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STCTION 3. SU3DIvISION r. AP ACT.
" Subdivision Map Act" means Chapter 2, Part 2, of
Division 4 of the Business and Professions Code of the State of
California.
SECTION 4. REFERENCES TO OTHER LAWS.
"Thenever references is made to any portion of this
ordinance or any other ordinance or statute, such reference
applies to all amendments and additions nor or hereafter made.
SECTION 5, DTFINITIO17S I'_' ACT.
Except as otherwise provided herein, all terms used in
this ordinance which are defined in the Subdivision Map Act are used
in this ordinance as so defined, unless from the context hereof it
clearly appears that a different meaning is intended.
A. "Article" means an article of this ordinance unless
some statute or other ordinance is referred to.
b. " City-County" . "n.enever the word " amity" or "county"
is mentioned in this ordinance, it refers to the City of Azusa or
the County of Los Anneles, or its authorized officers and/or
s.�_ents. The term "Council" shall mean the City Council of the
City of Azusa, and "Commission" shall mean the City Pla.nninr4
Commission of the City of A7.usa.
c. "Ordinance" . A reference to an ordinance by number
means an ordinance of the City of Azusa.
d. " Section" means a section of this ordinance unless
reference is made to some statute or other ordinance.
e. " Shall- ay" . " Shall" is mandatory. ":: a y" is
Permissive.
f. "Tentative map" refers to a map for the purpose of
showin ; the design of a proposed subdivision and the existing
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conditions in and around it and need not be based upon an
accurate or detailed final survey of the property.
"Final =:=ap" refers to a map prepared in accordance
with the provisions of this ordinance and those of any applicable
local ordinance, which man is designed to be placed on record in
the office of the county recorder of tee county in which any
part of the subdivision is located.
h. "Record_ of survey map" refers to a map prepared as
provided in this ordinance and conforming to the provisions of
Chapter 15 of Division 3 of the aforesaid. Business and Professions
Code.
i. "Local ordinance" refers to an ordinance regulating
the design and improvement of subdivisions, enacted by the govern-
ing body of the City of Azusa under the provisions of this ordinance
or any prior statute, regulating the design and improvement of
subdivisions, inso-far-as the provisions of the ordinance are
consistent with and not in. conflict with the provisions of the said
Subdivision ETh.p Act. •
j. " Subdivider" refers to a person, fire, corporation,
partnership or association who causes land to be divided into a
subdivision for himself, itself, or for ote ers.
k. "Advisory agency" refers to an official or an
official body designated by a local ordinance and charged thereby
"ritl the duty of making investigations and reports on the design
and improvement of proposed st r_divi cions.
. " Design" refers to street alignment, Grades and
widths, alignment and widths of easement and right of ways for
drainage and sanitary sewers and minimum lot area and width.
m. "Improvement" refers to such street work and
utilities to be installed, or agreed to be installed, by the
subdivider on the land dedicated or to be dedicated_ for streets,
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highways, Public vrays, and ea sem_lents and/or on existing public
streets bordering on the land of t'ie subdivider, as are necessary
_'or the general use of the lot owners in the subdivision and local
neighborhood traffic and drainage needs, as a condition precedent
to the approval and acceptance of the final map tne_reof.
SECTION 6. SCOPE OF RETTLATIO vS,
" Subdivision" refers to any real property improved or
unimproved shorn on the last preceeding tax roll as a unit or as
contiguous units, which is divided for tne pmm.rpose of sale, whether
immediate or future, by any subdivider into five or more parcels
within any one-year period.
" Subdivision" does not include either of the following:
(a) Any parcel or parcels of land in which all of the
following conditions are present:
(1) which contain less than five acres.
( 2) which abut upon dedicated streets or t i:TI-h gays.
( �) in mich street opening, or wideni_n_g is not recuired
b_a tie ; overning body in dividing the landinto lots or parcels.
( 4) tr_e lot design meets tie approval of the governing
body.
(b) Any parcel or parcels, each of a net areaof one acre
or more, a tentative map of which has been submitted to the govern-
ing body and has been approved by it as to street alignment and
widths, drainage Provisions and lot design.
( c) in either case there shall be filed a record of
survey map pursuant only to the provisions of this ordinance.
T'ot_^ing contained_ in this section call apply to land
dedicated for cemetery Purposes under the Health and Safety Code
of the State of California.
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SECTION 7. CON r O?i IC ' WITH ,.ASTER PLAN.
(a) Ench major or secondary street shall conform in
width an s substantially in alignment with that shown or indicated
on the ::aster Plan of streets nor adopted or that may .-ereafter be
adopted- by the Cit;,, Council of tine City of Asusa.
(b) This section shall not a.»nly to mans referred to
in Sec. 11537 of the Suodivision ban Act or to maps made for the
sole nuroose of establishing existing, land title boundaries.
SEC TIO?' 8. PART-WIDTH STREET
Any part-width major or secondary street, or any
reservation therefor lying; along, and adjacent to any boundary of a
subdivision shall have such a. width as will conform to the lines
shown on the ?:Raster Plan of streets covering t' e same portion of
such subdivision.
SECTION 9. LOCAL STREETS A D WAYS.
(a) Curve Radius. On any street other than P. major or f
secondary highway, center line curve radius
noof less than one
hundred feet shall ce provided_, unless sufficient evidence is
offered to the Commission by the subdivider to show that the one
hundred. foot (100 ' ) radius is not practicable.
(b) Block Corner Cut-off. At each street intersection
the --)ronerty line at each bloc's corner shall be rounded with a curve
with a. radius of not less t.-an fifteen (15) feet.
