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SUBDIVISION
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CITY OF WEST COVINA
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PRICE 50 CENTS
ORDINANCE NO. 225
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING REGULATIONS FOR THE DIVISION OF
LAND IN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, AND FOR THE
PREPARATION AND PRESENTATION OF MAPS THEREOF, AND PRE-
SCRIBING 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, sta-
bilization and protection of the use value of property; adequate provisions
for necessary utilities and convenience, the City Council of the City of
® West Covina does ordain as follows:
Article I
AUTHORITY
Section 1: AUTHORITY. Pursuant to the -"Subdivision Map Act" of the
State of California, as it now exists or may hereafter be amended the pro-
visions 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 West Covina. The West Covina
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 improvement of proposed subdivisions; and is hereby
authorized to approve, conditionally approve or disapprove tentative maps of
subdivisions prepared and filed according to this ordinance and the said
"Subdivision Map Act", to recommend the kinds, nature and extent of the
improvements required to be installed in subdivisions, and to report to the
City Council the action taken on tentative maps.
Article II '
GENERAL CONTROLS
Section 1: CONFORMANCE TO PLANS. A subdivision plan shall con-
form to the official plan of streets. In the absence of an official plan of streets
and highways, there shall be substantial conformance to the master plan.
In the absence of a master 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 2: 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 Highways shall be deemed to be the minimum standards
that will be acceptable.
® (b) Major thoroughfares shall be not less than one hundred (100) feet
wide.
(c) Secondary thoroughfares shall be not -less than eighty (80) feet wide.
(d) Local collector streets shall be not less than sixty (60) feet wide.
(e) Minor and cul-de-sac streets shall be not less than fifty-two (52)
feet wide, nor 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 should be not less than fifty (50) feet.
Cul-de-sac and minor streets shall be subject to individual determination by
the City. Stub streets or rights -of -way may be required to the edge of the
subdivision.
(f) 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.
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(g) Along major highways, limited -access highways or freeways a service
roadway separated from the traffic roadway by an acceptable separation strip,
when indicated by the master or official plan of the City or the State may
be required for access to abutting private property and local streets. All
dimensions on such multiple roadway thoroughfares shall be as defined on the
City official plan or State Division of Highway plan.
(h) Curved major highways shall have a ,center line radius of not less
than one thousand (1000) feet.
(i) Curved secondary streets shall have a center line radius of not less
than five hundred (500) feet. Lesser radii may be used if evidence indicates
above requirements are not practicable.
(j) 'Curves on other streets shall have a center line radius of not less
than two hundred (200) feet. Lesser radii may be used if evidence indicates
above requirements are not practicable.
(k) Street corners shall have a radius of not less than fifteen (15) feet
or an equivalent angle.
(1) Street intersections shall be as near right angles as practicable. In
no case shall the angle be less than forty-five (45) degrees.
(m) 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. •
(n) In areas where no official 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 Council and where no such standards have been adopted the arrange-
ments shall .be subject to approval by the City.
Section 3: GENERAL REQUIREMENTS. All sidewalks, curbs, gutters,
pavements, sanitary sewer lines, water mains, culverts, street naine signs,
fire hydrants, street lights and drainage structures shall be installed at the
cost of the subdivider, and shall conform to grades and specifications estab-
lished and approved by the City of West Covina.
Section 4: SANITARY SEWERS. . Where a sewer line is constructed or
laid within a street 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 5: WATER SUPPLY. Water shall be provided from a common
source or sources, and water mains shall be constructed to serve each lot
within the subdivided.area and shall be of such size and design as designated
by the Superintendent or Engineer of the agency furnishing water services.
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Section 6: ALLEYS:
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(a) Alleys twenty (20) feet wide shall be provided at the rear of all lots
classified for and to be used for commercial or multiple family purposes but
not including two-family use. 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, the require-
ments may be modified. 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, both as to width and location. If the
Official Plan indicates alleys which are not required by the general rule, then
the alleys thus shown shall be required.
