18.26.025 Action on final map.

(A) Approval by City Engineer. Upon receipt of the final map and other data, the map and data shall be referred to the city engineer who shall determine whether the subdivision as shown is substantially the same as it appeared on the tentative map or vesting tentative map, with any approved alterations, and that all provisions of the conditions of approval and this title applicable at the time of approval of the tentative map or vesting tentative map have been complied with, and that he is satisfied that the map is technically correct. If the city engineer determines that full conformity has not been made, he shall advise the subdivider of the changes or additions. If the city engineer determines that full conformity has been made, he shall so certify on the map and transmit the map to the city clerk.

(B) Approval by City Council. At its first regular meeting following the filing of said map with the city clerk as aforesaid, or within thirty days following the filing thereof, the city council shall consider said map, the plan of subdivision and the offers of dedication. The city council may reject any or all offers of dedication.

(1) If the city council determines that said map is in conformity with the requirements of the conditions of approval and this title and that it is satisfied with the plan of subdivision, it shall approve said map provided it is in conformity with the tentative map. When the subdivider has filed with the city clerk any agreement and bonds or deposits required, and when such agreement and bonds and deposits shall have been approved by the city attorney and the city engineer, the city clerk shall certify the map. When all bonds, money or negotiable bonds required under the provisions of this code to secure the payment of taxes and assessments which are a lien on some part of the subdivision but which are not yet payable have been deposited with and approved by the city clerk, (s)he shall transmit the final map to the subdivider to record it in the office of the county recorder.

(2) If the city council determines that the map is not in conformity with the requirements of this chapter and the Map Act, it shall disapprove said map specifying its reason or reasons therefor and the city clerk shall, in writing, advise the subdivider of such disapproval and of the reason or reasons for such disapproval.

(3) Within thirty days after the city council has disapproved any map, the subdivider may file a map altered to meet for approval of the city council. No map shall have any force or effect until the final map has been approved by the city council and recorded in the office of the county recorder, and no title to any property described in any offer of dedication shall pass until the recording of the final map.