( c) Intersection Angle. Any hi -h.way or street intersecting
any other highway or street shall intersect it at an angle as
nearly a right angle as nracticable.
( d) Dead End Streets. "there a street is desi fined to
remain a. dead end street, an adequate turning; area, shall be provided
at the deadend thereof. Provided dead end streets are permitted,
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great care must be exercised t of proper drainage is provided,
end that cost of nublic utilities will not be greatly increased.
( e) Alleys in Congested Districts. An alley not less
than twenty feet (20' ) wide snail be vrovided at the rear of all
lots where the property is to be used for multiple residential use
( not including two family use) or commercial or other restrictive
use.
( f) Alleys Intersection. There two alleys intersect, a
cut-off of not less than ten feet (10 ' ) along eacn alley shall be
provided.
Where Alleys in Lieu of Service Roads. it is
proposed to subdivide Property abutting- a major or secondary highway
andthe circumstances of such property or of adjoining property
render it inadvl sable or undesirable to provide access to the lots
along such highway by means of a service road or other local street,
an alley twenty feet ( 20 ' ) wide shall be provided at the rear of
such lots.
S 'CTION 10. a.-7 -7_7. OF 7AY AIL ROADWAY WIDTHS.
Tach street other than a mayor or secondary street shall
ave s width of ri. ht-of-ray of not less tan 60 feet and a roadway
width of not less than 36 feet, except tnat if a loon or local street
serves 24 lots or less, one-family use, the right-of-way width
shall not be less than 50 feet andthe roadway width snail not be
less than 30 feet or if a service road not serving as intercepter
and providing access to 24 lots or less, one-family or two-family
use, located only on one side of saidservice road, the right-of-
way width shall not be less than 38 feet and the roadway width shell
not be less than 24 feet.
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SM'CTIO 11. FUTURE STREETS.
7herever the Commission shall have determined, that a
street is necessary for the future subdivision of the uronerty as
shown on the subdivision map or for adjoinin: property, but that
the present dedication ana construction of such street is not
warranted, the Commission may require that the location, width, end
extent of such street shall be shown on the final map or on an
approved record of survey map as a future street. No improvement
of such future street shall be renuired of the subdivider.
SECTION 12. LOT DESIGN.
(a) Area and Width. Each lot in any subdivision shall
have an area of not less than the required area as that term is
defined in Ordinance No. 342 of the City of Azusa, or any amendment
thereof, or any other Zoning Ordinance which may hereafter be
passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Azusa or any
amendment thereof, for the zone. in which the lot or any portion
thereof is located.
(b) Frontage. The alignment of streets shall be such
as to provide frontage for each lot of the subdivision.
(c) Additional Parking_ Area for Commercial Use. Wherever
property in the subdivision is to be devoted to commercial use,
special consideration shall be given to automobile parking space
independent of highway curb side parking, as provided by Ordinance
No. 342 or any amendment thereof, or any other Zoning Ordinance which
may hereafter be passed and adopted by the City Council of the City
of Azusa or any amendment thereof.
(d) Lot Sideline Angle. In all cases where practicable
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the sidelines of lots shall be at an approximate right angle to
the street upon which such lots front.
SECTION 13. SPECIAL DESIGN RADBURN PLAN.
In lieu of compliance with Section 9 (Local Streets
and Ways) ( d) , ( e) and (f) , and Section 12 (Lot Design) (b) , (c) ,
and ( d) the plan as submitted may comply with the requirements of
this section when the Commission shall determine that the plan of
subdivision submitted provides better for the preservation of the
access of light and air, and for safety, convenience, property
values, and general welfare of the community than would be provided
by compliance, with those sections herein enumerated. Such
alternate requirements which are intended to authorize that type
of subdivision commonly designated as the Radburn Plan of Subdivision
are as follows:
(a) A complete system of pedestrian walks in front of the
lots, separate from the streets, completely serving all lots in
the subdivision in such a direct manner, particularly in relation
to schools serving the subdivision, that there will be little
inducement or necessity for pedestrians to walk in the streets.
(b) A system of continuous park of such size, shape and
arrangement as to be useful in part for recreation, and at least
equal to 0.033 acre per lot within each super-block, adjacent to
all lots or the walks immediately in front of such lots and not
separated from the lots by any street for vehicular use.
(c) A system of short dead-end streets at the rear of
the majority of lots, to discourage intrusion of through traffic
which can be confined to the relatively few through streets from
which these dead-end streets branch, and which bound the super-
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blocks thus formed.
(d) Effective restrictions binding on and for the
benefit of the tract as a whole and enforceable by the property
owners as a whole, providing that the lots served only by such
dead-end streets may be used for single family residence only,
and providing that all such houses will be so located that the
garage is accessible directly from the street, and the principal
entrance of the house is accessible directly from the walk, that
adequate space between buildings will be maintained and that
buildings shall not cover more than thirty-five ( 35) per cent of
the area of each such lot.
( e) Where economically proper and feasible, business
properties and multiple dwelling properties located only upon the
through streets bounding the super-blocks and served by adequate
automobile parking spaces either off the street or by special design
of the street, and in case of business properties easily accessible
from all parts of the tract by the system of walks above mentioned.
Provided that in no case shall any lot have an area of
less than sixty-five hundred (6,500) square feet, that every through
street shall hale a width of not less than sixty feet (60) ; that
every such dead-end street shall be entered directly from a through
street, shall have an adequate turning area at the dead-end, and
shall have a width of not less than forty feet ( 40) between curbs;
that vision clearance and curved construction block corners be
maintained. That in all cases of property fronting on such streets
of reduced width or on walks, the distance between houses across
such streets or walks shall be not less than fifty feet (50) and
that where lots front upon such walks rather than upon streets
the side lines shall be, so far as practical, at a right angle to
said walks instead of the streets.
