§ 9.148.040. Easement certificates.

(a)

Any map of a subdivision presented to the City with an offer of easements for public use shall have written thereon, in addition to or as a part of any other certificate required, a certificate, signed by all parties whose signatures are required pursuant to Section 66436 of the Subdivision Map Act, in substantially one of the following forms:

(1)

"We hereby certify that except as shown on a copy of this map on file in the Office of the County Road Commissioner, 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 boundaries of said easements offered to the public, except where such right-of-way is expressly made subject to the said easements."

(2)

"We hereby certify that 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 boundaries of said easements offered to the public, except where such right or interest is expressly made subject to the said easement."

(b)

The registered civil engineer or land surveyor who prepares the map shall notify the City Engineer that, as a result of thorough research of records and a field inspection, there either are structures existing within the easements offered or there are no structures existing within the easements offered. The form in Subsection (a)(1) of this section shall be used where there are structures, and the form in Subsection (a)(2) of this section shall be used where there are no structures.

(Ord. No. 297, § 9.07.070.040, 3-20-2007)