(b) Alleys at the rear of business, industrial or unlimited multiple resi-
dential property shall be subject to determination by the City as to design,
location and possible increased width.
(c) Alleys shall be required at the rear of all property fronting directly
upon any major highway.
(d) Where two -alleys intercept or intersect, the corners shall be cut
either on a ten (10) foot radius to which the lot boundaries are tangent, or
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on 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 7: UTILITY EASEMENTS.
(a) Where alleys are not required, utility easements twelve (12) feet in
width shall be provided generally through the interior of the block and in
approximately the location that would be occupied by an alley. If the ease-
ment parallels the boundary of a subdivision the utility easement shall be
eight (8) feet in width.
(b) Overhead utilities should be located, where- possible, through the
interior of the block along either alleys or easements, as the case may be.
(c) Utility easements shall be located ,where possible through the interior
of the block, but may be required along side lot lines where necessary to
• provide for street lighting.
Section 8: SERVICE ROADS.
Along freeways or limited access highways and along major highways, a
service roadway separated from the main traffic roadway by an appropriate
separation strip may be required, which service roadway will provide for access
to abutting lands and to other public streets. Along major highways an alley
or alleys may be required in lieu of such service road or roads as a facility
• for serving lands marginal to such major highways. An alley may be required
at the rear of all properties fronting directly upon any secondary hi.ghway.
The term "freeway means a highway in respect to which abutting lands
have no right or easement of access to or from such abutting lands. Service
roads marginal to freeways shall themselves not be considered as freeways.
The term "limited access street" means a thoroughfare next in importance
to freeways, with or without marginal service roads, the central traffic lanes
of which are intersected or intercepted by a minimum of cross streets and in
respect to which abutting lands have restricted or no right or easement of
access to or from such abutting lands.
The term "major streets" means and includes that system of major streets
next in importance to limited access streets, designated and adopted by the
Planning Commission and the City Council as Major Streets on the Master Plan
or Official Plan of Streets and Highways and having a width of not less than
one hundred (100) feet.
The term "secondary streets" means and includes that system of streets
next in importance to major streets, designated and adopted by the Planning
Commission and the City Council as Secondary Streets on the Master Plan
or Official Plan of Streets and Highways and having a width of not less than
eighty (80) feet.
All other thoroughfares, except alleys, are designated as local streets and
subject to provisions of Section 2.
Section 9: 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 determination by City as to size, location, shape
and adequacy, and shall generally conform to the City Zoning Ordinance.
• Section 10: LOTS.
(a) Lot areas shall be such as will conform to the standards of develop-
ment as defined by the zoning ordinance or by other official plans adopted
pursuant to law.
(b) Lots having no frontage on a public street may be cause for disap-
proval of subdivision.
(c) The width of lots shall be such as will conform to standards of de-
velopment as defined by the zoning ordinance or other official plans adopted
pursuant to law, provided the minimum width of interior lots shall be sixty
(60) feet, corner lots shall have a minimum width of seventy (70) feet, and
provided further that odd -shaped lots shall be subject to individual determina-
tion by the City.
(d) No lot shall be divided by a County, City or School District bound-
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ary line, or the boundary line of property registered under the Land Title Act
(Torrens Title).
(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 having legal ingress and egress rights on parallel
or approximately parallel streets should be avoided. All lots shall be suitable
for the purpose for which they are intended to be sold.
Section 11: BLOCKS.
(a) Blocks less than three hundred thirty (330) feet in length, or more
than nine hundred ninety (990) feet in length, may be cause for disapproval,
but in no case shall a block be longer than thirteen hundred twenty (1320) feet.
(b) In blocks nine hundred ninety (990) feet long or over, pedestrian
ways at least ten ('10) feet wide may be required. •
(c) Long blocks are desirable adjacent to main thoroughfares in order
to reduce the number of intersections.
Section 12: EXCEPTIONS.