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SECTION 14. TENTATIVE MAPS.
1. Tract Number or Name.
(a) Before filing a tentative map the subdivider shall
obtain from the County Surveyor the assignment of a number for
the tract to be subdivided, or shall submit to the County Surveyor
for his approval, a name, title, or other designation to be given
such tract.
(b) If such name, title, or designation includes the
name or designation of any existing city, town, or unincorporated
community, other than the City of Azusa, or if such name, title,
or designation is the same or so nearly the same as to cause
confusion or mislead the public, as that of any other tract or
subdivision, a map or plat of which shall have been previously
recorded in the County, said name, title, -or designation shall
be disapproved by the County Surveyor and/or City Engineer and
the subdivider shall submit such other name, title, or designation
as shall meet such approval.
( c) When a number shall have been assigned or a name,
title, or designation shall have been approved by the County
Surveyor for a subdivision, the subdivider shall place the same
upon each tentative or final map of the Subdivision and the number,
name, title, or designation shall not thereafter be changed nor
altered in any manner upon any tentative or final map of the sub—
division unless and until a new number shall have been approved by
the County Surveyor as in this section provided. In the event that
the subdivider elects to file an approved record of survey map in
place of a final map, such number, name, title, or designation shall
not appear upon the approved record of survey map.
2. Size and Scale.
Each tentative map shall be eight (8) inches by twelve
(12) inches or any multiple thereof, and shall be drawn to such
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scale as to clearly show the details of the plan thereon. Wherever
practicable, such scale shall be a scale of one (1) inch to one
hundred feet (1001 ) .
3. Identity of Subdivider.
When a tentative map is submitted the Commission may
require the subdivider to show any of the following:
(a) That he is the owner of the property shown on the
map as proposed for subdivision.
(b) That he has an option or contract to purchase the
property or that portion of which he is not the owner.
(c) That he is the authorized agent of one who can
comply with the requirements of (a) or (b) . •
SECTION 15. MATTERS REQUIRED.
The tentative map shall show and contain the following
matters as an aid to the Commission in its consideration of the
design of the subdivision:
(a) The tract number, name, or designation.
(b) Sufficient legal description of the land as to
define the boundaries of the proposed tract.
( c) Name and address of subdivider and of Registered
Civil Engineer or Licensed Surveyor, if any.
(d) The locations, names and existing widths of all
adjoining highways, streets or ways.
( e) The width and approximate grades of all highways,
streets, and ways within such proposed subdivision.
(f) The width and approximate locations of all existing
or proposed easements, whether public or private, for roads,
drainage, sewers, or public utility purposes.
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( g) Approximate radius of all curves.
(h) The approximate lot layout and the approximate
dimensions of each lot.
( i) Approximate locations of all areas subject to
inundation or storm water overflow and the locations, widths and
directions of flow of all water courses.
( j) Source of water supply, if any.
(k) Proposed method of sewage disposal, if any.
(1) Use of property proposed.
(m) Proposed public areas, if any.
( n) Approximate contours where topography controls the
street layout.
(o) Date, north point and scale.
(p) Number for each lot.
( q) Approximate location of each area covered by trees
with a statement of the nature of the cover and the kind and
approximate location of all trees standing within the boundaries of
proposed public rights of way.
(r) Approximate location and outline to scale of each
building or structure which is not to be moved in the development
of the subdivision.
Provided, however, that if it is impossible or
impracticable to place upon the tentative map any matter hereinabove
in this section required, such matter or information shall be
furnished in a written statement which shall be submitted with such
map.
( s) Each street shown by its actual street name or by
temporary name or letter for purpose of identification until the
proper name of such street is determined.
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SECTION 16. FILING OF COPIES.
The subdivider, before presenting to the Council any
subdivision map for approval, shall file with the Commission a
total of four copies of a tentative map, or one copy for each of
the following: Planning Commission, City Clerk, City Engineer,
and one copy to be returned to the subdivider with the required
changes, corrections and additions noted thereon.
SECTION 17. REJECTION WHERE USE PROHIBITED.
The Commission and the Council may reject a tentative
map if the only practical use which can be made of the property
as proposed to be subdivided is a use prohibited by any ordinance,
statute, law, or other valid regulation.
SECTION 18. SURVEY PROCEDURE AND PRACTICE.
1. The procedure and practice of all survey work done
on any subdivision, whether for preparation of a final map or
approved record of survey map shall conform to the accepted standards
of the engineering profession. The allowable error of closure on
any portion of a final map or approved record of survey map shall be
1/10,000.
2. In the event that the City Engineer, the County
Surveyor, County Road Commissioner, or the State Highway Engineer
shall have established the center line of any street or alley in or
adjoining a subdivision the final map or approved record of survey
map shall show such center line, together with reference to a field
book or map showing such center line and the monuments which
determine its position. If determined by ties, that fact shall be
stated upon the final map or approved record of survey map.
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SECTION 19. MONUMENTS.
1. Boundary.
Each final map or approved record of survey map shall
show durable monuments found or set at or near each boundary corner
and at intermediate points, approximately one thousand feet (1,000° )
apart, or at such lesser distances as may be made necessary by
topography or culture to insure accuracy in the re-establishment of
any point or line without unreasonable difficulty. The precise
portion and the character of each such monument shall be shown on
such map. Such durable monument shall be not less substantial than
an iron pipe of a two inch (2") outside diameter, not less than
two and one-half feet (2a') in length, with plug and tack, and set
at least two feet (20 ) into the ground or of such other character
and stability as may be approved by the County Surveyor and the
City Engineer, for the purposes of this ordinance a lead and tack
set in permanent concrete or masonry shall be considered as a
durable monument. The approximate elevation of the top of each
such monument with respect to the surface of the ground shall be
shown on said map.
