HomeMy WebLinkAbout66-05 Subdivision ActORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA
ADDING CERTAIN SECTIONS TO CHAPTER 9, ARTICLE 1 OF
THE SUBDIVISION ACT OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA AND
AMENDING OTHER SECTIONS IN CONFORMITY WITH CHANGES
PASSED BY THE 1965 LEGISLATURE.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA DOES HEREBY ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 9108 of the Municipal Code of the City of
Costa Mesa is hereby amended by adding a subsection (h) which will
read as follows:
"(h) A preliminary soil report prepared by a Civil Engineer
who is registered by the State of California based upon adequate tests,
borings, or excavations, provided however that if the City Engineer
has sufficient knowledge as to the soil qualities in said subdivision
either from previous testings or independent investigation, said soil
test may be waived."
Section 2. There is hereby added to the Municipal Code of the
City of Costa Mesa, Section 9110.1, which shall be as follows:
"Section 9110.1 REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER.
"The City Engineer shall certify to the enacting or recommending
body that soil tests, excavations and borings either have been made,
or have been waived and shall report the results of such tests, or the
reason for any waiver to the recommending or enacting body. In the
event that said tests show expansive soils or other problems which if
not corrected would lead to structural defects, the City Engineer
shall require a soil test on each lot of said subdivision."
Section 3. There shall be added to the Municipal Code of the
City of Costa Mesa Section 9110.2, which shall be as follows:
"Section 9110.2. CORRECTIVE ACTION.
"In the event soil tests are needed on each lot of said subdivision
as heretofore set out, the registered engineer making said tests and
reports, shall make recommendation for action to be taken to avoid
structural defects. The action to be taken must be approved by the
City Engineer and such action must be made a condition of any
building permit issued for construction on affected lots."
Section 4. Subsection (d) of Section 9114 of the Costa Mesa
Municipal Code is amended to read as follows:
"(d) TRANSMITTAL TO THE CITY COUNCIL
"If the final map is found to be correct in form and the matters
shownthereon are sufficient, the City Engineer shall endorse his
approval thereon and transmit it to the City Council together with
plans and specifications of proposed improvements and such other
matters as are required to enable the City Council to consider the
final map or return the final map to the subdivider together with a
statement setting forth the grounds for its return, provided that
the City Engineer shall not forward said map to the City Council
until the requirements of Section 9110.1 have been met by the sub-
divider."
Section 5. This ordinance shall take effect and be in full
force 30 days from and after its passage and prior to the expiration
of 15 days from its passage shall be published once in the Daily
Pilot, a newspaper of general circulation, printed and published
in the City of Costa Mesa, together with the names of the members
of the City Council voting for and against the same.
Passed and adopted this -'/`day of /1eb /
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I, C. K. PRIEST, City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa and
Ex -Officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa
hereby certify that the above and foregoing instrument, Ordinance
No.Z(-� was introduced and considered section by section at
a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa
held on the P4 day of F`rvr,&y , 1966 and thereafter
passed and adopted as a whole at a regular meeting of said City
Council held on the _2LTday of. /e6,1cIa,e5, , 1966, by
the following roll call vote: �J
AYES: Councilmen- in 'le
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NOES: Councilmen- ;=,, T
ABSENT: Councilmen- 7 -
(SEAL)
L'ity Clerk and Ex-Orricioo Clerk 0 T
City Council of the City of Costa Mesa
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS.
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
I am a citizen of the United States and a resident of the
County aforesaid; I am over the age of eighteen years, and
not a party to or interested in the below entitled matter. I
am the Legal Advertising Manager
of She ORANGE COAST DAILY PILOT, a newspaper of gen-
eral circulation, printed and published in the City of Costa
Mesa, County of Orange, State of California, and I certify
that Ordinance No 66-5 ,
of which the copy attached hereto is a true and complete
copy, was printed and published in the regular issue(s) of
said newspaper on— Fah 24
I declare, under penalty of perjury, that the foregoing
is true and correct.
Executed on Feb 24tb , 1966,
at CDeta Mega. , California.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS.
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
I, C. K. PRIEST, City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa and ex -officio Clerk of the City Council of the
City of Costa Mesa, hereby certify that Ordinance No. 66-5 was introduced and considered,
section by section, at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa, held on the7t
day of February , 19652, and thereafter passed and adopted as a whole at a regular
meeting of said City Council held on the 21St_ -day of Februa}}r , 1966, by the
following roll -call vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEN - PINKLEY, JORDAN, BARCK, WILSON
NOES: COUNCILMEN -
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN -
I FURTHER CERTIFY that said Ordinance No 66-5 was published in the ORANGE COAST
DAILY PILOT, a newspaper of general circulation, printed and published in the City of Costa Mesa, on the
_24th _day of February 196-h.
City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the City Council
of the City of Costa Mesa
i. LEGAL NOTICE