(a) Conditional exceptions to the regulations herein defined may be auth-
orized if exceptional or special circumstances apply to the property. - Such
special circumstances may include limited size, unusual shape, extreme topog-
raphy, dominating drainage problems, or the impracticability of employing •
a comprehensive plan � or layout by reason of prior existing recorded sub-
division of contiguous properties.
Article III
TENTATIVE MAP
Section 20: REQUIREMENTS.
Each proposed subdivision shall be submitted in map form. Not less
than ten (10) copies of such map shall be filed with the Secretary of the
City 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
recommendations, if any, to the Planning Commission:
(a) City Engineer.
(b) Each city entitled by law to review and recommend thereon.
(c) Two copies for the Planning Commission.
(d) Division of Highways, State Department of Public Works.
(e) County Planning Commission.
(f) County Flood Control District.
Section 21: NOTIFICATION.
The owner of the property being subdivided and the owner or owners
of all property which is contiguous to the proposed subdivision or across a •
public street from such subdivision shall be notified by first class mail of the
matter pending with the City. Such notice shall be mailed by the subdivider
ten (10) days in advance of the date that such matter will be considered, to
the names of such property owners as shown on the latest assessment roll
of said County. An affidavit shall be delivered to the Secretary of the
Planning Commission affirming that such owners have been so notified and •
the names and.addresses of such owners to which such notices have been sent
shall be contained in the permanent record of such subdivision.
Section 22: SIZE OF MAP.
The size of such tentative map is optional; the scale shall not be less than
one hundred (100) feet to the inch.
Secticn 23: INFORMATION ON MAP.
Each such map shall contain the following information:
(a) Tract number obtained from the County Surveyor.
(b) Name and address of the owner whose property is proposed to be
subdivided and the name and address of the subdivider.
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(c) Name and address of registered civil engineer, licensed surveyor,
landscape architect or land planner who prepared the map.
(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.
(i)
Location and width of alleys.
(j)
Name, location and width of adjacent streets.
(k)
Lot lines and approximate dimensions and numbers of each lot.
(1)
Approximate location and width of water courses or areas subject
to inundation from floods, or location of structures, irrigation ditches and other
permanent physical features.
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Approximate contours.
(n)
Approximate location of buildings and permanent structures.
(o)
Location of trees within proposed rights -of -way to be dedicated.
(p)
Description of the exterior boundaries of the subdivision (or legal
description of the property comprising the subdivision.)
(q)
Width and location of all existing or proposed public or private
easements.
(r)
Classification of lots as to intended residential, commercial, industrial
or other uses.
(s)
Railroads.
(t)
Approximate radii of curves.
Section 24: SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION.
The tentative map shall show thereon, or be accompanied by ten (10)
copies of reports and written statements from the subdivider giving essential
information regarding the following matters:
(a) Source of water supply.
(b) Type of street improvement 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.
Section 26: PROCEDURE.
(a) After noting the above requirements it is desirable that the sub-
divider should confer with the staff of the City Planning Commission and
the City Engineer before preparing the tentative map.
(b) Each tentative map must have a tract number to be assigned by
the County Surveyor of Los Angeles County.
• (c) The tentative map shall be prepared in accordance with the "Sub-
division Map Act" and the provisions of this ordinance, and shall be filed
with the Secretary of the Planning Commission. Such filing should be prior
to the completion of final surveys of streets and lots and before grading
or construction work within the proposed subdivision that might be affected
by changes in the tentative map. To assure to the Planning Commission all
• necessary information to consider a tentative map the Commission shall act
only upon such tentative maps, together with required statements or other
evidence as shall have been filed with the Commission not less than ten (10)
days prior to the date of the Planning Commission meeting at which such
matter is to be considered.
(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 any recommenda-
tions in connection with the tentative map and its bearing on particular func-
tions. Failure to so report shall be deemed approval.
Section 27: 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 approving, conditionally approving or dis-
approving, shall be taken not later than thirty (30) days following the meet-
ing at which it was first considered. Within not to exceed ten (10) days
following the action by the Planning Commission upon any tentative map,
the Secretary of the Commission shall transmit a copy of the record per-
taining to such action to the subdivider and 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 Planning Commission.