2. Street Center Line.
Wherever, in the opinion of the County Surveyor and/or
City Engineer, a monument is necessary to mark the intersection of
two streets, such monument shall be set at the intersection of the
center lines of the streets, unless, in the opinion of the County
Surveyor and/or the City Engineer, the conditions at such inter-
sections point make preferable the setting of the monument at a
different point. Each such monument shall be not less durable and
substantial than:
(a) In asphaltic concrete or concrete pavements a lead
and tack.
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(b) In unsurfaced, gravelled, or oiled surfaces a
two inch (2" ) iron pipe set not less than twelve inches (12")
below the surface, or at such depth as may be approved by the
County Surveyor and/or the City Engineer.
(c) In bituminous macadam pavements a spike not less
than six inches (6" ) long.
3. Notes to be furnished.
For each center line intersection monument set the
engeneer or surveyor under whose supervision the survey has been
made shall furnish to the County Surveyor and City Engineer a set
of notes showing clearly the ties between such monument and a
sufficient number ( normally four) of durable distinctive reference
points or munuments. Such reference points or monuments may be
leads and tacks in side-walks, or 2" x 2" stakes 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
County Surveyor and City Engineer. All such notes shall be indexed
and filed by the County Surveyor and City Engineer as a part of
the permanent public records of their respective offices.
4. Identification Marks.
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.
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5. Deferment.
In thevent that any or all of the monuments required
to be set are to be set subsequent to the recordation of the
map, as provided in the Subdivision Map Act, the map s all show
clearly which monuments are to be so set.
6. Inst ection and Approval.
All monuments shall be subject to inspection and approval
by the City Engineer in conjunction with his checking of the map.
SECTION 20. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS.
A. Separated Parcels.
No land shall be subdivided on any single map when
such land is separated or divided into two or more parcels or
portions by any parcel of land other than a street, alley, railroad
right of way, public utility right of way, or flood control right
of way, and when such land is so separated each separate parcel
or portion thereof, if subdivided, shall be subdivided as a
separate parcel and shown on a separate subdivision map.
B. Prints Required.
Upon the filing of a final map or record of survey map
with the Commission, it shall be accompanied by three prints
thereof, preferably black or blue line, and after the final map
or record of survey map has been approved by the Commission, City
Engineer, and Council of the City of Azusa, and checked and approved
by the County Surveyor and recorded, three black or blue line
prints of such recorded map shall be immediately transmitted to the
City Clerk of Azusa, one print for the City Clerk, one print for
the Commission, and one print for the City Engineer.
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C. Evidence of Title.
The evidence of title required by the provisions of
Section 11625 of the Subdivision Map Act shall be a certificate
of title or a policy of title insurance issued by a title company
authorized by the laws of the State of California to write the
same, showing the names of all persons having any record title
interest in land to be subdivided, together with the nature of
their respective interests therein. In the event that any dedication
is to be made for public use of any property shown on any such
final map of land within the City of Azusa, the said certificate
of title or policy of title insurance shall be issued for the
benefit and protection of the City of Azusa. Such certificate or
policy shall be dated and delivered upon request of the County
Surveyor when such final map is ready for recordation.
Provided, however, that in the event that title to the
land being subdivided is registered under the Land Title Law
( Torrens Title) , the County Recorder may accept in lieu of such
of title or policy of title insurance, a registrar' s certificate
certificate/showing the condition of the title issued under the ,�
provisions of Section 100 of the Land Title Law.
D. Recording Fee Deposits, Refunds, Etc.
Upon the submission of a final map, the subdivider shall
deposit with the County Surveyor a sum of money equal to the amount
required by law for the recordation of a subdivision map, which
money shall be deposited in a trust fund for that purpose, and
upon the filing of such map for record in the office of the County
Recorder, such money shall be used by the Surveyer in payment of the
fee for the recording of such map.
In the event that the subdivider abandons his intention
to cause such map to be recorded, and so notifies the County
Surveyor of such fact in writing, such money shall be returned to
the subdivider who deposited the same.
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All moneys paid out of such trust fund shall be paidby
warrant of the County Auditor which shall be drawn upon the
requisition of the County Surveyor.
E. Checking Fee.
In addition to all other fees and charges required by
law, upon submitting a tentative map, a final map, or approved
record of survey map under the provisions of Sections 11,550,
111576, and 11,593 of the Subdivision Map Act, the subdivider shall
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pay the City Engineer a fee of / dollars ($2.0.00) for checking
the tentative map, and a plan—checking fee to the City Engineer or
County Surveyor, whichever may perform th_e duties of checking the
final map or approved record of survey map, a fee of thirty' dollars
($30.00) per map, plus one �dollat :( l.00) per lot.
SECTION 21. MAPPING SPECIFICATIONS.
A. Block Designation.
In the event that the subdivider elects to number or
letter the blocks in any subdivision, all blocks therein shall be
numbered or lettered in numerical or alphabetical order, respectively,
commencing with the numeral "1" or the letter "A" , and continuing
without omission or duplication. Such numbers or letters shall be
solid and of sufficient size and thickness as to be conspicuous on
the map, and shall be so placed as not to obliterate any figure,
dimension, or course, and shall not be enclosed in any circle or
other design. Except where necessitated by a scale sufficiently
large to show all details clearly no block shall be divided between
two or more sheets.
