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The contents of the final map shall conform to the Subdivision Map Act and as provided herein.

A. The boundary of the subdivision shall be designated by an opaque red line applied over India ink in such a manner as not to obliterate figures or other data.

B. Each sheet shall have a title showing the subdivision number and name and the location of the property being subdivided with reference to maps which have been previously recorded, or by reference to the plat of a United States Survey. The following words shall appear in the title: "In the City of Berkeley".

C. The following certificates shall appear only once on the cover sheet:

1. A certificate, signed and acknowledged by all parties having record title interest in the land subdivided, excepting those parties having rights of way, easements, or other interests which cannot ripen into a fee, or exceptions provided by the Subdivision Map Act, Section 66436.

2. A certificate by the engineer or surveyor responsible for the survey and final map shall appear on the map. The certificate shall give the date of the survey, state that the survey and final map were made by or under the direction of the engineer or surveyor and that the survey is true and complete as shown.

The certificate shall also state that all monuments are of the character and occupy the positions indicated, or that they will be set in such positions on or before a specified later date. The certificate shall also state that the monuments are, or will be, sufficient to enable the survey to be retraced.

The certificate shall state that the map complies to the Subdivision Map Act and the provisions of this title.

3. A certificate for execution by the City Engineer stating that the map has been examined and that it is in accord with the tentative map and any approved alterations thereof, complies with the Subdivision Map Act and the provisions of this title, and is technically correct.

4. A certificate for execution by the secretary of the Planning Commission stating that the tentative map was approved by resolution of the Planning Commission.

The date and number of the resolution shall appear in the certificate.

5. A certificate for execution by the City Clerk stating the date and number of the resolution adopted by the City Council approving the final map and stating that the City Council accepted, accepted subject to improvement, rejected, or did not accept or reject on behalf of the public, any real property offered for dedication for public use in conformity with the terms of the offer of dedication.

6. If a soils report is required for the subdivision, a certification signed, stamped and stated by a soils engineer shall appear on the map. The certificate shall read: "A soils report for Subdivision No. was prepared by me or under my direction and was filed with the City of Berkeley on (Date) ".

7. A certificate to be executed by the county recorder stating that the map has been accepted for filing, that the map has been examined and that it complies with the provisions of state laws and local ordinances governing the filing of final maps.

The certificate shall show who requested the filing of the map, the time and date the map was filed and the book and page where the map was filed.

8. A certificate to be executed by the county clerk stating that all taxes due have been paid or that a tax bond assuring the payment of all taxes which are a lien but not yet payable has been filed with the county.

D. There must appear on each map sheet the scale, the north arrow, and the basis of bearings (based on zone III of the California coordinate system), and the equation of the bearing to true north. The basis of bearings shall be approved by the City Engineer.

E. Sufficient linear, angular, and radial data shall be shown to determine the bearings and length of monument lines, street centerlines, the boundary lines of the subdivision and of the boundary lines of every lot and parcel which is a part thereof. Lengths, radius, and total central angle or radial bearings of all curves shall be shown. Ditto marks shall not be used in the dimensions and data shown on the map.

F. The location and description of all existing and proposed monuments shall be shown. Standard City monuments shall be set at (or from offsets as approved by the City Engineer) the following locations:

1. The intersection of street centerlines.

2. Beginning and end of curves in centerlines.

3. At other locations as may be required by the City Engineer.

G. Lot numbers shall begin with the number one in each subdivision and shall continue consecutively with no omissions or duplications except where contiguous lands, under the same ownership, are being subdivided in successive units, in which event lot numbers may begin with the next consecutive number following the last number in the preceding unit. Each lot shall be shown entirely on one sheet of the final map.

H. The adjoining corners of all adjoining subdivisions shall be identified by subdivision number, or name when not identified by official number, and reference to the book and page of the filed map showing such subdivisions, and if no such subdivision is adjacent, then by the name of the owner and reference to the recorded deed by book page number for the last recorded owner of such adjacent property.

I. City boundaries which cross or join the subdivision shall be clearly designated.

J. The names of all streets, alleys, or highways within or adjoining the subdivision shall be shown.

K. Easements for roads or streets, paths, storm water drainage, sanitary sewers, or other public use as may be required, shall be offered for dedication to the public for acceptance by the City or other public agency, and the use shall be specified on the map. If at the time the final map is approved, any streets, paths, alleys or storm drainage easements are not accepted by the City Council, the offer of dedication shall remain open and the City Council may by resolution at any later date accept and open the streets, paths, alleys, or storm drainage easements for public use, which acceptance shall be recorded in the office of the county recorder.

All easements of record shall be shown on the map, together with the name of the grantee and sufficient recording data to identify the conveyance, e.g. recorder’s serial number and date, or book and page of official records.

Easements not disclosed by the records in the office of the county recorder and found by the surveyor or engineer to be existing, shall be specifically designated on the map, identifying the apparent dominant tenements for which the easement was created.

The sidelines of all easements of record shall be shown by dashed lines on the final map with the widths, lengths and bearings of record. The width and location of all easements shall be approved by the City engineer. (Ord. 5793-NS § 2 (part), 1987)