Section 28: COUNCIL ACTION AND REPORT.
The City Council shall report its 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.
Article IV
FINAL MAP
Section 30: PREPARING FINAL MAP.
After approval of tentative map by the City Planning Commission and
the City Council, the subdivider may cause a final map to be prepared in •
accordance with a completed survey of the subdivision and in substantial
compliance with the approved tentative map, and in full compliance with the
"Subdivision Map Act" and this ordinance.
Section 31: REQUIRED INFORMATION.
(a) If more than three (3) sheets are . used, an index showing entire
subdivision with lots numbered consecutively shall be included.
(b) Title, number of tract, 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.
(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 numbered.
Each lot shall be shown entirely on one sheet.
(h) Center line data on streets, alleys and easements, including bearings
and distances.
(i) If any portion of the land within the boundaries shown on any final
map or approved record of survey map 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 or approved record of survey may
by a prominent note on each sheet of such map whereon any such portion
shall be shown.
(j) If any portion of such land is subject to sheet over -flow or ponding
of local storm water or should the depth to ground water be less than ten
(10) feet from the ground surface, the Planning Commission shall 'so inform
the State Real Estate Commissioner.
(k) 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, channel, stream or creek, be shown on the
final map or approved record of survey map.
(1) Any final map of a subdivision presented to the City of West Covina
for acceptance of easements and recordation shall be accompanied by an addi-
tional copy on which is delineated all existing and- proposed 'structures and
utilities within the subdivision, except publicly -owned storm drains, sewers
and other sanitary facilities, whether such structures are on recorded easement
or not.
Section 32: RECORD OF EASEMENTS.
(a) The final map shall show the center line data, width and side lines
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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 and other purposes shall be de-
noted 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 Planning
Commission there shall be presented certificates executed respectively by the
various public utility companies authorized to serve in the area of the sub-
division certifying that satisfactory provisions have been made with each of
• said public utility companies as to location of their facilities; and that ease-
ments, where required by such companies, have been executed and delivered
to the certifying companies for recording. Easements for public utility com-
panies shall be designated on the final map as "Easements for Public Utilities."
Section 33: REQUIRED SURVEYING DATA.
Each final 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) Monuments (existing outside of subdivision).
(c) Location of all permanent monuments within subdivision.-
(d) Ties to and identification of adjacent subdivisions.
(e) Ties to any City or County boundary lines involved.
(f) "Required certificates.
Section 34: SIZE AND CONTENT OF MAP.
(a) The final map shall be clearly and legibly delineated upon tracing
cloth of good quality. All lines, letters, figures, certificates, acknowledgments
and signatures shall be made in black waterproof india ink, except that
affidavits, certificates and acknowledgments 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 details clearly,
and enough sheets shall be used to accomplish this end.
(e) 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.
(f) The tract number, scale and north point shall be shown on each
sheet of the final map.
• Section 11: TITLE SHEET.
(a) Below the title shall be a sub -title consisting of a general description
of all the property being subdivided, by reference to subdivisions or to sectional
surveys.
(b) Reference to tracts and subdivisions shall be spelled out and worded
• identically with original records, with complete reference to proper book and
page of the record.
(c) Title sheet shall show, in addition, the basis of bearings.
(d) Maps filed for purpose of reverting subdivided land to acreage shall
be conspicuously marked under the title "The Purpose of this Map is a
Reversion to Acreage."
Section 36: CERTIFICATES.
Forms for certificates required by the "Subdivision Map Act" and this
ordinance may be secured from the City Engineer.
Section 37: SURVEYING DATA FOR LOTS.
(a) Sufficient data shall be shown to determine readily the bearing and
length of each line.
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(b) Dimensions of lots shall be the net dimensions
(c) No ditto marks shall be used.
(d) Lots containing one acre or more shall show net acreage to nearest
hundredth.
Section 38: SURVEY DATA.