B. Lot Numbers.
In the event that the blocks of any subdivision are
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numbered or lettered, the lots in each block therein shall be
numbered beginning with the numeral "1" and continuing without
omission or duplication in any such block. Otherwise the lots shall
be numbered beginning with the numeral "1" and continuing without
omission or duplication throughout the entire tract. No prefix or
suffix nor combination of letter and number shall be used. Each
lot shall be shown entirely on one sheet.
C. Subdivision_ Boundary (Blue Border)
The boundary line of a subdivision shall be indicated
by a border of light blue ink approximately one-eighth inch (1/8")
wide, applied on the reverse side of the tracing and inside such
boundary line. Such ink shall be of such density as to be
transferred to a blue line print of such map and not to obliterate
any such line, figure, or other data appearing on such map.
D. Title Sheet.
The title sheet of each final map shall contain a title
consisting of the number, name, or designation of the subdivision,
also the words "in the City of Azusa" or "partly in the City of
Azusa and partly in un-incorporated territory, " as the case may be;
also except as provided in REVERSION TO ACREAGE hereof, a sub-
title consisting of a description of all of the property being
subdivided, by reference to such map or maps of the property
shown therein as shall have been previously recorded, or shall have
been previously filed with the County Clerk pursuant to a final
judgment 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 reference
may be made to any other map on file in the office of the County
Recorder.
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Each reference in such description to any tract or
subdivision shall be spelled out and worded identically with the
original record thereof and must show a complete reference to
the book and page of records of said County.
Upon such title sheet the certificate of the surveyor or
engineer referred to in Section 11592 of the Subdivision Map Act
shall appear. Also upon such title sheet, or upon at least one
map sheet shall appear the basis of bearings, making reference to
some recorded subdivision map, county surveyor' s map or other
record acceptable to the County Surveyor or to a solar or polaris
ob servation.
All stamped or written matter, including signatures,
shall be so made with opaque ink that legible blue line prints may
be obtained therefrom.
E. Reversion to Acreage.
Upon the title sheet of each map filed for the purpose
of reverting subdivided land to acreage, the sub-title shall consist
of the words "A Reversion to Acreage of . . . ." ( insert a legal
description of the land being reverted) .
F. Evidence. of Determining Boundary.
On each final map or approved record of survey map shall
be fully and clearly shown and identified such stakes, monuments,
or other evidence determining the boundaries of the subdivision
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as were found on the ground, together with sufficient corners of
adjoining subdivisions, by lot and block number, tract name and
place of record, or by section, township, and range, or other
proper designation as may be necessary to locate precisely the
limits of the subdivision.
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G. Orientation.
The map on each sheet and the lettering thereon shall be
so oriented that, with the north point directed away from the
reader, the map may be read most conveniently from the bottom
or lower right corner of such sheet, the binding edge to be at
the left and lengthwise of the sheet.
H. Title, Scale, North Point, Number, and Cross
Reference.
Each sheet of a final map or approved record of survey
map, a ccepting_ th2 title sheet or sheets thereof, shall bear the
main title of the map, the scale of the map, north point, and sheet
number, together with a designation of the relation, if any,
between each sheet and each other sheet thereof.
I, Bearings and Lengths of Lines.
The bearing and length of each lot line, block line, and
boundary line shall be shown on the final map or approved record
of survey map, provided that, when bearings or lengths of lot
lines in any series of lots are the same, such bearings or lengths
may be omitted from each interior parallel lot line of such series.
Each required bearing and length shall be shown in full and no
ditto marks or other designation or repetition shall be used.
J. Area Designation,
Upon each lot containing an area of three-fourths (3/4)
of an acre or more shall be designated the acreage of such lot
shown, not less accurately than to the nearest one hundredth
(1/100) of an acre.
K. Curve Data,
The length, radius, and total central angle or bearings
of terminal radii of each curve, and the bearing of each radial
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line to each lot corner on each curve, or the central angle of
each segment within each lot, shall be shown thereon.
L. Street Names.
Street names within the boundaries of a subdivision
shown on a final map or approved record of survey map shall be
submitted to the Commission for approval, and if duplicated elsewhere
in the city, or so nearly the same in spelling or pronunciation as
to cause confusion, same other name may be required.
(a) Unless a name is so duplicated or confusing, it
shall be the same as the name of any street of which it is on line
of extension, or the name to which said street may be in the process
of being changed.
(b) The word "avenue" , "boulevard", "place" or other
designation of such street shall be spelled out in full.
( e) The name of each newly dedicated portion of any
highway shall be shown in or arrowed to such newly dedicated portion.
M. Street Widths and Center Lines.
There shall be shown upon each final map or approved
record of survey map the center line of each highway, street, or
way, the total width thereof, the width of that portion, if any,
to be dedicated, and in the case of any existing highways, streets,
or ways, the width thereof, and the width of each highway, street,
or way on each side of the center line thereof. On each such center
line shall be shown the bearing and length of each tangent and
radius, central angle, and the length of each curve.
The final map or approved record of survey map shall show
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the width of each railroad right of way, flood control or
drainage easement, and each other easement appearing on such map,
whether previously of record or offered for dedication on such
map.
N. Easement Lines and Ties.
Upon a final map shall be shown the center line or
side lines of each easement to which the lots in the subdivision
are subject. In the event that such easement is not definitely
located of record, a statement showing the existence of such
easement shall be placed on the map.
4. Easement Designation;
Each easement shown for any storm drain or sewer shall
be designated on the final map by fine dashed lines.
