iDe a1'ter the approval
and recordation of the final map. The subdividers obligations under
such contract shall be secured, in such an 8lI10unt as the City Engineer
shall estimate and determine will be necessary to provide all - the
improvements required to be done by' the subdivider, by' a deposit with
the City Treasurer of money 01' of negotiable bonds, of the kind
approved by law. for securing deposits of public money. ShouJ.d the
subdivider fail to complete all such work required withllii a specified
reasonable time, the City may, at its option, cause all required work
to be done and the money or bonds of the deposit shall be firmly bound
for the pay.;.ent of all necess'ary costs therefor in such case, the
City Treasurer shall pay to the City out of the monies and bonds on
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deposit al] costs and expenses locurred and expended by the City 10
causing any and all such required work to be done and to secUre the
cost 01' which said deposit was made, upon the filing by the City
Engloeer with the City Treasurer of a statement signed by h11ii that
811 work required Under said contract to the extent that the cost
of said work w.as. covered by the deposit has been completed" together
with a statement of costs and expenses locurred and expended by the
City therefor; or,
(3) Enter loto a contract with the City, noured by a faith1'Ul
performance bond approved by the Counoil; and in accordance with all
01' the provisions of Seotion 20 of the Subdivision lup Act" there-
unto appertainiIlg tor" the construction and completion or the improve-
ments under an appropriate special assessment act by the 1'ormation 01'
a special assessment district covering said subdivision or part
thereof.
Every surety bond furnished and every contract under which a
depo~t is made to secure and guarantee the construction and com-
pletion 01' the improvements required to be done by the subdivider shall
further provide that the surety or the City Treasurer shall contloue to
be firmly bound (up to the amount 01' the bond or deposit), under a
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contlouing obligation for the p~nt 01' aL 1 necesaary costs and ex-
penses that may be inourred or expended by the City in causing any and
all such required work to be done, and that sU.d suret7 or depositor,
respective17 ass:ents to eny lawful extensions 01' time within which to
construct and complete such improvements that !118:1 be granted to the
subdivider.
A guarantee for the construction and completion 01' improvements,
10 the form provided 10 subdivisions (1), (2), or (3) 01' this section
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SECTION 41 - IMPROVEMENTS REQUIRED
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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:
(a) Adequate distribution and service lines for domestic water
supply to each lot.
(b) Sewerage system, main sewers, and house sewers to serve all
lots, except as provided under Section 4, hereof.
(c) Adequate drainage of the subdivision lots, streets, ways,
highways, and alleys, including the provision of storm drains, culverts,
bridges, and appurtenant structures,.
(d) Adequate grading and surfacing of streets, highways, ways,
and alleys.
(e) Curbs and gutters, cross gutters, and sidewalks.
(f) Monuments
(g) Fire hydrants at locations designated by the Water Department.
(h) Street name signs, two (2) to each intersection.
(i) Necess'ary barricades and safety devices.
(j) Street lights suspended from metal poles; overhead wiring
running fram one street-light standard to another street-light standard
will not be allowed.
(k) Trees in parkways
All improvements shall con1'orm to the City's '8xblting standards and
speCifications, or to standards and specifications hereafter established
by resolution of the City Council.
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RECORD OF" SURvEY
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SECTION 42- - RECORD OF SURVEY MAP
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(aj i"rec:ord'"o!' surVey" map mai"be tile d tor &n"I division 01'
land"tor which a subdivision map is not required by the Subdivision
MlW Act. In such cases: there shall be filed in the ottice 01' the
Co~ty Reo order, a record at survey map conforming, in respect to
design,' 'to a tentative map approved in the manner provided by this
ordinance. The same 1Jrl,provements as required by this o1'dinance for
a subdivision shall be 1'equi1'ed in the case 01' a reco1'd 01' survey,
except 1'01' those 1Jrl,provem.ents found by the City Council to be un-
necess81'7 tor the public convenience and necessity. The construction
01' ~ 01' these 1Jrl,provements shall be required and accomplished in
the manner p1'escribed in this ordinance tor ~UbdiVision tor lilich
a tinal map is tiled.
(b) The tol~owing certificates shall appear on a record 01'
survey map:
(i) A certificate by the City Clerk stating that the City
Council apPl'oved the map for subdivlsion"purposes in accordance-'
with the Pl'ovisions 01' this ordinance and the Subdivision Map Act.