(a) The final map shall show the center lines of all streets; length,
tangents, radii and central angles or radial bearings of all curves, the total
width of each street, the -width of the portion being dedicated and the width
cf- existing dedication and the width of each side of the center line; also the
width of 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 subdivision 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 sub-
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divisions and all lots and blocks shall close.
Section 39: EXISTING MONUMENTS.
(a) 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.
(b) The corners of adjoining subdivisions or portions thereof shall be
identified and ties shown.
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Section 40: NEW MONUMENTS.
(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 and at beginning' of curves and end of curves 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 positions of all monu-
ments shall be noted on the map.
(b) For each center line intersection monument set, 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 and tacks 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 ap-
pears 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 records
of the City Engineer's office.
Section 41: ESTABLISHED LINES.
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(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.
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(b) The final map shall show city boundaries crossing or adjoining the
subdivision clearly designated and tied in.
Section 42: LOT NUMBERS.
(a) The lots shall be numbered consecutively, commencing with the
number 1, with no omissions or duplications.
(b) Each lot shall be shown entirely on .one sheet.
(c) Blocks may be used, but 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 43: PROCEDURE FOR FILING.
(a) After receipt of the report of the City Council approving or condi-
tionally approving the tentative map, the subdivider 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 submitted within one (1) year from
the date of the approval of the tentative map, said map shall be. considered
abandoned.
(b) For purposes of filing a final map, the subdivider shall submit to
the City Engineer an original final map tracing and three (3) dark line prints
thereof. One copy of such dark line print shall be filed permanently with
the City Engineer. One copy shall be transmitted to the City Engineer for
checking and report to the City Planning Commission. One 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 Clerk and the Secretary of the Planning Commission and returned
to the subdivider for recording.
(c) After final map has been recorded in the County Recorder's office,
one cloth print and one paper print of such map shall be furnished to the
City Engineer.
(d) If the final map as submitted conforms in every respect to the
•recommendations of the Planning Commission pertaining to the tentative map,
and no new features have been added which have not been approved by the
Commission, such fact shall be reported to the City Council, and the Secretary
of the Planning Commission may certify the said map in behalf of the Com-
mission. If the final map does not so conform, such fact, and the nature of
the nonconforming features shall be reported to the City Council, and the
Secretary of the Planning Commission may not certify such map in behalf of
the Commission until the Commission specifically so authorizes.
,(e) When requested, traverse sheets and work sheets showing the
closure of the exterior bcundaries and of each irregular block and lot shall
be provided.
Section 44: GUARANTEE OF PERFORMANCE.
The subdivider shall provide the necessary bonds to guarantee required
improvements as provided in Section 47, item (g).
Section 45: CITY ENGINEER'S ENDORSEMENT.
After receiving copies of the final map, the City Engineer shall examine
or have examined the map as to sufficiency of affidavits and acknowledgments,
correctness of surveying data, mathematical data and computations and such
other matters as required 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 correct form and the matters shown thereon are sufficient, the City
Engineer shall endorse his approval thereon and transmit it to the, City Plan-
ning Commission.
• Section 46: CERTIFICATE OF TITLE.
Each subdivision or Record of Survey map shall be accompanied by a
guarantee of title, except in cases in which land is registered under the
Land Title Act (Torrens Title) showing the names of all persons, firms or
• corporations whose consent is necessary to pass title to road, street and other
easements shown upon said map, and also by a proper deed granting to the
City of West Covina all easements as shown.
Section 47: DEDICATION AND IMPROVEMENTS•
(a) All streets, highways and parcels of land Shown on the final map
and intended for any public use shall be offered for dedication for public use.
(b) Streets or portions of streets may be offered for 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 development of the area or adjacent areas.