P. Easement Bearings on Lot Lines.
Distances and bearings on the side lines of lots which
are cut by easements shall be arrowed or so shown as to indicate
clearly the actual length of each lot line.
Q. Easement Widths and Ties.
The width of easements or the lengths and bearings of
the lines thereof and sufficient ties thereto to definitely locate
such easements with respect to a subdivision shall be shown on the
final map.
R. Easement Identification.
Each easement shall be clearly labelled and identified and,
if of record, the record reference shall be shown thereon.
S. Easement Dedication..
If an easement is being dedicated by a final map it
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shall be properly set out in the owner' s certificate of
dedication on the map.
P. Easement Notes and Figures.
All notes or figures pertaining to each easement shall
be subordinated in form and appearance to those relating to the
subdivision itself.
U. City Boundary Lines.
Upon the final map shall be shown the City Boundary
line provided the subdivision borders thereon and such line
shall be clearly designated and tied in.
V. Land Subject to Flood Hazard.
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 portion
shall be clearly shown on such final map or approved record of
survey map by a prominent note on each sheet of such map 'whereon
any such portion shall be shown.
W. Land Subject to 0verfloy Ponding, or
High Ground Water.
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 feet (10 ') from the ground surface,
the Commission shall so inform the State Real Estate Commissioner.
X. Natural Water-course Designation.
In the event that a subdivision or any part thereof is
traversed by any major water course channel, stream or creek, the
subdivider shall dedicate an adequate right of way for storm
drainage purposes, if in the opinion of the Commission such dedication
is necessary. In the event that the natural water-course does not
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lie entirely within such dedication, the subdivider may either
construct an adequate channel within such dedication or delineate
the course of said water—course upon the final map, or approved
record of survey map.
Y. Sewers and Storm Drains.
If, in the opinion of the Commission, either sewers
or storm drains or both are necessary for the general use of lot
owners in the subdivision, and such sewers or storm drains or
both are not to be installed in the streets of such subdivision,
then the subdivider shall show upon the maps and dedicate
necessary easements for such sewers or storm drains or both.
Z. Dedication Exceptions.
Dedication is not required on any map referred to in
Section 11537 of the Subdivision Map Act or on any map made for
the sole purpose of establishing existing land title boundaries.
A.A. Map Showinx Structures. Required.
Any final map of a subdivision presented to the
Commission and Council for acceptance of easements and recordation
shall be accompanied by an additional copy on which is delineated
all structures existing within the easements, except publicly
owned storm drains, water lines, sewers, and other sanitary
facilities, whether such structures are on recorded easements or
not.
B.B. Easement Certificate.
Any final map of a subdivision presented to the council
for acceptance of easements and recordation shall have written
thereon, in addition to or as a part of any other certificate
required, a certificate signed by the owner and the subdivider,
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and by all persons claiming any interest other than right of
way, easement or other interest none of which can ripen into a
fee, in the lands included, within the subdivision shown on the
map, in substantially the following form:
"We hereby certify that except as shown on a copy of
this map on file in the office of the City Clerk or City Engineer
we know of no easement or structure existing within the easements
hereby offered for dedication to the public, other than publicly
owned water lines, sewers or storm drains; that we will grant no
right or interest within the boundapies of said easements offered
to the public, except where such right or interest is expressly
made subject to the said easements. "
C.C. Waiver of Signatures.
If the owner of an easement or right of way of any
kind or nature in any right of way offered for dedication who has
no other interest whatever in any part of the lands included
within the subdivision, refuses to make his easement subject to
any right of way offered to the public, but the final map in all
other respects complies with this ordinance, with the Subdivision
Map Act, and with every other applicable statute and ordinance,
and the Council finds that the subdivider has in good faith
attempted to obtain the necessary signature from such owner and
has been unable to do so, and that a refusal to accept the final
map for recordation would work an undue hardship on the subdivider,
then by a majority vote of all its members the Council may accept
such map.
D.D. Reouirements.
The subdivider shall improve or agree to improve all
land dedicated or to be dedicated on a final map for streets,
highways, public ways, and easements with such improvements as
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are necessary for the general use of the lot owners in the
subdivision and local neighborhood traffic and drainage needs.
Trunk line sewers, improvements to flood control
channels not solely for the benefit of the subdivision and
improvements to freeways and major highways are not required by
this section.
SECTIO'`? 22. STREET AND CTHLR IPRCVE'riENTS.
A. The minimum for street and other improvements
shall consist of the following:
(a) Grading.
(b) Construction of concrete curbs .
(c ) Construction of concrete gutters not less than
one (1) foot in width and five ( 5) inches in thickness.
(d) Construction of concrete cross-gutters where
recuired for drainage not less than four ( 4) feet wide and eight
(8). inches in thickness.
( e) Construction of concrete driveways where required.
(f) Construction of concrete sidewalks not less than
four (4) feet wide and four ( 4) inches in thickness.
(g) not plant-mixed asphaltic pavement not less than
two (2) inches in thickness upon the full width of the roadway
(not including concrete gutters) , except that the pavement on
primary streets shall not be less than four ( 4) inches in thickness .
(h) Six ( 6) inch diameter '+12 ga. automatic electric
welded steel water pipe, double dipped and wrapped, with welded
field joints, including fittings, gate valves, and appurtenances .
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(i) Standard 4" Corey (or equivalent) Fire Hydrant,
with 2-2i" Standard hose connections, including 60 dia. #12 ga.
automatic electric welded steel connecting pipe to main and 60
dia. gate valve between main and fire hydrant. One fire hydrant
shall be installed at each street intersection, but in no case
shall the distance between fire hydrants exceed 600 feet.