(2) A certificate by the engineer or "surveyor responSible
tor the survey"giv1Ilg the date 01' the survey and stating that the
surv8'1 was:'made~,bj: him, orttmder~h1s direction and setting forth the
name 01' the owner who 8I1thorized him to make the survey and that
the survey is true and complete as: shown. This certi1'icate shall
also state that the monuments are, or will. be, 01' the character and
occupy the positions required by this ordinance and as shown upon
the map. This certificate shall also state that the monuments are,
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to the ex8m1nation of the ma,p such as is required in the case of a
1'inal map as prescribed by this ordinance e,
ARTICLE Vl
DIVIDING OF LOTS
SECTION 43: - DIVIDING" of' LOTS:
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(8.5 'For the purpose 'of this - section, a lot is defined as a:rq
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separate parcel 01' land wi thin the city regardless, of size.
(b) A lot shall not be divided unles:s such division is recommended
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by the Advisory Agenoy and a variance is obtained as provided in the
Zoning Ordinance - of the City.
(c) - The provisions of this article are not III plicable to the
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division 01' lot a by the filing of a subdivision map.
ARTICLE Vll
LIMITATION' 6N 'PROPERTY USE
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SECTION 44 - LIMITATION ON'EROPERTY USE~
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No building permit or other official evidence of authority for
use of premises shall be issued;. for any lot or parcel of land unless;:
(1) Such lot or paroel 01' land is rec orded in the office "
of the County Rec order 01' Orange. County as; a part of a subdivision or
0; a part or a"rec ord. or sUrvey.
(2) Such lot or paroel 01' land has. resu1ted 1'rom a splitting
of a lot or lots in the mmmer prescribed by this ordinance. This:
sl!lction shall not apply to lots or parcels of land which have an estab-
lished right to exist under separate ownership,
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PENALTIES:' -' REi>:E.A.t. -' ADOI'TION
SECTION 45- mALTY FOR VIOLATION
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Any person,. 1'11'm, or corporation viohting 81I1 01' the provisions
of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty 01' a misde'manor, and upon
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conviction thereo1' shall be punishable by a 1'ine 01' not more than
1'ive-hundred dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment in the County Jail
1'01' a period 01' not more than ninety (90) days, or both such 1'ine and
imprisonment. Any lot, street, alley, or other 1'eatures made the sub-
ject 01' this ordinance maintained contrary to the provisions hereo1'
shall constitute a public nuisance and may be abated by the City in
a manner prescribed by law.
SECTION 46 - CONSTITUTIONALITY OF ORDINANCE
I1' any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase 01' this
o1'dinance is, 1'01' any reason, held to be invalid or unconstitutional
by the decision 01' BnY':c.ourt 01' competant jurisdiction, such decision
shall not a1'1'ect the validity 01' the remaining portions 01' the ordi-
n~ce. The Council hereby d~clares that it would have passed this
ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, and phrase
thereo1' irreapective 01' the tact that any one or more other sections,
subsections, clauses, sentences, or phrasea thereo1' might be declared
invalid 01' unconstitutional.
SECTION 47 - ADOPTION
The City Cle1'k shall certi1'y to the passage 01' this ordinance and
shall cause the same to be publiShed once in the Seal Beach Post and
Wave, printed, published, and circulated in the City 01' Seal Beach and
hereby designated 1'01' that purpose, and in thirty (JO) days this
ordinance shall take e1'1'ect and be in 1'orce and shall govern in all
matters provided herein.
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The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of
this Ordinance by the City Council of the City of Seal Beach and
shall cause the same to be printed and published once in the
SEAL BEACH POST AND WAVE. a newspaper of general circulation prfnted.
published and circulated in the City of Seal Beach.
PASSED. APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City
thereof held on the ~~~
of Seal Beach at a regular meeting
day ?7&U~ . 1955.
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MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss.
CITY OF SEAL BEACH )
I. F. W. HICKMAN. City Clerk of the City of Seal Beach and
ex-officio. Clerk of the City Council. do hereby certify that the
above and foregoing Ordinance was passed. approved and adopted by
the City Council
of held on the
of the City of
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Seal Beach at a regular meeting there-
day of ~~u- ..........,.. . 1955. by
the following vote:
AYES. Councilmen CAt..v~ ';=.l..441-4'A"} i..F"41"R~ t.AklHIAl? Ct.AIfI(
NOES, Councilmen .vl)-I'F
ABSENT. Councilmen HilA'.
D~ted: /9-~/(/e?rr
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