(c) The subdivider shall improve, or agree to improve, all land dedicated
for streets, highways, public ways and easements as a condition precedent
to acceptance and approval of the final map when the areas of abutting lots
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are an acre or less and such improvements may be required if the areas of
abutting lots exceed one (1) acre each. Such improvements shall include
such grading, surfacing, sidewalks, curbs, gutters, culverts, bridges, storm
drains, water mains and service connections to the property line with cut-off
valves, sanitary sewers and such other structures or improvements as may
be required by ordinance or deemed by the City Council to be necessary
for the general use of the lot owners in the subdivision and local neighborhood
traffic and drainage needs.
(d) All improvements shall be installed to grades approved by the City
Engineer.
(e) Plans, profiles and specifications of proposed improvements shall be
furnished to the City Engineer prior to the time of submitting the final map
to him, and be approved by the City Engineer before the map shall be filed
with the City Council. Such plans and -'profiles shall show full details of the
proposed improvements which shall be according to the standards of the
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(f) If such improvement work be not completed satisfactorily before the
final map is approved, the owner or owners of the subdivision shall, imme-
diately upon approval and before the certification of the final map by the
C=ty enter as contractor into an agreement with the City Council whereby,
in consideration of the acceptance by the City Council of the street and
easements offered for dedication, the contractor agrees to complete the work
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within the time specified in the agreement.
(g) To assure the City that this work will be completed and lien holders
paid, a bond shall be furnished guaranteeing faithful performance, and guar-
anteeing payment for labor and materials. The amount of such bond 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 49: IMPROVEMENTS REQUIRED.
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 lines for domestic water supply to each lot.
(b) Sewage collecting system where main lines of an adequate disposal
system are available.
(c) Adequate drainage of the subdivision streets, highways, ways and
alleys.
(d) Adequate grading and surfacing of streets, highways, ways and alleys.
(e) Curbs and gutters, cross gutters and, where required, sidewalks.
(f) Monuments.
(g) Fire hydrants at location designated by the City Engineer.
(h) Street name signs, two (2) to each intersection.
(i) Necessary barricades and safety devices.
(j) Street trees.
(k) Ornamental street lighting shall be required unless exempted by the
Planning Commission or City Council. Installation of street lighting shall be
in accordance with plans and specifications which shall be approved by the
City Engineer or his duly authorized representative.
All such improvements shall conform to the standards and specifications
established by resolution of the City Council.
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Article V
RECORD OF SURVEY
Section 60: RECORD OF SURVEY- MAP.
(a) . A Record of Survey map may be filed for any division of land.for
which a Subdivision Map is not required by the "Subdivision Map Act".
In such case there shall be filed in the office of the County Recorder, a record
of survey map confirming, in respect to design, to a tentative map approved
in the manner provided by this ordinance.
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The same improvements as required by this Ordinance for a subdivision
shall be required in the case of a Record of Survey.
The construction of any of these improvements may be. required and ac-
complished in the manner prescribed in this ordinance for a subdivision for
which a final man is filed.
(b) The following certificates shall appear on a record of survey map:
(1) A certificate by the City Clerk stating that the City Council ap-
proved the map for subdivision purposes in accordance with the provisions
of this ordinance for the approval or -conditional approval of a tentative map,
and a certificate by the Secretary of the Planning Commission certifying to
the approval of the map by the Planning Commission.
(2) A certificate by the engineer or surveyor .responsible for the
survey giving the date of the survey and stating that the survey was made
• by him or under his direction and setting forth the name of the owner who
authorized him to make the survey and that the survey is true and complete
as- shown. This certificate shall also state that the monuments are or will
be of 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, or will be sufficient to enable the survey to be retraced:
(3) A certificate or certificates of the City Engineer relating to the
. examination of the map such as is required in the case of a final- map as
prescribed by this ordinance.
Article VI
SPLIT LOTS
Section 62: PERMISSION TO SPLIT LOTS.
(a) When an owner or subdivider desires to split one or more lots so
as to create not more than four (4) new lots and does not wish to record a
subdivision map as provided by State law and by other sections of this ordi-
nance, and, when no dedication of streets, alleys or other public ways or
easements are involved, it shall be done in the following manner:
An original and three (3) prints of a map showing the proposed split
shall be prepared by a registered civil engineer or licensed surveyor and such
maps shall be filed with the City Engineer.