( j) Sanitary sewers will be required, including house
connection sewers to serve each lot, wherever there is an existing
sewer adjacent to the subdivision or within 400 feet of the
boundaries of the subdivision or if such a sewer will be available
within 400 feet of the boundaries of the subdivision at the time
sewage facilities are needed, provided the topography permits the
use of said sewer.
(k) Drainage structures may be required where in the
opinion of the City Council it is necessary to provide adequate +
drainage facilities.
(1) Ornamental street lights may be required where in the
opinion of the City Council it is a necessity.
(m) Wherever water pipe, fire hydrants and appurtenances,
including all service connections, sanitary and house connection
sewers and appurtenances, gas mains and service connections,
drainage structures, and/or any other underground structures and
facilities are required, all of these shall be installed completely
before any portion of the roadway of any street is paved.
(n) The minimum improvements for alleys shall consist
of grading and hot Plant-mixed Asphaltic Pavement not less than one
and one-half (1a) inches in thickness for the full width of the alley.
(o) Provided lots of any subdivision front on a previously
existing public street, alley, road, easement or right of way along
which a City-owned water pipe of 6-inch diameter or larger, sanitary
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sewer, and/or fire hydrant is in plaoe and which will serve
Such lots, the subdivider shall be required to pay to the City
the proportionate cost thereof in accordance with benefits derived
from such installations and the amount or amounts thereof shall be
determined as follows. . . :
1. Total amount for water pipe which serves the subdivision along
one side of said pipe only equal to the total length of subdivision
so served in feet, ( including street intersections) multiplied by
$0.80.
2. The total amount for water pipe which serves the subdivision
along both sides of said pipe equal to the total length of sub-
division so served in feet (including street intersections)
multiplied by $1.60.
3, Total amount for sanitary sewer (not including house connection
sewers) which serves the subdivision along one side of said sewer
only equal to the total length of subdivision so served in feet
( including street intersections) multiplied by $0.90.
4. Total amount for sanitary sewer ( not including house connection
sewers) which serves the subdivision along both sides of said sewer
equal to the total length of subdivision so served in feet
( including street intersections) multiplied by $1.80.
5. Total amount for fire hydrants which serve the subdivision on
one side only equal to the total length of subdivision so served
in feet ( including street intersections) multiplied by $0.20.
6. Total amount for fire hydrants which serve the subdivision on
both sides equal to the total length of subdivision so served in
feet ( including street intersections) multiplied by $o.40.
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(p) The construction of any or all of the above mentioned
improvements may be required in, along, over, and upon any existing
public street bordering on a subdivision where in the opinion of
the City Council it is necessary in order that the improvements on
said public street may conform to the aforesaid minimum street and
other improvement requirements, provided however, that if the
subdivision borders on such a public street on one side only then
one-half of the width shall be so improved, but if the subdivision
borders on both sides thereof then the full width shall be so
improved.
All said improvements shall be installed to grade, which
grade shall be approved by the City Engineer. Plans, profiles, and
specifications for such improvements shall be furnished to the City
Engineer not later than the time of submitting the final map to the
County Surveyor for checking and such plans, profiles, and specifi-
cations shall be subject to the approval of the City Engineer
before any such final map shall be approved, provided however, that
a subdivider may deposit the final map with the County Surveyor for
preliminary review prior to formally submitting it for approval under
provisions of Section 11593 of the Subdivision Map Act. Such plans,
profiles, and specifications shall show full details of the proposed
improvements and shall be in accordance with the standards of the
City of Azusa as adopted by the Council.
B. STREET PLANTING.
In any subdivision where the subdivider proposes to plant
trees or shrubs in the streets, the subdivider shall first secure
from the Council approval of the type or species and location of
such trees or shrubs.
C. PLANTING STRIPS.
The Council shall advise subdividers and their successors
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in interest in the selection and care of trees or shrubs to
be planted in any required planting strip reservation on private
property.
D. PRIVATE STREETS ON APPROVED RECORD OF SURVEY MAPS.
Argy private street laid out on any approved record of
survey map filed as provided in Section 11575 of the Subdivision
Map Act shall be so graded, surfaced and provided with drainage
facilities as may be reasonably necessary for lot access and local
neighborhood traffic and drainage needs. Detailed plans, profiles,
and specifications of such improvements shall be filed with the
City Engineer and shall be subject to his approval before any
such "approved record of survey map" shall be approved.
SECTION 23. WATER RIGHTS
All water rights held by the owner of said subdivision
shall be transferred to the City of Azusa free of charge.
SECTION 24. USE OF COUNTY SURVEYOR
A. The City Engineer is hereby authorized to enter
into agreement with the County Surveyor by and with the approval
of the board of supervisors and the Council for the performance by
the County Surveyor of any or all of the duties assigned to the
City Engineer by the provisions of this ordinance and/or the
provisions of the aforesaid subdivision map act.
B. Agreement in Lieu of Improvement.
If any improvements be not completed to the satisfaction
of the Council before the final tract map or approved record of
survey map is recorded or filed, the subdivider shall, prior to the
approval by the Council of the final map or approved record of survey
map, enter as contractor into an agreement with the City of Azusa
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whereby in consideration of the acceptance by said Council of
the dedications offered on the final map and the approval of the
final map or approved record of survey map, the subdivider, as
such contractor, agrees to furnish all necessary equipment and
material and to complete such work within the time specified in
such agreement.
SECTION 25. BONDS AND DEPOSITS.
A. Z ,gn ineering and Inspection Deposits. Special
Before commencing any improvements the subdivider shall
deposit with the City Clerk the sum estimated by the City Engineer
to cover the actual cost of all engineering and/or inspection
charges rendered in connection with the checking of plans, profiles,
details, and specifications, and/or for preparation of plans,
profiles, details and specifications; and/or for setting construction
line and grade stakes, supervision and inspection of construction;
and/or for inspection and supervision of construction; provided,
however, if approved by the City Engineer, the subdivider may engage
the services of an engineer who is a registered civil engineer of
the State of California to prepare plans, profiles, details, and
specifications, and/or for setting construction line and grade stakes,
however, in such an event all checking of plans, profiles, details,
and specifications, and all inspection and supervision of the
improvements shall be performed by the City Engineer.
B. Refunds.
The City shall refund unused deposits in all cases if
the actual cost of engineering and/or inspection is less than the
amount deposited, the City shall refund to the applicant any amount
still remaining in the same manner as provided by law for the re-
payment of trust monies.
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C. Engineering and Inspection Deposits, General.
In lieu of making the special deposit required for the
cost of engineering and inspection of improvements by the City
Engineer, the subdivider may make and maintain with the City
Engineer a general deposit not to exceed the sum of One Thousand
Dollars, 0.1,000 .00) . The general deposit shall be held and used
for the same purposes as the special deposit for the cost of
engineering and/or inspection of improvements by the City Engineer.
D. Engineering and Inspection Deposits Insufficient.
If any deposit made pursuant to Engineering and Inspection
Deposits, Special, or Engineering and Inspection Deposits, General,
is less than sufficient to pay all of the costs of engineering
and/or inspection, the subdivider, upon demand of the City Engineer
shall pay to the officer making the demand 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.
E. Faithful Performance Bond.
The agreement referred to in I:'PROVE=NTS shall be
accompanied by:
A faithful performance bond guaranteeing the faithful
performance of all work, the engineering and/or inspection of
which is the duty of the City Engineer, in a penal sum which,
in the opinion of the City Engineer, equals the cost thereof.
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F. Furnished By Surety Companies.
All tax bonds and bonds for special assessment furnished
under authority of the Subdivision Map Act and all faithful
performance bonds referred to in this article shall be:
(a) Furnished by a surety company authorized to write
the same in the State of California.
(b) Subject to the approval and acceptance by the City
Council.
G. Mone_y_or Negotiable Bond.
In lieu of any faithful performance bond required by this
article the subdivider may deposit with the City Council a sum of
money or negotiable Bonds equal to the required amount of such bond
as security for the faithful performance thereof.
H. Reduction in Bond or Deposit on Portion Completed.
When any portion of an improvement has actually been
fully completed the officer whose duty it is to inspect such
improvement may in his discretion authorize from time to time a
reduction in the bonds or a partial withdrawal of funds, which
bonds or funds were deposited in lieu of a faithful performance bond
required by this article, equal to the estimated cost of such
completed portion.
This section does not authorize a reduction or withdrawal
for partial completion of any or all of any such improvement.
I. Forfeiture on Failure to Completq.
Upon the failure of a subdivider to complete any
improvement within the time specified in an agreement, the Council
may, upon notice in writing of not less than ten (10) days, served
upon the person, firm, or corporation signing such contract, or upon
notice in writing of not less than twenty (20) days served by
registered mail addressed to the last known address of the person,
firm, or corporation signing such contract, determine that said
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x money or bonds given for the faithful performance of said work as
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SECTION 26. PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION.
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Any person who knowingly and wilfully violates any of
the provisions or fails to comply with any of the mandatory, reqs
ments of this ordinance is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
conviction thereof shall be punishable by a fine of not to exceed. t
Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment in the City Jail ,
for a period of not to exceed one hundred and eighty (180) days ' k €
or by both such fine and imprisonment. .k
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SECTION 27. REPEALS.° '
All ordinances or portions of ordinances in conflict with ,
the provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed. ' ��_
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SECTION 28. ‘
The City Clerk shall attest to the adoption of this -,.
ordinance and shall cause this ordinance to be published once wita
fifteen days after its passage in the Azusa Herald, a weekly new0 .
paper of general circulation printed, published and circulated ins ;
City of Azusa, and the same shall become effective at the expiratnf ' t
'' of thirty drays from the date of adoption thereof. First reading at �
the regular meeting of the City Council held on the 6 day of ,,,,,, , tl.
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Dg cember , 1948, and finally adopted and ordered published at :,
the regular meeting of the City Council held on the 17th day of , -, '
Januy- , 194
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APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 17 day of January , 1.94 ,
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ATTEST: - Mayor of the City of Azusa.
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City Clerk of the f ity of Azusa.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
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COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES SS
CITY OF AZUSA ))
I, M. A. Hynes, City Clerk of the City of Azusa
DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the above and foregoing ordinance was
duly passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Azusa
at its regular meeting held the 17 day of TAmpry , 1949,
by the following vote, to-wit:
AYES: Councilmen: Nasser, Ortuno, Memmesheimer, Malone,
Jumper
NOES: Councilmen : None
ABSENT: Councilmen : None
CITY CL j /sF THE CITY OF AZUSA
I do further certify that I caused said Ordinance to be
published prior to the expiration of .fifteen days from the passage
thereof in the Azusa Herald and Pomotroplo on January 20, 1949,
a newspaper of general circulation, printed, published and cir-
culated in said City of Azusa, and that the same was published in
accordance with law.
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M . A. Hynes, ty Clerk of the City
of Azusa
Publish: January 20, 1949
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