(b) The map shall show the exact dimensions and bearings of each line,
the monuments set, and all other applicable matters required by this ordinance
pertaining to tentative maps.
(c) If the map complies with all of the items required in (b) above,
the City Engineer may approve the division, provided that curbs and paving
are installed along all public street frontage of the property so divided when
the property so divided consists of lots or parcels containing one (1) acre
or less and sanitary sewer facilities and connections shall be made to each
lot created, and all lot sizes conform to the provisions of the zoning ordinance
• of the City of West Covina, and further provided that such division conforms
to such policies as are or may be established by the Planning Commission or
the City Council.
. (d) If in the opinion of the City Engineer all conditions set out in sub-
sections a, b and c of Section 62 are not existing, the City Engineer shall
• refer said map to the Planning Commission and City Council for processing
in accordance with Articles III and IV of this ordinance except that the final
map shall be filed with the Planning Commission and the City Engineer.
ARTICLE VII
FEES
Section 64: TENTATIVE MAP.
A fee shall be paid to the City in the following amounts to cover costs
of checking each tentative map.or maps:
(a) Twenty-five ($25.00) Dollars, plus One ($1.00) Dollar per lot, for
each subdivision other than a subdivision consolidating properties into one
lot, or for a subdivision for the purpose of reversion to acreage.
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Section 65: FINAL .MAP.
Fees shall be paid in the following amounts:
(a) Five .($5.00) 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) Ten ($10.00) Dollars payable to the City, for a Record of Survey
as described in Section 60 of this Ordinance, plus a fee established by item (c)
of this paragraph.
(c) Twenty-five ($25.00) Dollars per lot contained in a subdivision or
Record of Survey, payable to the City, for prorata share of the cost of
acquiring parks and recreational areas, and for bringing rural type road grades
to a comprehensive ultimate urban street grade.
(d) A fee for engineering checking shall be payable to the County of
Los Angeles on all subdivisions and Records of Surveys in such amounts as •
conform to the County's schedule in such matters.
The City Engineer shall issue a receipt for fees received in behalf of the
City, identifying same as related to the number of the Subdivision or Record
of Survey for which such fee was tendered.
Article VIII
PENALTIES — REPEAL — ADOPTION
Section -67: PENALTY FOR VIOLATION. .
Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this
ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, 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 ordi-
nance, 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 ordinance maintained
contrary to the provisions hereof shall constitute a public nuisance.
Section 68: REPEAL.
Ordinances Nos. 117, 135 and 184 and all ordinances amending all three
thereof are hereby repealed, provided that all subdivisions, records and pro
ceedings made or filed under said Ordinances Nos. 117, 135 and 184 shall
remain in full force and effect.
Section 69: ADOPTION.
If any section, sub -section, clause or phrase of this ordinance is, for any
reason, held to be unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity
of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The Council hereby declares that •
it would have passed this ordinance, and each section, sub -section, sentence,
clause, and phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more
of the sections, sub -sections, sentences, clauses or phrases might be declared
unconstitutional.
The City Clerk shall. certify to the adoption of this Ordinance, and prior •
to the expiration of fifteen (15) days from the passage thereof, shall cause
the same to be posted with the names of the members voting for and against
the same in three places within the city, and thirty (30) days from and
after the final passage thereof said Ordinance shall take effect and be in force
iri the manner required by the laws and ordinances in the City of West Covina.
JOE HURST,
Mayor of the City of West Covina.
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I hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was adopted at a regular
meeting of the City Council of the City of West Covina on the 10th day of
September, 1952, by the affirmative vote of at least three (3) Councilmen, to -wit:.
(3) Councilmen, to -wit:
'Councilmen: AYES: De Lay, Mossberg, Sperline, Hurst
NOES: None
ABSENT: Van Horn
ROBERT FLOTTEN,
City Clerk of the City of West Covina
ATTEST: °
ROBERT FLOTTEN,
City Clerk
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